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Participant

First nameJohn
Last nameCokston
GenderMale
OccupationManorial Tenant
DomicileStebbing,Essex
SourceBL Add Ch/65983

Incidents

IDSummaryDescriptionLocationRoleChargesComments on roleView incident
4081Attack on the manor of William de Wauton in Stebbing (Essex) and documents burnt.Attack on the manor of William de Wauton in Stebbing (Essex); seven tenants fined different amounts for burning the Stebbing court rolls.Stebbing,EssexAccusedView Incident page

Biographical Information

DateLocationInfoSourceCommentImage
28/11/1381Stebbing,EssexJohn Cokston is fined 10s for his part in the burning of the Stebbing court rolls.BL Add. Ch. 65983
18/12/1383Stebbing,EssexJohn Cokston pays 12d yearly for three acres of land.BL Add. Ch. 65957
16/03/1402Stebbing,EssexJohn Cokston a witness in grant by Ismania, widow of William de Wautone, chivaler, to Henry le Dispenser, Bishop of Norwich; Robert Neuport; Clement Spice; John Snokshull; John Berdefeld and John Grene: all her manor called Porters, formerly William Porter's, her grandfather, with all lands, tenements, rents and services, whether free or servile, of knights fees, in the vills and fields of Stebbing and Salyng.Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies, M/128The date give in Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies catalogue, 1401, must be wrong; the deed is dated Thursday before Palm Sunday 3 Henry IV (i.e. 16 March 1402).

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