Holinshed's Chronicles

Humphrey Cheney

Also known as: Humfreie Cheinie · Family: House of Lancaster · Role: pursuer · First appears: Richard III 18

Life events

  • c. 1485 · Humphrey Cheney apprehended Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset, and persuaded him to return.(Richard III 18 · 📍 Campeigne)
    • With: Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset
    • “Humfreie Cheinie (plaieng the part of a good bloud hound) followed the tract of the flier so euen by the sent, that he ouertooke and apprehended him not far from Campeigne; and so what with reason, and what with faire promises, being persuaded, he returned againe to his companions.”

Richard III 18

  • enemies with Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset “amongst whom Humfreie Cheinie (plaieng the part of a good bloud hound) followed the tract of the flier so euen by the sent, that he ouertooke and apprehended him not far from Campeigne; and so what with reason, and what with faire promises, being persuaded, he returned againe to his companions.”

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