Reginald le Chen or Cheyne (died 1293) was the Chamberlain of Scotland from 1267 to 1269. He was the Baron of Inverugie.
Reginald le Chen | |
|---|---|
| Baron Inverugie Chamberlain of Scotland (1267-1269) | |
| Noble family | Clan Cheyne |
| Spouse(s) | Firstly: daughter of John Comyn of Buchan Secondly: Eustacia Colville |
| Father | Bernard le Chen |
Reginald was the son of Bernard le Chen of Inverugie and succeeded his father upon his father's death.[1] His brother was Henry le Chen, Bishop of Aberdeen.[2] He held the office of Sheriff of Kincardine in 1263.[3] He founded a Carmelite monastery in Aberdeen in 1342 and made an endowment to the Benedictines at Fyvie, near Aberdeen, in 1285.[4]
He married firstly an unknown daughter of John Comyn of Buchan and, with her, had Reginald le Chen (d.1312) and Robert le Chen.[5] He married secondly Eustacia Colville, but they had no known issue.[6]
Reginald died in 1293 and was succeeded by his son Reginald.[7]
References
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- ^ Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1887). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. p. 219.
- ^ Taylor, Alice (2016). The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 433. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Copsey, Richard (1995). "The Carmelites in Aberdeen 1273-1560". Academia. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Seton, Robert (1899). An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America. New York: Brentano. p. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Douglas, Robert (1813). The Peerage of Scotland (2nd ed.). Edinburgh. p. 1:351. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ Literary and Scientific Association of Elgin (1858). Edward I in the North of Scotland. Elgin. p. 39. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
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- Graves, Robert. Good-bye to All That. p. 7
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