Chickley History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Chickley family

The surname Chickley was first found in Cheshire where Henry Chichele was recorded as holding lands there in 1279. Years later, Robert Chychley was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for Staffordshire in 1332 and William Chychley was found there in 1392. 1

Henry Chichele or Chicheley (1362?-1443), was "Archbishop of Canterbury, son of Thomas Chichele, who is said on doubtful authority to have been 'a broker or draper', and who at the time of Henry's birth was a yeoman of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. Local tradition asserts that William of Wykeham met Chichele, then a lad, as he was keeping his father's sheep, that he was pleased with his intelligence, and undertook the care of his education." 2

Early History of the Chickley family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chickley research. Another 168 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1411, 1433, 1455, 1487, 1510, 1541, 1561, 1600, 1618, 1637, 1640, 1642, 1661, 1670, 1674, 1691 and 1694 are included under the topic Early Chickley History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Chickley Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Chichele, Chicheley, Chickeley, Chickly, Chickley, Chitchley, Chitchly, Chichlie, Chichlee, Chitchlie, Chitchlee, Chichleigh and many more.

Early Notables of the Chickley family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir John Chicheley (d. 1691), a British Rear-Admiral, "a lineal descendant in the eleventh, generation of William Chicheley or Chichele, sheriff of London, younger brother of Henry, Archbishop of Canterbury." 2Sir Thomas Chicheley (1618-1694), was Master-General of the ordnance, sixth in direct descent from Henry Chicheley, who took up his residence at Wimple or Wimpole in Cambridgeshire, was eighth in descent from William Chichele, Sheriff of London, a younger brother of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury and founder of All Souls College, Oxford. "The family was one of the wealthiest in Cambridgeshire, and many of...
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Chickley migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Chickley Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Thomas Chickley, who landed in Maryland in 1672 3

Chickley Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Tho Chickley, who arrived in Virginia in 1714 3
Sarah Chickley, who settled in Maryland in 1740

Citations +

Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)