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Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney 1421 – 1473 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1421

Birth Location: Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 25 September 1473

Death Location: St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Sir Wollarton

Mother: Lady Cokayne

Spouse(s): John Allington

Children(s): Edward Allington, Sir Alington, Elizabeth Allington, Lady Allington

Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney was born in 1421 in Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir Lawrence Cheney, Kt, Sheriff of Cambridge, Earl of Wollarton and Lady Elizabeth Cokayne. Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney married John Allington, and had children including Edward Allington, Sir William Alington, Elizabeth Allington, Lady Mary Allington. Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney passed away in 1473 in St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney was born in 1421 in Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir Lawrence Cheney, Kt, Sheriff of Cambridge, Earl of Wollarton and Lady Elizabeth Cokayne.
  • Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney married John Allington, and had children including Edward Allington, Sir William Alington, Elizabeth Allington, Lady Mary Allington.
  • Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney passed away in 1473 in St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England.

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Lady Cheney's Ancestors

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Lady Cheney
1421 – 1473
Birth Place: Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir Lawrence Cheney, Kt, Sheriff of Cambridge, Earl of Wollarton
1395 – 1461
Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Elizabeth) Cokayne
1394 – 1473
Derbyshire, England
Grandparents
John Cokayne
1390 – 1429
Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England
Ida (de) Grey
1374 – 1426
Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lady Cheney's Descendants

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Lady (Maria, Baroness of Tilmey) Cheney (1421 – 25 September 1473) m. John Allington (1423 – 25 Aug 1480)
  1. 1. Edward Allington (1442 – 22 Aug 1485)
  2. 2. Sir (William) Alington (1453 – 22 Aug 1485)
  3. 3. Elizabeth Allington (1460 – 1491) m. Thomas Pigot (1460 – 25 February 1520)
    1. 1. Thomas Piggot (1480 – 25 Feb 1519) m. Beatrice Tyrell (1481 – 1513)
      1. 1. Jane Pigot (05 Aug 1492 – 20 Oct 1597)
      2. 2. Marion Pigot (1499 – 23 August 1556)
      3. 3. George Pigot (abt 1502 – 1548)
      4. 4. Henry Pigot (ABT 1503 – DECEASED)
      5. 5. MARGARET ("MAUDE" Esbell) Pigot (Abt 1504 – 23 August 1556) m. George (C) Scott (Abt 1495 – 30 August 1562)
        1. 1. Nicholas Scott (1521 – 3 May 1562)
        2. 2. William (Edmund) Scott (1524 – 14 August 1621) m. Lady (Joan Mary) Howard (1532 – 15 May 1615)
        3. 3. Sir (Reginald) Scott (1524 – 14 Aug 1621)
        4. 4. Isabel Scott (1530 – )
        5. 5. George Scott (1535 – )
      6. 6. Angela Pigot (1504 – 23 Aug 1556)
      7. 7. Joanna (Tollington) Pigot (1516 – 23 Aug 1556)
  4. 4. Lady (Mary) Allington (1469 – 1560)

Lady Cheney's Timeline

2 Records

1421
1421
Birth of Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney in Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
1473
25 September 1473
Age 52
Death of Lady Maria, Baroness of Tilmey Cheney in St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1421
    Event Place: Fen Ditton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 September 1473
    Event Place: St. Augustines, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Horseheath, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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