English Captain: Thomas Cheyney (or Cheney)

Thomas Cheyney (Cheney) served in the Parliamentarian and Commonwealth navies. In 1646, he commanded the hired ship Exchange. He served in the Summer Guard for 1646. He commanded the Exchange, again, from 1649 until 1650. In 1653, he commanded the hired ship Culpepper (30 guns). He was in Blake's squadron that arrived on the second day of the Battle of the Gabbard in June 1653. He probably also fought in the Battle of Scheveningen. Sources:

1. R. C. Anderson, List of English Naval Captains 1642-1660, 1964
2. R. C. Anderson, "English Fleet-Lists in the First Dutch War," The Mariner's Mirror, Vol.XXIV No.4, October 1938
3. J. R. Powell, The Navy in the English Civil War, 1962