John Chauncey (abt. 1452 - 1520)

Born about 1452 in Hertfordshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Boyce) Chauncey — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1520 at about age 68 in Hertfordshire, England

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John Chauncy is a descendant of Magna Carta surety barons Hugh and Roger le Bigod (see text below).

Biography

John was the son of John Chauncy and Anne Leventhorpe. He was his father's main heir, and was said in his father's Inquisition Post Mortem to be 27 or more in 1479, pointing to a birth date of about 1452. His birth place was probably in Hertfordshire, where his father owned property.^[1][2][3][4]

John married Alice Boyce, daughter of Thomas.^[1][2][3] They had three children:^[1][2][3]

• John^{[1][2][3][4][5]}
• George,^[1][2][3][4] who died on 19 December 1520 and was buried at Fulham, Middlesex and who had a son named Alexander^[5]
• William^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

John died on 8 June 1510 and was buried at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.^[1][2][4][5]

Research Notes

Burial Place

Sir Anthony Wagner's article on the Harlakenden ancestry gives John's burial place as Yardley (also known as Ardeley), Hertfordshire.^[3] Other sources give it as Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.^[1][2][4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} 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. I, p. 423, CHAUNCY 9, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, p. 131, CHAUNCY 14
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} 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. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Sir Henry Chauncy. The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, Vol. I, Bishops Stortford and London, 1826, p. 116, Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4} Robert Clutterbuck. The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, Vol. II, John Nichols and Son, 1821, p. 401, viewable on Familysearch

• 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 re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 22 May 2021.

John Chauncey appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Charles Chauncy to Magna Carta Surety Barons Hugh le Bigod and Roger le Bigod (vol. I, pages 421-425 CHAUNCY). This trail was badged by the Magna Carta Project in 2015 and re-reviewed in December 2022-January 2023. See the full trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of George Chauncy's profile.

John Chauncey is also listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestors Mabel Harlakenden and Roger Harlakenden and the Bigods. 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".