Thomas Cheney

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Sir Thomas Cheney 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-east England from 1536 unt

Letter from Sir Thomas Cheyne to John Monynge [Monyn], dated at Shurland, 1 August [1547–1549]. The letter relates to orders from the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, regent for the boy king, Edward VI. It announces the despatch of letters by which the Duke has directed that 270 mariners be engaged for the royal service, within the liberties of the Cinque Ports, who are to be at Gillingham by the 12th of the month. To Cheyne, this number seems excessive, because he has never raised more than 50 or 60 at a time, and there are evidently not enough men at Sturbourne available. Monyn is directed to raise 60 men at the very least. He says that John Anthony can give him the names of some mariners available in

Simon Renard

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Simon Renard, Sieur of Bermont and Lieutenant of Aumont or Amont, was a Burgundian diplomat who served as an advisor to Emperor Charles V and his son Philip II of Spain, who were also counts of Burgun

Thomas Cheney

…men against Northumberland indicates something of his position. Cheney was initially distrusted by Mary, as she confessed to the imperial ambassador Simon Renard. His early show of support proved shrewd as Cheney retained his position as Treasurer of the Household whilst other household officers were replaced…

Portrait of Simon Renard de Bermont by Anthonis Mor

Jeanne Lullier, wife of Simon Renard. Portrait by Antonis Mor (1557). Musée du Temps- Besançon.