Individual Details

Sir Thomas CHENEY KG

(1485 - 15 Dec 1558)

Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

Occupation: Master of the Horse for Henry VIII, Knight of the Body and Parliament, High Sheriff-Kent, Knight of the Garter, Treasurer-the Household, Constable-Queensborough, Rochester, Saltwood, Dover Castles, Gentleman-the Privy Chamber, Warden-the Cinque Ports

Thomas Cheney, Knight, bought the manor of Thornton, or Thornton Bridge, with lands there and in Norton Milby and Humberton and a third part of the manor of Letby; at Michalmas in the 27th year of Henry VIII [1535.] He settled upon his 'daughter "Frances Cheyney alias Jesper whom William Cheyney is about to marry," " the manors of Thornegumbolde and Pauleholme, and 12 messuages with lands," &c. in 1547. William and Frances Cheyney sold land in Great Cowdon in Holderness [not dated].
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Events

Birth1485Shurland House, Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England
Death15 Dec 1558Minster, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England
BurialSheerness Or Queensborough, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Families

ChildFrances CHENEY ( - 1604)