'Cheyne07'
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Families covered: Cheney of Badger Hall, Cheney of Bramble-hanger, Cheney of Gaddesby, Cheney of Sundon, Cheney of Woodhey (West Woodhay)
| Sir Roger Cheney of Woodhey, Berkshire | |||||||||||||||
| Metcalfe suggests that Roger's wife was Ann, dau of William Stanley of the Pype, but Rylands & Visitation (Berkshire, 1532) identify her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Stanley (dau of Richard Stanley of the Pipe (Lancashire)) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Cheney of Woodhey (d 1545, esquire to the body of King Henry VIII) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jane Norrys (dau of Sir William Norrys of Yattendon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Cheney of West Woodhey (Woodhay) (d 1567) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1531) Dorothy Yate (dau of John Yate of Charney) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Cheney of Woodhay (d 1582) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Mary Roberts (dau of Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Cheney, last of West Woodhay (a 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ruffin | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Cheney (b c1574?, a 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Dorothy Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Polden | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Margaret Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Scott (dau of Edward Scott of ye Mote) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | Robert Cheney of West Woodhey | ||||||||||||||
| m. Celina (dau of John Baptist Castelion of Benham Vallens) | |||||||||||||||
| (1)+ | issue - Henry, John, Barbara, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Henry Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Philpott (dau of Sir George Philpott) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Mary Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Humphrey Cheney (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Edward Cheney of Uphaven, Wiltshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margery (widow of Thomas King) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | John Cheney of Bamsted (Hampsted) (2nd of the name) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tydder | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Cheney (a 1589) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Stoughton | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Margaret Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lord Sowch | |||||||||||||||
| F. | Elizabeth Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (Walter) Willoughby (son of Sir Anthony Willoughby) | |||||||||||||||
| This is possibly the Elizabeth who (also) married ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Robert Doyley of Merton (d 1577) | |||||||||||||||
| G. | Jane Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Palmer of Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| H. | Katherine Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Arderne of Cottesford | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation (Berkshire, 1532) identifies John's 2nd wife as Jane, dau of John Carrew of Haycome, but Rylands identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane Williams (sister of John, Lord Williams of Thame, m2. Edward Harvey of Thirley) | |||||||||||||||
| I. | Frances Cheney | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Julian Cheney | ||||||||||||||
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| BLG1886 reports that "This family claims to be a branch of the family of Cheney (or Cheyne) of Sherland". | |||||||||||||||
| Edward Cheney 'of Monyash' of Yoxall, Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||
| BLG1886 identifies Edward's wife as a dau of Hawkins Browne of Burton-upon-Trent. This appears to be ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Browne (dau of Rev. William Browne of Burton-upon-Trent (by Ann Hawkins), sister of Isaac Hawkins Browne) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert Cheney of Meynell Langley, Sheriff of Derbyshire (a 1765) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Dorothy Cheshyre (heiress, relict of _ Peach) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Cheney 'of Badger Hall' (b c1765, d 1819, Lt. General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1799) Harriet Carr (dau of Ralph Carr of Dunston Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Robert Henry Cheney of Badger Hall (dsp?) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Edward Cheney of Badger Hall (b 1803, dsp 16.04.1884, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| iii. | Ralph Cheney (b 25.10.1809, d 20.07.1869) | ||||||||||||||
| iv. | Frederica Cheney (b 1801-2, d 23.02.1878) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (27.02.1822) Capel Cure of Blacke Hall | |||||||||||||||
| v. | Harriet Margaret Cheney (b 1809-10, d 25.03.1852) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Pigot | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Bridget Leacroft of Wirksworth | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Edward Cheney of Gaddesby, Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ayre | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edward Henshaw Cheney of Gaddesby, Sheriff of Leicestershire (a 1886) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | daughter possibly Eliza who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Ewart | |||||||||||||||
| C.+ | other issue | ||||||||||||||
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| Shown here for convenience, it is not known whether or not the following family had any connection to the Cheneys of Sherland, Woodhey. etc.. | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Cheney of Bramble-hanger, Bedfordshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Docwra (sister of Thomas Docwra of Putridge) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Cheney of Bramble-hanger | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Brocas (dau of _ Brocas of Swakeley) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Thomas Cheney of Sundon, Bedfordshire | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret St. John (dau of Oliver St. John, 3rd Lord of Bletso) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Cheney of Sundon (a 1634) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Merry (dau of Sir Thomas Merry, Clarke of the Greene Cloth) | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Barbara Cheney possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Stone of Segenhoe (a 1634) | |||||||||||||||
| iii.+ | other issue - William, Dorothy | ||||||||||||||
| B. | John Cheney of Luton, Bedfordshie | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Coultman | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue - Thomas, Robert, George, Frances, Anne, Elizabeth, Katherin | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (Rylands (1908), Berkshire (additional), 'Cheney of Woodhey') with a little input/support from Visitation (Berkshire, 1532, 'Cheyny'), Visitation (Walter Metcalfe (1897), Wiltshire, 1565, 'Cheney of Uphaven'), =VCH (Berkshire, vol 4, 'Parishes: West Woodhay')
(2) For middle section (originally uploaded 26.03.12 as lower section of Cheyne05, moved here 08.04.15) : BLG1886 ('Cheney of Gaddesby')
(3) For lower section : Visitation (Bedfordshire, 1634, 'Cheney (of Sundon)')
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