John (Cobham) de Cobham (abt. 1215 - 1252)

Born about 1215 in Cobham, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Neville) de Neville — married about 1232 in England

Descendants

Died 1252 at about age 37 in Cobham, Kent, England

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Biography

John Cobham was a member of the aristocracy in England.

John "the elder" de Cobham (abt. 36 Hen III / c. 1252/3),^[1] is the son of Henry de Cobham (d. 1225/6).^[2]

Marriage

m.1 Joan (Maud) FitzBenedict, dau. of Warrine (William) FitzBenedict.^[3]

• John "the younger" (b. c. 1229 - d. 1300) -- (in his minority when father died; ward of his uncle Reginald).^[1][4]

• Henry.^[1]

m.2 Joan Neville (living 1275), dau. of Hugh de Neville and widow of John de la Lynde of Bolbroke, Suffolk. Issue:^[3]

• Sir Reginald.^[1]
• James.^[1]
• William (d. abt. 1321).^[5]

Property

• 1241: purchased Cowling manor, co. Kent.^[1][2]
• 1241: purchased Westchalke manor, co. Kent.^[1][2]

Occupation

• 21 Hen III (c. 1236/7): Keeper of Rochester castle.^[2]
• 26 Hen III (c. 1241/2): Sheriff of Kent.^[2][6]
• 1244-6: justice itinerant.^[1][2]
• 1244-51: justice of the common pleas.^[2][7]

Timeline

• Aft. 2/22/1230, succeeded his father; (S) FRsHIII..^[8]
• 11/28/1236, Mandate to B. de Crioyl to deliver the castle of Rochester to John de Cobbeham. (S) CPRs.
• 6/19/1237, Exemption from being put on assizes, juries or recognitions, so long as he be constable of Rochester, (S) CPRs.
• married 2nd Joan, d/o Hugh de Neville. [3 sons – Reginald ancestor of the Cobhams of Sterborough castle, Surrey.]
• Henry de Cobham, born 1240.^{[citation needed]}
• 11/4/1241, Mandate to deliver Rochester castle to Peter de Sabaudia. (S) CPRs.
• 3/28/1242, Exemption for life, from being made justice of assizes, from being distrained to make any view of land, and from being put upon assizes, juries or recognitions. (S) CPRs.
• 4/1244, J.C.P. (S) Judicial Chronicle, Gibbs, 1834, P1.
• 1245, Fine: Between Henry de Bathonia, Roger de Tharkelby, Robert de Nottingham, Allan de Nevill, Gilbert de Preston and John de Cobham. (S) UKNA.
• 10/20/1246, Eyre of Roger de Thirkelby, Gilbert de Preston, Master Simon de Wauton and John de Cobham. (S) Lancashire Assize Roll, V47, 1904, P-XIV. [Pleas taken at Lancaster.]
• 12/1/1246, justice of the king of England; recognition of perambulation between kingdoms of England and Scotland.
• 1/22/1247, agreement before judges including Sir John de Cobham: between Roger de Quincy, earl of Winton, and Roger de Somery … park of Bradgate, … (S) Cattle, Sheep and Deer, MacDonald, 1872, P565.
• 1248, Assise of Mortdancestor, in which Sir John de Cobham is plaintiff and Sir John de Waltham deforciant. (S) Archaeologia Cantiana, V2, 1859, P33.
• 1248, brother Reginald de Cobbeham - itinerant justice in Essex and Surrey.
• 1249, itinerant justice. (S) Judges of England, Foss, 1848, P300; Reginald de Cobbeham appointed sheriff of Kent, which he held the rest of his life.
• 5/16/1250, Licence for abbot and convent of St. Jean d’Angley to let to farm their manors of Modengeham and Wolewich to John de Cobeham. (S) CPRs.
• 10/21/1251, Appointment of … and John de Cobbeham as justices in eyre for common pleas … (S) CPRs.
• c. 1252/3: Died.
• 12/14/1257, Reginald died. (S) Judges of England, Foss, 1848, P301.
• 10/13/1283, Roger Bigod, earl of Norfolk and marshal of England, granted to Otto de Granson, … Witnesses: John de Vescy, Reginald de Grey, Robert de Tibetot, …, John de Cobham, Henry de Cobham, his brother, … (S) The Bigod Earls of Norfolk, Morris, 2005, P223.
• 1316, Henry, of Roundall, age, 76, died at Stokle-sub-Hamdon while visiting John de Beauchamp. (S) Proceedings, Somerset, V44, 1898, P110.

Sources

Bibliography

• Bond0007, (2013 February 09). "243369104. John de Cobham & 243369105.' Maud Fitz Benedict. Many Mini Biographies. Blogspot. Weblog.[3]

• Flower, J.W. (1864) "Notices of the family of Cobham of Sterborough castle, Lingfield, Surrey." Surrey Archaeological Collections, 2, pp. 118. Google Books.[4]

• May, T. (1967). “The Cobham Family in the Administration of England, 1200– 1400.” Archaelogica Cantiana 82, pp. 3. PDF. Pedigree.

• Waller, J.G. (1877). The lords of Cobham, their monuments and the church. Archaeologia Cantiana, II. kentarchaeology.org.uk. PDF.[5]

Citations and Notes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7} Flower, 1864
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Waller, 1877, p. 53.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Flower (1864), states that he could not find a record to verify either of the alleged marriages of John Cobham to FitzBenedict's dau. or Joan, dau. of Hugh Neville. But he estimates that the first two sons belong to the first wife and the last three to the second, (p. 118).[1]
   Waller (1877), calls John's first wife "Maud, dau. of Warine FitzBenedict." He also states that Joan (living 1275), dau. of Hugh Neville and widow of John de la Lynde of Bolbroke, Suffolk, came from a Hertfordshire family, (p. 53).
4. ↑ Waller, 1877, p. 54-5
5. ↑ bros. Reginald's son (Reginald II, Lord Cobham, b. abt. 1295), was William's heir. Reginald II's birth date was taken during William's post-mortem inquisition in 14 Ed. II / c. 1321, (Flower, 1864, p. 119)[2].
6. ↑ "1242: undersheriff of Kent to Bertram de Cryall," (Bond0007, 2013).
7. ↑ 1243: justice of the common pleas of England. (S) History of England, V4, Pt2, 1747, P254, (Bond0007, 2013).
8. ↑ timeline, (Bond0007, 2013)

See Also...

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• Geneajourney.com
• Surrey Archaeological Collections (Surrey Archaeological Society, 1864) Vol. 2, Page 118