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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.
Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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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