CHEYNEY, (Buckinghamshire) on the r. Coln, 3 m. from Amersham, belonging of old to the Cheyneys; but has been the manor and seat of the Russels, (now Ds. of Bedford) for 200 years; John Russel, who was created Earl of Bedford by Edw. VI. having obtained this estate by right of his lady, Anne the daughter of Sir Guy Sapcote, and widow of Sir John Broughton.