Sir Lawrence Cheney or Cheyne was born 1396 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England to William Cheney (1365-1399) and Catherine Pabenham (1372-1436) and died 30 December 1461 Barnwell, England of unspecified causes. He married Elizabeth Cockayne (1404-) 1418 JL in Bedfordshire, England.
Biography[]
Born: 1396, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England Died: 30 Dec 1461 Buried: Priory, Barnwell, England
Notes: Escheator of Bedford & Buckingham. Sheriff of Cambridge and Huntingdon. Descendant of Charlemagne
Father: William CHENEY (Sir Knight) Mother: Catherine PABENHAM
Married: Elizabeth COCKAYNE (b. ABT 1404, Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England) (dau. of John Cokayne, Baron of Exchequer and Edith Grey) ABT 1418, Bury Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
High Sheriff Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire[]
Source: List of High Sheriff - Wikipedia During this period High Sheriff was a joint office over two counties: Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. The position of Sheriff was appointed annually and frequently rotated.
- 1388 : William Cheyne
- 1393 : William Cheyne
- 1430 : Lawrence Cheyne of Fen Ditton (father)
- 1435 : Lawrence Cheyne of Fen Ditton (father)
- 1464 : John Cheyne
- 1475 : John Cheyne
- 1491 : Thomas Cheyney (son)
- 1492 : William Cheyney (son)
- 1497 : Thomas Cheyney (son)
- 1503 : Thomas Cheyney (son)
Family of Sir Lawrence Cheney =[]
Married: Elizabeth COCKAYNE (b. ABT 1404, Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England) (dau. of John Cokayne, Baron of Exchequer and Edith Grey) ABT 1418, Bury Hatley, Bedfordshire, England.
Elizabeth Cockayne had two children from a previous marriage to Sir Phillip Butler.
- Elizabeth Cheney (1422-1473) - great-grandmother to three wife-consorts of King Henry VIII. Born in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire in Apr 1422, she was the eldest child of Lawrence Cheney, Esq., High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, and Elizabeth Cokayne. She had three younger sisters and one brother. She also had two half-brothers by her mother's first marriage to Sir Phillip Butler. By dint of her two marriages, was the great-grandmother of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard, three of the wives of Henry VIII of England (1491-1547), thus making her great-great-grandmother to Edward VI of England (1537-1553) and Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603).
- Anne Cheney (1420-) - Born: ABT 1420, Fen Ditton, Coms, & Of Thenford, England
- Mary Cheney (1421-1473) - Born: ABT 1421, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England. Died: ABT 1473 : Married: John ALLINGTON 1441, Cambridgeshire, England. Children: 1. William ALLINGTON of Horseheath (d. 1485, Battle of Bosworth) (m. Elizabeth Wentworth)
- John Cheney (1423-1489) - High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire & Huntingdon, md
- Catherine Cheney (1426-) - Born: ABT 1426, Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England. Married: Henry BARLEY
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Elizabeth Cheney (1422-1473) | April 1422 Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England | 25 September 1473 England | Frederick Tilney (c1425-1446) John Say (bef1445-1478) |
| Anne Cheney (1420-) | |||
| Mary Cheney (1421-1473) | |||
| John Cheney (1423-1489) | 1423 Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England | 14 July 1489 England | Elizabeth Rempston (c1425) |
| Catherine Cheney (1426-) | |||
Siblings[]
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Lawrence Cheney (1396-1461) | 1396 Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England | 30 December 1461 Barnwell, England | Elizabeth Cockayne (1404-) |
| John Cheney (1397-) | |||
| Anne Cheney (1395-1428) | |||
Research Notes[]
Elizabeth, daughter of John Cokayne, of Berwardecote, Brunaldeston, and Hatton, Derbyshire, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, 1401, Justice of the Common Pleas, 1405–29, Chief Steward of the Duchy of Lancaster (Northern parts). His wife, Elizabeth, died 2 September 1473. Say married (2nd) before 9 Oct. 1474 Agnes Danvers, widow successively of John Fray, Knt., Chief Baron of Exchequer, and John Wenlock, K.G., Lord Wenlock, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chief Butler of England, Chamberlain of the Duchy of Lancaster, joint Treasurer of Ireland, Lieutenant of Calais, and daughter of John Danvers, Knt., Ipswell and Colthorpe, Oxfordshire.
References[]
- Cheney Ancestry - TudorPlace
- Cheney Family Ancestry