Cockayne Family
The Cockayne (or Cokayne) family settled at Ashbourne in the twelfth century. Ancestors of the baronet included Sir John Cockayne, steward to John of Gaunt and Sir Edmund Cockayne, slain at the Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. Other more distant ancestors included many European royal and noble families. including the Kings of England, France and Scotland, the ancient Kings of Denmark, Norway, Mercia and Wessex and Roman Emperors. Famous ancestors include: Charlemagne, William the conqueror, Llewellyn the great, Lady Godiva, El Cid, Alfred the Great and Boadicea.
The Cockayne family owned the Manors of Ashbourne Hall and Pooley hall.
Sir Aston Cockayne was the first baronet and last of his family line.
The baronetcy passed to the senior line of the Cockayne family and to Aston's first cousin, once removed (son of his first cousin): Caleb Cockayne.
The family fortunes ruined, the Cockayne family ceased using the title in their day to day lives, although, the Baronetcy is still claimed by descendants of the Cockayne family today.
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