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The Chicheley Family
Annotated Entries from the Wimpole Parish Registers 1576-1698.
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Baptisms, Marriage, Burials, Witnesses/Godparents,
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The altar-tomb of Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616).
Chicheley Chapel, St Andrew's Parish Church, Wimpole.
[Some thoughts regarding the current position of the tomb] |
| "Here resteth in assurance to rise in Christ Sr Thomas Chicheley of Wimpole, Knight, sometimes Lord of the Towne, and patron of this Church, son of Thomas Chicheley Esq and Anne his wife, daughter of Sr John Bourne, who was Secretary to Queen Mary and of her Privie Council. The which Sr Thomas married Dorothie, one of the daughters and co-heiress of Sr Thomas Kempe of Ollanteygh in the county of Kent, Knight, by whom he was made the joyful father of six children, Dorothie, Anna, Jane, Thomas, Henry, and John. He left this life 12 Nov. in the year of Our Lord 1616, being the 38 year of his age, to whose dear memory Dorothie his wife hath piously erected this monument." |
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Introduction Baptisms Marriage Burials Godparents
Family Tree Chicheley Tree (A Cott MS, British Museum) Chicheleana Tree (1765)
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The Chicheley Family
(Owners of Wimpole from 1428 to 1686) |
| The Chicheley (Checheley, Chichele, Checheley, Chichelie) family dominated Wimpole for 250 years from 1428 when Henry Chichele,
Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of All Saints College, Oxford acquired the lease of the principal Wimpole Manors. |
| In 1436 the archbishop settled Wimpole on his great nephew, Henry Chicheley. His descendants purchased further property in the area so by the early seventeenth century the estate included a manor house, four of Wimpole’s six manors and all three manors in the neighbouring parish of Wendy. |
The third Thomas Chicheley [1614-1699] recorded here (knight, MP for Cambridgeshire and a Royalist) inherited Wimpole in 1616 when he was two years old. Around 1640 the old medieval manor house was demolished and Chicheley built the first Wimpole Hall (below), although it took over 20 years (interrupted by periods fighting Parliamentarians for the King in the Civil War). The finished house was surrounded by a formal garden and an architectural landscape.
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Wimpole Hall (believed as built) c1660
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| Debts forced Chicheley to sell Wimpole in 1686 to Sir John Cutler, although Chicheley's body was returned in 1699 to be interred in the family vault in Wimpole Parish Church. |
| Some parts of Chicheley's original Wimpole Hall still survive within today's building.. |
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| Baptisms: (Parish Registers and Wimpole Church connections indicated in red) |
Key - Bapt: Baptised, Bur: Burial; Mem: Memorial; and MI: Monumental Inscription.
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| 15 April 1578 |
CHICHELEY |
Thomas, gent, born April 12.
Godparents: Sir Francis Hinde, John Hatton Esq and Dorithe Chamberlyne.
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[Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616), first surviving son of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne, husband to Dorothy (Kempe), knighted 1607, an MP, father of the Sir Thomas Chicheley who built Wimpole Hall. Interred in Wimpole Parish Church. His ornate altar tomb can be seen in the Chicheley Chapel [image above].] [Bapt Bur Mem MI] |
| 30 December 1579 |
CHICHELEY |
Elisabeth, born December 27.
Godparents: Mrs Elizabeth Hatton, Mrs Marye Hinde and Mr Robte
Pakenham
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[Elisabeth Chicheley (1579- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne.] [Bapt] |
| 27 May 1582 |
CHICHELEY |
Dorithie, born May 22.
Godparents: Mr Thomas Docwra, Lady Hinde and Mrs Wendy.
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[Dorithie Chicheley (1582- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Married William Harrington of Witham-on-the-HIll, "at least seven children".] [Bapt] |
| 5 September 1584 |
CHICHELEY |
William, gent son of Thomas Esq.
Godparents: Mr Fitzraffe Chamberlyne, William H------ and Mrs Skipworth
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[William Chicheley (1584- ), son of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne.] [Bapt] |
| 5 October 1585 |
CHICHELEY |
Marye, dau of Thomas Esq.
Godparents: Mrs Fuller, Mrs Docwry and Mr Thomas Hinde.
