John Cokayne (1300 - 1369)

Born 1300 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

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Died 1369 at about age 69 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

The Cockyns, Cockeyns, Cokaynes or Cockaynes were of importance in the co. of Derby soon after the Conquest, and were seated at Ashbourne, in that shire, where some magnificent monuments of the family still remain.

ROBERT COCKEYN, Esq., of Ashborne, living 1284 ( son of William Cockeyn, by Alice his wife, dau. of Hugh de Dalbury), by Elizabeth his wife, had two sons and three daus. The elder son,

1. WILLIAM COCKEYN, of Ashburne, in 1299, by Sarah, his wife, had issue,
   1. JOHN, living at Ashburne, 1305, father of
      1. JOHN COCKAYNE, who, by Letitia his wife, was father of another
         1. JOHN COCKAYNE, a person of great distinction temp. EDWARD III. This last-named John Cockayne m. Cecilia Vernon, of the co. of Derby, and had two sons.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Irene Nolen Clark, "Sir John Cokayne, Kt.", Geni, 2014, http://www.geni.com/people/Sir-John-Cokayne-Kt/6000000008571687808 accessed 4 January, 2014

See also:

• Marlyn_Lewis