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Family and Education

b. 1 Aug. 1362, s. and h. of Sir William Cheyne (d.1375) of Drayton Beauchamp by Joan, da. of Thomas Lambourne and sis. and h. of William Lambourne (d.1361) of Polstead, Suff. m. bef. Mar. 1385, ?Agnes Charlton of Swakeleys by Uxbridge, Mdx.,1 2s. inc. Sir John II*.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Bucks. Oct. 1403.

Tax collector, Bucks. Mar. 1404.

Biography

Roger came of a prolific family, several of whose members flourished as a consequence of employment by the Crown. Shortly after he was born, Edward III granted the reversion of Drayton Beauchamp to Thomas Cheyne, the royal shield-bearer; and this manor subsequently passed to Roger’s father, Sir William, on whose death in 1375 he himself, aged 13, was the heir. The Black Prince claimed that certain of the Cheyne lands were held of his honour of Wallingford, and received rents from them accordingly during the young man’s minority, while Roger’s mother, Joan, secured his wardship and marriage from other overlords. However, it was later asserted that, since Drayton Beauchamp was held of the King in chief, a number of transgressions had been committed: not only had Joan taken possession of her dower lands, and Roger himself entered upon the estate and married without obtaining licences from Richard II, but the King’s own mother, Joan of Kent, had also been at fault in transactions performed after Prince Edward’s death. It was Joan of Kent who, in March 1385, obtained pardons for them all. Roger’s mother had also ‘surreptitiously’ presented to the church at Drayton Beauchamp, but in this respect Richard II was less inclined to leniency: it was not until August 1394 that he released and quitclaimed to Cheyne all right and title to the advowson. Meanwhile, in 1390 Roger had inherited from Sir Hugh Cheyne†, one of his uncles, the manor of Rolleston in Leicestershire, which, al

Scottish physician

George Cheyne, M.D. R.C. E.d. R.S.S. (1672–1743), was a pioneering physician, early proto-psychiatrist, philosopher and mathematician.

Life

George Cheyne was a Newtonian physician and Behmenist, deeply immersed in mysticism. Born in 1672 in Methlick, near Aberdeen in Scotland, he was baptized in Mains of Kelly, Methlick, Aberdeenshire, on 24 February 1673. He died in Bath on April 12, 1743. The books he published during his life show his wide interest which extended from medicine and natural philosophy to religion, metaphysics, astronomy and mathematics. His books were most of the time very successful and as a result they were translated into other languages, e.g. Latin, Dutch, French, Italian and German. The printer and author Samuel Richardson printed several of his books. Among many others Thomas Gray, Samuel Johnson, John Wesley, John Byrom and Edward Young liked his work. His clients included Alexander Pope, John Gay and Samuel Richardson. Today he is best known for his contribution to vegetarianism.

Cheyne was acquainted with Sir Isaac Newton and provoked Newton to publish his Quadratures and with it, his Light & Colours. Newton later offered him financial support to publish Fluxionum methodus inversa (The Inverse Method of Fluxions), but apparently he turned down the offer. Newton refused to see him any more.

Cheyne did not believe that the present state of things is "from all Eternity". Using the metaphor of "a Piece of Clock-work", he argues that when a thing depends upon another thing as its cause, this implies that “the first thing exists that the second may exist”. He adds: "remove the sun and there will be no fruit, take away the moon and the seas would stagnate, destroy our Atmosphere and we should swell like poison´d Rats". Therefore, it is absolutely impossible, according to Cheyne, that “any of t

Minister in the Church of Scotland (1813–1843)

Robert Murray M'Cheyne (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the Church of Scotland from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was assistant at Larbert and Dunipace. A mission of inquiry among the Jews throughout Europe and in Palestine, and a religious revival at his church in Dundee, made him feel that he was being called to evangelistic rather than to pastoral work, but before he could carry out his plans he died, on 25 March 1843. McCheyne, though wielding remarkable influence in his lifetime, was still more powerful afterwards, through his Memoirs and Remains, edited by Andrew Bonar, which ran into far over a hundred English editions. Some of his hymns became well known and his Bible reading plan is still in common use.

Early life and ministry

Robert Murray M'Cheyne was born at 14 Dublin Street in Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, the son of Adam McCheyne W.S. (d. 1854), and Lockhart Murray, daughter of David Dickson of Locherwoods, Dumfriesshire. At the age of four he knew the characters of the Greek alphabet, and was able to sing and recite fluently. He entered the high school in his eighth year, and matriculated in November 1827 at University of Edinburgh, where he showed very versatile powers, and distinguished himself especially in poetical exercises, being awarded a special prize by Professor Wilson for a poem o