John Cokayne

• Preferred Name: John Cokayne^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• _FSFTID: with note: Description: GHZ5-Y6V
  
• Birth: 1325 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.0167 LONG: E1.7333
  
• _FSFTID: with note: Description: GQ6Q-PBD
  
• User Reference Number: with note: Description: 12421
  
• Burial: 1372 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.0167 LONG: E1.7333 with note: Changed the place that was here before to standardized place according to time of life, information is fundamentally the same.
  
• Death: 1372 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England at LATI: N3.0167 LONG: E1.7333 with note: Changed the place that was here before to standardized place according to time of life, information is fundamentally the same.
  
• FSID: GNCW-B6W
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  «b»Biography«/b»
  Sir John Cokayne of Ashbourne, Derby (d. 1372 or later), was Chief Steward for the northern half of the Duchy of Lancaster.
  
  «b»Marriage«/b»
  He married Cecily Vernon. She was the daughter of Sir William Vernon of Haddon and Harlaston and Margaret, dau. of Sir Robert Stopford.
  
  Cecily remarried to Robert Ireton of Kirk Ireton.
  
  «b»Children«/b»
  1.) Edmund born 1356
  
  2.) John (d. 1429).
  
  «b»Events«/b»
  1340, 1341, 1351, John represented Derbyshire in parliament.
  
  7/11/1347, Commission of oyer and terminer, touching the persons who killed William Sautcheverell at Derby. Inquisition then taken before the justice, find that the said John Cokayn and the others named above feloniously killed William Sautcheverell at Derby on Friday, the eve of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 19 Edward III.
  
  9/8/1347, John taken into custody; found not guilty [John son of William de le Spenser of Assheburne found guilty.]
  
  29 Jan 1348: Exemplification, at the request of John Cokayn, of the tenor of a record and process before justices assigned to enquire of the death of William Sautcheverell at Derby.
  
  15 Sep 1348: John Cokayn, Sheriff of Lancaster.
  
  26 Mar 1352: "Quitclaim, Sir Nicholas Beek releases to John Cokayn of Assheburne all lands etc formerly held by Sir William Wyther or Thomas his son."
  
  5/12/1358, Commission of oyer and terminer and John Cokayn, on complaint by Thomas le Taverner.
  
  1360: "Confirmation by Henry, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, of a quitclaim by Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, to Dale Abbey given to them by Cicile, daughter and heir of Hugh de Ferrers. Witnesses: John Cokayn seneschal of the Duke.
  
  15 Dec 1361: John Cokayne with Henry, duke of Lancaster, on a commission in the county of Derby.
  
  1362-63: "William de Weston, vicar of the church of Crich, John Cokayn, and to grant a messuage and land in Crich, Morley, Hazlewood, and Duffield Derby."
  
  The Glorious Mystical land of Cockayne--Better than Camelot!
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  The Cockayne Loving Cup
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  Cockayne Families
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  === == Biography == ===
  == Biography ==
  
  Sir John Cokayne and Cicely De Vernon (Ireton)
  
  John of Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
  1340, 1341, 1351, John represented Derbyshire in parliament.
  7/11/1347, Commission of oyer and terminer, … touching the persons who killed William Sautcheverell at Derby. … Inquisition then taken before the justice, … find that the said John Cokayn and the others named above feloniously killed William Sautcheverell at Derby on Friday, the eve of St. Barnabas the Apostle, 19 Edward III.
  9/8/1347, John taken into custody; found not guilty [John son of William de le Spenser of Assheburne found guilty.]
  1/29/1348, Exemplification, at the request of John Cokayn, … of the tenor of a record and process before … justices assigned to enquire of the death of William Sautcheverell at Derby …
  
  9/15/1348, John Cokayn, Sheriff of Lancaster. (S) CPRs.
  3/26/1352, “Quitclaim, Sir Nicholas Beek releases to John Cokayn of Assheburne [Db] all lands etc formerly held by Sir William Wyther or Thomas his son.” (S) UKNA.
  5/12/1358, Commission of oyer and terminer … and John Cokayn, on complaint by Thomas le Taverner … (S) CPRs.
  1360, “Confirmation by Henry, Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Derby, Lincoln and Leicester, of a quitclaim by Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby,to Dale Abbey … given to them by Cicile, daughter and heir of Hugh de Ferrers. Witnesses: …, John Cokayn seneschal of the Duke …” (S) UKNA.
  12/15/1361, John Cokayne with Henry, duke of Lancaster, on a commission in the county of Derby. (S) CPRs.
  1362-63, “William de Weston, vicar of the church of Crich, John Cokayn, and … to grant a messuage and land in Crich, Morley, Hazlewood, and Duffield … Derby.” (S) UKNA.
  (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P189. (S) The Old Halls, Manors and Familiesof Derbyshire, Tilley, 1892, P178.
  
