Key Facts

Parents:	269007908Ralph de Cheyne His mother's identity is unknown.
Born:	unknown
Died:	unknown
Buried:	unknown

134503954John de Cheyne is the son of 269007908Ralph de Cheyne1,2 (not to be confused with 134503954John's grandfather, who was also named 538015816Ralph3).

Sometime before 1147, 134503954John had acquired land that his father once owned (in Brighton1,2 and a meadow near Hamsey1) and gifted it to Lewes Priory.1,2

The ruins of Lewes Priory4

In another charter written sometime between 1146 and 1149,5 134503954John also gave property to Coxford Priory.3

The ruins of Coxford Priory6

Sources Cited:

1: UK National Archives reference ID's E 40/15531 and E 40/15532. You can see an English translation here.

2: Charles Johnson and Hilary Jenkinson, eds., English Court Hand, A.D. 1066 to 1500: Illustrated Chiefly from the Public Records (Oxford, 1915), page 96

3: William Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, Volume VI Part I (London, 1846), page 369, charter I. Also notice the phrase "avus meus Radulfus de Querceto et Willielmus filius ejus patruus meus."

4: John Armagh, "LewesPriory.jpg" (photograph taken 30 August 2012), Wikimedia, <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LewesPriory.jpg> Mr. Armagh has shared this image under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 unported license. I've modified the image from its original appearance.

5: Francis Blomefield, An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, Volume 7, page 153

6: John Fielding, "Ruins of Coxford Priory in Broomsthorpe" (photograph taken 15 May 2015), Flickr.com, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/john_fielding/22025081696/in/photostream/>. Mr. Fielding has reserved all rights for this photograph; however, its non-commercial, educational use here constitutes fair use. I've modified the image from its original appearance.