Jeffrey Jocelyn

Jeffrey's name was also spelled "Geoffrey." He was born about 1367.¹ He was the son of Ralph Jocelyn and Margaret Patmer.²

Jeffrey Jocelyn married first Catherine le Bray, daughter of Thomas le Bray.^3,4 Catherine probably died young with no surviving children.⁴

On 17 October 1394 Jeffrey is recorded as about to go into Ireland in the King's service, with Thomas de Percy, steward of the King's household.²

Jeffrey Jocelyn married second Joan ____ about 1400.⁴

When Jeffrey's older brother Thomas Jocelyn died about 1410 with no surviving sons, Jeffrey inherited his estates.⁵

Jeffrey Jocelyn resided at Hyde (or Hide) Hall, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.²

Jeffrey made a will on 7 January 1425.⁵ By this will, which is now missing, he left Hyde Hall to his son and heir Thomas, subject to the dower of his wife Joan.²

Jeffrey Jocelyn probably died on 20 February 1425.⁵

Jeffrey Jocelyn was buried in the church at Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire. The inscription on a memorial brass in the church, as transcribed in 1631, reads Hic iacent Galfredus Ioslyne & Katherine, ac Joanna vxor eius, qui obiit ii January M cccc lxx.⁶ The translation is Here lie Geoffrey Joslyne and Katherine, and his wife Joanna, who died 2 January 1470. The year 1470 given for Geoffrey's death can not have been correctly transcribed, and the inscription of this year is no longer legible on the brass.⁴ The assumption made by Elizabeth French in the research she published in 1917, that the inscription refers to Jeffrey's son Jeffrey Josselyn, is considered by Richard Joscelyne to be unlikely.⁴