  '''Children'''
  
  * i. Edmund Cokayne born ~ 1356
  * ii John Cokayne born ~1365
  
  == Sources ==
  
  * (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P189. (S)
  * The Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Tilley, 1892, P178.
  
  * [http://www.cokayne.net/index.html Cockayne website].
  * [http://www.cokayne.net/resources/cockayne_hatley_july09.jpg Descendants chart].
  * [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p552.htm#i16593 Marlyn_Lewis]

• m. 1356

1. Cicely Cockayne, b. 1358 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England     d. 1397 in England

1. Title: John Cokayne in "Our royal, title, noble and commoner ancestors"
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p552.htm#i16593 Citations: 1. [S4800] Unknown author, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 88; Wallop Family, Vol. 4, line 254. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 443. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 160. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 206. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
   Publication: Name: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p552.htm#i16593;
   Note: Sir John Cokayne [1,2,3] Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #16593, d. after 1372 Father John Cokayne d. a 1357 Mother Laetitia Withers d. a 1360 Sir John Cokayne was born at of Ashborne, Derbyshire, England. He married Cecilia Vernon, daughter of Sir William de Vernon and Margaret Stopford, circa 1356.2,3 Sir John Cokayne died after 1372. Family Cecilia Vernon b. c 1335 Children John Cokayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Justice of the Common Pleas+4,2,3 d. 22 May 1429 Sir Edmund Cokayne+5 b. c 1357, d. 21 Jul 1403
   
2. Title: Sir John Cokayne (1325-1372), Find a Grave
   Author: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109585307/john-cokayne
   Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109585307/john-cokayne;
   Note: Sir John Cokayne BIRTH 1325 Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England DEATH 1372 (aged 46–47) Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England BURIAL St Oswald Churchyard Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, England PLOT North Transept MEMORIAL ID 109585307 Son of Sir John Cokayne and Lettice Withers,
   Page: The information I used for the birth date and place was pulled from this source.
   
3. Title: John Cokayne, The Peerage
   Author: https://www.thepeerage.com/p32612.htm#i326114 Citations: 1. [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 988. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] [S37] BP2003. [S37] [S62] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.: Genealogical Publishing Co, 2005), volume I, page 17. Hereinafter cited as Magna Carta Ancestry.
   Publication: Name: https://www.thepeerage.com/p32612.htm#i326114;
   Note: Sir John Cokayne was the son of John Cokayne and unknown Kniveton.2 He married Cecilia Vernon, daughter of Sir William de Vernon and Margaret Stopford, circa 1359.3 He died in 1373.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Derbyshire.1 He lived at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire, EnglandG.1 Children of Sir John Cokayne and Cecilia Vernon Sir Edmund Cokayne+2 d. 1403 Sir John Cokayne+2 b. 1370, d. 26 May 1429
   
4. Title: John Cokayne (1300-1357) in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D34G?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NR7%3A352085901%2C353139101
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D34G?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NR7%3A352085901%2C353139101 : 20 May 2014), C > Cogwell, Aaron (1807) - Coker, George (1768) > image 1034 of 1148; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D34G;
   Note: John Cokayne (1300-1357) married Laetitia Wither and had a son according tor research before 1966
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources
   
5. Title: John Cokayne (1325-1372) in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D3HF?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NR7%3A352085901%2C353139101
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D3HF?cc=2060211&wc=WWNV-NR7%3A352085901%2C353139101 : 20 May 2014), C > Cogwell, Aaron (1807) - Coker, George (1768) > image 1035 of 1148; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99QY-D3HF;
   Note: John Cokayne (1325-1372) married and had children according to research before 1966
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match research with some variations due to available sources