Elizabeth (Cokayne) Cheyne (abt. 1390 - aft. 1449)

Born about 1390 in Derbyshire, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Philip (Boteler) le Boteler — married before 1409 in England

Wife of Laurence (Cheyne) Cheney Esq. — married 13 Dec 1421 in England

Descendants

Died after 1449 after about age 59 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Elizabeth Cockayne was the daughter of John Cokayne and Ida Grey.^[1][2][3] Her date of birth is unknown and is estimated based on her first husband's birth year (1388) and the date of her first marriage (by 1409). Elizabeth may have been born in Derbyshire, where her father held lands.

Marriages and Children

Elizabeth married first to Philip le Boteler (or Butler), Knt., son and heir of Philip le Boteler, Knt., and his wife, Elizabeth____.^[1] The couple were married by 1409 (date of fine), when they were granted the manors of Bromham and Sele in Hertfordshire.^[4] Elizabeth and Philip had two sons:

• Edward,^[1][5] died 30 November 1420,^[4] aged 8 years^[6]
• Philip, Gent., married Isabel Willoughby.^[1] He was heir to his brother, Edward and was aged 15 in 1429.^[4] Philip died in 1453, leaving an heir^[5]

Sir Philip died 6 November 1420^[3][4][6][7] and was buried at Watton at Stone, Hertfordshire.^[1]

Elizabeth married second by license dated 13 December 1421 to Laurence Cheyne (or Cheney), Esq.,^[3] second son of William Cheyne, Knt., and Katherine Pabenham.^[1] They had one son and two daughters:

• John, Knt., heir of his father,^[8] born about 1424, died testate July 1489, married Elizabeth Rempston and had issue^[1]
• Elizabeth, wife of Frederick Tilney, Esq., and of John Say, Knt.^[1][3]
• Mary, wife of John Allington^[1]

Property

In 1422, Laurence and Elizabeth released the manor of Eaton, Bedfordshire, to Laurence's mother, Katherine Aylesbury, and others. Laurence and Elizabeth were legatees in the will of her father^[1] dated 10 February 1427 and proved 1429.^[9] In 1428, Laurence is listed as holding the manor of Higham in right of his wife.^[10] In 1439, Laurence and his wife conveyed land in Horton, Northamptonshire to Thomas Reyners, Esq.^[1]

In 1436, on the death of his mother, Katharine Aylesbury, Laurence Cheyne inherited the manor of Engaynes; in 1449, he settled it on himself and his wife Elizabeth, with remainder to their son John.^[11][12]

Death

Laurence died testate 31 December 1461^[3] and was buried at Barnwell Priory, Cambridgeshire.^[1] Elizabeth's date and place of death are unknown. She was living in 1449.^[12]

Research Notes

Disconnected Children

Lawrence Cheney and Catherine (Cheney) Bakewell were previously attached as children of Elizabeth and Laurence Cheney. No proof has been found to support these connections and the two children were detached as children of Laurence and Elizabeth in May 2022.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pages 161-162, CHEYNE 12: Elizabeth Cokayne.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 444, CHEYNE 8: Elizabeth Cokayne. Google Books.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Hal Bradley. "A Royal Descent for John Stratton" in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: NEHGS, Apr 2006. Vol. 160, p. 107. AmericanAncestors.org ($).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem And Other Analogous Documents Preserved In the Public Record Office. Vol. 23. London: HMSO, 1898, page 18, #42-48. HathiTrust: IPM of Edward son of Philip Botiller, Chevalier, writs dated 27 June 1428 and 4 February 1429.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} William Page, ed. "Parishes: Higham Gobion," in A History of the County of Bedford. Volume 2. London: Victoria County History, 1908, pages 344-347. British History Online
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Great Britain. Public Record Office. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem And Other Analogous Documents Preserved In the Public Record Office. Vol. 23. London: HMSO, 1898, pages 98-99, #187-190. Archive.org: IPM of Philip Botiller, Knight, writs dated 27 June 1428, 7 July 1428 and 1 Jan 1429.
7. ↑ King's College. Mapping the Medieval Countryside [online]. London, 2014. Available at InquisitionsPostMortem.ac.uk
8. ↑ A F Wareham and A P M Wright. "Fen Ditton: Manors", in A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Volume 10, Cheveley, Flendish, Staine and Staploe Hundreds (North-Eastern Cambridgeshire). London: 2002, pp. 123-124. British History Online.
9. ↑ G.E. Cokayne. Cokayne Memoranda, pp. 81-83. Google Books: Will of John Cokayne dated 10 Feb 1427, proved 1429; pedigree.
10. ↑ Inquisitions and Assessments Relating to Feudal Aids, 1284-1431. Vol. I. London: HMSO, 1899, page 46. Archive.org.
11. ↑ L F Salzman, ed. "Parishes: Pytchley", in A History of the County of Northampton, Volume 4. London, 1937, pp. 208-213. British History Online.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Great Britain, Public Record Office. Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved In the Public Record Office. Henry VI, Vol. V, 1446-1452. London: HMSO, 1909, pp. 258-259. HathiTrust.

• Page, William, ed. "Parishes: Streatley with Sharpenhoe," in A History of the County of Bedford. Volume 2. London: Victoria County History, 1908, pp. 381-384. British History Online.
• Waters, Robert Edmond Chester. Genealogical Memoirs of the Extinct Family of Chester of Chicheley, Vol. I. Robson & Sons, 1878, page 139. Google Books: pedigree of Boteler and Marmion.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Ancestry Sharing.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 13 May 2022 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 14 May 2022.

Elizabeth (Cokayne) Cheyne was identified by the Magna Carta Project as being in trails from

• Gateway Ancestor John Stratton to Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert FitzWalter. This trail was badged for the Project in May 2022.
• Gateway Ancestor John Stratton to Magna Carta Surety Baron Henry de Bohun (vol. IV, pages 129-132, STRATTON). This trail was badged for the project in June 2022.

See both trails in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Stratton's profile.

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