The Cockayne Family

First Generation

  

1.  John Cockayne¹ was born circa 1360 in Derbyshire, England.¹ He died in 1429 at the age of 69 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England.¹ John was Recorder of London from at least 1394-1398. He was made serjeant at law in 1396. From 1398-1400 Cockayne succeeded his father as Chief Steward of the Duchy north of the Trent. In 1400 he was made Chief Baron of the Eschequer, giving up the post in 1413. John was a Justice of the Common Pleas in 1405.
Cockayne acquired lands in Derbyshire and Hertfordshire. He purchased his primary residence at Bury Hatley [later Cockayne Hatley] in Bedfordshire in 1417 for 1000 marks.
He made his will on 10 February 1428, requesting burial next to his wife in St. John's Church, Bury Hatley. Cockayne died on 22 May 1429.

John Cockayne and Ida Grey^1–2 were married before 1390 in England.^1–2 Ida Grey² was born in 1368 in Ruthin Castle, Ruthin, Anglesey, Wales.² She died on 1 Jun 1426 at the age of 58 in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England.² Ida [or Edith] was the daughter of ReginaldGrey, 2nd Baron de Grey of Ruthyn, a powerful Welsh Marcher lord. The Greys were the chief Marcher barons in the northern Welsh Marches. Her mother was Eleanor Le Strange of Blackmere. Ida's maternal grandmother, Ankaret Le Botillier, was a direct descendant of Gruffydd II ap Madog, Prince of Wales.

John Cockayne and Ida Grey had the following child:

 

2 i. Elizabeth Cockayne, born ca 1394, Bury Hatley, Bedfordshire, England; married Philip Boteler, ca 1412, Derbyshire, England.

  

Sources:

1. Wikipedia, "John Cockayne [d. 1429]," database, Wiki Media Foundation, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cokayne_(died_1429): accessed 1 September 2017), Cockayne family.

        2. Wikipedia, "Ida de Grey," database, Wiki Media Foundation, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_de_Grey: accessed 1 September 2017), Ida de Grey.