NamePeter Cheke [54, Son-in-law, William Cecil's article], [54, Son, Sir John Cheke's article], [60, Burghley art, Vol II, p. 430], [151, p. 61], [56, Essex of 1612, pub Harleian 1878, Cheeke p. 177]
GeneralWine merchant of Cambridge.
Spouses
1Agnes Dufford [54, Son, Sir John Cheke's article], [60, Burghley art, Vol II, p. 430], [151, p. 61], [56, Essex of 1612, pub Harleian 1878, Cheeke p. 177]
Notes for Peter Cheke
Both Morant and Burke state that his family came from Motston in the Isle of Wight and claim a descent from a daughter of a lord Montacute, given in outline by Morant in his "Havering", p. 61:
Richard Cheke = Montacute dau.
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Edward
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John
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John
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Robert = dau of Bremshot
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4 s.: (1) David, (2) This Peter, (3) William, (4) Thomas
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David's line "long flourished at Motston"...
This outline is to be found in the 1612 visitation of Essex, p. 176.
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He may also have had a dau Anne who m. George Allington of Rushforth, Norfolk - see Visit'n Cambs of 1575 & 1619, pub Harleian 1898, Allington p. 16
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TFPL, Oct 2003: There are Chekes of Merston and Newport still in the Isle of Wight in the visitation of Hants of 1686.
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Arms Generally notes for Peter Cheke
1612 visit'n: Argent, three crescents gules.