Bryant/Bourchier/Tilney/Cheney Genealogy: From Ralph de Cheney to Elizabeth Cheney

21st Generation: Sir William Cheney

  • William was born in 1368 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire.
  • He married Katherine Pabenham, and they had four children together: Lawrence, Anne, John, and Joane.
  • William was a knight and high sheriff of Cambridgeshire.
  • He died on June 13, 1399, (31 years old) in Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire.

21st Generation: Catherine Pabenham

  • Catherine was born in 1372 in Pavenham Bedfordshire.
  • She was the daughter of Lawrence Paberham and Elizabeth Engayne.
  • She married William, and they had four children together:
    • Lawrence (who we are descended from) (1396-1461)
    • Anne (1397-1398)
    • John (1397-1398)
    • Joane (1400-?)
  • Catherine remarried Thomas Aylesbury after William’s death.
  • Catherine died in December 1461 (89 years old) in Milton Keys Buckinghamshire.