'Cheslyn1'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Cheslyn of Langley (Priory or Hall)

                               
Nichols identifies the arms of this family as "Argent, on a bend ambattled, counter-embattles Gules, three towers Argent" with an impaling for Barber.
Oliver Cheslyn of Foleshill & Exall, Warwickshire
m. Jane
1. Richard Cheslyn of Langley (Priory or Hall), Leicestershire (b 24.04.1634, d 01.04.1717)
  Wikipedia ('Langley Priory') reports that Langley Priory, "by now known as Langley Hall" (though cross-references to the place sometimes still refer to it as a priory), was bought by Richard in 1686. Wikipeida reports that the succession to Langley went through his son Robert to his son Richard to his nephew Richard after whose death in 1843 it was sold out of the family.
  m1. _ Blake (dsp)
  m2. _ Fazakerly (dsp)
  m3. Elizabeth Nodes
  A. William Cheslyn, Sheriff of Leicestershire (b 04.07.1666, dsp 03.10.1708)
  m. Sarah Flaxney (b 09.10.1676, d 11.12.1734, dau of Jeffrey Flaxney)
  B. Richard Cheslyn (b 23.11.1669, d 1693)
  m. Elizabeth Rock
  i. Richard Cheslyn
  m. Mary Courtney
  a. Adrian Cheslyn (3rd son)
  m. _ Newman
  b. Sarah Cheslyn
  m. _ Creswell
  c.+ other issue - Peter, Richard, Edward, Charlotte, Mary
  ii.+ other issue (d unm) - Nicholas, Thomas
  C. John Cheslyn (b 18.03.1674, d 1769)
  m. Martha Eales (d 1754)
  i.+ issue - John, William, Martha
  D. Sarah Flaxney Cheslyn (d unm 08.07.1720) mentioned by CTG
  m4. Sarah Sweeting (b 14.07.1648, d 08.07.1720, widow of _ Flaxney)
  E. Charles Cheslyn (b 14.03.1684, dsp 23.06.1716)
  m. Barbara Bate (d 18.11.1722)
  F. Robert Cheslyn of Langley (Priory or Hall) (b 19.11.1691, d 25.05.1750)
  m. Cave King (b 19.10.1689, d 04.02.1763, niece of Sir John Cave of Clifton)
  i. Richard Cheslyn of Langley (Priory or Hall) (b 18.06.1715, dsp 18.12.1787, "remembrancer of the city of London")
  m. Kaharine Bainbrigge (b 1715, d 09.06.1792, widow)
ii. Thomas Cheslyn (b 24.10.1736, d 21.01.1814, youngest son)
  m1. Sarah Webster (b 1747, d 05.10.1786)
  a. Richard Cheslyn of Langley (Priory or Hall (b 16.02.1771, d 13.01.1843)
  m. Anne Barber (b 1769-70, d 10.08.1823, dau of Thomas Barber of Derby, niece of Samuel Hutchinson, Bishop of Killala)
  (1) Sophia Cheslyn probably the Sophia who married ...
  m. Richard Astley, later Gough
  (2)+ other issue - Richard (b 17.12.1797, d young?), Anne, Sarah
  b. Charles Cheslyn (4th son)
  m. Sarah Clay
  (1) Mary Cheslyn
  c. Anne Cheslyn
  m. Benjamin Smith
  (1)+ issue - Robert, William Scott, Mary Anne, Sarah, Harriott
  d. Elizabeth Cheslyn
  m. William Langley
  (1)+ issue - Maria, Charlotte
  e. Cave Cheslyn
  m. John Cressey Hall
  (1)+ issue - Jervis Cressey, Penelope
  f. Sarah Cheslyn
  m. James Hall
  (1) Sarah Rosalinda Hall
  g.+ other issue - Charles, William (d infant?), Thomas (d young?), William, Sarah Louisa
  m2. Mary Baker
  l.+ other issue - Robert, Henry, John, Frederick, Thomas (d infant?), Thomas, Mary, Penelope, Frances,Sophia
  iii. Eleanor Cheslyn (b 08.08.1720)
  m. Edward King
  a. Edward King
  m. Anne Freeman
  (1)+ issue - Thomas, Anne, Frances
  b. Thomas King
  c. James King (dsp)
  m. Elizabeth Fox
  d. Penelope King (dsp)
  m. Robert Fox
  iv.+ other issue (d unm) - William (b 09.01.1725, d 1758), Robert (b 07.08.1726, d 06.03.1727), Robert (b 01.07.1729, d 19.03.1730), Robert (b 28.02.1731), Cave (b 17.11.1716, d 18.07.1769), Sarah (b 28.12.1717, d 09.1805), Mary (b 27.07.1719, d 14.07.1740), Anne (b 17.08.1721, d 17.01.1787), Frances (b 23.08.1722, d 04.1792), Penelope (b 28.12.1723, d 23.12.1801), Martha (b 12.03.1728, d 25.11.1761), Harriott (b 14.06.1732, d 08.06.1745), Elizabeth (b 19.06.1734, d 25.04.1760),
  G. Elizabeth Cheslyn (b 29.10.1688, d 12.09.1689) mentioned by CTG

Main source(s): 'History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester' (John Nichols, vol 3, part 2, 1804, 'Pedigree of Cheslyn of Langley', p864) with some dates/details from CTG (vol 3, p314+)
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