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Charles Cokayne

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Death: January 19, 1661 (58)
Place of Burial: Rushton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
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Son of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London and Mary Cokayne
Husband of Mary Cokayne
Father of William Cockayne; Brien Cokayne, 2nd Viscount Cullen; The Honourable Charles Cockayne and The Honourable Mary Pierson
Brother of Anne Fermor; Abigail(Countess of Dover) Carey; Martha Bertie, Countess of Lindsey; Jane Sheffield; Elizabeth Fanshawe and 1 other

Occupation: 1st Viscount Cullen
Managed by: Lorraine Shirley Banks
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About Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen

Charles was made Viscount Cullen in 1642. He lived at Rushton Hall


  • 'A genealogical history of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited, and extinct ... By Sir Bernard Burke
  • http://books.google.com/books?id=K3MaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq...
  • Pg. 126
  • COCKAYNE -- VISCOUNT CULLEN.
  • By letters Patent, dated 11 August, 1642.
  • Lineage.
  • The Cockyns, Cockeyns, or Cockaynes were of importance in the co. of Derby soon after the Conquest, and were seated at Ashbourne, in that shire, where some magnificent monuments of the family still remain.
  • ROBERT COCKEYN, Esq., of Ashborne, living 1284 ( son of William Cockeyn, by Alice his wife, dau. of Hugh de Dalbury), by Elizabeth his wife, had two sons and three daus. The elder son,
    • WILLIAM COCKEYN, of Ashburne, in 1299, by Sarah, his wife, had issue, 1 JOHN, living at Ashburne, 1305, father of JOHN COCKAYNE, who, by Letitia his wife, was father of another JOHN COCKAYNE, a person of great distinction temp. EDWARD III. This last-named John Cockayne m. Cecilia Vernon, of the co. of Derby, and had two sons, viz.,
      • EDMUND, of whom presently.
      • John (Sir), of Bury Hatley, co. Bedford, ancestor of the family of COCKAYNE, OF COCKAYNE-HATLEY.
      • The elder son,
      • EDMUND COCKAINE, Esq., of Ashburne, m. Elizabeth, dau of Sir Richard de Herthull, of Pooley, co. Warwick, and had a son,
        • SIR JOHN COCKAINE, J.P., a commissioner of assay, M.P., who m. Isabel, dau. of Sir Hugh Shirley, ancestor of the Earl of Ferrers, and d. 1438, having had,
          • I. JOHN, who m. Anne, dau of Sir Richard Vernon, and was ancestor of the Cockaines, formerly of Ashburne, co. Derby.
          • II. WILLIAM, of whom presently.
          • III. Roger. IV. Reginald.
          • I. Ellen (or Alice), m. to Sir Ralph Shirley, Knt.
          • The 2nd son,
          • WILLIAM COCKAINE, was father of Thomas Cockaine, Esq. the father of Roger Cockaine, of Baddesley, co. Warwick, the father of WILLIAM COCKAINE, of London, skinner, and also merchant-adventurer in Muscovy, Spanish Portugal, and Eastland Companies, of which last he was a governor. This William m. Elizabeth, dau. of Roger Medcalfe, of Wensgale, and d. 18 November, 1599, leaving a son and heir,
            • SIR WILLIAM COCKAYNE, Knt., sheriff of London in 1609, and soon after an alderman of the same city. Upon the establishment made by King JAMES I. in the province of Ulster, in Ireland, anno 1612, a considerable tract of land was granted to the city of London, when about 300 artificers were despatched to commence and forward its plantation, of whom this William Cockayne was appointed first director and governor, and under his direction the city of Londonderry was founded, having obtained himself a considerable grant in the vicinity. He was knighted 8 June, 1616. In 1619, he served the office of lord mayor, and that year purchased the manor of Elmsthorpe, co. Leicester, from sir John Harrington. He m. Mary, dau. of Richard Morris, Esq., of London, by whom he had,
              • ' I. CHARLES, his successor.
              • II. William, d. s. p.
              • I. Mary, m. 22 April, 1620, to Charles Howard, 2nd Earl of Nottingham.
              • II. Anne, m. Sir Hatton Fermer, of Easton Neston, Northamptonshire, and was grandmother of William, created Lord Lempster, ancestor of George, Earl of Pomfret.
              • III. Martha, m. 1st, to John Ramsay, Earl of Holdernesse; and 2ndly, in February, 1625, to Montagu Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey.
