Reginald le Chen (d.1293)

Reginald le Chen
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 le Chen or Cheyne (died 1293) was the Chamberlain of Scotland from 1267 to 1269. He was the Baron of Inverugie.

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

Godsman, James (1958). A History of the Burgh and Parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: Lindsay. p. 92.
Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1887). "Cheyne, Henry" . 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Graves, Robert. Good-bye to All That. p. 7

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[1] Godsman, James (1958). A History of the Burgh and Parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: Lindsay. p. 92.

[2] Henderson, Thomas Finlayson (1887). "Cheyne, Henry" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 10. p. 219.

[3] Taylor, Alice (2016). The Shape of the State in Medieval Scotland, 1124-1290. Oxford: Oxford UP. p. 433. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[4] Copsey, Richard (1995). "The Carmelites in Aberdeen 1273-1560". Academia. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[5] Seton, Robert (1899). An Old Family: Or, The Setons of Scotland and America. New York: Brentano. p. 42. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[6] Douglas, Robert (1813). The Peerage of Scotland (2nd ed.). Edinburgh. p. 1:351. Retrieved 11 October 2022.

[7] Literary and Scientific Association of Elgin (1858). Edward I in the North of Scotland. Elgin. p. 39. Retrieved 11 October 2022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)