r.chreologia nntiana
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN THE ADMINISTRATION
OF ENGLAND, 1200-1400
By :MRs. TERESA MAY
IN the government of medieval England landed families throughout
the country played a vital and necessary part. At the centre the king
had a staff of professional administrators, but an increase of trained
officials in the Crown's pay to cover the whole of the country was, as
yet, unthought of. Both when the central government wanted to pursue
a particular national policy and when it dealt with the day-to-day
administration of the shires, it relied not on a professional cadre of
civil servants but upon capable amateurs who were willing to leave their
own affairs and attend to whatever had to be done.
For the administrative work of the shires the cro,vn used
ecclesiastics, magnates and lawyers; magnates because the barons
were the king's natural advisers, lawyers because they knew the law
and had had a chance to prove themselves capable in the law-courts.
For less important work, such as collecting taxes or arraying shire
levies, where the commissioners would follo,v explicit directions from
the central government, prominent local gentry were also used. The
Cobhams, therefore, being both lawyers and local gentry, and later,
barons, were eminently suited for the work of local government. They
formed a valuable link between the central government and the
shires; as lawyers practising in the capital yet having extensive
possessions in the country, as local gentry attending parliament as
knights of the shire or barons or sergeants-at-law.
It seems that the rise of the family was due to their training in
law. The first Henry Cobham and his sons, John, Reginald and William
all acted as justices itinerant, though Henry's first recorded office
was the comparatively humble one of sergeant to the sheriff of Kent ( 1).
They must have shown their abilities in the law-courts, and the government
evidently thought they would prove equally capable in other
fields.
From this time, when three Cobham brothers were in the king's
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THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
service, the family's reputation was high and its members employed
in a great variety of tasks. There was hardly any 'specialization' in
medieval government, and the same person was expected to do equally
well as a warden of a port, a justice in a court of law, a. knight leading
his contingent in battle or an ambassador treading the slippery paths
of diplomacy. It would be tedious to enumerate every work which the
Cobhams performed; there is, therefore, a summary of their commissions
in the tables at the end of this paper.
The summary, although imperfect, does indicate the nature of
the work performed by local gentry during the thirteenth and fourteenth
centuries. The offices they were called upon to fulfil most
frequently were: keepers of castles, cities, manors and tempora.lities;
justices itinerant, on circuit or for special cases; sheriffs; commissioners
of array; conservators of the peace; assessors and collectors of
taxes a.nd commissioners on every kind of commission. What did
these offices involve, what were their duties, their rewards, their
difficulties1
The most onerous office was undoubtedly that of sheriff, and it
was unusual for it to be held as Reginald Cobham held it, for nine years,
two or three years was the norm. It declined in importance during this
period; perhaps this is why no Cobham held it after 1261.
The volume of the sheriff's work makes only a rough outline of
it possible. Generally he was responsible for maintaining law and order
in his shire. Thus he held county and hundred courts, arrested and
imprisoned offenders, was responsible for the execution and return
of writs from the central government and the empanelling of juries,
aided other officials and official bodies, such as justices itinerant and
commissioners of the peace, collected a large part of the king's revenues
and debts and disbursed the funds in hand according to directions.
For the day-to-day execution of business the sheriff had a staff, but
close supervision was only wise since the sheriff was held personally
responsible for all that was done. W. A. Morris in his article on the
sheriff in English Government at work, 1327-36 (ii, p. 125) has computed
that a minimun.. of 90 full days per year were necessary to fulfil
those parts of the sheriff's work which could not be delegated. The
office carried no salary-'whenever the sheriff farms the county the
old presumption is that he finds his own reward (2).
The patent rolls give us a few glimpses of the Cobham.a acting as
sheriffs. John Cobham 'the younger' presents a dignified picture as
sheriff of Kent receiving fealty of knights, freemen and others on
behalf of the king (3) and the vital role of the sheriff is well illustrated
by_ te order i:° John Cobham 'the elder' to arrest all ships of a certain
B1Ze m the Cinque Ports and take security from them that they be
ready to go on the king's service (4). Collecting supplies for the Royal
2
William m. [?Hawisa]
d. 1265
Serio Cobham
Henry de Cobham
(d.p, 1230)
John 'the elder'
lord of Cobham
Maria m. Philip
de Hoyville
Alice m. Thomas
de Marines
Joanna m. Roger
de Hegham
Maud (l) m. d.c. 1251
Fitzbenedict
I mf>) [ I
Joan •m. Henry Cobham
Penesberst I of Randall
___________________ ......,_d.c. 1316
Stphen 1•the elder' . Thomas of Stephen 't,he ,John
John 'the younger
lord of Cobham
(I) m. d. 1300 m. (2)
William
d. 1320
lorcl Cobham of Randall Hollingbourne younger' d.s.p.
d. 1332 11nrl ('hafford d.c. 1344
m. Avice
i
j I
William
John de Cobham
of Blackborough
d. 1335
John Cobham
of Randall
1310-61 Reginald m. Amisia Bolha,·
I
Jol\n Thomas 1Cobham
I
Joan Methania
Septvanns Kirkeby
Roger de Cobham
of Piperslive
d.s.p.
Henry first
baron Cobham
1260-1339
m. (I) Maud Moreville
James
Jarhes
d. 1361
(2) Matilda widow of
Michael Columbers
Joan
:Neville
I
Jamee
d.s.p.
