Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Maurice Chauncy
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Name Maurice Chauncy Gender Male Death 2 Jul 1581 Bruges, Belgium 
[1] Alternate death 12 Jul 1581 Bruges, Belgium [2] Person ID I43253 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 14 Sep 2025
Father John Chauncy, b. of Netherhall in Gilston, Hertfordshire, England d. 8 Jun 1546 Mother Elizabeth Proffit d. 10 Nov 1531 Marriage Bef 4 Nov 1509 [3] Family ID F25204 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Educated at, probably, Oxford, and definitely Gray's Inn, he became a Carthusian monk. In 1535 the majority of London's Carthusians refused to take an oath affirming the king's supremacy, by Chauncy did so. Surviving the persecutions that ensued, he went to Bruges, returning for Queen Mary's brief reign but back to Bruges after 1558.
Always haunted by his failure to resist the oath of supremacy, he wrote several works about his order, mentioning his own failing.
- Educated at, probably, Oxford, and definitely Gray's Inn, he became a Carthusian monk. In 1535 the majority of London's Carthusians refused to take an oath affirming the king's supremacy, by Chauncy did so. Surviving the persecutions that ensued, he went to Bruges, returning for Queen Mary's brief reign but back to Bruges after 1558.
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Sources - [S4308] The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church, eds. Charles G. Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, Conde B. Pallen, Thomas J. Shahan, and John J. Wynne. 15 volumes. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907-1912.
- [S154] The Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1915.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S4308] The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline and History of the Catholic Church, eds. Charles G. Herbermann, Edward A. Pace, Conde B. Pallen, Thomas J. Shahan, and John J. Wynne. 15 volumes. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907-1912.