de Cokefeld, Adam

Birth Name de Cokefeld, Adam
Gender male
Age at Death about 77 years

Narrative

Adam de Cokefeld, son of Leofmaer (Lemmer), an Englishman to whom an abbot of Bury gave land held in 1086 by Berard and which became known as the Cockfield fee. Probably grantdson of Wulfric, a tenant of the abbey at Groton. The fee increased in size and importance under Adam, who was high in favour with Abbot Anselm (1121-48). His wife was Adelisa, sister of Willam de Criketot. Father of Robert, William, Adam and Alan. Father also of Alice, wife of William de Valeines, and of Sabina, wife of Robert fitz Humphrey. Denise (wife of Roger de Montcanisy?), Odo and Simon de Cokefeld, who attested his widow's grant for his soul (and their son Alan's) after his death, were probably also their issue. His wife Adelisa made their son Adam her heir in Feltwell, Suffolk, held of the honour of Warenne. His son Robert had succeeded him by 1166. [Domesday Descendants p405]

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1089 Cockfield, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England   1a
Death 1166     2

Age: 77y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father , Leofmaerabout 1053
Mother , Hunnaabout 1064
         de Cokefeld, Adam about 1089 1166

Families

Family of de Cokefeld, Adam and de Criketot, Adelicia
Unknown Partner de Criketot, Adelicia ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
de Cokefield, Robert11121189
de Cokefeld, Adamabout 1128

Source References

  1. Jane: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jwflank&id=I32052 Williams/Rose Legacies
      • Source text:

         

        ID: I32052
        Name: Adam de Cokefeld 1 2
        Sex: M
        Birth: ABT 1089 in Cockfield, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England
        Death: BEF 1166
        Note: Adam de Cokefeld, son of Leofmaer (Lemmer), an Englishman to whom an abbot of Bury gave land held in 1086 by Berard and which became known as the Cockfield fee. Probably grantdson of Wulfric, a tenant of the abbey at Groton. The fee increased in size and importance under Adam, who was high in favour with Abbot Anselm (1121-48). His wife was Adelisa, sister of Willam de Criketot. Father of Robert, William, Adam and Alan. Father also of Alice, wife of William de Valeines, and of Sabina, wife of Robert fitz Humphrey. Denise (wife of Roger de Montcanisy?), Odo and Simon de Cokefeld, who attested his widow's grant for his soul (and their son Alan's) after his death, were probably also their issue. His wife Adelisa made their son Adam her heir in Feltwell, Suffolk, held of the honour of Warenne. His son Robert had succeeded him by 1166. [Domesday Descendants p405]

         

         

        Father: Leofmaer b: ABT 1053 in Cockfield, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England
        Mother: Hunna b: ABT 1064 in Suffolk, England

        Marriage 1 Adelicia de Criketot b: ABT 1101 in Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England
        Children
        Has Children Robert de Cokefeld b: ABT 1126 in Cockfield, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England
        Has No Children Adam de Cokefeld b: ABT 1128 in Cockfield, Bury-St-Edmunds, Suffolk, England

        Sources:
        Title: Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of People Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166, K B S Keats-Rohan {2002}
        Repository:
        Media: Book
        Page: 405
        Title: Chronica Jocelini de Brakelonda, de Rebus Gestis Samsonis Abbatis Monasterri Sancti Edmundi; John Gage Rokewode {1840}
        Page: 144

      • Citation:

        e-mail: jwflank@hotmail.com

  2. Steven: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=srodenbough&id=I54074 srodenbough