Ida DE GREY ²¹⁷⁹

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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.

Ida married Sir John COKAYNE IV, son of John COKAYNE III and Cecelia VERNON, in 1387 in Bearwardcote, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England.²¹⁸⁰ (Sir John COKAYNE IV was born about 1370 in Bearwardcote, South Derbyshire, Derbyshire, England,²¹⁷⁹ died on 22 May 1429 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England ²¹⁷⁹ and was buried in May 1429 in Ashbourne, Derbyshire Dales, Derbyshire, England ²¹⁷⁹.)