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Reigate (/ ˈ r aɪ ɡ eɪ t / RY-gate) is a town in Surrey, England, around 19 miles (30 km) south of central London.The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book of 1086 as Cherchefelle, and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s.
James was the son of Sir Roger James, of Reigate, Surrey and his wife Margaret Aucher, daughter of Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent. He was admitted at Clare College, Cambridge on 13 July 1637 and was admitted at Inner Temple in 1639. [1] He was an elder of the Reigate classis in 1647 and studied at Leyden in 1648.
Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in Surrey, England. Its council is based in Reigate and the borough also includes the towns of Banstead, Horley and Redhill. Parts of the borough are within the Surrey Hills, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
James Cocks (c. 1685–1750), of Reigate, Surrey, was a British lawyer and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1747.. Cocks was the eldest son of Charles Cocks MP, a provincial attorney of Castleditch, Herefordshire and his wife Mary Somers, daughter of John Somers of Worcester, and sister of Sir John Somers, the lord chancellor.
He acquired the rectory manor of Reigate in 1614. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Reigate. [2] James died at the age of about 47. [1] On 30 January 1611, James married Margaret Aucher (d. April 1662), daughter of Anthony Aucher of Bishopsbourne, Kent. His son Roger was also later MP for Regiate. [2]
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In the 13th century, Reigate Priory was founded on this site by William de Warenne, 5th Earl of Surrey.The land was taken by the Crown during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but was subsequently given to William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, uncle of Henry VIII's fifth wife Catherine Howard.
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