Sir John Cheyne (1410 – 20 June 1467) of Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppey, was an English landowner and politician. By 1445 he was King's serjeant-at-arms and was knighted by 1447. He was elected MP for Kent in 1449. In 1452 he became Victualler of Calais, and was appointed sheriff of Kent in 1454.
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Family
He was born in 1410, the son and heir of William Cheyne (d. 1441) and Eleanor, daughter and heir of John Salerne of Iden, Sussex and his wife, Agnes.
In around 1439 he married Eleanor, daughter of Sir Robert Shottesbrooke of Faringdon, Berkshire, by whom he had at least eight sons and a daughter:
Edmund Cheyne (died young)
William Cheyne (d. 1487), married firstly, Isabel Boleyn, daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, by whom he had a son, Sir Francis Cheyne and secondly, Margaret Young, by whom he had a son, Sir Thomas Cheyne.
John Cheyne, Baron Cheyne.
Edward Cheyne (b. 1438), Dean of Salisbury, 1486–1502.
Robert Cheyne
Roger Cheyne, of Woodhay, Berkshire, married Anne, daughter of Richard Stanley of Lancashire.
John Cheyne