Edward Cheeseman

Edward Cheeseman (died 1509), also written Cheseman, was an English lawyer and administrator from Middlesex.[1]

Origins

There was a William Cheeseman living in Southall in 1382,[2] but the family only rose to prominence with Edward, who was born about 1455. He had two younger brothers, John and Robert,[1] who reportedly did not leave sons.[3]

Career

Entering on a legal career, he became first a filacer, or issuer of writs, and later an attorney in the Court of King's Bench.[4] His final post was as a senior member of the royal household of King Henry VII, when he became Cofferer of the Household some time after September 1505.[5] As such he attended the funeral of the King in April 1509, but himself died in August, asking to be buried in Blackfriars church in London.[2]

His will was proved in November 1510,[6] and he left extensive landholdings in Middlesex and Kent to his son.[4] These included in Middlesex the manor and mansion house of Dormanswell in Southall,[2] together with the manor of Southall which he had bought in 1496, and the manor of Norwood,[7] together with the manors of Osterley and of Wyke.[8] In Kent, he left land at Sundridge, Chevening,[9] and Lewisham.[10]

Family

Before 1485 he married Joan Lawrence, from Lancashire,[1] and they had six known children:

Robert;[1]
Eleanor;[1]
Mary, who first married a man called Catesby from Bedfordshire and secondly John Tawe, a lawyer;[1]
Grace, said to have married a Keeper of Windsor Forest;[1]
Elizabeth I, married first Thomas Carminow (died 1529), of Respryn near Bodmin, a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber,[1] becoming the mother of John Carminow and Nicholas Carminow, and after his death married secondly Edward Cleker;[11]
Elizabeth II (died after 1547), a nun first at Holywell Priory and later at Kilburn.[1]

His widow married John Banester and died in 1536.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Middlesex Pedigrees, as collected by Richard Mundy, p. 47, retrieved 12 November 2017
  2. ^ a b c "The Tudor manor and its owners", Southall: A Brief History, 12 March 2011, retrieved 24 October 2017
  3. ^ a b Middlesex Pedigrees collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551 (PDF), retrieved 24 October 2017
  4. ^ a b Miller, Helen, "Cheseman, Robert (1484/85-1547), of Dormans Well, Norwood, Mdx. and London", The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 [, retrieved 24 October 2017
  5. ^ Sainty, J.C. (June 1999), Officers of the Green Cloth: Cofferer Provisional Lists 1485 – 1646, retrieved 24 October 2017
  6. ^ TNA 1510 Cheseman, Edward, esquyer, Blakefreeres, etc., London; Norwode, etc., Middlesex 33 Bennett
  7. ^ Diane K Bolton (1971), "Norwood, including Southall: Manors", in T F T Baker (ed.), A History of the County of Middlesex, vol. 4, London, pp. 43–45, retrieved 24 October 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ TNA E 199/28/8 London and Middlesex: Inquisition concerning Edward Cheseman's manors of Southall, Norwood, Osterley and Wyke. 1 H VIII, retrieved 24 October 2017
  9. ^ Mi 6/173/51 Feoffment: William York and Mary his wife to Edward Cheseman and others; Location: Sundridge, Chevening, Kent, 6 June 1506, retrieved 24 October 2017
  10. ^ C 1/322/36 Defendants: Edward Cheseman, gentleman, and Johnane Grenrigge, widow. Detention of deeds relating to tenements in Lewisham, Kent. 1504-1515, retrieved 24 October 2017
  11. ^ C 1/620/31 Carmynow v Clekarr, retrieved 24 October 2017