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[Marye Chicheley (1585- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Bapt ] |
| 9 February 1587 |
CHICHELEY |
Devereux, son of Thomas Esq
Godparents: Sir Philip Butler, Mr Walter Devereux and Katheren
Alephe
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[Devereux Chicheley (1587- ), son of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Bapt ] |
| 7 September 1589 |
CHICHELEY |
Clement, son of Thomas
Godparents: Thomas Wendy, Anthonie Cage and Mary Marten
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[Clement Chicheley (1589- ), son of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Bapt ] |
| 13 September 1590 |
CHICHELEY |
John, son of Thomas
Godparents: Sir John Cutts, Edward Lyvesey and Ursuley Machell
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[John Chicheley (1590- ), son of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Possible 1604 Marriage to Agnes Tyton at 14 years? (see below). Bapt ] |
| 28 February(?) 1592 |
CHICHELEY |
Anne, dau of Thomas
Godparents: Mr Chester, Lady Cutts and
Mrs Ch----
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[Anne Chicheley (1592- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-c1592) and Anne Bourne. Bapt ] |
| [blank] September 1606 |
CHICHELIE |
[blank], dau of Tho:
Godparents: Richard Titon?, Flower Smithe and Isabell Rutterforthe
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[Daughter of Thomas (c1578-1616) and Anon. "Jane" is probable and the entry would neatly bookend her 1632 burial [below], but it means the baptism in September 1606 was a year or so ahead of the formal June 1607 marriage between Thomas and Dorithye. Jane is stated in the notice of burial to be the daughter of Lady Dorithye but there appears to be no other evidence of birth for her in the Wimpole records. The confinement might have been away from Wimpole to keep the wedding respectable, which might explain the Rector's confusion [or discretion]. On the inscription on her father's tomb (top of page), she is moved down two places to third in the order of his children, which is a potential blurring of her early arrival. The godparents also possibly appear a little on the low-key side for the first child of a knight of the realm. Bapt Bur Mem MI] |
| 30 May 1609 |
CHICHELIE |
Dorithye, dau of Sir Thomas
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[Dorithye Chichelie (1609- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorithye Kempe. No godparents listed. Bap ] |
| 7 February 1610 |
CHICHELIE |
Anne, dau of Sir Thomas
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[Anne Chichelie (1610- ), [Anna on Father's tomb] daughter of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorithye Kempe. No godparents listed. Bapt ] |
| 20 October 1612 |
CHICHELIE |
Mrs Anne, dau of Sir Thomas
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[Anne Chichelie (1612- ), daughter of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorithye Kempe. No godparents listed. Bapt ] |
| 26 April 1614 |
CHICHELIE |
Mr Thomas, son of Sir Thomas ,
born Mch 25
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[Thomas Chichelie (1614-1699), son of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorithye Kempe. Knighted 1670, This is the Thomas Chicheley who inherited his father's estates in 1616 at two years of age. He was the builder of Wimpole Hall. Also sold the Wimpole estate in 1686 (although his body was returned in 1699 to be interred in the family vault in Wimpole Parish Church). No godparents listed. Bapt Bur ] |
| 8 October 1616 |
CHICHELY |
John, son of Sir Thomas & Dority.
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[John Chichely (1616- ), son of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorithye Kempe. Born five weeks before his father's death. No godparents listed. Bapt ] |
| 11 January 1656 |
CHICHELEY |
Thomas, son of Thomas Esq
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[Thomas Chicheley (1656- ) son of Thomas Esq, but which Thomas? Date would be right for Thomas Chicheley (1614-1699) not yet knighted, and Anne Coventry/Lady Savile (married 1655) but their two sons are confirmed as John and Henry, and neither appears to have been born at Wimpole. Perhaps a son of a son outside the 'Wimpole' direct lineage. Needs some research. No godparents listed. Bapt ] |
| 22 May 1673 |
CHICHELY |
Robert, son of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Robert Chichely (1673-1673), son of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Lawson. Died at 8 months. No godparents listed. Bapt Bur ] |
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| Marriage: (Parish Registers and Wimpole Church connections indicated in red) |
Key - Bapt: Baptised, Bur: Burial; Mem: Memorial; and MI: Monumental Inscription.
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| 1 May 1604 |
CHICHELY |
John and Agnes TYTON |
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| Burials: (Parish Register entries and Wimpole Church connections indicated in red) |
Key - Bapt: Baptised, Bur: Burial; Mem: Memorial; and MI: Monumental Inscription.
