30421138.
Lord John de Cobham & 30421139. Joan de Beauchamp
~1285, John
born in Kent, England, heir & s/o 60842276.
Lord Henry de Cobham.
~1295, Joan
born in England, d/o 60841988. Lord John
de Beauchamp & 60841989. Joan ?.
3/1300,
John’s grandfather of the same name died.
6/24/1306,
Creditor: … of Sir John de Cobham. Amount: 120m. (S) UKNA.
7/7/1307,
Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
1312-3,
John, Knight of the Shire for Kent.
[––John
& Joan––]
1313, John
married to Joan; her father giving her a marriage portion of £400. (S)
Proceedings, Somerset, V44, 1898, P110.
1320, John
appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover castle.
1323, … 11 acres of land in 'Boyteghe' field in Bekesbourne
parish, in the holding ('tenura') of 'Dominus' John of Cobham ('Cobeham'). (S)
UKNA.
2/20/1325, Edward
II to John de Cobham and Ralph Savage: the selection of archers. (S) UKNA.
Bef. 1326,
John of Cobham in Kent, knighted.
8/15/1326,
Appointment of Maurice de Brune, Robert de Echyngham, John de Cobham and … to
survey the ships of over 50 tons in the towns and ports of … and to see that
they join Nicholas Keriel, admiral of the Western fleet at Portsmouth, … (S)
CPRs.
2/1/1327 at
Westminster, Edward III, age 14, crowned king of England.
10/16/1331,
Licence for John de Cobham to enfeoff Master John de Fodringhey of the manor of
Bekisbourne, … and for him to re-grant the same to the said John and Joan his
wife, for their lives, … Kent. (S) CPRs.
1334-5,
Henry and son John appointed jointly as Constable of the city and castle of
Rochester for their lives.
6/15/1336,
To John de Cobham and Thomas de Brokhull, collectors in co. Kent of the 10th
and 15th, … (S) CCRs.
6/13/1339,
John de Cobeham, knight, acknowledges that he owes to Thomas de Ho, knight, and
to Philip le Despenser, 500 marks; to be levied … in co. Kent. (S) CCRs.
[Philip and Thomas owed John 300 marks in Hertford.]
8/1339, John
attended the funeral of his father in Somerset.
10/28/1339,
Commission of oyer and terminer to William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, John
de Cobham, William Trussel and William Scot, … (S) CPRs.
1341,
Settlement: Sir Hugh de Courteney, Earl of Devonshire and Sir John de Cobham:
manors of Benknolle, Chisebury and Henton. (S) UKNA.
9/12/1342,
John summoned to a council with the king prior to his departure to Brittany.
1343, John
ordered to service in France with men-at-arms and archers.
8/28/1343,
Commission of oyer and terminer to William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, John
de Cobham, William de Shareshull, … (S) CPRs.
2/7/1344,Commission
… touching the persons who take from the realm good sterling money … William de
Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, John de Cobham, … } Kent.
1344, Joan
died in Kent. John Sheppy, bishop of Rochester, extolled Lady Cobham’s piety
and enumerated her vitrues in a sermon composed [but never preached] at her
funeral. (S) Art, Identity and Devotion, Smith, 2003, P1.
[––John––]
John married
2nd Agnes Stone, d/o Richard of Dartford, Kent.
8/28/1345,
Commission of oyer and terminer to William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon,
William Trussel of Flore, John de Cobham, … (S) CPRs.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of
10000 in Normandy.
1346, John Cobham
and his associates, keepers of the coast in Kent … Request to be released from
service as keepers of the coast, the petitioners having remained in service for
14 weeks from the time they received their commission; the people arrayed for
defence are simple and of little value; news has reached the commissioners that
the king has arrived safely in Normandy.
10/17/1346, Battle of Nevill’s Cross. Just west of
Durham, the battle ended with the rout of the Scots and the capture of King
David II of Scotland.
1347, John
received mandates about Scottish prisoners being held at Rochester.
1348, The
Black Death entered the west countryside of England.
8/27/1348,
Commission to John de Cobham, Roger Husee, … that none should infringe the
statute of Northampton, came in large number to Athewalden, co. Kent, and there
broke the close of Reginald de Cobham, … (S) CPRs.
11/24/1350,
John 1st summoned to parliament for Kent.
2/25/1351,
Licence for the alienation in mortmain by John de Cobham to the prior and
Carmelite Friars of Huche … land in Hyche … for the enlargement of their
dwelling place. (S) CPRs.
5/2/1351, Grant
to William de Clynton, earl of Huntingdon, of the keeping of the king's castle
and town of Rochester for life, after the death of John de Cobham, who now has
the keeping for life of the kings grant by letters patent. (S) CFRs.
5/20/1252 at
Cobham, John de Cobham to John de Thoresby, bishop of Worcester, chancellor:
request for the discharge of a man who has done his military service in coastal
defence. (S) UKNA.
2/25/1355,
John, knt. and 2nd Lord Cobham, died; buried in the church of
Cobham.
(S)
Archaeologia Cantiana, Kent Arch. Soc., 1877, P63. (S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P902.
Family
notes:
·
Agnes remarried to Roger de Grandison [his 5th].
(S) Archaeologia Cantiana, V19, 1892, P199.
Children
of John and Joan:
i. Joan de Cobham (7605284), born ~1320 in England.
