Ambassador to Brittany 6 May – 3 Oct. 1380, to Wladislas, King of the Romans, Nov. 1381, to the Papal Curia, Rome 15 June – 14 Dec. 1390, to treat with the envoys of Rupert III (anti-Kaiser) in London Feb. 1401, to Rome c. Apr. 1401, to France 29 Apr.-23 July, 5 Aug.-c. Sept. 1404, Rome 20 Nov. 1406 – Aug. 1408, France 20 May – July 1410, Feb.-July 1411.
Captain of Marck (Pas de Calais) Mich. 1384-Jan. 1386.
Commr. of inquiry, Glos. May 1389 (felonies), Feb. 1400 (wastes, Deerhurst priory estates), May 1400 (trespasses), Worcs. Aug. 1401 (theft of the abbot of Evesham’s goods), Herefs. Aug. 1401 (murder), Glos. Aug. 1401 (poaching), July 1405, Jan. 1406 (alienation of land in the King’s wardship), Feb. 1406 (estates forfeited by John, earl of Huntingdon); to determine appeals from the constable’s ct. at Bordeaux Feb. 1400, the admiral’s ct. Dec. 1400, Jan., Feb., June, July, Sept., Nov. 1401, Nov. 1404, Nov. 1405, Feb. 1406, the constable’s ct. July 1401, Mar. 1403; of oyer and terminer, Glos. May 1400; to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well May 1402; supervise musters of men joining the prince of Wales’s army, Worcs. Aug. 1402; determine lawsuits over the ransoming of Scots taken prisoner at Humbleton Hill Mar. 1403; raise royal loans, Carm. Sept. 1403; victual Cardiff castle Sept. 1403; of arrest, Worcs. Apr. 1404; to negotiate for the submission of the lordships of Usk, Caerleon, Edlogan and Dingestow Aug. 1405.
J.p. Glos. 10 Nov. 1389 – Dec. 1390, 28 May 1400 – d.
Coroner, Glos. 1 Feb.-23 June 1392.
Lt. of the constable of Eng. in the ct. of chivalry 23 Apr. 1393-c. July 1397.
Speaker-elect 6 or 14- 15 Oct. 1399.
Member of Henry IV’s council by mid June 1400 – Dec. 1406.
Except where otherwise indicated, all information in this biography is derived from J.S. Roskell, ‘Sir John Cheyne’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. lxxv. 43-72, and Speakers, 9, 12, 26, 68-69, 136-7, 353-5, where the subject is treated more fully.
CHEYNE, Sir John I (-d.1413/14)