John de Cheverston, Captain of Calais,

Seneschal of Gascony The Seneschal of Gascony was an officer carrying out and managing the domestic affairs of the lord of the Duchy of Gascony. During the course of the twelfth century, the seneschalship, also became an office of military command. After 1360, the off ...

was a 14th-century English noble.

Life

John was a son of William de Cheverston, Lord of Cheverston and Matilda Pipard. He was captain of Calais in 1347 and Seneschal of Gascony in 1350-1351, 1354 and 1362. He led the English forces during the Battle of Saintes on 1 April 1351, which was a victory for the English.{{sfn, Wagner, 2006, p=275 He died c.1375, with his lands being inherited by his wife Joan's brother Philip de Courtenay.

Marriage and issue

Cheverston married firstly Thomasina and had issue, which little is known. He married secondly Joan, daughter of Hugh de Courtenay, Earl of Devon and Margaret de Bohun, by whom he no issue.{{sfn, Richardson I, 2011, p=545

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*{{Cite book , last=Richardson , first=Douglas , year=2011 , title=Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families , editor-first=Kimball G. , editor-last=Everingham , location=Salt Lake City , edition=2nd , volume=I , ref={{sfnref , Richardson I , 2011 , isbn=978-1449966379 *{{cite encyclopedia, last=Wagner, first=John A., encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War, title=Saintes, Battle of (1351), location=Woodbridge, Suffolk, publisher=Greenwood, date=2006, isbn=978-0313327360 {{authority control {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheverston, John de Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 14th-century English people Medieval English knights Seneschals of Gascony