'Chester1'
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Families covered: Chester of Chichley (Chicheley), Chester of London
| Robert Chester of Stow St.Edward (a 1445) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Chester of London (d 1476) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Hill (d 1484/5) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Chester of London (d 05.1513) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan (Mrs. Wellis) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Nicholas Chester | ||||||||||||||
| a. | issue (dsps?) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir William Chester, Sheriff then Lord Mayor of London (a 1563) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Lovett (dau of Thomas Lovett of Astwell by Elizabeth, dau of John Boteler of Woodhall) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Chester of London (d 14.04.1608, draper) | ||||||||||||||
| m1/2. Anne Fryer (dau of John Fryer of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Chester | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'The Chesters' (p72). | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.10.1594) Thomas Heton (d 06.01.1605-6, brother of Martin, Bishop of Ely) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 1608) Thomas Procter of Wisbech (d 1624) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Ellen Procter (a 1624) | ||||||||||||||
| m2/1. Judith Cave (dau of Anthony Cave of Chichley) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir Anthony Chester, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire/Bedfordshire, 1st Bart of Chichley (bpt 10.04.1566, d 01.12.1635) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (24.10.1589) Elizabeth Boteler (b c1566, d 05.04.1629, dau of Sir Henry Boteler of Woodhall by Catharine Waller) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Bart of Chichley (bpt 23.03.1593, bur 15.02.1651/2) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1623) Elizbabeth Peyton (b c1603, d 03.07.1692, dau of Sir John Peyton of Dodingto vt ALice Peytonn) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Anthony Chester, 3rd Bart of Chichley (b c1632, d 15.02.1697-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.05.1657) Mary Cranmer (b 1634-5, d 12.05.1710, dau of Samuel Cranmer of Astwoodbury & London by Mary, sister of Sir Henry Wood, Bart of Loudham) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sir John Chester, 4th Bart of Chichley (b 24.06.1666, d 09/10.02.1720, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1.(02.11.1686) Anne Wollaston (d 03.10.1704, dau of William Wollaston of Shenton by Elizabeth Cave) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir William Chester, 5th Bart of Chichley (b 05.09.1687, d 21.03.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Hewett (dau of George Hewett of Stretton (by Penelope Jesson), m2. James Montague) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Elizabeth Chester probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Chester of London | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Dorothea Chester (d 27.01.1815, heir) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.12.1764) Sir George Robinson, 5th Bart | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Penelope Chester probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Price of Covent Garden | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Frances Dorothea Price (b 1737-8, d 27.03.1802) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anthony Surtees (b 1741-2, d 02.06.1807) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Timothy Lee (rector of Ackworth) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C))+ | 4 other daughters | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Sir John Chester, 6th Bart of Chichley (b 23.04.1693, d 08.02.1747/8, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (15.02.1718/9) Frances Bagot (d 17.02.1748/9, dau of Sir Edward Bagot, Bart of Blithfield, by FGrabces Wagstaffe) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Sir Charles Bagot Chester, 7th Bart of Chichley (b 1724, dspl 25.05.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| TCB (vol 1, p140) reports that Charles "had children by two mistresses". | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Anthony, Frances | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Sir Francis Chester, 8th Bart (b 03.05.1694, d 18.10.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 suggests that it was Francis's son Francis who became the 8th Bart. TCB shows that it was this Francis. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (04.03.1717/8) Berthia (Bertha or Bethia) Wood (bpt 29.01.1683/4, d 29.09.1743, dau/coheir of Thomas Webb alias Wood of Kensington) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Francis Chester (b 17.07.1724, dvp unm 18.12.1757) | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Catherine Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1718) John Toller of Billingborough | |||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Anne Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Snead of Buckinghamshire | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Penelope Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Smith of Padbury | |||||||||||||||
| ((7))+ | other issue (d unm) - Thomas (b 31.03.1689, Lt. Colonel), Mary, Rebecca, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.1714, sp) Frances Noel (b c1673, d 02.1751, dau of Sir William Noel, Bart of Kirkby (by Frances Ward), widow of Ralph Sneyd then Sir Charles Skrimshire, m4. Charles Adderley) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Henry Chester of Hadon (b 14.09.1688, d 06.05.1726) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theodosia Tower (dau of Thomas Tower of Haddenham) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Sir Anthony Chester of East Haddon, 9th Bart (b c1707, dsp(m) 17.05.1769, rector of East Haddon) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c01.1750/1) Elizabeth Burt or Birt (d 13.06.1808) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Thomas Chester (b 12.03.1674, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 identifies Thomas's wife as Elizabeth, dau of Daniel Wingfield of London, but it appears that she was in fact ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Wigfall (dau of Daniel Wigfall of London) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Mary Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Horton of Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue - John, Anne | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Robert Chester (dsp, 7th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Allen (dau of Henry Allen) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Mary Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Duncomb of Broughton | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Elizabeth Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Nicholas Eyre | |||||||||||||||
| (g) | Diana Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Remington (rector of Hunnanby) | |||||||||||||||
