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Sir John Cheke, tutor to Edward VI

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AndyCdn

AndyCdn Report 1 Mar 2015 20:51

My ancestor was born 16 Jun 1514 in Cambridge, was appointed Regius Professor of Greek in 1540 by Henry VIII and tutor to Prince Edward in 1544. Following Edward's coronation in 1547, Cheke continued his close association with the young king. I have more, but I am hoping to find out if others on GenesReunited are researching this family or those he connected with at the time. The names Cox, Seymour, Cecil (Lord Burleigh) come to mind.
I have a copy of Cheke's pedigree but it is hard to make out and contains few citations. Any help would be appreciated -- being in Canada is restricting my research, as you can imagine. I'm currently reading a biography of Edward, and have Sir John's entry in the National Dictionary of Biography and the biography written by John Strype.
Best wishes, Andrew

Researching:
Cheeke, Cheke, Cheek, etc. in England, Australia, Canada, Aitken(s) in Scotland, England, Canada, USA Lowr(e)y in Ireland Hughes in Prestatyn, Wales

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 1 Mar 2015 20:54

look for his name in search all member trees - under the 'search' button

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Rambling

Rambling Report 1 Mar 2015 21:00

There are several people with John Cheke 1514 in their trees on here, but possibly they won't have any more info than you can find online. Use the 'Search' facilty at top of page to 'search trees' and send a message.

Otherwise numerous items online if you google Sir john Cheke

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/cheke-john-1514-57

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Mar 2015 07:22

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?submit=Go&search=cheke

(references on above relating also)

Chris :)

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=cheke+cambridge


28 December 1934 - Northampton Mercury - Northampton, Northamptonshire

The famous Burghley (son of Richard Cecil of Burghley) passed in 1535 to St. John’s College, Cambridge, where his diligence in his studies was interrupted only by his attachment for Mary Cheke, wine-seller’s daughter.

(lots of references in Newpapers)

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

(subscriptions available on above, or from Find My Past)


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs&

(some Burials on above, Peter, Great St Mary, Cambridge)

Cynthia

Cynthia Report 2 Mar 2015 14:22

Hello Andrew and welcome to the Community boards.




(I'll let Andrew know how to find his replies) :-)

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AndyCdn

AndyCdn Report 2 Mar 2015 22:50

Thanks for all the help... I have a little work ahead of me!
Cheers from Ottawa (we hit a high of -7C today, a lot better than this February's avg of -22C!)
Andrew

Researching:
Cheeke, Cheke, Cheek, etc. in England, Australia, Canada, Aitken(s) in Scotland, England, Canada, USA Lowr(e)y in Ireland Hughes in Prestatyn, Wales

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 3 Mar 2015 07:48

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272%2FKC%2FKCHR%2F3%2F8

(above from Janus, looked interesting)

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0272;class=alt-db

Chris :)

AndyCdn

AndyCdn Report 7 Mar 2015 13:04

Thanks for the referral to Janus, Chris. I found an approximate date for the death of Peter Cheke, Sir John's father. Cheers, Andrew

Researching:
Cheeke, Cheke, Cheek, etc. in England, Australia, Canada, Aitken(s) in Scotland, England, Canada, USA Lowr(e)y in Ireland Hughes in Prestatyn, Wales