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

Family and Education
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.
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Clerk of PC 1576 – 81; sec. to council in the north from Aug. 1581; j.p.q. Cumb., co. Dur., Westmld., Northumb., Yorks. from 1583.APC, ix. 166; Lansd. 33, f. 16.

Main residences: Elstow, Beds.; the Manor, York.
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CHEKE, Henry (c.1548-86)

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CHAWORTH, George (d.1615), of Gray’s Inn, London and Harthill, Yorks.

Family and Education
3rd s. of George Chaworth of Linby, Notts. by Mary, da. of Sir Henry Sacheverell of Morley, Derbys. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1572; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1576, called 1583. m. c.1591, Gertrude, da. of Ralph Leak of Hasland, Derbys., wid. of Anthony Serlby of Harthill, ?s.p. Kntd. 1608.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 127; Vis. Yorks. ed. Glover, 503; J. Hunter, South Yorks. i. 140; J. T. Godfrey, Notts. Churches, Hundred of Bingham, 303.
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Ancient, G. Inn 1589, reader 1601; steward, Mansfield 1587; clerk, Sherwood forest 1587; j.p. Yorks. (West Riding) 1600; member of council in the north 1608–d. Reid, Council of the North, 497; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 463; Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv. 2; HMC Rutland, i. 245, 293.

Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Harthill, Yorks.
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CHAWORTH, George (-d.1615)

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CHATTERTON, Thomas, ?of Braydon and Lydiard Millicent, Wilts.

Family and Education
m. Mary, 1s., Giles. St. Ch. 5/C8/2.
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Main residences: ?of Braydon; Lydiard Millicent, Wilts.
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CHATTERTON, Thomas (-?of Braydon and Lydiard Millicent W.ilts)

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CHAPMAN, Henry (d.1623), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Family and Education
1st s. of Oswald Chapman of Newcastle by Marion, da. of Henry Anderson, merchant and mayor of Newcastle. m. (1) Joanna (d.1604); (2) c.1606, Rebecca Gerrand, 2da. suc. fa. 1566.W. W. Benn, Northern Counties, 581; R. Welford, Hist. Newcastle and Gateshead, ii. 250; R. Welford, Men of Mark ’twixt Tyne and Tweed, i. 516-19; ii. 425; Vis. Northumb. 1615, p. 59.
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Sheriff, Newcastle 1581 – 82, alderman, mayor 1586 – 87, 1597, 1608 – 09, ?1611 – 12; gov. Newcastle merchants’ co. 1608, gov. hostmen’s co. 1609; member, Tyne conservancy commission 1618.Welford, Newcastle and Gateshead, i. 519; ii. 223; CSP Dom. 1595–7, pp. 501, 502; 1598–1601, p. 24; 1601–3, p. 29; 1603–10, p. 285.

Main residence: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
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CHAPMAN, Henry (-d.1623)

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