              • IV. Elizabeth, m. 1st to Thomas, Viscount Fanshawe; and 2ndly, to Sir Thomas Rich, Bart., of Sunning, co. Berks.
              • V. Abigail, m. to John Carey, Earl of Dover, by whom she had an only dau. Mary, m. to William Heveningham, Esq., of Heveningham, co. Suffolk.
              • VI. Jane, d. unm.
            • Sir William Cockayne d. 20 October, 1626, and was s. by his elder son,
              • ' CHARLES COCKAYNE., Esq., of Rushton, co. Northampton, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, 11 August, 1642, in the dignity of VISCOUNT CULLEN. His lordship m. Lady Mary O'Brien, dau. and co-heir of Henry, 5th Earl of Thomond, by whom he had a dau. Elizabeth, and a son his successor,
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  • 'Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen1
  • 'M, #3639, b. 4 July 1602, d. 1661
  • Last Edited=20 Feb 2011
  • ' Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen was born on 4 July 1602.1 He was the son of Sir William Cokayne and Mary Morris.1 He married Lady Mary O'Brien, daughter of Barnabas O'Brien, 5th Earl of Thomond, on 24 June 1627.2 He died in 1661.2
  • ' Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Reigate from 1628 to 1629.2 He held the office of High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1636.2 He was created 1st Viscount Cullen, co. Tipperary [Ireland] on 11 August 1642, with a special remainder to his sister Maria's four sons.2 He was created 1st Baron Cullen, co. Tipperary [Ireland] on 11 August 1642, with a special remainder to his sister Maria's four sons.2 He raised a troop of royalist horse during the Civil War.2
  • 'Children of Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen and Lady Mary O'Brien
    • 1.William Cokayne2 d. 1629/30
    • 2.Hon. Charles Cokayne2 d. 1657
    • 3.Hon. Mary Cokayne2
    • 4.Brien Cokayne, 2nd Viscount Cullen+2 b. 1631, d. Jul 1687
  • Citations
  • 1.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume IV, page 446. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • 2.[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 989. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.
  • http://thepeerage.com/p364.htm#i3639
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  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Cullen
  • Viscount Cullen of Tipperary was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created on 11 August 1642, along with the title Baron Cullen, for Charles Cokayne.
  • The ancient family of Cokayne had its origins in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. 'Charles Cokayne High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1636, was the son of Sir William Cokayne of Rushton Hall, Northamptonshire, Lord Mayor of London in 1619.
  • On the death of the 6th Viscount in 1810, both titles became dormant. Although the issue male of the 1st Viscount thus became extinct, the titles devolved by special remainder, through the female line, upon Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey, who, however, never claimed them.[1] They became extinct upon the death of Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, in 1938.
  • Mary Anne Cokayne, daughter of William Cokayne , brother of the fifth Visccount, married William Adams. Their son George Adams changed his name to George Cokayne in 1873 and his son Brien was created Baron Cullen of Ashbourne in 1920
  • Viscounts Cullen (1642)
  • 'Charles Cokayne, 1st Viscount Cullen (1602–1661)
  • Brien Cokayne, 2nd Viscount Cullen (1631–1687)
  • Charles Cokayne, 3rd Viscount Cullen (1658–1688)
  • Charles Cokayne, 4th Viscount Cullen (1687–1716)
  • Charles Cokayne, 5th Viscount Cullen (1710–1802)
  • Borlase Cokayne, 6th Viscount Cullen (1740–1810)
  • Albemarle Bertie, 9th Earl of Lindsey, 7th Viscount Cullen (1744–1818)
  • George Bertie, 10th Earl of Lindsey, 8th Viscount Cullen (1814–1877)
  • Montague Bertie, 11th Earl of Lindsey, 9th Viscount Cullen (1815–1899)
  • Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey, 10th Viscount Cullen (1861–1938)
  • See also
  • Cokayne Baronets
  • References
  • 1.^ Gentleman's Magazine, November 1855, p. 489
  • Cokayne Pedigree on Stirnet
  • Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
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