Matilda (cook)

✓ Matilda, widow of Richard de Coudrey and da. and co-heir of Geoffrey the cook of Lea and Newton, master cook in fee of the abbey of St Werburgh; wife of Reginald de Pulle. Source: Ormerod, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester (1819), vol. II, p.235 'Poole of Poole' (from Harl. MS 1535, the Visitation of 1613 and the inquisitions) (chart pedigree, page image read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]