Laurence (Cheyne) Cheney Esq. (abt. 1396 - 1461)

Born about 1396 in Fenn Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Cokayne) Cheyne — married 13 Dec 1421 in England

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1461 at about age 65 in England

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Biography

Father Sir William Cheney b. c 1372, d. c 1397
Mother Katherine Pabenham b. c 1372, d. 17 Jun 1436

Lawrence Cheney, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire, Escheator of Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire was born circa 1396 at of Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England; Age 40 in 1436.^[1]

He and Elizabeth Cokayne obtained a marriage license on 13 December 1421; They had 1 son (Sir John) and 2 daughters (Elizabeth, wife of Frederick Tilney, Esq. & of Sir John Say; & Mary, wife of John Allington).^[2]

Lawrence Cheney, Esq., Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire, Escheator of Bedfordshire & Buckinghamshire died on 31 December 1461; Buried at Barnwell Priory, Cambridgeshire.^[3]

Spouse

• Elizabeth Cokayne b. c 1390, d. a 1439

Children

• Sir John
• Elizabeth, wife of Frederick Tilney, Esq. & of Sir John Say
• Mary, wife of John Allington

Property

Manor of Higham Gobion

"Richard died in 1300, (fn. 11) leaving two daughters, the elder of whom, Hawise, married Ralph Butler, (fn. 12) to whom she brought the manor as her inheritance, after the death of her mother Margaret, in 1311. (fn. 13) The next year, 1312, Ralph and Hawise made a settlement of the manor, (fn. 14) and on Ralph's death, in 1342, Hawise still surviving, the reversion of the manor was inherited by their grandson Ralph, his father Sir John having died in 1339. (fn. 15) In 1346 Hawise held 1 fee in Higham, (fn. 16) and their estate by that date had been augmented by the acquisition of lands held in 1303 and 1316 by Thomas Paynel and Elizabeth his wife, (fn. 17) the other sister and co-heiress. Hawise died in 1360, and as her grandson Ralph had predeceased her in 1348, the manor was inherited by his brother Sir Edward. (fn. 18) He died without issue in 1412, (fn. 19) when the manor was inherited by his kinsman Sir Philip Butler, of Woodhall in Watton, Hertfordshire, grandson of Sir Edward's uncle Ralph. Sir Philip died a few years later, in 1420, and his widow, Elizabeth, married as her second husband Laurence Cheyne, who was holding the manor in right of his wife in 1428. (fn. 20) Sir Philip's son and heir, Edward, died a minor in the same year as his father, and was succeeded by his brother Philip, aged fifteen, in 1429. (fn. 21) This Philip, who was holding the courts of the manor in 1450–51, (fn. 22) died in 1453, and was succeeded by his son John, (fn. 23) whose son Sir Philip died seised of the manor in 1545. (fn. 24)"^[4]

Manor of Hooks and Pinnacles

"In 1449 William Say, clerk, John Say and Lawrence Cheyne his [father]-in-law (fn. 233) were listed as tenants of a group of manors including Hooks. (fn. 234) Sir John Say died in 1478 holding Hooks and Pinnacles of the Abbot of Waltham. (fn. 235) He was succeeded by his son Sir William. (fn. 236) In 1515 Robert Turbervyl, at the request of Sir William Say, granted this manor to Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, steward of Waltham Forest during the minority of John de Vere, Earl of Oxford. (fn. 237) Dorothy, daughter and heir of Sir William Say, brought this manor to her husband William, Lord Mountjoy. (fn. 238) Their only daughter Gertrude married Henry Courtenay, Marquess of Exeter, in 1519, and the manor subsequently came into Exeter's possession. (fn. 239) In 1539 he was attainted and this manor was forfeit to the Crown. (fn. 240)"^[5]

Fen Ditton Hall

"The House incorporates part of a medieval building, stylistically of the early 15th century, which may be associated with the inheritance of the manor of Muschets by Lawrence Cheyne in 1418; the enfeoffment of the manor to Lawrence's father, William, took place in 1377 (Christ's College Muniments, Misc. B/6)."^[6]

Mochettes

"Henry Cheyney, however, inherited its fee simple in right of his wife, who was probably George Muschet's daughter. (fn. 25) The manor was settled in 1377 on Henry's son Sir William Cheyney (d. 1399), whose widow Catherine held the manor in 1419. (fn. 26) It had passed by 1428 to Sir William Cheyney's son Lawrence (d. 1461). (fn. 27) In 1480 Lawrence's son and heir Sir John (d. 1489) granted Mochettes manor to his eldest son Sir Thomas, (fn. 28) who died in 1514. His daughter and heir Elizabeth brought the manor by her marriage to Thomas Vaux (b. 1509), later 2nd Lord Vaux of Harrowden. (fn. 29) Thomas and Elizabeth both died in 1556, and the manor passed to their son and heir William. (fn. 30) On his death in 1595, it descended to his grandson Edward, Lord Vaux, who sold it in 1619 to Thomas Willys (d. 1626). (fn. 31) The manor thereafter formed part of the Fen Ditton estate."^[7]

