Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1487

Death Date: 1558-12-16

Notes

Esquire of the Body by 1509; Knight of the Body 1515--26

Parents

Mother: Young, Margaret ( - )

Father: Cheyne, William ( - 1487)

Marriages/Other Unions

Frowick, Frideswide (1528 - )
Type: marriage
Union began: 1515
Union ended: n.d.
Note: Union also produced three daughters, possibly Anne, Frances and/or Katherine, though some or all may be products of Thomas' other marriage
Broughton, Anne ( - 1562)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1539
Union ended: n.d.
Note: Union also produced a daughter, possibly Anne, Frances, or Katherine
Not identified, ( - )
Type: other
Union began: n.d.
Union ended: n.d.
Note: Thomas had 1 illegitimate son and 1 illegitimate daughter

Offspring

From Broughton, Anne ( - 1562)
Male offspring: Cheyne, Henry (1540 - 1587)
From Frowick, Frideswide (1528 - )
Male offspring: Cheyne, John ( - )
From Frowick, Frideswide (1528 - )
Female offspring: Cheyne, Anne ( - )
From Frowick, Frideswide (1528 - )
Female offspring: Cheyne, Frances ( - )
From Frowick, Frideswide (1528 - )
Female offspring: Cheyne, Katherine ( - )

Titles

Knight
Assumed: 1513-11-10
Vacated: 1558-12-16
Knight of the Garter
Assumed: 1539-05-18 (date installed; nominated 23 April)
Vacated: 1558-12-16

Details of Offices

	Began	Ended	Notes
Constable, Kent	1512	1558 -12 -16
Steward, Kent	1512	1558 -12 -16
Sheriff, Kent	1515 -11 -5	1516 -11 -9
Constable, Kent	1525 -6 -16	1558 -12 -16
JP, Kent	1526	1558
Chief Steward, Essex	1529 -10 -14	1536 -06 -5
MP, Kent	1529		Possibly held this office
Constable, Kent	1536 -5 -17	1558 -12 -16
High Steward of Lands, Province of Canterbury	1536	1540
Warden, Kent	1536 -5 -17	1558 -12 -16	Cinque Ports also in Sussex
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent	1538
Treasurer of the Household, England	1538/9 -3 -9	1558 -12 -16
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex	1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent	1539
MP, Kent	1539
Privy Councillor, England	1539	1558 -12 -16
Chief Steward, Kent	1540 -6 -28	1558 -12 -16
Chief Steward, Bailiff and Woodward, Kent	1540 -6 -28	1558 -12 -16
Constable, Kent	1540 -6 -28	1558 -12 -16
Keeper, Kent	1540 -6 -29
Keeper, Kent	1540 -6 -28	1558 -12 -16
Master of the Deer, Kent	1540 -6 -28	1558 -12 -16
MP, Kent	1542
Commissioner of Array, Kent	1545
MP, Kent	1545
Commissioner of Musters, Kent	1546
MP, Kent	1547
Lord Lieut, Kent	1551	1553
Bailiff, Kent	1553 -6 -16	1558 -12 -16
MP, Kent	1553
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent	1554
MP, Kent	1554
Water-Bailiff, Kent	1557 -10 -24	1558 -12 -16
MP, Kent	1558

Details of Properties

Residence

Toddington Manor, Bedfordshire
Acquired via marriage with the heiress of Toddington.
Blackfriars, London (city-county)
Shurland Hall, Kent
(Performance Venue)

Lands

Berkshire
Acquired: 1553
Granted
Kent
Acquired: 1511/12
Patrimony (via elder half-brother); also granted lands 1552/3
Kent: Davington Priory
Acquired: 1546
Granted site of Priory and some of the Priory's lands
Kent: Minster Nunnery
Obtained site of Nunnery (Isle of Sheppey); later acquired some of the Nunnery's manors
Kent: Patrixbourne Manor
Acquired: 1539/40
Granted
London (city-county)
Oxfordshire
Sussex

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1538 - 1538	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Drum and Fife
Performance	1536 - 1536	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1537 - 1538	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1537 - 1538	Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1538 - 1539	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1538 - 1538	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1538 - 1538	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1538 - 1539	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1539 - 1540	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1539 - 1539	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1539 - 1539	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1539 - 1540	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1541	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1540	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1541	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1541	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1541	Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1540 - 1541	Guildhall, Faversham, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1541 - 1541	Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1541 - 1541	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1542 - 1542	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1542 - 1542	Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1543 - 1544	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1543 - 1544	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1543 - 1544	Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1544 - 1544	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1544 - 1545	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1544 - 1545	Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1545 - 1545	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1546 - 1546	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1546 - 1547	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1547 - 1547	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1548 - 1549	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1548 - 1548	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1549 - 1549	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1549 - 1549	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1550 - 1551	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1551 - 1552	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1551 - 1551	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1551 - 1551	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1551 - 1552	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1552 - 1553	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1552 - 1552	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1552 - 1552	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1552 - 1553	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1553 - 1554	New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1553 - 1554	Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1553 - 1553	Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1553 - 1554	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels
Performance	1553 - 1554	Guildhall, Faversham, Kent	Lord Warden's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Minstrels	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Players	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Players	1
Lord Warden's Drum and Fife	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Musicians	1
Lord Warden's Trumpeter	Cheyne, Thomas (1487 - 1558)	Musicians	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
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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939--82
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Philip and Mary [1553–8]. 4 vols. London: HMSO, 1937--9
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.