Edmund Cheyne


Sir Edmund Cheyne of Poyntington in Somerset, was a Member of Parliament and served as Warden of the Channel Islands 1358-1367.

Origins

He was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Cheyne of Poyntington. His younger half-brother was Sir Ralph Cheyne of Brook in the parish of Westbury in Wiltshire, thrice a Member of Parliament for Wiltshire and Deputy Justiciar of Ireland in 1373 and Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1383-4 and Deputy Warden of the Cinque Ports.
The Cheney family Latinized to de Caineto, possibly from the French chêne, an oak-tree, was an ancient family, branches of which were scattered throughout southern England, from Kent to Cornwall, and in the Midlands. Their name survives attached to several of their former manors. The family which inherited Brook was seated at Upottery in Devon from the time of King Henry III.

Career

Edmund was Warden of the Channel Islands 1358-1367.

Marriage

He married a certain Katherine, step-mother of the Devonshire heiress Cecily Stretche, the wife of his nephew Sir William Cheyne of Brook, MP for Dorset in 1402, and younger daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Stretch, of Pinhoe and Hempston Arundel in Devon, three times MP for Devon. The marriage was without progeny.

Death & succession

He died childless in 1374 or 1383, leaving as his heir his younger half-brother Sir Ralph Cheyne of Brook.