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Sir Lawrence Cheney 1396 – 1461 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1396

Birth Location: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 31 Dec 1461

Death Location: Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Sir Cheney

Mother: Katherine Aylesbury

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cokayne

Children(s): Elizabeth Cheney

Sir Lawrence Cheney was born in 1396 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir William Cheney and Katherine Aylesbury. Sir Lawrence Cheney married Elizabeth Cokayne, and had children including Elizabeth Cheney. Sir Lawrence Cheney passed away in 1461 in Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Lawrence Cheney was born in 1396 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Sir William Cheney and Katherine Aylesbury.
  • Sir Lawrence Cheney married Elizabeth Cokayne, and had children including Elizabeth Cheney.
  • Sir Lawrence Cheney passed away in 1461 in Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Cheney
1368 – 1399
Birth Location: –
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Katherine Aylesbury
1372 – 1436
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cokayne
Birth Location: Bury, Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Cheney
1424 – 1473
Birth Location: Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire, England
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Sir Cheney's Ancestors

Self
Sir Cheney
1396 – 1461
Birth Place: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir William Cheney
1368 – 1399
Katherine Aylesbury
1372 – 1436
Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cheney's Descendants

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Sir (Lawrence) Cheney (1396 – 31 Dec 1461) m. Elizabeth Cokayne
  1. 1. Elizabeth Cheney (1424 – 15 Sept 1473) m. Frederick Tilney (1420 – 1447)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Tilney (1465 – 4 Apr 1497) m. Duke (Thomas) Howard (1 Febr 1443 – 21 May 1524)
      1. 1. Richard Howard (1465 – 1471)
      2. 2. Henry Howard (1465 – 1471)
      3. 3. Dorothy Howard (1465 – 1470)
      4. 4. Anna (Bourchie Baroness Dacre the) South (1469 – 28 Sep 1529)
      5. 5. Edward Howard (1472 – 1497)
      6. 6. Marcella Howard (1472 – )
      7. 7. Thomas Howard (1473 – 25 Aug 1554) m. Anne (Of York) Plantagenet (2 Nov 1475 – 22 Nov 1512) m. Elizabeth Stafford (1497 – 30 Nov 1558)
        1. 1. Thomas Howard (1497 – 4 Aug 1508)
        2. 2. Henry Howard (1517 – 19 Jan 1547)
      8. 8. Edward Howard (1477 – 25 Apr 1513)
      9. 9. Lord (Edmund) Howard (1480 – 1533) m. Jocasta ("Joyce") Culpeper (1480 – 1531)
        1. 1. Henry Howard (1510 – 1533)
        2. 2. Charles HOWARD (1511 – )
        3. 3. George Howard (1513 – 1575)
        4. 4. Baroness (Margaret) Howard (1515 – 10 Oct 1572) m. Sir (Thomas) Arundel (1515 – 22 Feb 1551)
        5. 5. Mary Howard (1519 – 9 Dec 1557) m. Henry Fitzroy (15 Jun 1519 – 22 Jul 1536)
        6. 6. Joyce HOWARD (1521 – 1537)
        7. 7. Isabel Howard (1523 – aft 1543)
        8. 8. Katherine Howard (1525 – 13 Feb 1542) m. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547)
        9. 9. Ralph Howard
      10. 10. Elizabeth Howard (1480 – 3 Apr 1538) m. Thomas Boleyn (1477 – 12 Mar 1539)
        1. 1. Sybilla Boleyn (1499 – 1500)
        2. 2. Thomas Boleyn (1499 – 1520)
        3. 3. Henry Boleyn (1500 – 1501)
        4. 4. Mary Boleyn (1501 – 19 Jul 1534) m. William Stafford (1499 – 5 May 1556) m. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. William Carey (1495 – 22 Jun 1528)
        5. 5. William Boleyn (1502 – 1503)
        6. 6. Margaret Boleyn (1503 – 1504)
        7. 7. George Boleyn (April 1504 – 17 May 1536) m. Jane Parker (1510 – 13 Feb 1542)
        8. 8. Catherine Boleyn (1505 – 1506)
        9. 9. Anne Boleyn (1507 – 19 May 1536) m. Henry Tudor (28 Jun 1491 – 28 Jan 1547) m. William Carey (1495 – 22 Jun 1528) m. Sir (Henry Percy, 6th Earl of) Northumberland (c.1502 – 29 Jun 1537)
      11. 11. JOHN HOWARD (1482 – 23 Mar 1503)
      12. 12. CHARLES HOWARD (1483 – 3 May 1512)
      13. 13. Muriel Howard (1486 – 14 Dec 1512)
      14. 14. Richard Howard (1487 – 27 Mar 1517)
      15. 15. Catherine Howard ( – 12 Apr 1548)

Sir Cheney's Timeline

2 Records

1396
1396
Birth of Sir Lawrence Cheney in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
1461
31 Dec 1461
Age 65
Death of Sir Lawrence Cheney in Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1396
    Event Place: Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Dec 1461
    Event Place: Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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