Cecily (Verney) Chamberlain (abt. 1485)

Born about 1485 in Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Birth and Parentage

Cecily Verney was the eldest daughter of John Verney of Pendley in Hertfordshire and his wife, Margaret née Whittingham. She had three elder brothers, Ralph, John and Robert, and a younger sister, Anne. ^[1][2]

Marriage and Family

She married Edward Chamberlain, son of Richard Chamberlain and his wife, Sybil Fowler.^[2][3] They were parents of sons, Leonard, ^[2][3] Ralph ^[4]and Edward. ^[5] Their children included:

• Leonard ^[6]
• Mary ^[7]
• Sibyll ^[8]
• Margaret^[9]
• Ralph/Rudolph^[8]
• Edward^[10]

Not long after 3 April 1509 her mother Margaret died and bequeathed to Cecily and her husband, Sir Edward Chamberlaine, in her will, a feather bed and bolster, two blankets and a hanging or tapestry 'for a chamber', very likely a bed chamber.^[1]

Death

The only date for her death that can be found is roughly September 1543, the same time as the death of her husband. Whether this is accurate is still to be verified. The information comes from Ancestry, and is behind a paywall.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Verney family; Bruce, John, ( 1853). Letters and papers of the Verney family down to the end of the year 1639. (p.41). London: Printed for the Camden Society, by J.B. Nichols and Son. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Brodie, Robert Henry., Chamberlayne, Edward (1484?-1543?). Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved from Wikisource DoNB (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Topographer: March 1821, Vol. 5, Issue 1. Retrieved from Google e-Books (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.
4. ↑ Baker, T. F. T., CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Ralph (by 1523-70 or later), of Shirburn, Oxon. Retrieved from DoNB. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved from DoNB (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.
5. ↑ Dale, M. K., CHAMBERLAIN, Edward II (by 1509-57), of Fulwell, Oxon. and Astley, Warws. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved from DoNB (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.
6. ↑ The Publications of the Harleian Society. (1871). Harvey, William, Clarencieux. Visitations of Oxfordshire taken in the year, 1566, 1574 (Lee, Richard., Portcullis) and in 1634 (Philpott, John., Somerset., & Ryley, William., Bluemantle). (Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 26 Jan 2022.
7. ↑ Buckler, Benjamin, (1765)., Stemmata Chicheleana; or, A genealogical account of some of the families derived from Thomas Chichele, of Higham-Ferrers in the county of Northampton;...Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 25 Jan 2022.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} The Skydmores/ Scudores of Rowlestone, Herefordshire, including their descendants at Kentchurch, Llancillo, Magor & Ewyas Harold. Edited by Linda Moffatt 2016 © from the original work of Warren Skidmore, (p. 20). Retrieved from Skidmore Family History (Here;) Accessed 26 Jan 2022.
9. ↑ Philipot, John, Ryley, William, Harvey, William, Rylands, W. Harry., (1909)., The visitation of the county of Buckingham made in 1634. ... (p.175). College of Arms (Great Britain). Retrieved from the Internet Archive (Here;) Accessed 23 Jan 2022.
10. ↑ Grant by Dame Elizabeth Wellisburne, of Asteley, co. Warwick, widow, late the wife of Edward Chamberlayne, esquire, and formerly wife of John Wellisburne, knight, and executrix of his will, to Arthur Wellisburne, son (filio naturali) of the said John, i...Retrieved from British History Online (Here;) Accessed 23 Jan 2022.

See Also

• History of Parliament online 1509-1558: CHAMBERLAIN, Sir Edward (1480-1543), of Shirburn, Oxon

• Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 10 Chamberlain, Leonard by Thompson Cooper

• Stirnet: Chamberlain

• Chamberlain Early Family Register extracted from various sources. This document, no longer available in the internet, has now been uploaded to the Internet Archive and is available for download, as a Torrent or a PDF file (Here;) Accessed 13 Jan 2023.

• Historical Estates: Pendley. Retrieved from (here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.

• VERNEY, Edmund (1528-58), of Pendley in Tring, Herts. Pub: Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved from Hist. of Parliament (Here;) Accessed 24 Jan 2022.