E-CIPM 24-155: REYNOLD COKAYN, ESQUIRE

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REYNOLD COKAYN, ESQUIRE

Writ Head

154 Writ. ‡ 10 October 1433. [Wymbyssh].

Addressed to the escheator of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire. n084

Inquisition Head

BEDFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Bedford. 15 March 1434. [Shyngylton].

Jurors

Jurors: John Morton ; Thomas Morton ; John Kyng of Harrowden; John Fyll of Cardington; Richard Pekke ; Robert Boton , ‘v...rner’ [hole in ms]; Richard Fyssher of Pavenham ; William Rysby ; John Conquest of Haynes ; Richard Southwode ; John Carlton ; and Robert Batyll .

Holdings

Reynold Cokayn held no lands or tenements of the king in chief in demesne or service. He held

the manor of Cockayne Hatley jointly with Beatrice his wife, who survives, for their lives with remainder to the male heirs of John Cokayn of Cockayne Hatley and Ida his wife, of the duke of Norfolk by knight service of 1/2 knight’s fee and suit to his court at Bedford every three weeks, annual value £20.

He died on 6 October last. Philip Cokayn is the son and next heir of this Reynold, son and male heir of John Cokayn of Cockayne Hatley and Ida his wife, aged 15 years and more.

TNA reference

C 139/62/11 mm.1–2

Inquisition Head

HERTFORDSHIRE. Inquisition. Hitchin. 17 March 1434. [Stokdale].

Jurors

Jurors: Thomas Beaufo ; William Fullere ; Geoffrey Taillour ; John Tillebrook ; John Legat ; Thomas Vynter ; John Sturgeon ; William Bardolf ; Lawrence Shipherd ; William Howeman ; Luke Koterell ; Richard Besteney ; Matthew Campyon ; John Fyryon ; Thomas Boldro ; Richard Jay ; Walter Poydras ; Walter Bybesworth ; and Robert Mede .

Holdings
He held no lands or tenements of the king in demesne or reversion. John Cokayn of Cockayne Hatley, Roger Mapilton, lately vicar of Milton Ernest church , Robert Fossard, chaplain , and Richard Lyuersegge enfeoffed Reynold and Beatrice his wife, who survives, with
a messuage and adjacent croft as enclosed by hedges and ditches, formerly Joan Neubery’s, within the lordship of Great Wymondley or Little Wymondley, and
4 1/2 a. land in Stevenage,
to have to them and the heirs of their bodies, remainder to Beatrice’s right heirs. Reynold and Beatrice were seised in their demesne as of fee tail and continued in this estate until Reynold’s death. The messuage, croft and land are held of William Alyngton , service unknown, annual value 10s.

Date of death as in 154. Philip Cokeyn is his son and next heir, aged 14 years and more.

[Foot:] this was delivered to Chancery on 13 April 1434.

TNA reference

C 139/62/11 mm.3–4

Holdings

Holdings

Holding ItemValueQuantityTotal
Great Wymondley, Little Wymondley
messuage, crofta (1 x messuage croft) -
Total: (=0d.)
Stevenage
land4 1/2 a. (4.5 x acre) -
Total: (=0d.)

Extents

Extents

No holding extent information available.

People

People

  • Wymbyssh(Writ Clerk)

Jurors

  • Thomas Beaufo
  • William Fullere
  • Geoffrey Taillour
  • John Tillebrook
  • John Legat
  • Thomas Vynter
  • John Sturgeon
  • William Bardolf
  • Lawrence Shipherd
  • William Howeman
  • Luke Koterell
  • Richard Besteney
  • Matthew Campyon
  • John Fyryon
  • Thomas Boldro
  • Richard Jay
  • Walter Poydras
  • Walter Bybesworth
  • Robert Mede

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