Bryant/Bourchier/Tilney/Cheney/Saye Genealogy: From Baron William Picot de Say to Agnes de Saye

27th Generation: Geoffrey de Saye

  • Geoffrey was born in 1155 in West Greenwich, Kent.
  • He married Alice de Cheney around 1172, and they had one son together, William.
  • Geoffrey took up arms against King John with the other Barons. He was a Magna Carta surety. He was the Lord of West Greenwich.
  • Geoffrey died on August 24, 1230, (75 years old) in Gascoigne Poitou, France. He is buried in the Hospital of St. Mary Dover, Kent.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Saye

27th Generation: Alice de Cheney

  • Alice was born in 1152 in Newtimber, Sussex.
  • She married Geoffrey, and they had one son together:
    • William (who we are descended from) (1180-1272)
  • Alice’s great great grandchild married Sir Alexander de Cheney.
  • Alice died in 1198 (46 years old).