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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.
Last Modified 28 Dec 2005Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220