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 352 COBHAM Penchester, was knighted (with Prince Edward) in 1306. M.P. for Kent, 1324. Having, on the death of his mother in 1324, shortly before 17 Nov., inherited her lands, he was sum. to Pari, from 3 Dec. (1326) 20 Edw. II to (posthumously) 20 Jan. (1333/4) 7 Edw. Ill, by writs directed Stephana de Cobham, whereby he is held to have become LORD COBHAM. (") He m., istly, before 1309, Isabel, who probably d. s.p. He w., 2ndly, Avice. He <3'. late in 1332. Writ for /wj^./i. w. 20 Jan. (1332/3) 6 Edw. III. His widow d. in 1340. II. 1332. 2. John de Coeham, s. and h. by 2nd wife, b. 13 19, was in the French expedition 1342. He was knighted presumably between 1342 and 1346. Neither he nor any of his descendants were sum. to Pari. He d. 14 Sep. 1362, seized of the Castle of Alington and the manors of Rundale and Hever, Kent. III. 1362. 3. Sir Thomas Cobham, s. and h., aged 19 at his father's death, was b. 1343. M.P. for Kent 1376, 1382, 1384, and 1390. He w., istly, Maud, da. and probably h. of Thomas MoRicE, a wealthy pleader in the King's Bench. She d. between 1380 and 1389. M.I. at Cobham. He m., 2ndly, Beatrice, who was living as his widow in 1395. He d. 1393-94, and was bur. at Birling. IV. 1394. 4. Sir Reynold Cobham, s. and h. by ist wife. He m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Arnold Savage, of Bobbing, Speaker of the House of Commons, by Joan, da. of William Echyngham. He d. 31 Oct. 1405. Will dat. 11 Oct. 1405, pr. 7 Jan. 1405/6. (*") His widow d. 1 45 1. V. 1405. 5. Sir Thomas Cobham, 3rd but ist surv. s. and h., b. 1397, and of Rundale at that date. He d. s.p.m., before 1429, leaving an only da., Elizabeth, (°) among whose descendants, if such there be, any Barony which may be supposed to have been created by the writ of 1326, is in abeyance. (") As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. C') Lambeth Wills. V.G. (') She complains, in an undated Chancery Bill, that she has been kept for more than 24 years out of her father's lands. V.G.