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St Michael's Church, Chenies is in Chenies, Buckinghamshire, Churches in Buckinghamshire.
St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
21 Jan 1484. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Edmund Molyneux and Agnes Lexham inscribed "Here lies Dame Agnes Cheyne sometime wife of Sir John Cheyne knight who died day A.D. and Edmund Molyneux Esq. Second husband of the aforesaid lady who died 21 January A.D. 1484 on whose souls may God have mercy".
Note. Agnes Lexham was married, firstly to John Cheyne of Drayton Beauchamp and, secondly, to Edmund Molyneux.
17 Feb 1494. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Rector Richard Newland inscribed "Here lies Master Richard Newland formerly rector of this church who died 17th day of February A.D. 1494 on whose soul may God have mercy".
01 Aug 1510. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Anne de Semarc (age 77), holding her heart, inscribed "Here lies Dame Anne Phelip, Widow, once wife of David Phelip, knight, lady of Thoro in the County of Northampton and Isenhampstead Cheyne in the County of Buckingham, who died the first day of August in the year of our Lord 1510 on whose soul may God have mercy Amen".
08 Oct 1511. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Agnes Johnson inscribed "Here lies Agnes Johnson, widow, mother of Robert Leyff, Rector of this church, who died the eighth day of October in the year of our Lord 1511 on whose soul may God have mercy Amen".
1525. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Brass of Elizabeth Broughton. The long, unfastenened hair denoting she was unmarried. It isn't clear how she has been identified, or her parentage. Possibly a daughter of John Broughton of Toddington, Bedfordshire and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford (age 46) who inherited Chenies Manor House, Buckinghamshire [Map] in 1510.
On 27 Aug 1562 Margaret St John Countess Bedford (age 29) died at Woburn, Bedfordshire. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Memorial to Reverend William Morris, rector of St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map] for more than twenty-nine years, who died 24 Jul 1758.
On 01 May 1821 Martha Morris (age 71) died. Memorial at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Wife of Reverend Codrington Carrington (age 72) of Blackmoor, Barbados.
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St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Memorial to father and son Edmund and Hervey Morris who died on 20 Dec 1826 and 28 Dec 1822 respectively.
On 25 Aug 1884 Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill (age 55) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. His son Oliver (age 15) succeeded 2nd Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill: On 20 Feb 1829 he was born to George Russell and Elizabeth Anne Rawdon. On 05 May 1868 Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill and Emily Theresa Villiers Baroness Ampthill were married. She the daughter of George William Villiers 4th Earl Clarendon and Katherine Grimston Countess Clarendon. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1881 Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill was created 1st Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. Emily Theresa Villiers Baroness Ampthill by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
On 05 Apr 1886 Wriothesley Russell (age 81) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Wriothesley Russell: On 11 May 1804 he was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. On 23 Jun 1829 Wriothesley Russell and Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell were married. He the son of John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. They were first cousins. He a great x 3 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 05 May 1886 Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell (age 83) died one month after her husband Wriothesley Russell (deceased). She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Elizabeth Laura Henrietta Russell: On 22 Jan 1803 she was born to William Russell and Charlotte Anne Villiers. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 31 Mar 1905 Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn (age 92) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Louisa Jane Russell Duchess Abercorn: Memorials of Francis Chantrey RA in Hallamshire and Elsewhere Part V London Life and Works. In 1818, he exhibited a bust of John Rennie, the engineer, one of his most admirable heads, and that exquisite little statue at Woburn of Lady Louisa Russell, the present Marchioness of Abercorn. The child stands on tiptoe, with a face of the most exquisite and arch expression, proud with delight of the dove which she fondles in her bosom. All who have been at Woburn will recollect this little figure; but the trays of the Italian boys have given it a wider, and only its deserved celebrity. On 08 Jul 1812 she was born to John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland. In 1832 James Hamilton 1st Duke of Abercorn and she were married. She by marriage Duchess Abercorn. She the daughter of John Russell 6th Duke Bedford and Georgiana Gordon Duchess Bedford. He the son of James Hamilton and Harriet Douglas Countess Aberdeen. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 19 Apr 1908 Algernon Wriothesley Russell (age 72) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Algernon Wriothesley Russell: On 13 Jul 1835 he was born to Wriothesley Russell.
On 05 Dec 1913 Evelyn Mary Eliza Russell (age 76) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Evelyn Mary Eliza Russell: On 05 May 1837 she was born to Wriothesley Russell.
After 21 Mar 1918. Memorial to Lieutenant Reginald Arthur Shann, East Lancashire Regiment, younger son of Reginald Shann, for 33 years Rector of St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Fell in action at Hargiicourt. Tablet erected by Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 65).
Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford: On 24 Sep 1852 she was born to Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. On 24 Oct 1886 George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford and she were married. She the daughter of Charles Somers-Cocks 3rd Earl Somers. He the son of Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford and Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 12 Apr 1920 Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 67) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
After 22 Dec 1935. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Grave of Fannie Gallaher, secretary for many years to Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford.
