Ralph de Chesney (Richard, Ralph de Caineto, Radulph de Caisneto) 
Ralph was born in 1044 in La Quesnay, Normandy, France.1 Ralph's father was Walter de Caen and his mother was <Unknown>. His paternal grandparents were Walter de Caen and <Unknown>. He was an only child. He died at the age of 42 in 1086 in Rudham, Norfolk, England.1 General Notes
BIOGRAPHY: Fought in the battle of Hastings - 1066.
Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
Page: V:72 chart
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This family probably originated in Quesnai, Normandy. In England the name was originally spelt de Chesney or de Chasney, being 'latinised' as de Caisneto, and later Cheyney or Cheney. In Scotland the name was commonly spelt Chen from the early 14th century and Cheyne from about 1600. Its progenitor, who came to England at the time of or shortly after the Conquest, was ... Ralf de Caisneto (a 1086) m. Maud (dau of William de Watville)
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0872 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Normandie, Neustria
- b.0922 in Caen, Calvados, Normandie, France
- b.0942 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
<Unknown>
- b.0990 in Caen, Calvados, Normandy, France
- b.0898 in France
- b.1025 in Caen, Calvados, France d. in Hereford, Norfolk, England
<Unknown>
- b.1044 in La Quesnay, Normandy, France d.1086 in Rudham, Norfolk, England
<Unknown>
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Details of Ralph's family with Maude de Waterville
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