Ann Chauncy (Leventhorp) - Anne Leventhorp's Parents

Started by Mary Elizabeth Northrup on Friday, July 2, 2021
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7/2/2021 at 7:29 AM

According to Douglas Richardson (Royal Ancestry, Vol. II p. 129-133) Anne's parents are:

13. JOHN CHAUNCY, Esq., of Pishobury (in Sawbridgeworth) and Gilston, Hertfordshire, son and heir, born about 1408 (aged 40 in 1448). He married ANNE LEVENTHORPE, daughter of John Leventhorpe, Esq., of Shinglehall (in Sawbridgeworth), Hertfordshire, Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, executor of the wills of Kings Henry IV and Henry V, by Katherine, daughter and heiress of William de Riley. They had two sons, including John, Gent., and six daughters. His wife, Anne, died 2 Dec. 1477. JOHN CHAUNCY, Esq., died testate 27 April 1479. He and his wife, Anne, were buried at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.

Weever Ancient Funerall Monuments (1767): 316-317 (monumental inscription in church of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire: “Hic iacent Johannes Chancy, arm. filius et heres Johannes Chancy, arm. filii et heredis Willelmi Chancy, militis, quondam baronis de Shorpenbek, in com. Ebor. & Anna, vxor eius, vna filiarum Johannis Leuenthorp, arm. qui quidem Johannes obiit vii Maii, M.cccc.lxxix & Anna ii Decembris, M.cccc.lxxvii, quorum animabus, &c”) Clutterbuck Hist. &Antiqs. of Hertford 2 (1821): 400-403 (Chauncy ped.). Chauncy Hist. Antiqs. of Hertfordshire 1 (1826):115-116. NEHGR 10 (1856): 256, 259-1148 (1994):161-166. Fowler Mems. of the Chaunceys (1858): 41. Heraldic Jour. 1(1865): 187-190. Cooke & St. George Vis. Of Hertfordshire 1572, 1634 & 1546 (H.S.P. 22) (1886): 39 (1634 Via.) (Chauncy ped.: “Joh’es Chauncy de Gedeleston [Geldsden] in corn. Hertford, temp. H. 5. [left blank].”). Misc. Gen. et Heraldica 2nd Ser. 1 (1886): 21-30. Wrottesley Peds. from the Plea Rolls (1905): 453-454. Surtees Recs. of the Fam. of Surtees (1925): 240-243. East Hertfordshire Arch. Soc. Trans. 9 (1934-36): 129-151 (re Leventhorpe). Roskell House of Commons 1386-1421 3 (1992): 591-595 (biog. of John Leventhorpe). TG 16 (2002): 183-188.

I couldn't find anyone on Geni with those names, but I am very bad at searching Geni :( Does anyone have any links to her parents? Or can they be added as her parents?

Thank you,
Mary

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