In 1942 Constance Evelyn Villiers Russell (age 70) died unmarried. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Constance Evelyn Villiers Russell: In 1872 she was born to Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill and Emily Theresa Villiers Baroness Ampthill.
12 Dec 1944. St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. Grave of 3032911 Aircraftman 2nd Cl. John Lionel Crook. Royal Air Force. Aged 19. Admitted dangerously ill to Amersham EMS hospital on 5 December where he died of heametemesis. Served in 3 Radio School. Son of John Oliver and Phyllis Mary Crook, of Amersham.
St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. War Memorials.
On 28 Apr 1949 Marjorie Gladys Guinness (age 61) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Marjorie Gladys Guinness: On 11 Feb 1888 she was born to Claude Hume Campbell Guiness. On 11 Feb 1909 Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell and she were married in Christ Church, Broadway, London. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.
On 15 Aug 1963 Averil Russell (age 57) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Averil Russell: On 24 Jun 1906 she was born to Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell and Annora Margaret Bromley Martin.
On 03 Jan 1965 Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell (age 90) died at Cadogen Gardens, Chelsea. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell: On 27 Jun 1874 Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell and Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell were born to Odo Russell 1st Baron Ampthill and Emily Theresa Villiers Baroness Ampthill. Before 11 Feb 1909 Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell and Annora Margaret Bromley Martin were divorced.
On 03 Jun 1973 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill (age 76) died. He was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map]. His son Geoffrey (age 51) succeeded 4th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. The sucession was unsuccessfully contested by his younger half-brother John Hugo Trenchard Russell (age 22). The Committee for Privileges ruled in favour of Geoffrey in 1976.
Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill: On 15 Oct 1921 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Christabel Hulme Hart Baroness Ampthill. The biological father remains a mystery since his mother and father had never, apparently, consummated their marriage. His father apparently never spoke to the child. On 23 Apr 2011 Geoffrey Russell 4th Baron Ampthill died. His son David succeeded 5th Baron Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
John Hugo Trenchard Russell: On 13 Oct 1950 he was born to John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill
On 22 Jun 2004 Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill (age 94) died. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Chenies [Map].
Adeline Mary Constance Hone Baroness Ampthill: On 24 Jul 1909 she was born at Queensland, Australia. On 24 Jul 1948 John Russell 3rd Baron Ampthill and she were married. She by marriage Baroness Ampthill of Ampthill in Bedfordshire.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, South-Central England, British Isles
Around 1385. Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Mutilated life sized effigies of a knight and a lady which originally belonged to two monuments of the Cheyne family, now destroyed. Possibly William Cheney.
A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3: Parishes: Chenies. John Broughton died in 151842, and by 1523 Anne (age 39) was the wife of Richard Jermingham43. He died before 1526, in which year Anne married John Lord Russell (age 33)44, the favourite of Henry VIII (age 26), who stayed at Chenies [Map] in 153445. Lord Russell was made lord high admiral in 154046, and in 1541 the privy council met at Chenies47. In 1550 Russell was created Earl of Bedford, and on his death in 1555 he was buried in the mausoleum in Chenies Church built by his widow Anne48, and in which all the succeeding Earls and Dukes of Bedford lie buried.
Note 42. Ibid. xxxiii, 108.
Note 43. Feet of F. Div. Co. East. 15 Hen. VIII; Bucks. East. 15 Hen. VIII.
Note 44. Dict. Nat. Biog.; Feet of F. Bucks Trin. and Mich. 20 Hen. VIII.
Note 45. L. and P. Hen. VIII, vii, 965.
Note 46. Ibid. xvi, 1339; Dict. Nat. Biog.
Note 47. L. and P. Hen. VIII, xvi, 1287.
Note 48. G.E.C. Complete Peerage.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 20 Mar 1555. [The xx day of March the earl of Bedford (deceased), lord privy-seal, who died at his house beside the Savoy, was carried to his buryingplace in the country, called Chenies, with three hundred horse all in black. He was carried with three crosses,] with mony clerkes and prestes, [till they came to the hill] a-boyffe sant James, and ther returnyd [certain of them] home; and thay had torchys and almes and money gyven them. And after evere man sett in aray on horssebake. First on red in blake bayryng a crosse of sylver, and serten prestes on horsebake wayryng ther surples; then cam the standard, and then all the gentyllmen and hed officers; and then cam haroldes, on beyryng ys elmet, and the mantylls, and the crest, and anodur ys baner of armes, and anodur ys target with the garter, and anodur ys cott armur; and anodur ys sword: and then master Garter in ys ryche cott armur and then cam the charett with vj banars rolles of armes, and a-bowt the charett iiij banars of ymages, and after the charet a gret horsse trapyd in cloth of gold with the sadyll of the sam; and then cam mornars, the cheyffe (of whom) my lord Russell (age 28) ys sune, and after my lord trayssorer (age 72), and the master of the horse (age 34), and dyver odur nobull men all in blake; and evere towne that he whent thrughe the clarkes and prestes mett ym with crosses; and they had in evere parryche iiij nobuls to gyffe to the pore, and the prest and clarke of evere parryche xs., tyll he cam to ys plasse at Cheynes; and the morowe after was he bered, and a grett doll of money; and ther the deyn of Powlles mad a godly sermon; and after a grett dener, and great plenty to all the contrey a-bowt that wold com thether.
