'Chafy1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Chafe of Bridgwater, Chafe de Chafecombe, Chafy of Exeter, Chafey (Chafy) of Sherborne
| (BLG1937 identifies the arms of this family as "Az., five fusils emjoined (sic) in fesse arg., and in the dexter chief a lion rampant also arg." with the note that they were granted in 1924 "in substitution of an earlier grant, in order to revert as nearly as possible to the arms originally used by the family". BLG1879, which reports that the Ancient arms were "Az. a fess lozengy arg." and that "The Devonshire branch bore: az. five fusils in fess, a canton arg.". | |||||||||||||||
| Hugo, Thane de Chafecombe, Somerset (a temp Ethelred II ('the Unready') who r. 978-1013 & 1014-1016) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Reginald, Thane de Chafecombe (a temp Edward the Confesssor who r. 1042-1066) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Randolph de Chafecombe (a 1086) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Randolph de Chafecombe (a temp Henry I who r. 1100-1135) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Randolph de Chafecombe (a temp Stephen who r. 1135-1154) | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Randolph de Chafecombe (a temp John who r. 1199-1216) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert de Chafecombe (a 1236) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas de Chafecombe (d 1282) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Matilda (dau of Andrew de Besco of Criolle) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Chafe de Chafecombe (b after 1264, a 1285) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Cristina (dau/heir of Robert de Maundeville) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Andrew Chafe of Bridgwater, Somerset (a 1376) | ||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Thomas Chafe of Bridgwater (a 1376) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | John Chafe of Bridgwater (a 1414) | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | John Chafe of Bridgwater (a 1446) | ||||||||||||||
| (((1))) | John Chafie of Bridgwater, Ilminster & Sherborne (a 1489) | ||||||||||||||
| (((A))) | Richard Chafy of Sherborne - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| ((2))+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
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| Richard Chafy of Sherborne, Dorset (d 1522-3) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Chafy or Chafie of Sherborne & Holwell (bur 26.09.1558) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Chafy of Sherborne (a 1544) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Chafy of Sherborne (a 1593) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Robert Chafy or Chafie of Sherborne | ||||||||||||||
| BLG1879 jumps from the above John, son of Richard, to this Robert. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hambridge (dau/heir of William Hambridge of East Coker & niece of Joseph Compton of Yeovil) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Richard Chafy "whose descendants settled at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset" | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | William Chafy this line from BLG1879 | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Chafy, Mayor of Exeter (bur 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Chafy of Exeter (bur 1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Shorte (dau pf John Short) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | John Chafy or Chafey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Mayo of Cornwall | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Thomas Chafey of Sherborne (d 1662) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Malet (dau of Sir Thomas Malet (Justice)) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Chafey or Chafe of Sherborne (b 1642, d 25.11.1701) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1662) Susannah Moleyns (b 1642-3, d 13.06.1712, dau/heir of Edward Moleyns of Westhall, Folke, Sherborne) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Moleyns Chafe of Westhall, Sherborne (bpt 1667, dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Susanna Chafe (b 1664, d 16.02.1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles Kent of London (b 1656-7, d 14.04.1716) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Katherine Chafe (b 1667) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Trengrouse | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Mary Chafe (b 1674) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Dove | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - Maletza (b/d 1671), Malletta (b 1672, d 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Elizabeth Chafy | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.12.1604) John Mules of Ernsborough (d 1633) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Dorothy Chafy | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Bigglestone | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Pascowe Chafy | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.12.1608) Tristram Risdon of Winscot (d 1640, author of 'Survey of Devon') | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Richarda Chafy (b 1604) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Curzon | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue including Thomas of Winscot (dsp 25.11.1648) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): BLG1937 ('Chafy of Holnest Park, formerly of Rous-Lench') with input/support for the lower section from BLG1879 ('Chafy of Rous-Lench')
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