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 322 COBHAM. 17 Ric. II, leaving Reginald Cobham, his s. and h., who d. (1405-06) 7 Hon. IV, leaving Thomas Cobham, his 3rd but 1st surv. s. and h., who was of Ruudalo at that date. COBHAM (of Storborough). Barony by J, Reginald de Cobham, of Sterborougli,( a ) in Ling- writ- field, co. Surrey, s. and h. of Sir Keginald( b ) C, of Orkesdon and I 134'' Eynesford, Kent, by Jrane, da. and h. (or coheir) of William DE ' Eveiie, was 6. about 1295 ; was distinguished (1327-60) in nearly all the battles in France and Flanders ; was (with the Earl of Warwick and Sir Johu Chandos) one of the three to whom the charge of the Black Prince was committed at Cressy (1346) ; was Marshal of that Prince's army at Poitiers (1356), where he conducted the French King, Johu, to the English teut, &c. He was also employed in embassies to Biabant, to the Pope, &c. Knight Banneret, 1339. He was sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD COBHAM) by writs from 15 Feb. (1341/2) 16 Ed. Ill to 20 Not. (1360) 31 Ed. Ill ; was Admiral of the Fleet, 1344, and received an annuity of £500 in 1347. He was, in or shortly after 1352, el. K.G., being the 4th Knight elected since the institution of that order. He m. Joan, da. of Thomas (Berkeley), Loud de Berkelet, by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of Roger (Mortimer), Earl oe March. She had a portion of £2,900 and the manor of Lnngley Burrell, Wilts. He d. "of the second pestilence," 5 Oct 1361, and was bur. in Liugfield Church. Monument there. Will pr. at Southwark 7 Oct. 1361. His widow d. 2 Oct. 1369. Will, in which she directs to be bur. at Southwark( c ) if she dies there, dat. 13 Aug. 1369, pr. 23 May 1370 at Orford, in Kent. II. 1361. 2. Reginald (de Cohiiam), Lord Cobham, only s. and h., b. 1348, being aged 13 at his father's death, and who, like, him, dis- tinguished himself in the wars of Qascony and Franca. From 8 Jan, (1370/1 ) 14 Ed. Ill to 6 Oct (1372) 46 Ed. Ill he was sum. to Pari, as a Baron. He m. firstly Elizabeth, widow of John, Lord Ferrers de Chartley (who d. 2 April 1367) formerly wife uf Fulke, Lord Strange db Blackmeke, da. of Ralph (Stafford), 1st Earl op Stafford, by Margaret, sua jure Baroness Audlky. She d. 7 Aug. 1376. He m. secondly, about 1330, Eleanor, widow of John (Fitzalan, alms DB Arundel) Lord Arundel (1377 to 1379) and de jure, apparently, sun jure, Baroness Maltravbrs being da. of Johu Maltravbrs. This marriage being within the third degree? 1 ) absolution for it was given by a bull from the Pope, 11 Nov. 1381, and the issue rendered legitimate. He d. 6 July 1403 (a few days before the buttle of Shrewsbury) and was bur. at Lingfield. M.I. Will in which he styles himself " llai/natd de Cobbeham, Sr. de iUresburyh," dat. 8 Sep. 1100, pr. at Canterbury IS July 1403. His widow, who was b. 1345, d. 10 Jan. 1101/5. Will, in which (curiously enough) she styles herself (only) " Alianor Aromlell{ a ) en pur ma viduite," dat. 26 Sep. (1404) 5 Hen. IV and pr. at Maidstone 16 Jan. 1404/5, directing her burial to be at Lewes Priory, where " man trcs honorable seigneur John Arundcll lies i ( a ) See an article by " John Wickham Flower " on this family, with tabular pedigree by " Charles Spencer Perceval," in the " Surrey Arclueological Collections," Vol. ii, pp. 115-194. (b) This Reginald was br. (of the half-blood) of Sir Henry C, of lUmdale, andof John Cobham, Baron of the Exchequer, being eldest son of the second marriage (with Joan, da. of Hugh Nevill) of John de Cobham, of Cobham and Cowling. ( c ; The brass in Lingfield Church, sometimes attributed to her, is supposed to belong to Isabella Cobham (wife of Reginald Cobham of Gatowyck) who died 2 April 1460, ( d ) Tho lady's grandfather, Lord Maltravers, had m. Ela, sister to Thomas, Lord Berkeley, the maternal grandfather of Lord Cobham. (°) Of her identity there can be no doubt ; (inter alia) her will mentions " my da. de Rous" and "my da. Margaret Curteys," of which one was the da. of Lord Arundel and the other of Lord Cobham. See the spec. lies, for marriage 9 April 1394 and 17 April 1403. See Mr. Flower's article as in note "a."