| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
Reginald Cobham and his decendants, ancestors of the Barons Cobham, are buried in Lingfield Church, in the village of Lingfield Surrey. The comon ancestor of the Surrey and Kent branches of this great family was John de Cobham, Justice Itinerant, of Cobham and Cowling, (Cooling, on the Hoo peninsula), Sheriff of Kent and one of two brothers during the reign of King Henry III of England.
Reginald de Cobham, the 1st Baron Cobham KG (title also claimed by Henry Cobham), was born about 1295 the son of sir Reginald de Cobham by Joan, the daughter and heir of William de Evere. This Reginald was the second son of John de Cobham, by his first wife Joan the daughter of William Fitzbenedict. Reginald 1st Baron Cobham married Joan Berkeley, by whom he could claim to be related to the great and noble families of Sutton: Dudley, Beauchamp, De Despencer and Mortimer. The Cobham family, however, were well conected to the ruling families of EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England in their own right.
Ref: Notices of the family of Cobham by JW Flower (wherein it is clearly explained how the Cobham family has been incorectly interpreted by Dugdale.
| Preceded by: Peter II of SavoyPeter II of Savoy ( 1203 1268) was Count of Savoy from 1263 until his death, and built the Savoy Palace in London. Peter was the uncle of Queen Eleanor of Provence; queen-consort of Henry III of England, and traveled first with her to London. There Peter | Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports 1255–1258 | Succeeded by: Sir Roger NorthwodeSir Roger de Northwode (~1230 November 9, 1286) held the posts of Warden of the Cinque Ports and Baron of the Exchequer. Sir Roger de Northwode, 2nd Baron Northwode, was a son of Sir John de Northwode by Agnes de Grandison, the daughter of William de Gran |