William (Cheney) Cheyne Esq (abt. 1453 - 1487)

Born about 1453 in Eastchurch, Kent, England [uncertain]

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Died 8 May 1487 at about age 34 in Kent, England [uncertain]

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Biography

A Cheyney Pedigree published in 1834^[1] noted that William Cheyney esq., the son of Sir John Cheyney of Sheppey and Alianor Shottesbroke, married a daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn.

A monumental inscription (see below) indicates his wife was Isabell Boleyn.

Children:

• Francis Cheyney^[1]
• William Cheyney^[1]

He married second Agnes daughter to Sir John Young, Grocer. She had married first Robert Sherington and then Robert Mullueneux, with William Cheyney, esq., being her third husband.^[2] While one source describes William's second wife as Margaret Young^[3], her will of 1488^[4] clearly indicates that her name was Agnes.^[5]

Children:

• Thomas Cheyney^[3][5][6]

Inquisition Post Mortem

William Cheyne: Commission 1 July, inquisition 16 July, 14 Henry VII.:^[7]

"He died 8 May, 2 Henry VII [1487], seised of the undermentioned manors, &c., in fee. They descended to Francis Cheyne, his son and heir, aged 5 and more at the time of his death. Francis, when aged 15, married one — the daughter of John Brereton, but whether it was with the king’s licence or not the jurors do not know. The said Francis, the day of the taking of this inquisition, is aged 17 and more. John Cheyne, knight, took the issues and profits of the said manors, &c. from the day of the death of the said William to 30 May, 14 Henry VII, on which day the same John died, by what right and title they know not. Cf. No. 277."

The lands were all in Kent and included the Manor of Patrykesborn; the Manor of Belseton alias Bilsyngton; eighty-one acres of land in Rokynge and Bylsyngton; and the Manors, or tenements, of Sherlond, Roweton, Capelle, Nycoll’, Swanle, Wardon, Godeneston, otherwise called Guyton, in the parishes of Mynster, Wardon, Eastchurche and Layesdon, in the Isle of Sheppey.

Memorial Brass: Isabell Cheney

There is a memorial brass for Isabella Cheney at Blickling, Norfolk.^[8][9]

“Her brass still remains in the chancel [parish church of Blickling, Norfolk] with the arms of Cheyne of Kent, az. Six lions rampant arg. 2 canton erm. Impaling Boleyn.

Hic jacet Isabella Cheyne, quondam uxor Willi. Cheyne Armigeri, de Insula de Shippey in Comitatu Cancie que obit xxiijo die Mensis Aprilis, Anno Domini Mcccclxxxv, cuius anime propicietur Deus Amen”

[An attempted translation of the inscription]: Here lies Isabella Cheyne once the wife of William Cheyne esquire of the Isle of Sheppey in the County of Kent who died 23 Apr 1485, on whose soul may God have mercy, amen.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica Vol I, 1834. p 314 Cheyney Pedigree Internet Archive.
2. ↑ A Survey of London, written in the year 1598, by John Stow. A new Edition edited by William J Thomas esq., 1842.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cheyne, Sir Thomas (1482/87-1558), of the Blackfriars, London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 HOP.
4. ↑ Will of Agnes Cheyne, Widow of Isle of Sheppey, Kent. PROB 11/8/209. The National Archives, Kew.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} The Will of Sir Thomas Cheyney. 1559. Transcript by Nina Green, 2014 pdf.
6. ↑ Brock, R E, ‘The Courtier in Early Tudor Society’, Ph.D Thesis, University of London, October 1963, pp 16-17 pdf.
7. ↑ Maskelyne and H. C. Maxwell Lyte, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Henry VII, Entries 201-250', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII (London, 1915), pp. 132-169. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/series2-vol2/pp132-169 [accessed 7 April 2020].
8. ↑ Blomefield F and Parkin C Rev. (1807) An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk …. Vol VI. London.
9. ↑ The Family of Boleyn. Letter to The Gentleman’s Magazine, Aug 1849, Vol. XXXII, p 155.