• Sir William Cockayne (or Cokayne; 1561 – 20 October 1626) was a seventeenth-century merchant, alderman, and Lord Mayor of the City of London. He was the...
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    Cockayne syndrome (CS), also called Neill-Dingwall syndrome, is a rare and fatal autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by growth...
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    Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet (1608–1684) Also spelt Aston Cockain was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered...
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    interested four English merchants—Thomas Smythe, James Lancaster, William Cockayne, and Richard Ball—in permitting him to continue his work. Baffin and...
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    Henry John Cockayne-Cust, JP, DL (10 October 1861 – 2 March 1917) was an English politician and editor who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the...
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    then passed to his brother Lewis. The Hall was sold in 1619 to Sir William Cockayne, Lord Mayor of London who was the first Governor of Londonderry, Ireland...
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    White. Secondly on 22 April 1620 to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cockayne who served as Lord Mayor of London in 1619 and Mary Morris. Margaret...
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    cognomen Cockayne because they were themselves gluttons or daydreamers; the first person in Britain known to have borne the name is William Cokein, mentioned...
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  • assigned to Malynes and William Cockayne, in accordance with an agreement previously made with the former. On the withdrawal of Cockayne, who did not like the...
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  • product company based in San Francisco. It was founded by Dan Bomze, William Cockayne, and Geoff Pitfield. The company created the modo handheld wireless...
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    and chancellor of the exchequer Sir William Dethick (d.1612), officer at the College of Arms Sir William Cockayne (d.1626), Lord Mayor of the City of...
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  • Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet, and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of William Cockayne, alderman and merchant of London. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament...
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    Leman had a lemon tree in the procession, while the following year William Cockayne had an artificial cock crowing and flapping its wings. More recently...
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    was buried at the country estate of her father's friend, Harry Cockayne Cust, in Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire. In a letter of sympathy, the childless Stevenson...
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    Frederick Cockayne Elton VC (23 April 1832 – 24 March 1888) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face...
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    Needham, 1st Viscount Kilmorey, and his second wife, Jane, daughter of William Cockayne of Clapham, she was born at Lambeth during the latter part of 1645...
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  • export of raw wool was banned entirely during the Cockayne Project under the direction of William Cockayne and wool was traded only in domestic staples. The...
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  • White and secondly, on 22 April 1620, to Mary Cokayne, daughter of Sir William Cockayne, Lord Mayor of London in 1619. There were no known children from either...
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  • Civic offices Preceded by George Bolles Lord Mayor of the City of London 1618 Succeeded by Sir William Cockayne...
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  • Trade union offices Preceded by William Cockayne Leeds District Secretary of the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers 1894–1912 Succeeded by...
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    Archive). "Copy of letter from the recorder of London to the Lord Mayor, Sir William Butler regarding seizure of cloth". Retrieved 27 April 2016. "Aldermen...
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    1st Viscount Fanshawe by his second wife Elizabeth Cockayne, the daughter of Sir William Cockayne, who served as the Lord Mayor of London in 1619. By...
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  • Francis Cockayne Cust (1722 – 30 November 1791) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1770 and 1791. Cust was the...
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    Edward Cust, 1st Baronet and William Cust. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was appointed Rector of Cockayne Hatley, Bedfordshire (1806)...
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  • 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. Thomas B. Costain...
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    Fanshawe married Elizabeth Cockayne, fourth daughter of Sir William Cockayne. Lord Fanshawe's sons and daughters by Elizabeth Cockayne included: Thomas Fanshawe...
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    Leonard Cockayne CMG FRS (7 April 1855 – 8 July 1934) is regarded as New Zealand's greatest botanist and a founder of modern science in New Zealand. He...
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    Torriano 31 July 1691 13 John Machin 16 May 1713 14 William Romaine 25 June 1751 15 William Cockayne 21 April 1752 16 Peter Sandiford 16 July 1795 17 Joseph...
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  • Civic offices Preceded by Sir William Cockayne Lord Mayor of the City of London 1620 Succeeded by Edward Barkham...
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    Neston, Northamptonshire, by his second wife, Anna, daughter of Sir William Cockayne, lord mayor of London. Sir Hatton Fermor, the great-grandson of Richard...
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