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Baron Cheyne is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
Baron Cheyne 1st Creation 1486
Baron Cheyne is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1486. John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne created.
30th May 1499. John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne extinct.
In 1486 John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 44) was created 1st Baron Cheyne.
On 30th May 1499 John Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 57) died. Baron Cheyne extinct. Fluted Period. Alabaster Monument at Salisbury Cathedral [Map].
Fluted armour typified by having no headwear, being clean shaven, a breastplate in two pieces and the neck protected by a Standard. Damaged angel, its head removed, holding the cushion on which his head rests. He wearing a Lancastrian Esses Collar with large Esses. Ringed fingers.
Detail of the heavily graffitied Shoulder Garter.
Detail of the heavily graffitied Leg Garter and Poleyn.
Mutilated Lion at his feet with its head missing. The figure beneath his right foot appears to be a Bedesman. That beneath his left foot may be the remains of the means by which a bedesman was originally fixed to the foot. What appears to be a birds foot lying across the lions body is the tail of the lion.
Baron Cheyne 2nd Creation 1572
Baron Cheyne is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1572. Henry Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne created.
3rd September 1587. Henry Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne extinct.
In 1572 Henry Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 31) was created 1st Baron Cheyne. Jane Wentworth Baroness Cheyne by marriage Baroness Cheyne.
On 3rd September 1587 Henry Cheney 1st Baron Cheyne (age 47) died. He was buried at St George's Church, Toddington on 3rd September 1587. Baron Cheyne extinct. His estates were left to his widow Jane Wentworth Baroness Cheyne who subsequently bequeathed them to her nephew Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland.