William Chauncey (abt. 1475 - bef. 1545)

Born about 1475 in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

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Biography

William was a younger son of John Chauncy and Alice Boyse. His birth date is uncertain. He may have been born at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, where his father had property.^[1][2][3]

He married someone with the last name Garland.^[3] She probably had the first name Joan, as Joan Chauncy, widow, appears in the Subsidy Roll for Sawbridgeworth in 1545,^[1][2] being liable for 14d.^[4] They had the following children:

• John, named in the wills of his uncle George Chauncy and his brother Henry^[3]
• William, named in his brother Henry's will^[3]
• Lucy, named in her brother Henry's will^[3]
• Joan, named in the will of her uncle George Chauncy^[3]
• Mary, named in the wills of her uncle George Chauncy and her brother Henry^[3]
• Henry^[1][2][3]

If the Joan Chauncy, widow, in the 1545 Subsidy Roll was his wife, William died before 1545. His wife survived him: his son Henry's 1557 will refers to his mother as living, without naming her.^[1][2][3]

Research Notes

Children

Douglas Richardson states that there were five children.^[1][2] From evidence in wills,^[3] there appear to have been six, as stated above.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, pp. 353, HARLAKENDEN 10, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, p. 223, HARLAKENDEN 15
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Sir Anthony Wagner. A New Harlakenden Line, in 'New England Historical and Genealogical Register', Vol. 120, 1966, p. 244. Online with subscription at AmericanAncestors.org
4. ↑ William Brigg. The Herts Genealogist and Antiquary, Vol. II, 1897, p. 274, Internet Archive

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for "Magna Carta Ancestry".
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for ‘’Royal Ancestry’’.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 20 May 2021 and approved by Thiessen-117.

William Chauncey is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestors Mabel Harlakenden and Roger Harlakenden and Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger Bigod. The trail was badged for the Magna Carta Project in May 2021. The profiles in it can be seen in the Magna Carta Trails section on Margeret Huberd's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".

There is a separate trail badged by the Magna Carta Project (from Gateway Ancestor Charles Chauncey to the Bigod Surety Barons): this goes through his brother, John. See the Magna Carta trails section on the profile of George Chauncey.