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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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    The Baronetcy of Cockayne of Ashbourne was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 January 1642 for Aston Cockayne, Lord of Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire...
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    The Cockayne Family split their time between Pooley hall and their estate at Ashbourne Hall in Derbyshire. Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet Cockayne, lived...
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    Bradley and of Pooley hall in Polesworth, Warwickshire. Sir Aston Cockayne, First Baronet Cockayne of Ashbourne, was a cavalier, author and poet. He was friends...
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    contemporary writers, ranging from John Ford to Lodowick Carlell to Sir Aston Cockayne, made attempts in the genre. Tragicomedy remained fairly popular up...
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  • Tilly Aston (1873–1947), blind Australian writer and teacher Aston Cockayne (1605–1684), well-known Cavalier and minor literary figure Manny Aston, Australian...
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    1350 in Great Britain. Aston Cockayne (1608–1684),Cavalier, writer Ben Cockayne (born 1983), English rugby player David Cockayne (1942–2010), British electron...
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    1683, written after the English Civil War by Charles Cotton, cousin to Aston Cockayne, Baronet of Ashbourne (1608–84): Two towns, that long that war had raged...
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  • Orbis Pictus (Visible World) William Chamberlayne – Love's Victory Aston Cockayne – Trappolin Suppos'd a Prince William Davenant – The Cruelty of the...
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  • Excellent Princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle (closet dramas) Aston Cockayne – The Tragedy of Ovid published Pierre Corneille – Sertorius Sir William...
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