John Cokeworthy

- 1467

• Name	John Cokeworthy
  Birth	of Yarnscombe, Devon, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1456 and 1467  [1]
  Alternate death	Bef 1467  [2]
  Person ID	I11585	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Margery
  Marriage	Bef 1424  [1]
  Children	1. John Cockworthy,   b. of Yarnscombe, Devon, England d. 1477
  Family ID	F6892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Knight of the shire for Barnstaple, Dec 1421, 1423, 1429, and 1435. Escheator of Devon and Cornwall, 5 Nov 1430 - 26 Nov 1431, and again from 4 Nov 1440 to 4 Nov 1441. Sheriff of Cornwall, 4 Nov 1455 to 4 Nov 1456. He was closely related to John Cokeworthy of Launceston, Cornwall, who served in Parliament a staggering 19 times, but it is not certain that the two men were father and son. His brother, also named John, was illegitimate, yet despite this he became registrar to Bishop Edmund Lacy, accompanying him when the bishop was transferred from Hereford to Exeter in 1420. Brother John's 1431 will names the MP, his wife, and his daughter Avice. In 1424 John Cokkeworthy and Margery his wife were given license to hold divine service at their chapel at 'Ermyscombe.'

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] The History of Parliament. Some citations point to entries from the printed volumes not yet added to the online site. [S413] Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson.