The Baronetcy of Cockayne of Ashbourne was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 January 1642 for Aston Cockayne, Lord of

Ashbourne Hall Ashbourne Hall is a Manor house originally built by the Cockayne family in the 13th century in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. The present building is part of a largely demolished, Georgian-styled hall built in the 18th century. The Cockayne family Th ...

, Derbyshire and Pooley Hall, Polesworth, Warwickshire.

Sir Aston Cockayne ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

was a cavalier and author. He was a friend of King

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and received the title Baronet Cockayne of Ashbourne in return for his support during the

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Cockayne family

The Cockayne (or Cokayne) family settled at Ashbourne in the twelfth century. Ancestors of the baronet included Sir John Cockayne, steward to

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, Sir Edmund Cockayne, slain at the

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in 1403. and Sir John Cokayne, a turbulent Lancastrian knight who represented

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nine times in Parliament. The Cockayne family owned the Manors of

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.

Cockayne of Ashbourne (1642)

* Sir

Aston Cockayne Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet (1608–1684) was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered as a friend of Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Michael Drayton, Richard Brome, Thomas Randolph, and other w ...

, 1st Baronet

Homes

* Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire served as the Cockayne Family seat until its sale in 1671. Pooley hall * Pooley Hall, near Polesworth, Warwickshire was the family's country retreat until its sale at the end of the 17th Century.

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