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Personal data Sir William Cheney 

  • He was born in the year 1444 in England.

    Waarschuwing Attention: Age at marriage (??-??-1457) below 16 years (13).

  • He died on May 8, 1487, he was 43 years old.
  • A child of John de Cheney and Eleanor Shottesbroke
  • This information was last updated on October 19, 2023.

Household of Sir William Cheney

(1) He is married to Isabella Boleyn.

They got married in the year 1457, he was 13 years old.


(2) He is married to Agnes Margaret Young.

They got married in the year 1485, he was 41 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Cheney  1485-1559 


(3) He is married to Agnes Margaret Young.

They got married in the year 1485, he was 41 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Thomas Cheney  1485-1559 


(4) He is married to Agnes Margaret Young.

They got married in the year 1485, he was 41 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Cheney

William Cheyne
± 1380-1441
Eleanor Salerne
± 1379-± 1468
Robert Shottesbrooke
1388-1474
Edith de Stourton
± 1384-1441
John de Cheney
± 1412-1467

William Cheney
1444-1487

(1) 1457

Isabella Boleyn
1440-1485

(2) 1485

Agnes Margaret Young
1445-????

Thomas Cheney
1485-1559
(3) 1485

Agnes Margaret Young
1445-????

Thomas Cheney
1485-1559
(4) 1485

Agnes Margaret Young
1445-????


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Historical events

Day of death May 8, 1487

  • Graaf Maximiliaan (Oostenrijks Huis) was from 1482 till 1494 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1487: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 7 » The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista.
    • May 24 » The ten-year-old Lambert Simnel is crowned in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign.
    • June 16 » Battle of Stoke Field: King Henry VII of England defeats the leaders of a Yorkist rebellion in the final engagement of the Wars of the Roses.
    • July 24 » Citizens of Leeuwarden, Netherlands, strike against a ban on foreign beer.
    • August 18 » The Siege of Málaga ends with the taking of the city by Castilian and Aragonese forces.
    • November 25 » Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.


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