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Margaret De Chesney 1159–1230 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1159

Birth Location: Horsford, Norfolk, England

Death Date: Bef 7 January 1230/1

Death Location: Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Father: William Dechesney

Mother: Aubreye Poynings

Spouse(s): Hugh Cressy

Children(s):

Margaret De Chesney was born in 1159 in Horsford, Norfolk, England, the child of William Dechesney And Aubreye De Poynings. Margaret De Chesney married Hugh De Cressy, and had children including Fitzgerald De Cressy. Margaret De Chesney passed away in 1230 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.

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Biography

  • Margaret De Chesney was born in 1159 in Horsford, Norfolk, England, the child of William Dechesney And Aubreye De Poynings.
  • Margaret De Chesney married Hugh De Cressy, and had children including Fitzgerald De Cressy.
  • Margaret De Chesney passed away in 1230 in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England.

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Margaret Chesney's Ancestors

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Margaret Chesney
1159–1230
Birth Place: Horsford, Norfolk, England
Parents
William Dechesney
1137–1174
Horsford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Aubreye (De) Poynings
1137–1174
Poynings, West Sussex, England
Grandparents
John (De) Cheney
1095–1169
Newtimber, Cuckfield, Sussex, England
Sybil (Elizabeth Of) Scotland
1100–1174
Sussex, England
Adam (De) Poynings
1090–1147
Poynings, Sussex, England
Beatrice
1102–1131
Poynings, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Alice Maminot
1070–1159
William Depoynings
1065–1086
Fitzrainald
1077–1120
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Maminot
1037–1101
Emma Peverell
1049–1131

Margaret Chesney's Timeline

2 Records

1159
1159
Birth of Margaret De Chesney in Horsford, Norfolk, England
Horsford, Norfolk, England
1230
Bef 7 January 1230/1
Age 71
Death of Margaret De Chesney in Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1159
    Event Place: Horsford, Norfolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Bef 7 January 1230/1
    Event Place: Warkworth Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

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