William (Cheyne) de Cheyne (abt. 1274 - 1322)

Born about 1274 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Shurland) de Cheney — married 1303 in Kent

Descendants

Died 1322 at about age 48 in Yorkshire, England

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Biography

William was said to be 22 at his father's death in 1296,^[1][2][3][4] pointing to a birth date of about 1274. He was son of Alexander de Cheyne and Agnes de Say. He was his father's main heir.^[1][2][5]

William married Margaret de Shurland, daughter of Sir Robert de Shurland (of Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent) and Margery.^[1][2][3][4] His wife inherited property from her brother Robert and her sister Maud.^[1][2] William and Margaret had three sons:

• William^[1][2][3]
• Robert^{[1][2][3][4][6]}
• Peter^[1][2]

William fought in France and Scotland. In the reign of Edward II he opposed both Piers Gaveston and Hugh le Despenser. In 1322 he fought with Thomas of Lancaster's forces in the Battle of Boroughbridge: he is believed to have been hanged at York or Pontefract after this.^[1][2]

Research Notes

Henry Cheney has previously been shown on WikiTree as a child of William and Margaret. There seems to be no good evidence for this, and he has been detached. Henry is not listed as a child in the works of Douglas Richardson^[1][2] or in the Cheney pedigree in the Berkshire Visitations.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} 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. III, p. 423, RAYNSFORD 4
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 459, RAYNSFORD 9
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} The Four Visitations of Berkshire, Harleian Society, 1908, pp. 102-103, Internet Archive
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica. Ser. 4, v. 3 (1910). FamilySearch, pages 314-315.
5. ↑ L.F. Salzman. "Sussex Domesday Tenants. IV: The Family of Chesney or Cheyney" in Sussex Archaeological Collections, vol. 65, 1924. HathiTrust, pages 25 and 47-49.
6. ↑ Robert Clutterbuck. The history and antiquities of the county of Hertford, Vol. 1. London: Nichols, Son and Bentley, 1815. FamilySearch, page 133: pedigree.

• "Parishes: Streat" in A History of the County of Sussex. Volume 7: the Rape of Lewes, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 113-115. British History Online.
• Edward Hasted, "Parishes: Patrixborne", in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 9 (Canterbury, 1800), pp. 277-286. British History Online.
• Edward Hasted, "Parishes: Eastchurch", in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 6 (Canterbury, 1798), pp. 245-258. British History Online.
• "Parishes: Aldenham" in A History of the County of Hertford. Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 149-161. British History Online.
• 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 revised for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 2 November 2020 and approved by Thiessen-117.

William de Cheyne appears in Magna Carta Ancestry (vol. II, pages 226-227 FOWKE), in a badged Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Gerard Fowke to Magna Carta Surety Baron Geoffrey de Say. See the Magna Carta Trails on the profile of Gerard Fowke to see the profiles on the trail.

William also appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Edward Raynsford to surety baron Geoffrey de Say (vol. III, pages 422-427 RAYNSFORD) that was badged by the Project in August 2023. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of Robert Raynsford'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".