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COLARD, Walter, of Wycombe, Bucks.

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m. by 1448, St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, recs. XV/15/1, m. 33. Agnes, – children. PCC 9 Wattys (PROB11/6, ff. 71v-75).
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Chipping Wycombe 1449 (Feb.), 1450, 1467, 1478.

Warden, parish church of All Saints, Chipping Wycombe by Mich. 1441. Centre for Bucks. Studies, CH1 T/6/4.

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COLARD, Walter, of Wycombe, Bucks.
Main residence: Wycombe, Bucks.
Colarde, Collard
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C.E.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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COKSON, John (d.c.1443), of Grimsby, Lincs.

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m. Joan (fl. 1442), ?wid.of Peter Empingham of Grimsby.
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Auditor and mayor’s councillor, Grimsby Oct. 1422–3, 1424 – 25, 1431 – 32, 1434 – 35, 1440 – 42; auditor 1433 – 34; chamberlain 1442–3. N.E. Lincs. Archs., Grimsby bor. recs., ct. rolls 1/100/5/1, 7a; 1/101, 10, 12–13, 19–21 Hen. VI.

Keeper of fabric, St. Mary’s church, Grimsby by 11 Jan. 1424. Grimsby ct. rolls, 1/100/5/4.

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COKSON, John (d.c.1443), of Grimsby, Lincs.
Main residence: Grimsby, Lincs.
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
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COKKYS, Adam (or Atkyn), of Tiverton and Whitchurch, Devon.

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Tax collector, Devon June 1453. E207/16/6.

Parker of Ashley (in Tiverton) for Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon, by Mich. 1456. Add. Ch. 64717, m. 3.

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COKKYS, Adam (or Atkyn), of Tiverton and Whitchurch, Devon.
Main residences: Tiverton; Whitchurch, Devon.
Cok, Cokkes
Author
H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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COKEWORTHY, John, of Yarnscombe, Devon.

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?s. of John Cokeworthy† of Launceston, Cornw. m. (1) by 1424, Margery, at least 1s. 1da.; (2) by Apr. 1458, Thomasina. CP25(1)/46/90/288; C67/46, m. 7. It must have been the MP, rather than his synonymous son, who married this second lady, for the younger man was still alive in 1467, by which date Thomasina had married Thomas Bonville.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Devon 1421 (Dec.), 1422, 1431, 1442, 1455.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Plymouth and Fowey 26 Nov. 1424–2 Dec. 1428, E122/113/34–41, 43. Exeter and Dartmouth 8 Dec. 1428–22 Nov. 1430. E356/16, rots. 15(1), 19; 18, rots. 52d, 53.

Tax collector, Devon Apr. 1428.

Escheator, Devon and Cornw. 5 Nov. 1430 – 26 Nov. 1431, 4 Nov. 1440–1.

Commr., Devon, Som. July 1434 – Jan. 1444.

Sheriff, Cornw. 4 Nov. 1455–6.

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COKEWORTHY, John, of Yarnscombe, Devon.
Main residence: Yarnscombe, Devon.
Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
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COKESEY, Sir Hugh (1405-45), of Kidderminster, Worcs.

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b. 23 Apr. 1405, CIPM, xxii. 673. s. and h. of Walter Cokesey (1383-1407) of Kidderminster by his w. Maud (d.c. Aug. 1414). CIPM, xix. 175-80; The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 68. H.A. Napier, Swyncombe and Ewelme, 32, 46, suggests that Maud was the da. of one ‘Harcourt’. m. (1) by 1419, CIPM, xxi. 299. Joan, According to her father’s inqs. post mortem, Joan was either 2½ or 3 when her father died, but a subsequent inq. found that she was ‘22 or more’ in Jan. 1420: CIPM, xix. 245-54; xxi. 300. da. and coh. of Thomas Neville, Lord Furnival (d.1407), by his 2nd w. Ankaret (d.1413), da. of John le Strange, Lord Strange of Blackmere (d.1361) and wid. of Richard, Lord Talbot (d.1396), s.p.; CIPM, xi. 202; xix. 245-54; xx. 107-14; CP, v. 589-91; xii (1), 344-5. (2) by 1441, CPR, 1436-41, p. 495. Alice (d. 18 Apr. 1460), da. of William, Lord Lovell and Holland (d.1455), C139/178/49; DKR, xxxvii (2), 157; CP, viii. 221-3. s.p. Kntd. 12 May 1419. Ancient Irish Histories ed. Ware, ii. 28.
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Dep. sheriff, Worcs. (by appointment of Richard Beauchamp, earl of Warwick) Mich. 1429–30.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Worcs. Mar. 1442.

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COKESEY, Sir Hugh (1405-45), of Kidderminster, Worcs.
Main residence: Kidderminster, Worcs.
Cokesay, Cokeseye, Cokesow, Cookeseye
Author
C.E.M.
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Commons 1422-1461
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COKAYN, Thomas (d.1440) of Cornw.

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s. of Henry Cokayn by his w. Isolda. PCC 8 Logge (PROB11/7, f. 59). educ. ?M.Temple. Readers and Readings (Selden Soc. supp. ser. xiii), 144. m. Elizabeth, s.p.
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Commr., Devon, Cornw., Essex, Mdx., Surr. Dec. 1434 – May 1440; of gaol delivery, Newgate Nov. 1438, Nov. 1439. C66/443, m. 28d; 445, m. 19d.

Recorder, London 27 Oct. 1438 – d.

J.p.q. Mdx. 28 Nov. 1439–d. CPR, 1436–41, p. 586.

