Ida de Grey

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Ida de Grey or Edith de Grey (1368 – 1 June 1426), was a

Marriage and issue

Ida married Sir John Cokayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the son of Sir John Cokayne and Cecilia de Vernon. In 1417, Sir John bought 1,500 acres (6.1 km²) of land in Bedfordshire which included the village of Hatley Bury, later renamed Cockayne Hatley, and established his manor there. Henceforth, the manor of Cockayne Hatley in Bedfordshire became the principal residence of the Cokayne family.^[5]

Together Sir John and Ida had six children:

• Sir Reginald Cokayne (- after 10 February 1428), married Beatrice Walleys, by whom he had issue.
• Henry Cokayne (- after 10 February 1428)
• Elizabeth Cokayne (- after 1422), married firstly in 1411, Sir Philip Butler by whom she had two sons; she married secondly on 13 December 1421, Sir Laurence Cheney of
  Henry VIII; Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard
  .
• John Cokayne (- after 10 February 1428)
• Margaret Cokayne (- after 10 February 1428)
• Thomas Cokayne (- after 10 February 1428)

Ida's husband Sir John died in 1429 and was succeeded by their eldest son Sir Reginald. Ida died on 1 June 1426 and was buried in St. John's Church, Cockayne Hatley. There are many fine effigies of the Cockayne family which can be seen in the church at Cockayne Hatley.

Ancestry

References

Bibliography

• G.E. Cokayne, The Complete Peerage,
  ISBN 978-0904387827
• Thomas B. Costain, The Last Plantagenets, published by Popular Library, New York, 1962, originally published by Doubleday and Company, Inc.
  ISBN 978-1568493732