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Cheyne, Henry (1540 - 1587)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1540-05-31
Death Date: 1587-09-03

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wentworth, Joan ( - 1614)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • 1st Baron Cheyne (of Toddington)
    Assumed: 1572-05-08 (date summoned to parliament by this title )
    Vacated: 1587-09-03
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1563
    Vacated: 1587-09-03

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Kent 1561/2 1587
MP, Kent 1563
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1564
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1564
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1564
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1564
JP, Bedfordshire 1564 1574
Sheriff, Bedfordshire 1565 -11 -16
Sheriff, Buckinghamshire 1565 -11 -16
Commissioner of Musters, Bedfordshire 1570
MP, Bedfordshire 1572

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Essex
  • Kent
  • London (city-county)

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Mr Cayne's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Mr Cheney's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Cayne's Players Cheyne, Henry (1540 - 1587) Players 1
Mr Cheney's Minstrels Cheyne, Henry (1540 - 1587) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Shurland Hall Kent Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.