John DE COBHAM

Male - 1408


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  • Name John DE COBHAM  [1
    • John De Cobham, 3rd Lord Cobham, son and heir of John de Cobham, Knt., 2nd Lord Cobham, of Cobham, Kent, by Joan, daughter of John Beauchamp, Knt., Baron of Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset by his wife Joan (said to be Chendit). he was married, when a minor, and apparently very young. He was summoned to Parliament from 20 Sep 1355 by writ directed 'Johanni de Cobeham', later with the addition of 'de Kent'. He founded the chantry of Cobham in 1362. he served in various French expeditions, 1359 to 1376, being made a Banneret in 1370. In 1388 he was one of the Lords Appellant who impeached de la Pole, de Veer, and others, the King's favourites. He was impeached at Shrewsbury in January 1397/8, and condemned to be hanged, but pardoned on condition of banishment to Jersey, when he returned within two years at the accession of King Henry IV. Margaret Courtenay died on 2 Aug. 1385, and was buried at Cobham. John De Cobham, Lord Cobham, died at an advanced age (seventy-four years after his marriage) on 10 Jan 1407/8 and was buried at the Grey Friars', London. [1]
    Gender Male 
    Death 10 Jan 1407/8  [1
    Person ID I89921  Main Tree
    Last Modified 16 May 2018 

    Family Margaret DE COURTENAY   d. 2 Aug 1385 
    Marriage 1332-1333  [1
    Children 
    +1. Joan COBHAM   d. Abt 1388  [Birth]
    Family ID F37354  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).