| (h) | Catherine Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Henry Cambell, Bart of Clayhall (d 1699) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Judith Chester (d 29.09.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Oneby of Barwell (of the Inner Temple) | |||||||||||||||
| (j) | Dorothy Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wilson of Thorp | |||||||||||||||
| (k) | Penelope Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Allen (rector of Loughborough) | |||||||||||||||
| (l)+ | other issue (d unm) - Anthony (b 06.10.1663, dvp unm bur 10.07.1685), William, Caesar, Henrietta (d young), Alice | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | William Chester (4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Healmes (dau of Major Thomas Healmes of Barbadoes) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Dorothy Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Butler of Barbadoes | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Nanfan of Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||
| (c)+ | 4 sons (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Alice Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Millicent of Bergham | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Frances Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Samuel Wiseman of Barbadoes | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Elizabeth Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Ryley | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Ruperta Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward Coney of South Luffenham (d 18.07.1691, son of Sir Sutton of Basinthorp) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii)+ | other issue (d unm) - Henry(dvp), Peyton, John, Diana | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Chester ( bpt 27.04.1595, Bencher of Gray's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by 'The Chesters' (p126+), reviewed & expanded 21.03.26. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (22.04.1645) Mary Breton, dau of Robert Breton of Teton by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Reancis Harvey) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Anthony Chester (bpt 19.03.1649-50, bur 14.03.1651-2) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Chester (bpt 20.04.1648, d before 10.09.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.12.1669) Henry Dottin of Cornwall & London (of Clement's Inn) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Chester (d before 10.09.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.10.1670) William Guavers of Huntingfield (b c1641, of the Middle Temple) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (1654) Dorothy Child (dau of Robert Child of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Dorothy Chester (b 22.07.1655, bur 21.08.1722) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (26.02.21673-4) John Nance of Trenfgoff | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Nance (bpt 24.01.1694-5, bur 18.03.1772, youngest son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth (bur 15.10.1764) | |||||||||||||||
| (b)+ | other issue - Chester (bpt 27.03.1677, but 23.07.1736), Henry (bpt 17.02.1681-2, bur 09.02.1725), John (bpt 21.10.1684, d young), William (bur 11.12.1687), Dorothy (bpt 08.06.1690, d unm bur 17.12.1767), Lucy (bpt 16.11.1697, d unm bur 01.08.1729) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Sir Henry Chester, Sheriff of Bedfordshire (bpt 11.05.1598) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Judith Bankworth (dau of _ Bankworth of Bow Lane, London) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Robert Chester (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Mary Wood (dau of Thomas Wood of Hackney, sister of Sir Henry & Bishop Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | John Chester (bpt 07.06.1601, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catherine Ashton | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Mary Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Robert Bell of Beaupree Hall | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Chester married 5 times | ||||||||||||||
| (G) | Dorothy Chester | ||||||||||||||
| BEB1841 shows the youngest daughter Dorothy as "d. young and unmarried" but this (or a later sister) was probably the Dorothy who (according to Lipscomb (Bucks, vol 4, 'Pedigree of Smyth of Great Linford', p223) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Pennington (rector of Stoke Goldington) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Barbara Pennington | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Shann (rector of Chicheley & Farndish) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Dororthy Shann | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edmund Smyth (d 1789, rector of Tyringham-cum-Edgrave) | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue (d unm) - Robert (bpt 09.1606), Judith (d young), Anne (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (05.09.1631) Mary Ellis (bur 24.09.1692, dau of John Ellis of Kiddal, m2. Samuel Loddington) | |||||||||||||||
| (K) | Robert Chester (d 1633?) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Chester, Bishop of Elphin (dsp 06.1584) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Clavering (dau of Sir James Clavering of Axwell) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Frances Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Francis Robinson of London | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Jane Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Offley (brother of Sir Thomas) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Emma Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gardiner of London | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Susan Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Trott of London | |||||||||||||||
| g.+ | other issue (dsp) - John, Daniel, Francis | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Joan Turner (dau of John Turner of London) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Alice Chester | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Elizabeth Chester mentioned on 'The Chesters' (p22) | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Bryce | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Chester (a 1477, alderman of London) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice (a 08.1504) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Jean Chester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Bullisdon | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Henry Chester of Bristol (a 01.1470) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alice | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Chestre or Chester of Bristol (d after 21.12.1488) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | William Chestre or Chester of Bristol (alderman) | ||||||||||||||
| William left sons, possibly including Thomas of Amsbury who left issue of that place. | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BEB1841 ('Chester of Chichley') with some support from TCB (vol 1, 'Chester of Cicheley', p138+) and input/support added 03.2026 from 'The Chesters of Chicheley' (Robert Edmond Chester Waters, vol 1 (1878), referred to above as "The Chesters")
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