Person:John de Cobham (4)

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John Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham (c. 1316–January 1408), lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was the son of John Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham, and Joan Beauchamp, daughter of John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp of Somerset. He was given a licence to crenellate by Richard II in 1381 and built Cooling Castle at the family seat at Cowling or Cooling, Kent.

Around 1332, Sir John married Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon. She died on 2 August 1385 or 95. In 1398 Sir John was exiled to Guernsey. Henry IV restored the estate and Sir John died at Cooling, 1408. He was buried at Greyfriars, London, though his brass is near his wife in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham.

According to a lengthy article by Mr. J. G. Waller entitled "The Lords of Cobham, their Monuments and the Church," published in Volume 11 (1877) of Archaeologia Cantiana, the bulletin of the Kent Archaeological Society, at the time of his death Lord John Cobham was approximately 92 years old.

1. ↑ John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59)
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3.   John Cobham, 3rd Lord Cobham (of Kent), in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
4.   One of the Surveyors of the will of his mother-in-law--Vp106
5.   (1327)-10 Jan 1408; very young in 1332; "md" 1332 Margaret Courtney (1331)-1385, 1st d. of Hugh by Margaret Bohun
6. ↑ The "Complete Peerage" claims that only "his brass" is at Cobham, and that he actually died in London and was buried there.