A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3: Parishes: Chenies. 1296. The next to hold Isenhampstead was Bartholomew Cheyne, whose name occurs between the years 1296 and 131615. He was followed by Alexander Cheyne, who with Margaret his wife was in 1321 in possession of Isenhampstead Chenies Manor [Map], so called for the first time16, and was still holding in 134617. By 1350 it had passed to John Cheyne18, who was Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 137119 and a knight of the shire in 137320. He was afterwards knighted21, but in 1397 was condemned to death as a Lollard with Sir John Oldcastle22. The sentence was, however, at the intercession of the Lords, commuted to one of perpetual imprisonment23.
Note 15. Feud. Aids, i, 91, 18; Lipscomb, Hist. and Antiq. of Bucks. iii, 251.
Note 16. De Banco R. 238, m. 155. Alexander presented to the church in 1325 (Add. MS. 5480, fol. 39).
Note 17. Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. 6 Edw. III, no. 8; Feud. Aids, i, 116.
Note 18. Cal. Close, 1349-54, p. 230.
Note 19. P.R.O. List of Sheriffs, 2.
Note 20. Ret. of Memb. of Parl. i, 190.
Note 21. Cal. Pat. 1377-81, p. 235; Close, 6 Ric. II, pt. i, m. 32 d.
Note 22. V.C.H. Bucks. i, 291.
Note 23. Ibid.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1411. Ande that same year there com inbassetours to the King from the Duke of Burgeyne [aged 39] for to have men sowdyd whithe him ayenst the Duke of Orlyauns [aged 16], but the King wolde not graunte him non. And they spake unto the prynce [aged 24], and he sende thedyr the Erle of Arundelle [aged 29] and Syr John Oldecastelle, lord of Cobham, and many mo knygtys and squyers of this londe.
Chronicle of Gregory. 1413. And that same year Syr John Olde Castelle was a restyde [arrested] at Wynsore and sende to the Toure of London [Map] for poyntys of heresy that he was accusyd of; and at the Frere Prechourys he was examnyd by fore alle the clargy of this realme, spyritualle and temporalle and relygyous, and he was sent unto the Toure a-yenne; and son aftyr he brake owt of the Towre and wentte in to Walys; and aftyr he was take ayen by the Lord Powes [aged 43] in the tyme of Rychard Merlowe, as ye shalle hyre aftyr.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs. 437. Of Sir Roger Acton And Others.
On the story of Sir Roger Acton above mentioned, I find that with him were taken many other persons, that all the prisons in and about London were replenished with people. The chief of them, which were twenty and nine, were condemned of heresy; and attainted of high treason, as movers of war against their king, by the temporal law in the Guildhall, the twelfth day of December; and adjudged to be drawn and hanged for treason, and for heresy to be consumed with fire, gallows and all: which judgment was executed in [10th] January [1414] following on the said Sir Roger Acton, and twenty-eight others.
Some say that the occasion of their death was the conveyance of the Lord Cobham out of prison. Others write, that it was both for treason (as the adversaries termed it) and heresy.
Certain affirm, that it was for feigned causes surmised by the spiritualty, more of displeasure than truth, as seemeth more near to the truth.
On 14th December 1417 John Oldcastle was hanged in St Giles' Field Holborn for being a Lollard.
Chronicle of Gregory. 14th December 1417. Alle so the same year Syr Johnne Oldecastelle was take in the Marche of Walys and brought unto Westemyster in a chare, and there he was juggyde to the dethe; and this was his juggement, that he shulde be ladde thorowe London in the same chare unto Towre Hylle, and there to be layde on a hyrdylle and drawe to Syn Gylys galowys, and there to be hanggyd and brent. And so he was hanggyd by a strong chayne. For there was the Duke of Bedforde [aged 28], the Duke of Exceter [aged 40], and alle the lordys of this londe that were [th]at tyme a-bowte London, tylle that they hadde sene his juggement.
Ande the same day the person of Wortham, theffe, and his peramowre was broughte unto Westemyster Halle. And he was sente to Newgate, and there he dyde.
Close Rolls Henry V. 4th March 1421. Durham. Jevan and Gruffuth sones of Gruffuth ap Jevan ap Mad[oc] ap Gwennoys of Powys londe gentilman, Hoel ap Gr[uffuth] ap David ap Mad[oc] and Deio ap Jevan ap Jor[werth] ap Ada[m] of the same londe yemen, tenants to Sire Edward Charletoun knyght lorde of Powys and takers of Sir John Oldcastell that was myscreant and unboxome to the lawe of God and traitour to oure gracious soueraigne lorde and his, Henry kynge of Englonde after the conquest the V, thonken our said soveraigne lord in as lowely wyse and with as hole hert as we in oure simple manere con devyse that hit hath liked him of his gracious goodenesse for to remembre his notarie proclamacioun made thorgh his roialme by his hie commaundement of the guerdoun and rewarde by his hie discressioun appoynted to hym that mizt have that fortune and grace to ben takers of the said John Oldcastell, for the which guerdoun and rewarde our said lorde of Powys by the graciouse governaunce and assent of oure said soveraigne lorde hase com- pownyd with us and fynaly accorded, so that we and everych of us ben fully satisfied and agreoud aftir oure owne desire and plaisir in pleyn accomplisement and excusacioun of the pro- clamacioun aforsaide, of the wych guerdoun and rewarde we hold us fynaly agreut and content for evermore. In witnessynge wherof to this oure present lettres we have ysette oure seales in the hie and noble presence of oure said soveraigne lord, and also of the hie and myghty prince the duc of Gloucestre [aged 30] brothir un to oure soveraigne lord by forsaid, and also of Umfray erle of Stafforde [aged 18], John lorde Fornyvall [aged 38], and of other mony mo worthy and gret of diverses degrees at that tyme, they beyng present. Y made at Shrosbery the iiij day of Marcz the yere of oure said soveraigne lord the viij.