'CZmisc10'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Cawarden of Mavesyn Ridware, Cheesman of Dormans Well, Cheesman of Lewisham, Cumming of Hilderstone

                               
Sir John Cawarden "of an ancient Cheshire family"
m. Elizabeth Malveysin (b c1389, dau/heir of Sir Robert Malveysin of Rideware-Mauveysyn & Shipley)
1. John Cawarden of Rideware-Mauveysyn & Shipley (d 07.07.1475-6)
  m1. Katherine Gresley (dau of Sir John Gresley of Drakelow & Colton by Mary (sb Elizabeth?), dau of Sir Thomas Clarell)
  A. John Cawarden of Mavesyn-Rideware (Staffordshire)
  m. Elizabeth Massey (dau of John Massey of Grafton)
  i. Robert Cawarden of Mavesyn-Rideware (b 1472-3)
m. Eleonora Bagot (dau of Sir John Bagot of Blithefield)
  a. Thomas Cawarden of Mavesyn-Rideware (a 1541)
  m. Elizabeth Purefoy (dau of Thomas Purefoy)
  (1) David Cawarden of Mavesyn-Rideware
  m. (c1548) Maude Westcote (dau of William Westcote of Handsacre)
  (A) Thomas Cawarden of Mauveysin-Rideware (d 1592)
  m. Anne (m2. Henry Burwey)
  (i) Elizabeth Cawarden (b 1577)
  m. Gerard Stanley of Harlaston
(a) Anne Stanley
  m. William Pargiter
  (b)+ 3 sons (dsp)
  (ii) Maud Cawarden (b 1578)
  m. John Langton (rector of Mavesyn-Ridware)
  (iii) Joyce Cawarden (b 1579)
  m1. (1594) John Chadwicke of Mauvesyn Ridware
  (a) Lewis Chadwicke of Mauvesyn Ridware & St. Lucia (b 1596, d 1655, Lt. Colonel)
m. Mary Bagot (dau of Anthony Bagot of Colton (son of Richard of Blithfield) by Katharine, dau/coheiur of Michael Lowe of Tynemore by Margaret Biddulph)
  ((1)) Katharine Chadwicke of Mauvesyn Ridware (d 06.1697)
  m1. (1636) John Chadwicke of Healey
  m2. (1670, sp) Jonathan Chadwicke of Chadwicke
  m3. (before 1683, sp) George Halstead of Manchester
  (b)+ other issue
  m2. John Birkenhead of Burton-upon-Trent
  (iv) Mary Cawarden (b 1588 (sb 1580?))
  m. Henry Sewal, Mayor of Coventry
  (2) Richard Cawarden (a 1553)
  (3) Sir Thomas Cawarden
  m. Bridget Plantagenet (dau/coheir of Arthur Plantagenet, Vicsount Lisle, natural son of Edward IV by Elizabeth Lucy)
  ii.+ 2 sons and 4 daughters
  m2. (sp) Margaret Boteler (dau of Sir William Boteler)

 

 

