Edward Cheeseman

There was a William Cheeseman living in Southall in 1382,[2] but the family only rose to prominence with Edward, who was born about 1455. He had two younger brothers, John and Robert,[1] who reportedly did not leave sons.[3]

Entering on a legal career, he became first a filacer, or issuer of writs, and later an attorney in the Court of King's Bench.[4] His final post was as a senior member of the royal household of King Henry VII, when he became Cofferer of the Household some time after September 1505.[5] As such he attended the funeral of the King in April 1509, but himself died in August, asking to be buried in Blackfriars church in London.[2]

His will was proved in November 1510,[6] and he left extensive landholdings in Middlesex and Kent to his son.[4] These included in Middlesex the manor and mansion house of Dormanswell in Southall,[2] together with the manor of Southall which he had bought in 1496, and the manor of Norwood,[7] together with the manors of Osterley and of Wyke.[8] In Kent, he left land at Sundridge, Chevening,[9] and Lewisham.[10]

Before 1485 he married Joan Lawrence, from Lancashire,[1] and they had six known children:

Robert;[1]

Eleanor;[1]

Mary, who first married a man called Catesby from Bedfordshire and secondly John Tawe, a lawyer;[1]

Grace, said to have married a Keeper of Windsor Forest;[1]

Elizabeth I, married first Thomas Carminow (died 1529), of Respryn near Bodmin, a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber,[1] becoming the mother of John Carminow and Nicholas Carminow, and after his death married secondly Edward Cleker;[11]

Elizabeth II (died after 1547), a nun first at Holywell Priory and later at Kilburn.[1]

His widow married John Banester and died in 1536.[3]