William Cheyne (15th-century MP)
William Cheyne (died 1441), of Shurland in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English politician.
Biography
[edit]Cheyne was the son and heir of Richard Cheyne of Shurland and Margery, daughter and coheiress of Robert Cralle of Cralle, Sussex.[1]
Cheyne was Sheriff of Kent for 1423 and JP for Kent from 1416 to 1420 and 1422 to 1423. He was elected a Member of Parliament for Kent in March 1416.[1]
Family
[edit]Cheyne married firstly, before February 1405, Eleanor, daughter and coheiress of John Salerne I of Iden, Sussex and his wife Agnes. They had one son, John Cheyne, an MP for Kent in 1449.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Woodger 1993.
Sources
[edit]- Woodger, L.S. (1993), "Cheyne, William (d.1441), of Shurland in Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, Kent.", in Roskell, J.S.; L. Clark; Rawcliffe, C. (eds.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1386-1421, Boydell and Brewer