Mundy starts with 3 brothers, sons of ...
?? Cheesman
1. Edward Cheesman or Cheeseman of Dormans Well, Middlesex (d 1509-10, cofferer to Henry VII & Henry VIII)
  m. Jone Lawrance of Lancashire (m2. _ Banester)
  A. Robert Cheesman or Cheeseman or Cheseman of Dormans Well (b 1484/5, d 03.07.1547, MP)
  Some details on Robert come from HoP ("Robert Cheseman").
  m. Alice Dacres (d 1558, dau of Henry Dacres of London, sister of Robert (Master of the Requests))
  i. Ellenor or Anna Cheesman or Chesman
  m. Francis Chamberlyn of Sherborne
  B. Ellenor Cheesman
  m1. Edward Taylor of Hadley
  m2. John Palmer of Kentish Town
  C. Elizabeth Cheesman
  m. _ Carminow (servant to King Henry VIII)
  D. Mary Cheesman
m1. _ Catesby of Bedfordshire
  m2. John Taw of the Temple
  E. Grace Cheesman
  m. ?? (keeper in Windsor Forest)
  F. Elizabeth Cheesman (nun in Hollywell then Keelborne)
2. John Cheesman or Cheeseman of Lewsam (Lewisham), Kent
  m. Amy Usthwaite (dau/heir of Thomas Usthwaite by Ellen, dau of Thomas Gonthorpe)
  A. Joan Cheesman
  m. Edmond Ford of Harting
3. Robert Cheesman or Cheeseman of Lewsam (Lewisham), Kent
  m. ?? Woddall (dau/heir of Robert Woddall (or Weedhall) by Allice, dau of Richard Yaxley of Yaxley)
  A. Joane Cheesman
  m. James Johnson of Lewsam (Lewisham)
  i. Edward Johnson of Tandridge, Surrey (dsp)
  ii. Richard Johnson (coroner of the Verge)
  a. Hugh Johnson (dsp)
  iii. Lucretia Johnson
  m. Thomas Bell (parson of Nutfield)
  The following comes from Visitation (Surrey, 1530+1572+1623, Bell).
  a. Richard Bell of Nutfield (3rd son)
  m. Dennis (dau of Walter Slyffeld of Bockam?)
  b. Lucretia Bell
  m1. George Bell
  m2. Robert Cordell (parson of Sutton)
  c. Dorothy Bell
  m. Simon Waddop of London (goldsmith)
  d. Elizabeth Bell
  m1. Vincent Dove
  m2. John Boyse of Kent
  m3. Isack Mountayne or Mountaine (brother of (the) Bishop)
  e. Scissely Bell
  m1. Borrowdyne Etheridg
  m2. Humffrey Stow ("clark of the Chancery")
  m3. John Danser
  f. Anne Bell
  m1. Samwell Brownewend
  m2. John Larkin (parson of Lynffeld (Linfield))
  g.+ other issue - Edward (dsp), Thomas (dsp), William

 

 

Edward Cumming
1. John Cumming of Hilderstone, Staffordshire (d 1697)
  m. (1682 Hannah Backhouse (b 1658, d 1729, dau of John Backhouse of Moss Side)
  A. Edward Cumming of Hilderstone (b 1688, d 1777, 2nd son)
m. (1720) Ann Still (b c1697, d 1761, dau of Richard Still of Birkrigg Park)
  i. John Cumming (b/d 1723)
  ii. John Cumming of Hilderstone (b 1724, d 01.05.1801, yeoman)
  m. (1763) Hannah Salthouse (b c1737, d 16.11.1809, dau of William Salthouse of Ulverston)
  a. Edward Cumming of Hilderstone (b 1765, dsp)
  b. Hannah Cumming (b 1768, d 18.09.1842)
  m. (04.01.1804) George Backhouse of Kendal (d 23.10.1830)
  iii. Hannah Cumming (d 1771)
  m. (1740) Thomas Pearson of Poolbank
  B. Ann Cumming (b 16886, d 1722)
  m. (1717) John Lancaster of Burton then Wray
  i.+ issue - James (b 1719-20, d 1721), Hannah (b 1718, d 1739)
  C. Sarah Cumming (b 1689, d 1764)
  m. Thomas Beakbane of Gunnerthwaite (d 1750)
  D.+ other issue - Edward (b/d 1684), Mary (b 1692, d 1705)

Main source(s):
(1) For Cawarden (uploaded 24.11.08) : Commoners (vol III, Chadwick of Mavesyn-Ridware)
(2) For Cheesman (uploaded 11.05.12) : Mundy's Middlesex Pedigrees (1914, Cheesman of Dormans Well)
(3) For Cumming (uploaded 15.04.20) : 'The descendants of John Backhouse, Yeoman' by Joseph Foster (1894, p48+)
[The section on Coghill has been moved to Coghill1, that on Cramer has been moved to Cramer1.]
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