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| [Note: Until 1751 the calendar 'New Year'
began on the 25th March (Lady Day) in England and Wales.] |
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| 23 December 1576 |
CHICHELEY |
Mr Clement |
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[Clement Chicheley (?-1576), son of Thomas Chicheley and Elizabeth Docwra, husband to Mary[e] Hinde [Hynde] [the daughter of Sir John Hinde], and father of Thomas Chicheley (c1550-1592), and Ursuley, Dorithy, Elizabeth. Bur ]
["Sir John Hinde, Justice of the Common Pleas, granted Banks Manor in 1548 to Thomas Chicheley as a settlement on the marriage of his daughter Mary to Clement Chicheley. Thereafter the manor was part of the Chicheley estate in Wimpole."] |
| 20 October 1592 |
CHICHELEY |
Mr Thomas
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[Thomas Chicheley (c1550-1592], son of Clement Chicheley (?-1576) and Mary Hinde, husband to Anne Bourne (below), father of Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) plus Elizabeth, Dorithie, William, Marye, Devereux and Clemant Chicheley. Bur ] |
| 29 June 1594 |
CHICHELEY |
Anne |
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[Anne Chicheley (Bourne) ( - 1594), daughter of Sir John Bourne, wife to Thomas Chicheley (1550-1592) (above), mother to Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616), plus Elizabeth, Dorithie, William, Marye, Devereux, Clement, John, and Anne . (Bur ] |
| 19 November 1616 |
CHICHELEY |
Sir Thomas aged 38 |
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[Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616), first surviving son of Thomas Chicheley and Anne Bourne, MP for Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire, knighted 1607, father of the Sir Thomas Chicheley who built Wimpole Hall. 1616 was a year when one fifth of the population of Wimpole
died, probably from a local outbreak of the plague or contagious fever. Interred in Wimpole Parish Church. His ornate altar tomb can be seen in the Chicheley Chapel. Bapt Bur ] |
| 15 March 1616 |
CHICHELYE |
Mrs Mary |
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[Assuming Mrs Mary Chichelye (Hinde)( - 1616), daughter of Sir John Hinde of Madingley, wife of Clemant Chichely (?-1576) and mother to Thomas Chicheley [c1550-c1592] among others. Bur ]
"Sir John Hinde, Justice of the Common Pleas, granted Banks Manor in 1548 to Thomas Chicheley as a settlement on the marriage of his daughter Mary to Clement Chicheley. Thereafter the manor was part of the Chicheley estate in Wimpole." |
| 3 March 1617 |
CHICHELEY |
John, son of Lady Dorothy |
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[Possibly John Chicheley (1616-1617)?, an infant son of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Lady Dorothy [Kempe]. Or not (see 1655 Burial entry below). Needing clarification. Bapt? Bur ] |
| 6 January 1632 |
CHICHELY |
Jane, daughter of Lady Dorothy |
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[probably Jane Chichely (1606-1632), aged 26, daughter of Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Dorothy Kempe. see note for 1606 baptism. Needs clarification. Bapt Bur ] |
| 21 November 1644 |
CHICHELEY |
Lady Dorothy [Dorothie], widow, in the
vault of Sir Thomas [1578-1616] her husband |
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[Lady Dorothy [sometimes Dorothie] nee Kempe, wife of Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616). Bur Mem MI ] |
| 19 November 1652 |
CHICHELEY |
Henry, son of Thomas Esq.
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[probably Henry Chicheley ( - 1652), son of Thomas Chicheley (1614-1699) and Sarah Russell, and grandson to Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616). Bur ] |
| 19 January 1654 |
CHICHELEY |
Sarah, wife of Thomas Esq [1614-1698] in the new vault |
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[Lady Sarah Chicheley (nee Russell), daughter of Sir William Russell, first husband to Thomas Chicheley (1614-1699). Bur ] |
| 24 July 1655 |
CHICHELEY |
John, brother to Sir Thomas |
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[Possibly John Chicheley (1616-1617)?, son of Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616) and Lady Dorothy [Kempe], brother to Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616). Or not (see 1617 entry above). Needing clarification.. Bapt? Bur ] |
| 31 July 1662 |
CHICHELY |
The Lady Savell, wife of Thomas Esq.
in the new vault.
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[Lady Anne [Coventry] ( -1662), daughter of Thomas Coventry - 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough and Elizabeth, widow of Sir William Savile, 3rd Baronet of Thornhill, second wife to Thomas Chicheley (1614-1699), also known as Lady Savile [Savell, Saville], mother of John Chicheley and Henry Chicheley. Bur ]
["August 1644: Sheffield Castle was besieged by the Parliamentary forces of the Earl of Manchester. On August 11th, after 10 days and heavy bombardment, the castle surrendered.
