[1] His unusual name originates from the village of Chideock, Dorset, which was held by Arundells to whom his family were related by marriage.
[2] He was Esquire of the Stable by 1545, Receiver at the Court of Augmentations for Gloucestershire, Hampshire and Wiltshire by 1550–1554, and at the Exchequer from 1554 to his death.
[4] Following the death of Henry VIII, he did not sit again until he was returned for Gatton in October 1553 following the accession of Mary I.
[5] His religious sympathies are also suggested by his failure to sit in Edward VI's parliaments[1] and the Hampshire recusant Peter Tichborne naming his son Chidiock.
[7] Her will mentions her collection of medical books and her distilled waters, as well as a number of pieces of jewelry.