'Cheyne01'
Index
links to: Lead / LetterFamilies covered: Caisneto (or Chesney) of Caisneto (or Chesney), Chesney of Addington, Chesney of Horsford
'Cheyne01'Index
links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered:
Caisneto (or Chesney) of Caisneto (or Chesney), Chesney of Addington, Chesney
of Horsford
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| This family probably originated in Quesnai, Normandy. In England the name was originally spelt de Chesney or de Chasney, being 'latinised' as de Caisneto, and later Cheyney or Cheney. In Scotland the name was commonly spelt Chen from the early 14th century and Cheyne from about 1600. Its progenitor, who came to England at the time of or shortly after the Conquest, was ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ralf de Caisneto (a 1086) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Maud (dau of William de Watville) name found on web site | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Ralf de Caisneto | ||||||||||||||
| m. Emma | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John de Caisneto | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Emma de Caisneto = Emma de Chesney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Belet | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Alice de Caisneto = Alice de Chesney | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Hugh de Periers mentioned in TCP (vol X, appendix J) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Geoffrey de Sai (b c1155, d 1230) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | William de Caisneto | ||||||||||||||
| According to our Main Source, which is careful to report that this connection has not yet been fully proved, this William is thought to have been either the same person as or possibly the father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William le Chen |
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| This may also have been the William de Caisneto who is reported in various web sites to have been father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Matilda or Maud de Chesney (d by 1198) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry FitzGerold (d 1174-5, Chamberlain) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Sybil de Caisneto = Sybil de Chesney, lady of Rudham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert FitzWalter of Horsford | |||||||||||||||
| This connection is supported by TCP (Engaine). | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William 'de Caisneto' of Horsford and Colne, Sheriff of Norfolk (d 12.1174) = William de Chesney or Cheney of Horsford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Albreda (dau of Adam de Poynings) name of wife found on a web site | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Margery de Caisneto = Margery de Chesney of Horsford |
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| m1. Hugh de Cressi (d 1189) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert FitzRoger of Warkworth and Clavering (d 22.11.1214) |
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| ii. | Clemence de Caisneto = Clemence de Chesney of Hoo (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jordan de Sackville (dsp) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Sara de Caisneto = Sara de Chesney of Colne | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Engaine of Laxton and Pytchley (d 23.04.1209) | |||||||||||||||
| Some web sites report that Ralf was also father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Philip de Caisneto of Addington | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Reynold de Caisneto of Addington (b 1095) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Philip de Caisneto or Chesney of Addington | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Bartholomew de Chesney of Addington | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Isabel de Chesney of Addington (b 1223, d 1306) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Peter FitzHenry | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Joan of Addington | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1212) William d'Aguillon of Addington | |||||||||||||||
Main sources: 'The
Cheyne family in Scotland' by Lt. Colonel A.Y. Cheyne, published in 1931.
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