Baroness Cokayne Lady Ida 'Edith' de Grey

1368 - 1426  (58 years)

• Name	Lady Ida 'Edith' de Grey  [1]
  Title	Baroness Cokayne
  Birth	1368	Denbighshire, Wales   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	1 Jun 1426	Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England   [1]
  	(St John the Baptist Churchyard)
  Person ID	I14357	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Sir John Cokayne, III,   b. 1370, Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England d. 22 May 1439, Derbyshire, England (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	1405	Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England
  Children	1. Countess Wollaton, Baroness Hatley Elizabeth Cokayne,   b. 1403, Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England d. 25 Sep 1473, Bedfordshire, England (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1368 - Denbighshire, Wales Marriage - 1405 - Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England Death - 1 Jun 1426 - Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England Burial - - Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  Bio-deGREY Ida Ida de Grey

  
  

• Sources

  [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Lady Ida 'Edith' de Grey 1374-1426. Ida de Grey, also known as Edith de Grey was the daughter of Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, a powerful Welsh Marcher lord. The Greys of Ruthyn were the chief Marcher barons in the northern region of the Welsh Marches. Ida was born at Ruthin Castle in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales in 1368, the youngest daughter of Reginald Grey, 2nd Baron Grey of Ruthyn and Eleanor Le Strange of Blackmere (1337- 20 April 1396). She had four siblings including Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, the implacable enemy of Owen Glendower. It was her brother's land dispute with Glendower which caused the latter to launch his rebellion against King Henry IV of England and take Reginald prisoner, keeping him in confinement until he was ransomed by the king for the sum of 10,000 marks. In 1387 at Bearwardcote, Derbyshire, Ida married Sir John Cockayne, Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the son of Sir John Cockayne and Cecilia de Vernon. In 1417, Sir John bought 1500 acres of land in Bedfordshire which included the village of Hatley Bury. He renamed the village Cockayne Hatley and established his manor there. John and Ida had six children: Sir Reginald Cockayne (1390- after 10 February 1428), married Beatrice Walleys, by whom he had issue. Henry Cockayne (1392- ater 10 February 1428) Elizabeth Cockayne (1394- 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 Fen Ditton, Sheriff of Cambridge, by whom she had five children, including Elizabeth Cheney, the great-grandmother of Queens consort Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, and Catherine Howard. John Cockayne (1396- after 10 February 1428) Margaret Cockayne (1398- after 10 February 1428) Thomas Cockayne (1400- after 10 February 1428) Ida's husband Sir John died in 1427 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. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98299448/ida-de_grey