Pytchley Manor

"Pytchley then followed the descent of Weldon (q.v.) (fn. 28) until 1408, when, on the death of Richard Basset, the property was divided between his cousins, Weldon passing to John Knyvet and Pytchley to Sir Thomas Aylesbury, who died in 1418 seised of a manor of Pytchley, composed of the manor of Pytchley called Engaynes (q.v.) and of this manor, then called BASSETS and later on known as STAFFORDS. (fn. 29) Bassets, held by him of the abbey of Peterborough, had been granted by him in 1416–17 to Sir Thomas Chaworth, the husband of his daughter Isabel, (fn. 30) but was assigned for life to his widow Katharine. (fn. 31) Katharine, who had inherited the Engayne manor as the daughter of Lawrence de Pabenham, died on 17 July 1436, leaving as her heir her son Laurence Cheyne, aged 40. (fn. 32)"^[8]

Manor of Streatley with Sharpenhoe

"In 1274 Hugh de Gobion died seised of Streatley manor, leaving as heir his son Richard, (fn. 10) who rendered feudal service in Streatley ten years later. (fn. 11) He died in 1300, leaving two daughters, Hadwisa, wife of Ralph Butler, and Elizabeth as co-heirs. (fn. 12) Streatley manor passed to the former, and was held by Ralph Butler in right of his wife until his death in 1342, when he left their grandson Ralph as his heir. (fn. 13) Hadwisa, however, retained the manor until her death, which took place in 1360, when, her grandson Ralph having predeceased her in 1348, Sir Edward Butler, his brother, inherited Streatley with Sharpenhoe manor. (fn. 14) Sir Edward died without an heir in 1412, and Philip, his second cousin, inherited his estates. (fn. 15) Sir Philip Butler died in 1420, when his widow, who after wards married Lawrence Cheyne, owed feudal service for the manor. (fn. 16)"^[9]

Manor of Hokes

"B. 241. John Edward', brother and heir of Thomas Gloucestr', having demised to Ralph, Lord Sudeley, John, Lord Beauchamp, Richard Neuton, knight, John Fray and others, and to Robert Cooke the manors of Baas, Perers, Geddynges, Langtons, Foxton', Marions and Halles, with their appurtenances in Brokesborne, Hoddesdon, Cheshunt, Amwell, Wurmeley, and elsewhere co. Hertford, and also the manor of Hokes co. Essex, which had descended to him upon the death of his said brother, and the same having been subsequently demised at his request by the said Robert Cooke to William Say, Andrew Oughgard, John Say, Laurence Cheyne, Philip Boteler, John Cheyne, and William Port, he thereupon granted a release of his right to the said manors, &c., to the last named parties. 28 August, 26 Henry VI. [1447]"^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 444
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 161.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 206.
4. ↑ 'Parishes: Higham Gobion,' in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1908), 344-347, accessed March 17, 2016, [1]
5. ↑ 'Waltham Holy Cross: Introduction and manors,' in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 5, ed. W R Powell (London: Victoria County History, 1966), 151-162, accessed March 16, 2016, [2]
6. ↑ 'Fen Ditton,' in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire, Volume 2, North-East Cambridgeshire (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1972), 47-65, accessed March 14, 2016, [3]
7. ↑ 'Fen Ditton,' in An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire, Volume 2, North-East Cambridgeshire (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1972), 47-65, accessed March 14, 2016, [4]
8. ↑ 'Parishes: Pytchley,' in A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, ed. L F Salzman (London: Victoria County History, 1937), 208-213, accessed March 12, 2016, [5]
9. ↑ 'Parishes: Streatley with Sharpenhoe,' in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1908), 381-384, accessed March 16, 2016, [6]
10. ↑ 'Deeds: B.201 - B.300,' in A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds: Volume 1, ed. H C Maxwell Lyte (London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1890), 235-244, accessed March 11, 2016, [7]

See also:

• The visitation of Cambridge made in a℗ʻ (1575) Continued and enlarged with the vissitation of the county made by Henery St. George, Richmond herald, marshall and deputy to Willm. Camdem, Clarenceulx, in a℗ʻ 1619, with many other descents added therto Page 118: Cheney
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p541.htm#i16251
• Memoirs of Chesters of Chicheley
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013), Vol. II. page 161.