CHEKE, Henry (c.1548-86), of Elstow, Beds.; later of the Manor, York.

b. c. 1548, s. of Sir John Cheke, tutor to Edw. VI and sec. of state, by Mary, da. of Richard Hill or Hilles of London.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 177. educ. either TrinityStrype, Cheke , 140. or King’s, Camb. 1565, MA 1568. m. (1) 1569, Frances, da. of Sir Humphrey Radcliffe, of Elstow, sis. of Edward Radcliffe, 3s. 2da.; (2) Jan. 1585, Frances, da. of Marmaduke Constable of York, step.-da. of William More, lawyer, of York, s.p.DNB ; his fa. had been provost of King’s. suc. fa. 1557.DNB ; C142/213/120.