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Paternal Family Tree: Cheney
William Cheney and Isabella Boleyn were married.
William Cheney and Margaret aka Agnes Young were married.
In 1444 William Cheney was born to [his father] John Cheney (age 29) at Shurland House, Kent.
In 1460 [his brother] John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 18) was appointed Esquire to the Body to Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England (age 23).
In 1467 [his father] John Cheney (age 52) died at Eastchurch, Kent.
In 1477 William Cheney (age 33) was appointed High Sheriff of Kent.
In 1477 William Cheney (age 33) was appointed Constable of Queenborough Castle.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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In 1479 [his brother] John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 37) was appointed Master of the Horse.
In 1481 [his son] Francis Cheney was born to William Cheney (age 37) and Isabella Boleyn (age 47).
Around 1485 [his son] Thomas Cheney was born to William Cheney (age 41) and Margaret aka Agnes Young. He married (1) before 1513 Frideswide Frowyk and had issue (2) 24th May 1539 Anne Broughton, daughter of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford, and had issue.
In 1486 [his brother] John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 44) was appointed 229th Knight of the Garter by King Henry VII of England and Ireland (age 28).
In 1486 [his brother] John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 44) was created 1st Baron Cheyne.
On 8th May 1487 William Cheney (age 43) died.
Great x 4 Grandfather: Alexander Cheney
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Cheney
Great x 4 Grandmother: Agnes Saye 
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Cheney
Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Shurland
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Shurland
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Cheney
GrandFather: William Cheney
Father: John Cheney