Ashbourne Derbyshire

Angels at his head, Sir John Cokayne 1372 lies beside his son Sir Edmund Cockayne 1403 ++ www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5u4L9c

Sir John lay on his own, until 1412, when the monument was altered to add his son.

 

Sir John represented Derbyshire in several parliaments of Edward lll as did Edmund in later years

He wears civilian dress of cloak over a supertunic but on his head is a coif indicating his profession as a lawyer employed by Henry Grosmont 1st Duke of Lancaster and later Chief Steward of the duchy under John of Gaunt.

Edmund wears a surcoat over his armour carved with three cockerels

 

John m Cecilia Ireton having sons

1. John 1427 ancestor of the Bedford Cockaynes

2. Edmund +++

 

Edmund +++ m Elizabeth / Isabel d1447 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8285268054/ heiress daughter of Sir Richard Harthill of Pooley Warks whose lands trebled the Cockayne estates

They lived at Harthill Hall, Alport

Children

1. John 1438 m1 Margaret Longford www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Radqmb m2 Isabel daughter of Sir Hugh Shirley.

 

Sir Edmund killed at the Battle of Shrewsbury July 21st 1403 fighting for Henry lV - he died an hour after being knighted by the king

Edmund’s brother and son would continue to serve the house of Lancaster. - Church of St Oswald, Ashbourne Derbyshire

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