Jocosa was born about 1442, the daughter of Richard Acton but her mother is unknown. The place is not known.
She died about 1462. The place is not known.
Her husband was Johannis [Hull] / Hill / Harris, who she married in ABT 1461. The place has not been found. Their two known children were John (c1462-?) and Thomas (c1463-?).
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes |
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| Birth | ABT 1442 | ||||
| Death | ABT 1462 |
Note 1
!Source: The Visitation of Shropshire, TAKEN IN THE YEAR 1623, BY ROBERT TRESSWELL, SOMERSET HERALD, AND AUGUSTINE VINCENT, ROUGE CROIX PURSUIVANT OF ARMS;
Marshals and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. WITH ADDITIONA FROM THE PEDIGREES OF SHROPSHIRE GENTRY TAKEN BY THE HERALDS IN THE YEARS 1569 AND 1584, AND OTHER SOURCES. EDITED BY GEORGE GRAZEBROOK, F.S.A. AND JOHN PAUL RYLANDS, F.S.A.,OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARR1STER-AT-LAW. PART I. LONDON: 1889. page 222
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Harris of Stockton
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Henricus Hull al's Harris = Sion'et [Sionett] filia M'red'd ap howll de Geri.
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Joh'es Hill al's Harris de com. Staff. = Jocosa filia Ric'i Acton.
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Johannes Harris de Stockton in com. Salop. = Jonetta filia Simonis Henalt Ar.
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and on to 1623 as Harris.
!Source: HARRIS FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA https://harrisandrelatedfamiliesofvirginia.wordpress.com/2014/04/
8. Adda ab Iorwerth “Ddû, m. Isabel ferch Gruffudd “Fychan”, of Rhuddallt, Rhiwabon, Denbighshire, dau. of Gruffudd “Fychan” ap Gruffudd “Llwyd”, Baron of Glyndyfrdwy, son of Gruffudd “Llwyd” ap Madog “Fychan”, Steward of Oswestry under Richard FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel, 1347 [Bridgeman, History of the Princes of South Wales, pp. 250-252], November 23, 1298, and Elizabeth le Strange, of Knockin, Shropshire.”Sir John l’Estrange, Lord of Knockin, brought for his daughter Elizabeth, from Madoc ap Griffith, the marriage of the said Griffith, his son and heir, for which he paid £50 sterling” [Rot. Parl., vol. 1, p. 306]. John le Strange, 2nd. baron Strange of Knockin, was the father of Roger le Strange; he the father of Alianore le Strange, who m. Reginald de Grey, 2nd. baron Grey of Ruthin; Alianore’s cousin and namesake m. Edward Acton, whose granddau., Jacosa Acton, m. John Hill als Harris, son of Henry Hill als Harris and Sionett, dau. of Meredith ap Howell and Morvydd, dau. of Ieuan ap Dafydd ap Trahaem Goch [ancestor of the Wynns of Gwydir], of the royal line of South Wales.