Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (of Sterborough) KG (also Reynold de Cobham , * around 1295 - † October 5, 1361 ) was an English nobleman and military man.
Life
He was a son of Sir Reginald de Cobham, landlord of Eynesford and Orkesden in Kent , and his wife Joan d'Evere.
He first appeared on June 9, 1328, when he was commissioned by King Edward III. was sent on a diplomatic mission to the Duke of Brabant . At this point he had already been beaten to a Knight Bachelor degree .
From 1334 he served as a knight in the household of King Edward III. and he took part in campaigns in Scotland, France and Flanders. In 1339 he was beaten to the Knight Banneret .
On October 18, 1341 Cobham received from Edward III. permission to fortify his mansion in Lingfield , Surrey (English: “License to Crenellate”). The following year he had the house expanded to become Sterborough Castle .
In 1346 he took under Edward III. participated in the Battle of Crécy and the Siege of Calais . On November 13, 1347 Edward III appointed him. through Writ of Summons in Parliament and raised him to hereditary Baron Cobham .
From around 1344 he also held the office of Admiral of the Fleet in the West and as such took part in the victorious naval battle of Winchelsea in 1350 . In 1352 the king accepted him as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter and in the same year appointed him Captain of Calais , an office that he would hold until the end of his life.
From 1355 he served as Marshal of the Black Prince in Aquitaine and fought in the victorious Battle of Poitiers in 1356 . The French chronicler Jean Froissart famously killed the French standard-bearer Geoffroy de Charny in battle.
He was married to Joan de Berkeley († 1369), daughter of Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley and Margaret Mortimer . He had two children with her:
- Joan de Cobham ⚭ Sir Henry de Gray;
- Reginald de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (1348-1403).
He died on October 5, 1361 of a rampant plague , perhaps the plague , and was buried in Lingfield Church, where his sarcophagus has been preserved to this day.
Literature and web links
- George Edward Cokayne , Vicary Gibbs (Eds.): The Complete Peerage. Volume 3, Alan Sutton Publishing, Gloucester 2000, pp. 353-354.
- Cobham, Reynold, first Lord Cobham of Sterborough. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004, ( doi.org ).
- MCB Dawes: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 158. In: Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem. Volume 11, London 1935, pp. 40-66, ( British History Online ).
- Nigel Saul: Reginald, Lord Cobham of Sterborough in Lingfield (Surrey), d. 1361. In: The Soldier in later Medieval England. An exciting AHRC research project. 2012.
- Reynold de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham (of Sterborough) on thepeerage.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Calendar of Patent Rolls. AD 1327-1330. HMSO, London 1891, p. 300 ( babel.hathitrust.org ).
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 2.
- ↑ Thomas Johnes (Ed.): Sir Jean Froissart's Chronicles of England, Spain, France etc. Henry G. Bohn, London 1857, Volume I, p. 223, ( archive.org ).
| predecessor | title | successor |
|---|---|---|
| New title created |
Baron Cobham 1347-1361 |
Reginald de Cobham |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cobham, Reginald de, 1st Baron Cobham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cobham of Sterborough, Reginald de, 1st Baron; Cobham, Reynold de, 1st Baron Cobham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and military |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1295 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1361 |