CHEQUERS, the seat of Lady F. Russell, 2 ½ miles SW of Wendover, in Bucks. It took its name from being the Exchequer in the time of King John; it belonged to W. Hawtrey, in the time of Elizabeth, and was then for two years the restrained abode of Lady Jane Grey; and it was held, in 1664, by Sir John Russell, who then married the youngest daughter of Cromwell. It is a Tudor edifice, chiefly as built by W. Hawtrey, but with a modern south front; and it contains a rich collection of relics of Cromwell, and of personages and events of his times.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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