John Cheney (died 19 March 1567) was an

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soldier and politician during the

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. John Cheney was the son of John Cheney Senior of

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, by his wife, Jane, the daughter, by his third wife, of Sir

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and

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.Ford's Landed Gentry of Berkshire
/ref> His father was a nephew of

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's friend and cousin, Baron Cheney. John was a

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in the Royal household. He was also elected

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for

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(November 1554) and for

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(1558)History of Parliament
/ref> through the influence of his father's cousin,

Thomas Cheney Sir Thomas Cheney (or Cheyne) Order of the Garter, KG (c. 1485 – 16 December 1558) of the Blackfriars, City of London and Shurland, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was an English administrator and diplomat, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in South ...

, the

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, and then for

from 1563 to 1567. With a group of others, he attacked and murdered a man named Robert Paris in a sword fight at

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in 1550 but was pardoned for it in 1552.

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