Family and Education
b. 31 May 1540, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Cheyne(y) by his 2nd w. Ann, da. and coh. of Sir John Broughton of Toddington. educ. G. Inn 1563. m. Jane (d.1614), da. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Lord Wentworth, 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. to Kent estates 1558, mother to Beds. estates 1562. Kntd. 1563; cr. Lord Cheyney 8 May 1572.
Offices Held
J.p.q. Kent 1562 – c.74, j.p. Beds. 1564, q. by 1574; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1565 – 66; commr. Kent subsidy assessment 1565, musters, Beds. 1570, for trial of Mary Stuart 1586, to raise 200 men from Beds. and Bucks. for service in the Netherlands 1586.
Main residences: Toddington, Beds.; Shurland, Kent.
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Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CHEYNEY (CHEYNE), Henry (1540-87)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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