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 COBHAM 351 and to whose children by him the Pari., in 1647, voted ^,4,000, ?«. the Hon. Edward Russell (s. of Francis, 4th Earl of Bedford), who d. 21 Sep., and was bur. 19 Oct. 1665, at Chenles, Bucks. She was bur. there 12 July 1694. COBHAM (of Rundale) BARONY BY i. Stephen de Cobham, of Rundale and Alington, WRIT. Kent, 2nd, hut ist surv.^) s. and h. of Sir Henry de C.jC') of Rundale, Kent {d. about 13 16), Warden of I. 1326. the Cinque Ports, by Joan {b. in or before 1269, d. 1 3 14/5), one of the 2 daughters and coheirs of Stephen whose husband, Col. Matthew Tomlinson, was one of Cromwell's " House of Lords," and indeed one of the Regicides. See vol. iv. Appendix G, no. 56. The representation therefore of the Barony of Cobham, after 1703, devolved on the issue of Dame Hill Boothby, the 2nd da., alone. Her representatives, "in 1837 were Robert Thorp, M.D., Disney Alexander, M.D., Mrs. Lucy Cockerell, and Miss Harriet Lund." {Courthope). G.E.C. The Barony was claimed in 191 2 (with the baronies of Strathbogie and Burgh) by Col. Alexander Henry Leith, of Freefield and Glenkindie, senior coheir of the said Robert (Disney) Thorpe, by Dr. Reginald Gervase Alexander, of Bradford and Halifax, as heir of Disney Alexander, and by Cuthbert Matthias Kenworthy, of London, as representative of the Lund coheirship. The Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords reported 1. That the Barony of Cobham is an ancient Barony in fee. 2. That Henry de Cobham who was summoned to Parliament by a writ dated the 8th January 6 Edward II (13 13) was entitled to a Barony by Writ descendible to the heirs general of his body. 3. That Henry Brooke loth Lord Cobham and his brother and heir George Brooke were attainted of high treason in or about the year 1603. 4. That but for the said attainders Sir William Brooke Knight the son and heir of the said George Brooke would have been the sole heir to the Barony of Cobham. 5. That if the said Barony of Cobham had descended to the said Sir William Brooke it would upon his death in or before the year 1643 have fallen into abeyance among his four daughters and coheirs [as given above]. 6. That the issue of all the said daughters except Hill has long since failed. 7. That the co-heirs of the said Henry de Cobham first Lord Cobham aforesaid and the said Hill are the following persons — (i) The Petitioner Alexander Henry Leith who but for the said attainders would be a co-heir of the said Barony of Cobham; (ii) John Francis Byde Russel who has presented no petition and makes no claim; (iii) The Petitioner Reginald Gervase Alexander; (iv) The Petitioner Cuthbert Matthias Kenworthy; 8. That the said Barony of Cobham would if the effect of the said attainders be removed be in abeyance and at His Majesty's disposal. V.G. (^) His elder br., John C, d. v. p. and s.p. about 13 14. V.G. ('') This Henry was yr. br. of John de Cobham, of Cobham and Cowling, Kent, one of the Barons of the Exchequer, who was father of Henry [Lord] Cobham, sum. to Pari, in 131 3.