Note. P. 83. Funeral of the earl of Bedford. John first earl of Bedford, K.G. created lord Russell 1539, and an earl in 1550. See a portrait with memoirs of him in Wiffen's House of Russell, vol. i.; another in Lodge's Illustrious Portraits; and his portrait is also in the collection by Houbraken, and in Chamberlain's Holbein Heads. The chapel at Chenies, which has ever since been the cemetery of the Russells, was built by his widow in 1556, in pursuance of his last will. His effigy at Chenies is described in Lipscomb's Buckinghamshire: but in the inscription, "Lord President of the Western Portes" is an error for Partes.
Henry Machyn's Diary. 21 Mar 1556. The xxj day of Marche was bered at [Chenies, in] Bukynghamshyre my old contes of Bedford (age 77) .... of armes and a grett baner of armes and a v [banner-] rolles of her progene and vii dosen of skochyons .... vj of sarsenett, and iiij dosen of grett stayffe torchys.
Note. P. 191. Funeral of the old countess of Bedford. Anne, sole daughter and heiress of sir Guy Sapcote, of Thornhaugh, co. Bedford, married first to sir John Broughton, of Toddington, co. Bedford; secondly, about 1518, to sir Richard Jerningham, who was one of the governors of Tournay, and afterwards employed in an embassy to Spain, who died in 1524; and, thirdly, in the spring of 1526, to sir John Russell, afterwards earl of Bedford (see note, p. 343). By her will, dated 19 Aug. 1557, she committed her burial to the discretion of the marquess of Winchester lord treasurer, the abbat of Westminster, and the lord St. John. See further in Wiffen's Memoirs of the House of Russell, i. 391.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Monument to John Russell 1st Earl Bedford and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Monument to Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford and Margaret St John Countess Bedford.
The armorials on the visible south side being, left to right:
Dudley Arms impaling 
Russell Arms. Ambrose Dudley 3rd Earl Warwick (age 56) and Anne Russell Countess Warwick (age 38).
Bourchier Arms impaling Russell Arms. William Bourchier 3rd Earl Bath (age 28) and Elizabeth Russell Countess Bath
Clifford Arms impaling Russell Arms. George Clifford 3rd Earl of Cumberland (age 27) and Margaret Russell Countess Cumberland (age 25).
On 13 Jan 1601 Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford (age 75) died. She was originally interred at St Marys Church, Watford. The monument was probably moved when the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies was extended in 1906.
Marble altar tomb chest with flat vertical pilaster strips; on sides and ends are shields with arms. Recumbent effigy of alabaster, coloured in robes of a peeress with ruff and close fitting cap. At the left and right of the tomb chest, on little stands, are two kneeling male figures in armour, carved in full relief, both facing West, thought to represent her grandsons Francis Norreys 1st Earl Berkshire (age 21) and - Francis, Lord Norreys and Sir Charles Morrison Bt.
On 09 Feb 1604 Anne Russell Countess Warwick (age 56) died. She was originally interred at St Marys Church, Watford. The monument subseuently moved to the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 11 May 1627 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford (deceased) was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 26 Nov 1727 Edward Russell 1st Earl Orford (age 74) died at 43 King Street. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Earl Orford extinct.
On 23 Oct 1732 Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford (age 24) died at A Coruña. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother John (age 22) succeeded 4th Duke Bedford, 4th Marquess Tavistock, 8th Earl Bedford, 8th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 6th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 4th Baron Howland of Streatham. Diana Spencer Duchess Bedford (age 22) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 09 Oct 1735 Diana Spencer Duchess Bedford (deceased) was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 05 Jan 1771 John Russell 4th Duke Bedford (age 60) died at Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His grandson Francis (age 5) succeeded 5th Duke Bedford, 5th Marquess Tavistock, 9th Earl Bedford, 9th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 5th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 02 Mar 1802 Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford (age 36) died unmarried at Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother John (age 35) succeeded 6th Duke Bedford, 6th Marquess Tavistock, 10th Earl Bedford, 10th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 8th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 6th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 22 May 1861 Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford (deceased) was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
On 14 Jan 1891 Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford (age 71) committed suicide having shot himself as a result of insanity in Eaton Square, Belgravia.His son George (age 38) succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford (age 38) by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 72) in 1892.
On 23 Mar 1893 George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford (age 40) died. George William Sackville 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His brother Herbrand (age 35) succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 22 Apr 1897 Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford (age 78) died at Latimer House, Chesham. She was buried having been cremated at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Monuments to Alexander George Russell, Georgiana Elizabeth Russell, Conrad George Edward Russell (age 68) and Harold John Hastings Russell.
Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. Altar. In the background may be seen the memorials to:
Victor Alexander Frederick Villiers Russell, his wife Annora Margaret Bromley Martin and their daughter Averil Russell.
Alexander Victor Frederick Villiers Russell and his wife Marjorie Gladys Guinness.
