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CHEYNE, John I (by 1514-85), of Chesham Bois and Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks.

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b. by 1514, 1st s. of Robert Cheyne of Chesham Bois by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of John Webbe of Herts. educ. ?I. Temple. m. (1) settlement 23 Oct. 1541, Winifred (d. 8 July 1562), da. of John, 1st Baron Mordaunt, of Turvey, Beds., 3s.4da.; (2) settlement 1569, Joyce, da. of Sir Anthony Lee of Quarrendon, Bucks., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 9 Dec. 1552.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., E150/47/1. Harl. 1533, f. 8v; PCC 5 Tashe, 16 Windsor; Add. Ch. 55573; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 272; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 42; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 27, 1153; C142/210/60.
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J.p. Bucks. 1554 – d.; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1566–7.CPR, 1553–4, P. 17; 1560–3, p. 434.

Main residences: Chesham Bois; Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks.
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CHEYNE, John I (by 1514-85)

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CHESTER, William (bef.1489-1558), of Bristol, Glos.

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b. bef. 1489, 1st s. of John Chester of Bristol by Anne. m. (1) by 1524, Anne, da. of either Maurice Large of Wallis Court in Stoke Gifford, Glos. or of John Ware of Bristol, 4s. inc. Dominick and Thomas 1da.; (2) aft. 1551, Maud, wid. of William Pykes. suc. fa. 1489.A minor at father’s death; B. E. Chester Waters, Gen. Mems. Chester of Bristol Barton Regis, London, and Almondsbury, 5, 9-10; NRA 4500, p. 1; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 39; Bristol AO, deeds HS C11.
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Sheriff, Bristol 1522 – 23, churchwarden St. James’s by 1524 – d., mayor 1537 – 38, 1552 – 53, auditor chamberlains accts. 1541, 1548, 1551 – 52, 1557, alderman by 1546 – d., constable staple 1553 – 55; commr. admiralty causes 1547, goods of churches and fraternities 1553.Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xii. 81–97; xxvi. 135–6; Bristol Chs. (Bristol Rec. Soc. xii), 229 et passim; CPR, 1550–3, p. 228; 1553, p. 416; 1553–4, p. 1; 1555–7, p. 5; Bristol AO, 04026/2/364, 3/506, 4/160, 5/104, 6/78; 04 352/1/400.

Main residence: Bristol, Glos.
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CHESTER, William (bef. 1489-1558)

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CHESEMAN, alias BAKER, Thomas (c.1488-1536 or later), of Rye, Suss.

Family and Education
b. c. 1488, 1st s. of alias Baker" class="crossvolume">John Cheseman alias Baker of Rye. suc. fa. June/Aug. 1504.Date of birth estimated from father’s death when Cheseman was under age and from first office. PCC 14 Holgrave; HP, ed. Wedgwood, 1439-1509 (Biogs.), 34.
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Jurat, Rye 1514 – 19, 1520 – 23, 1525 – 26, 1527 – 29, mayor 1518 – 19; bailiff to Yarmouth 1516, 1522.Rye chamberlains’ accts. 4 passim; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 163, 185;

Main residence: Rye, Suss.
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CHESEMAN, alias BAKER (c.1488-at least 1536)

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CHESEMAN, Robert (1484/85-1547), of Dormans Well, Norwood, Mdx. and London.

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b. 1484 /85, o.s. of Edward Cheseman of Dormans Well by Joan Lawrence of Lancs. educ. ?I. Temple. m. Alice, da. of Henry Dacres of London, 1da. suc. fa. Aug. 1509/Nov. 1510.Aged 48 in 1533 according to inscription on portrait. Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 47; PCC 33 Bennett, 7 Populwell; C1/395/3.
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Secondary, Bread St. Compter 1511 – 13, commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1515, 1523; other commissions, London and Mdx. 1524 – 41; escheator, Kent and Mdx. 1519 – 20, 1530 – 31; j.p. Mdx. 1528–d.City of London RO, Guildhall, rep. 2, ff. 117v, 161v; Guildhall Misc. ii. 431; Statutes, iii. 170; LP Hen. VIII, iii, iv, vi, viii, xiii, xvi, add.

Main residences: Dormans Well, Norwood, Mdx.; London.
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CHESEMAN, Robert (1484/85-1547)

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CHESEMAN, John (by 1521-91/92), of New Romney, Kent.

Family and Education
b. by 1521.Date of birth estimated from first reference.
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Chamberlain, New Romney 1542 – 43, jurat 1547 – d., bailiff 1549 – 50, 1554 – 55, 1558 – 59, 1562 – 63, mayor 1563 – 64, 1573 – 74, 1579 – 80, 1584 – 85, 1591 – 92; bailiff to Yarmouth 1551, 1559, 1574; speaker of the Brotherhood of the Cinque Ports 1579.Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 228–338 passim; CPR, 1560–3, p. 499.

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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CHESEMAN, John (by 1521-91/92)

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CHERNELEY (CHARNEY), George (c.1509-53), of Derby.

Family and Education
b. c. 1509.Aged 36 ‘or thereabouts’ in 1545, St.Ch.2/25/11.
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Coroner, Derby in Oct. 1543, in June 1544, town clerk in 1545.KB9/558/47, 560/145; St.Ch.2/25/11.

Main residence: Derby.
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CHERNELEY (CHARNEY), George (c.1509-at least 53)

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