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COKAYN, Thomas (d.1440) of Cornw.
Main residence: Cornw.
Cogan, Cogayn, Cogyn
Author
H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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COHEW, Nicholas (d.1465), of Totnes, Devon.

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Assessor of parlty. subsidies, Totnes Nov. 1449; overseer of works on the belfry of St. Mary’s church Jan. 1450-aft. 1452; warden of the bridge 20 Oct. 1450–1. H.R. Watkin, Totnes Priory and Town, i. 404, 406, 418, 421, 424.

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COHEW, Nicholas (d.1465), of Totnes, Devon.
Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
Coheu, Cohu
Author
H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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COGGESHALL, Sir William (1358-1426), of and Coggeshall, Essex.

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b. Codham Hall 20 July 1358, s. of Sir Henry Coggeshall† (d.1375) by Joan, da. and h. of Sir William Welle of Great Sampford, Essex and Well Hall in Exning, Suff.; nephew of Thomas Coggeshall† of New Hall in Boreham, Essex. m. (1) bef. Mar. 1379, Antiocha, da. of Sir John Hawkwood of Sible Hedingham, Essex by his 1st w., 1s. d.v.p. 4da.; (2) between 1386 and Nov. 1388, Ricarda (d. Sept. 1390), da. and h. of John Inkpen of Inkpen, Berks., wid. of William Huish of Huish, Devon and of Sir Thomas Fichet† of Spaxton, Som., ?1ch. d.v.p. ; (3) bef. May 1394, Margaret. Kntd. by Mar. 1379.
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Commr. Essex, Colchester, Herts. Dec. 1381 – Mar. 1422; of gaol delivery, Gloucester castle Sept. 1424. C66/416, m. 27d.

Sheriff, Essex and Herts. 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, 18 Oct. 1404 – 22 Nov. 1405, 10 Dec. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412.

Chamberlain to John Holand, earl of Huntingdon, prob. by Mar. 1399 – Jan. 1400.

J.p. Essex 16 May 1401 – Feb. 1407, 12 Dec. 1417 – Apr. 1419, 12 Feb. 1422 – d.

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COGGESHALL, Sir William (1358-1426), of and Coggeshall, Essex.
Main residences: Codham Hall; Coggeshall, Essex.
Author
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
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COCKAYNE, Sir John (d.1438), of Ashbourne, Derbys. and Pooley, Warws.

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2nd s. but event. h. of Edmund Cockayne (d.1403) of Ashbourne by Elizabeth, da. and event. h. of Sir Richard Harthill† (d.1390) of Pooley. m. (1) Margaret, ?da. of Sir Nicholas Longford (d.1401) of Longford, Derbys., by Margery, da. and coh. of Sir Alfred Sulney† of Newton Solney, Derbys., 1s. d.v.p., 2da.; For Margaret’s two daughters by Cockayne and the heraldic evidence that she was a Longford: Derbys. Arch. Jnl. cx. 113-15, 119-22. (2) by 1422, Isabel (d. aft. 1459), da. of Sir Hugh Shirley† (d.1403) of Lower Ettington, Warws. and Shirley, Derbys. by Beatrice (d.1440), da. of Sir Peter Brewes of Wiston, Suss., sis. and event. h. of Sir John Brewes (d.1426), 4s. 2da. Kntd. by Feb. 1388.
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Attestor parlty. elections, Derbys. 1416 (Mar.), 1432.

Commr. Derbys., Notts., Warws. Mar. 1392 – Aug. 1436.

J.p. Derbys. 16 May 1401 – Feb. 1407, 20 July 1424 – July 1429, 8 June 1431 – d., Warws. 4 Dec. 1417 – July 1423.

Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 1 Dec. 1405 – 9 Nov. 1406.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 14 Feb. – 13 Nov. 1423, 4 Nov. 1428 – 10 Feb. 1430, 3 Nov. 1434 – 7 Nov. 1435.

Surveyor of duchy of Lancaster chace of Duffield Frith 14 Dec. 1427 – d. master forester 20 Feb. 1428 – 13 Aug. 1437; jt. 13 Aug. 1437 – d.

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COCKAYNE, Sir John (d.1438), of Ashbourne, Derbys. and Pooley, Warws.
Main residences: Ashbourne, Derbys.; Pooley, Warws.
Author
S.J.P.
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Commons 1422-1461
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COCK, Richard (d.1458), of Sandwich, Kent.

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prob. s. of Henry Cock* and nephew of John I*. m. Joan. C67/45, m. 30.
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Jurat, Sandwich Dec. 1439–41, 1443 – 48, 1449 – 51, 1452 – 54, 1455 – d.; mayor 1441 – 43, 1448 – 49, 1451 – 52, 1454 – 55; jt. keeper of the keys to the common chest 1441 – 43, 1444 – 46, 1448 – 57; dep. mayor Apr. 1453. E. Kent Archs., Sandwich recs., ‘Old Black Bk.’, SA/Ac 1, ff. 50, 52, 56, 59v, 63, 66, 69, 72v, 76, 78, 89v, 92, 95v, 99, 102, 104.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Sandwich 19 May 1450 – 30 Nov. 1456, 13 Apr. 1457–d. E356/19, rot. 25d; 20, rots. 40–42.

Commr. of arrest, Kent Nov. 1450; to take musters of force led by Gervase Clifton*, Dover Aug. 1452; requisition vessels for the King’s service, Kent Dec. 1452, Sandwich May 1455; of inquiry Nov. 1453, Dec. 1454, Jan., May 1458 (piracy); to confiscate vessel taken by pirates Jan. 1455.

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COCK, Richard (d.1458), of Sandwich, Kent.
Main residence: Sandwich, Kent.
Author
D.I.G.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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