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Reynold de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
- Preferred Name: Reynold de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
- Gender: M
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Lord Cobham
- Death: 5 OCT 1361 in Sterborough, Lingfield, Surrey, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.1667 LONG: E0.0167 with note: died of the plague
- Occupation: Admiral of the West Fleet
- FSID: KZJT-X4J
- Birth: 1300 in Sterborough Castle, Surrey, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.1667 LONG: E0.0167
- Burial: 1361 in Lingfield, Tandridge District, Surrey, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.167 LONG: E0.0084
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
ABOVE PHOTO: Current-day view of Sterborough Castle, Surrey, England, birthplace of Reynold.
Our royal, titled noble and commoner ancestors
Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #27504, b. 1300, d. 5 October 1361
Father Sir Reginald Cobham3,6
Mother Joan d' Evere3,6
Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet was born in 1300 at of Sterborough in Lingfield, Surrey, England.6 He married Joane de Berkeley, daughter of Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Marshal of the English Army in France and Margaret de Mortimer, between 1339 and 1342; They had 1 son (Sir Reynold. 2nd Lord Cobham) and 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir Henry de Grey).9,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet died on 5 October 1361 at of Sterborough, Lingfield, Surrey, England; Died of the Plague. Buried at Lingfield, Surrey.3,6
Family
Joane de Berkeley b. c 1329, d. 2 Oct 1369
Children
Sir Reynold Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham+3,4,6,8 b. c 1348, d. 6 Jul 1403
Joan de Cobham+3,10,6,7 b. c 1350, d. a 1396
=== Baron, ===
Baron,
=== Son of Reginald Cobham and Joan de Vere; ===
Son of Reginald Cobham and Joan de Vere; m. Joane de Berkeley; father of:
1. Joan who m. Henry de Grey
2. Reynold who m.Eleanor Maltravers
[WFT European Origins, Ped 672]
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BARONY OF COBHAM OF STERBOROUGH (I)
REYNOLD DE C0BHAM, Of Sterborough, in Lingfield, Surrey, son and heir of Sir Reynold de Cobham (b), of Orkesden and Eynesford, Kent, by Joan, daughter and heir (or coheir) of William D'EVERE, was born about 1295; was distinguished 1327-60, in nearly all the battles in France and Flanders; Knight Banneret 1339. He formed one of an important embassy to the Pope in August 1343. Admiral of the Fleet for the West, 1344., and again 1348; was (With the Earl of Warwick and Sir John Chandos) one of the three to whom the charge of Prince Edward was committed at Crecy in 1346. He received an annuity of £500 in 1347. Nom. K.G. circa 1353; was Marshal of the Prince's army at Poitiers in 13 56, where he conducted the French King, John, to the English quarters. He was also employed in Embassies to Brabant, &c. He was summoned to a Council, 25 Feb 1341/2, and to Parliament from 13 November 1347 to 20 November 1360, by writs directed Reginaldo de Cobham, whereby he is held to have become LORD COBHAM.
He married, Joan, daughter of Thomas (DE BERKELEY), LORD BERKELEY, by his 1st wife, Margaret, daughter of Roger (DE MORTIMER), EARL OF MARCH. Shc had a portion of £2,000, and the manor of Langley Burrell, Wilts. He died "of the second pestilence," 5 October 1361, and was buried in Lingfield Church. M.I. Will proved at Southwark 7 October 1361. His widow, who had dower assigned 10 February 1361/2, died 2 October 1369. Will, in which she directs to be buried at Southwark if she dies there, dated 13 August 1369, proved 23 May 1370 at the Archbisop's Palace, Orford, in Kent. [Complete Peerage III:353, XIV:196, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(b) This Reynold was brother (of the half-blood) of Sir Henry de Cobham, of Rundale, and of John de Cobham, Baron of the Exchequer, being eldest son of the second marriage (with Joan, daughter of Hugh de Neville) of John de Cobham, of Cobham and Cowling.
=== b 1295 ===
b 1295
=== Name Suffix: Baron Cobham Ancestra ===
Name Suffix: Baron Cobham Ancestral File Number: 9G55-RF
=== !#21-v3-p353,354; !#244-v1-p123,659;; !8 ===
!#21-v3-p353,354; !#244-v1-p123,659;; !878-2-2-342; !See Survey Arch Coll. Vol ii, p115-194;
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== !#21> Complete Peerage-v3-p353*,-v6-p127 ===
!#21> Complete Peerage-v3-p353*,-v6-p127, (FHL 942 D22cok);
=== !#4569-v1-p131; ===
!#4569-v1-p131;
=== One record shows name as Reginald Colham ===
One record shows name as Reginald Colham
=== Name Suffix: [BARON COBHAM]/
Ances ===
Name Suffix: [BARON COBHAM]/
Ancestral File Number: 9G55-RF
Preferred Parents:
Father: Reynold De Cobham, b. ABT 1275 in Orkesden & Eynesford, Kent, England
Family 1: Joane De Berkeley, b. 1325 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom d. 2 OCT 1369 in Southwark, London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- m. 1344 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- Joan de Cobham, b. 1350 in Sterborough Castle, Surrey, England d. 1396 in Sterborough Castle, Surrey, England
Sources:
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Reynold De Cobham -
Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
Note: Source: B7G2 vol. 1 p. 33
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547632
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S8534] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. III, p. 353. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 178. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 522-523. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 149. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 334. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 268. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 274. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 570-571. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 98. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 14.
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p916.htm#i27504;
Note: Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #27504, b. 1300, d. 5 October 1361
Father Sir Reginald Cobham3,6
Mother Joan d' Evere3,6
Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet was born in 1300 at of Sterborough in Lingfield, Surrey, England.6 He married Joane de Berkeley, daughter of Sir Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Lord Berkeley, Marshal of the English Army in France and Margaret de Mortimer, between 1339 and 1342; They had 1 son (Sir Reynold. 2nd Lord Cobham) and 1 daughter (Joan, wife of Sir Henry de Grey).9,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Sir Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham, Admiral of the West Fleet died on 5 October 1361 at of Sterborough, Lingfield, Surrey, England; Died of the Plague. Buried at Lingfield, Surrey.3,6
Family
Joane de Berkeley b. c 1329, d. 2 Oct 1369
Children
Sir Reynold Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham+3,4,6,8 b. c 1348, d. 6 Jul 1403
Joan de Cobham+3,10,6,7 b. c 1350, d. a 1396
- Title: Reginald Cobham, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-Y2PQ : 9 June 2021), 1st Baron Cobham, ; Burial, Lingfield, Tandridge District, Surrey, England, St Peter and St Paul Churchyard; citing record ID 46702005, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKJ-Y2PQ;
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Reynold De Cobham - birth: 1295;
Author: 160010.GED, Not Given
Note: birth: 1295;
Source Media Type: Other
Source Media Type: Other
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222791
- Title: Legacy NFS Source: Reynold De Cobham -
Author: Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222797
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