The generous terms of surrender allowed the Royalists to march out with all the honours of war, and without risk of imprisonment. Special provision was made for Lady Saville, the heavily pregnant widow of the former Castle Governor. There was no midwife in attendance, but she had staunchly declared throughout the siege that she would rather die than see the Castle fall. The night after surrender, she was carried by coach to Wentworth Woodhouse, but gave birth to her child [Talbet Savile] on the way."] |
| 27 November 1672 |
CHICHELEY |
Mr Henry, son of Rt Hon Sir Thomas and Lady Savill in the new vault |
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[Henry Chicheley son of Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614-1699) and Anne Coventry (Lady Savile) in the new vault in the Parish Church. Bur ] |
| 24 January 1673 |
CHICHELEY |
Robert, infant son of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Robert Chicheley ( -1673], son of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Norton Lawson. Bur ] |
| 18 September 1675 |
CHICHELEY |
Elizabeth, infant daughter of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Elizabeth Chicheley ( -1675], daughter of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Norton Lawson. Bur ] |
| 25 March 1676 |
CHICHELEY |
Henry, son of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Henry Chicheley ( -1676], son of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Norton Lawson. Bur ] |
| 20 November 1681 |
CHICHELEY |
Anna, daughter of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Anna Chicheley ( -1681], daughter of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Norton Lawson. Bur ] |
| 8 February 1681 |
CHICHELEY |
Izabella, daughter of Sir John and Izabella |
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[Izabella Chicheley ( -1681], daughter of Sir John Chicheley (1640-1691) and Izabella Norton Lawson. Bur ] |
| 7 February 1698 |
CHICHELEY |
Sir Thomas [1614-1698], Knight, affidavit made by William
Bevan of St Brides's, London.
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[Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614-1698),
aged 84, husband to (1) Sarah Russell and (2) Anne Coventry [Lady Savile], father to Thomas? (1), John (1), Henry (1), Elizabeth (1), Sarah (1), John (2) and Henry (2), he built the mansion at Wimpole Hall 1640-1660 but debts meant he had to sell the estate in 1686. Following
his death in London 12 years later, his body was returned to Wimpole to lie in his
father's tomb in the Chicheley Chapel. The image of the boy kneeling on the front of the altar tomb is said to be of him. Bapt Bur Mem] |
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| Thomas Chicheley (1550- 1592): |
1561 (2), 1562 (2), 1563, 1565 (2), 1566 (2), 1567, 1572, 1573, 1574, 1582. |
| Mrs Mary Chicheley (Hinde): |
1560 (3), 1561 (5) 1562 (2), 1564 (3), 1565, 1566 (3), 1568, 1575? (as Mrs Hynde), 1579 (as Mrs Marye Hinde), 1582 (as Lady Hinde), 1589 (as Mary Hinde). |
| Mrs Ursuley Chicheley: |
1563, 1565, 1570, |
| Mrs Dorithy Chicheley: |
1564, 1591, |
| Anne Chicheley [wife to Thomas (1550-1592)]: |
1586, 1588, |
| Elizabeth Chicheley: |
1590, 1594, |
Sir Thomas Chicheley (1578-1616):
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Speculative Chicheley Family Tree
As it relates to Wimpole and the Parish Registers |
Key - Bapt: Baptised, Bur: Burial; Mem: Memorial; and MI: Monumental Inscription.
