Aston Cockayne
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Sir Aston Cockayne, 1st Baronet Also spelt Aston Cokaine was, in his day, a well-known Cavalier and a minor literary figure, now best remembered as a friend of Philip Massinger, John Fletcher, Michael
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Pooley Hall
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Pooley Hall is a manor house built in 1509 on the outskirts of Polesworth, Warwickshire, England. It is a Grade II* listed building and a private residence.
Aston Cockayne
…Civil War he took the Royalist side. He joined the future Charles II in exile for a time. For much of the English Interregnum he lived on his estate of Pooley Hall, at Polesworth in Warwickshire. Cockayne was a cousin of the poet Charles Cotton (1630–87), and had connections with Cotton's circle, which included…
Pooley Hall seen from the Coventry Canal
Copper plate engraving of Pooley Hall dated 1829