Edmond de Cheyny
Warden of the Isles 1359-1366
Edmond de Cheyny
This warden was almost certainly of the same family as his predecessors Guillaume de Cheyny and Sir Nicholas de Cheney, but there is no record of anyone of his name in family trees until early in the 15th century
The family name is variously spelt Cheney, Cheyne, Cheyney and Cheyny. Another Edmund de Cheney was Bailiff of Guernsey from 1480-1481.
Edmond received the wardenship of the islands in the 32nd year of Edward III's reign, probably around January 1359, and is believed to have been reappointed in 1362 and 1367. He appears in most lists of wardens for Guernsey, but not for Jersey. In Jersey lists there is a large gap between 1357 and 1376, but there seems little doubt that the appointees known about for that period served in all the Channel Islands.
In his first three years in office de Cheyny had to pay an annual farm of 300 livres, reduced to 230 marks (115 livres) for the remaining five years. This reduction was undoubtedly because the sums due from churches on the French mainland could not be collected during the Hundred Years War.
Letters written by the warden are held in the archives of the Manche départment. They are in French and signed "Edmund de Chaeney, gardein dez isles our nom et pour nostre sire le Roy d'Engleterre... fetes et signeys souz nostre propre seel eu Chastel Cornet à Guernesey, le mardi 4 mars 1365".
There are also letters from the King to Edmond of 24 November 1364 in the French national library.
Gautier Hewet
Warden of the Isles, 1367-1373
For someone who appears to have been Warden for six years, very little is known about this person.
In 1366 Sir Walter Hewet, William de la More, parson of Eastham, Worcs, and others obtained licence to enlarge their park at Eastham by the addition of 300 acres. Later the advowson and manor were settled by William de la More, parson of Eastham, on Sir William de Wastneys and his wife Alice daughter of Walter Hewet.
This would appear to be the correct Hewet. He was nominated Warden for life by Edward III for an annual farm of 200 livres. On 10 February 1367 the King wrote to islanders :"de intendendo deputatis Walteri Huwet custodis Insularum de Jereseye, etc" mentioning the two lieutenants Huwet had chosen to replace him during his absence serving the King in Brittany from 2 April 1367. They were Guillaume d'Asthorp and Jean Coke. Hewet died in 1373 having frequently been replaced by his lieutenants.
Accounts given for his period of office on 17 and 21 May 1370 show that Huwet was a Knight.
| Predecessor | Successor | |
| Thomas de Holland 1357 |
Edmond de Cheyny 1359-1366 |
Guillaume d'Asthorp and Jean Coke 1373 |