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| Alternative early spellings: Chicheley, Chichele, Chichely, Checheley, Chichelye and Chichley. I have used Chicheley throughout the family tree that follows as it was the most common spelling during the time the family were at Wimpole. |
| Parish (Church) Registers recording baptisms, marriages and burials began in Wimpole in 1560. Earlier records can be unreliable. |
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Thomas Chicheley |
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(c1336-1400), of Higham Ferrers |
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Agnes (c1340- ), daughter of William Pinchon |
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- Robert (c1366-c1439) (Sir, twice Lord Mayor of London 1411 and 1421) |
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- Henry (c1362-c1443) ("Archbishop of Canterbury and Founder of All Souls, |
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Oxford, settled Wimpole on great-nephew Henry Chicheley in 1436") |
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- William (c1364-1425) |
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William Chicheley |
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(c1364-1425), (Master Grocer, Sheriff of London, 1409)
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Beatrix (c1368-1411), daughter of William Barrett |
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- William |
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- Florence (1390- ) |
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- John (1412-1449) |
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- Agnes/Elizabeth |
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John Chicheley |
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(1404–1455), (Chamberlain of City of London) |
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Margary, (1416–1444) daughter of Sir Thom. Knollys (Lord Mayor of London) |
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(reported to have had between 18 and 24 children...) |
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- Reginald |
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- Henry (born at Wimpole) (c1432-1490) |
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["Henry Chicheley (c1364-1443), Archbishop of Canterbury and Founder of |
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All Souls, Oxford, settled Wimpole on great-nephew Henry in 1436"] |
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- Robert |
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- Thomas (1434-1490) |
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- Agnes |
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- Christine |
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- Elizabeth (1430-1499) |
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[Reputed to have had 17 [?] further children. DoBs indicate this is unlikely.] |
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Henry Chicheley |
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(born and died at Wimpole) (1432-1490) |
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Alice (14??- ), daughter of Robert Clopton (Lord Mayor of London, 1441) |
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- (Thomas) William (c1456-1518) (born Coberley, Gloucestershire) |
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- Henry (145?-1518) = Elizabeth Burgoyn (No issue from marriage) |
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- Margaret
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(Thomas) William Chicheley = Alice Brugge --- |
Sir Thomas Brugge |
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[born at Wimpole c1450-1518] [1460-1535] |
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John [1493-1570] |
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Sir John Chicheley = Francis Docwra --- |
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Elizabeth [1526-1591] |
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Frances [?-?] |
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Clement [?-1576] Buried at Wimpole |
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Clement Chicheley Bur = Mary Hinde Bur --- |
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Thomas Chicheley Bur = Anne Bourne Bur --- |
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Elizabeth [1579-?] Bapt |
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Clement [1589-?] Bapt |
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John [1590-?] Bapt |
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Sir Thomas Chicheley= Dorithye Kempe -- |
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[Altar Tomb In Wimpole Parish Church] |
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[Jane?][c1606-c1632?] Bapt Bur MI |
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Dorithye [1609-?] Bapt MI |
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Anne [1610-?] Bapt MI |
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Thomas [1614-1698] Bapt Bur |
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Henry [born c1616]* MI |
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John (1617-1655] Bapt Bur MI |
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Sir Thomas Chicheley = (1) Sarah Russell -- |
Sir William Russell |
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[Builder of Wimpole Hall] |
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Henry [?-1676] d.v.p Bur |
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Anna [?-1681] Bur |
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* Knighted c1644, imprisoned in the Tower of London for plot against Parliament, paroled to Virginia in America, twice Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. |
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** Knighted 1665, Rear Admiral of the Red, MP for Newton, Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty |
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*** Married c1672 Andrew Fontaine of Salle "with whom she led a most unhappy life". |
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The following page is from "Stemmata Chicheleana" published in 1765.
You can download the whole book [17 MB] at
the above link. |
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| The Chicheley Altar-Tomb |
| Some thoughts on the positioning of the Chicheley altar-tomb (photographed at the head of the page) in the Chicheley Chapel. |
| The Chapel is the earliest part of the
present church and is understood to be of 14th century origin, founded around 1390 as the Chantry of Sir William de
Staundon, twice Lord Mayor of London. This was some decades before the arrival of the Chicheley Family and the building was still being recorded as the 'Standon Chantry' in 1524. The Chicheley altar-tomb dates to 1616. |
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| Figure 1 |
| The survey drawn for Henry Flitcroft in 1748 [Figure 1] shows a plan of the medieval church with the outline of a proposed new church superimposed over the old [the design shown was not accepted]. Flitcroft's brief was to retain the Chicheley chapel and the 'table tomb' of Sir Thomas and Lady Dorothy Chicheley, whose position Flitcroft indicates [my colouring], while demolishing the rest of the church 'levell with the Ground & Lower, if the walls will easily come down". |
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| Figure 2 |
| Detail from a later survey of the Chicheley Chapel [Figure 2], drawn by Henry Povis for John Sloane's office in May 1793, records the tomb in the same position [again, my colouring]. It is thought the Chicheley tomb remained in its original location until 1834 when the Chapel was opened up to the main Church and some of the major monuments in the Chapel had to be repositioned. |
| The Chicheley altar-tomb was rather clumsily repositioned to its present position against the north wall, the wall plasterwork partly obscuring the monumental inscription on both ends. |
| Given that the Chicheley tomb was originally designed and positioned to be seen from all four sides, is there perhaps a further unrecorded monumental inscription hidden on the side facing the wall? |
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This page was last updated on: 11 December 2020.
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Aerial View of Wimpole Hall (left) and St Andrew's Parish Church (right).
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