Thomas Bishop
of lVorcestor
d. 1327
Reginald m. Maria
d. 1258 de Valoynes
Joan m.
Michael
Columbers
dau bter m.
William
de Audwick
Ralph d. 1326
m. Marie Roos
I
Reginald m. Joan Eve.re
I
Reginald first baron Cobham
of Sterborough d. 1361
m. Joan Berkeley
. i--1 ------r-------.,
Reginald John Joan
second baron m. Lord
I m.
John 'son of Countess
)farsh111!' d.s.p. 1378
1348-1403 Henry Gro y
( l) Elizabeth
d. of Earl
of Stafford
(2) Eleanor
Maltravers
of Randall
1343-04
m. ( l) l\laud l\Iorice
(2) Ilentrice
William
1Jbel
m. John
Bamfield
Elizlbeth
m. Sir Hugh
Deverell
Phillippa
m. Nicholas
Inkpen m. Margaret James John seconc\ Reginald
I baron parson of
Nicholas Stephen Margaret
d. 1395
Thomas
Cobham
of Beluncle
I
Margaret
m. Reginald
Courtays
I
Reginald
1381-1446
I
Willinm1Cobhnm
of StaplehuNiations: C.-Commissioner.
1300
K. Rooh.11
K's Cof7
K. Dover o. and C.P.-Keeper of Dover castle and the Cinq,ue
Ports.
1297
French
wa.rs6
1302
Sh.7
1308
K.-Keeper.
J .-Justice.
J.g.d.-Justice of gaol delivery.
K. Roob.-Keeper of Rochester.
C.o.t.-Commissioner of oyer a.nd terminer.
K's Co.-Member of the King's Council.
Jimray Cobham 'the elder', of Randall (d. 1316).
1298 1299 1300 1301
1309
a.12
C.a.J.13
1305
tSh.10
J. Forest6 C.o.t.8
Sh.7 Sh.7
So.W.8
1311
Kn. Sh.11
1307
Sh.7
Knight of
the Shirel1
6 Oal. Close Roll8, 1296-1300, 65.
6 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1292-1301, 506.
7 E. Hasted, History of Kent, i, 184, 185.
8 Oal. Olose Rolls, 1296-1300, 381.
9 Oal. Pat, Rolls, 1292-1301, 626.
10 Oal. Pat. Rol'ls, 1301-1307, 452.
11 Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs (1834), ii, pt. 3, 693.
11 Oal. Close Rolls, 1307-13, 106.
1s Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 183.
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THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
HENXY Cobham 'the elder' (continued)
1313 1314 1315 1316
Kn. Sh.u C.14 C.o.t.17 Mil. serv.19
Mil. serv.10 ?J. Forest18
Conser- Kn. Sh.11
vator of
Peace16
K. Canterbury
oastlel6
Sh.10
H Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 152.
16 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 107.
1o Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 243.
17 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1317-21, 406.
18 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 296.
19 Palgrave's, ParliamentariJ Writs (1834), ii, pt. 3, 693.
Abbreviatiorn,: Mil. Serv .-Summoned for milita.ry service.
C.a.1.-0ommissioner to asseBB a.nd levy truces.
Kn. Sh.-Knight of the Shire.
WILLIAM, son of John 'the elder', went to Ireland with Roger Mortimer, on the
King's service in 1316.1
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 620.
HENRY, fust baron Cobham (1260-1339).
1294
Keeper of
Guernsey
and J erseyot
1295 1296 1297 1298
C. defence1 K.G.J.68 K.G.J. Mil. serv.'
K.G.J.62 Mi!. serv.2
1304
K. Rooh.6
1300
Mil. serv.1
1305
K. Rooh.6
Keeper of
Dover oastle
and Cinque
Ports7
J.g.d.s
1306
K. Rooh.6
K.D.c.
& O.P.7
1302
C.o.t.3
C.'
1307
K. Roch.6
K.D.c.
&O.P.7
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1292-1301, 152.
2 Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs (1827), i, pt. 2, 540.
3 Oal. Pat. Roll8, 1301-07, 183.
' Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1301-07, 184.
6 Hatfield MS., 306 f., 56v.
• Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1301-07, 271.
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 90.
8 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1301-07, 361.
0 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 166.
21
1303
c.e
1308
K. Rooh.6
C. wallis
et fossatis9
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
HENBY, first baron (oontinued)
1309 1310 1311 1312
K. Roch6
C.o.t.(2)10
C.(2)11
K. Rooh.6
C,{2)1a
K. Rooh.6 K. Roch.6
C.o.t.(2)16 C.o.t.1°
C.(3)17 K. Templar's J. Aasize 1'
& J.o.t.68
C.a..1.u
1316
Kn. Sh.18 le.nds20
1314
K. Rooh6
K.T.I,U
C.(2)2S
J.g.d.20
Cons. P.21
J.o.t,6s
1319
K. Rooh.6
K.T.I.24
C.'O
Mil. serv.60
K. Rooh.6
K.D.c.&
C.P.IB
c.2•
K.T.l.24
Sh.ao
K. Cant. o. 30
So.W. 68
1320
K, Rooh.6
K.T.l."
Cons. P. 60
1316
K. Rooh.6
c.a.1.:1
K.T.I.2l
Sb.so
C.(2)32
C.o.t.(3)33
Mil . serv.68
1821
K. Roch.6
K.T.l."
J.g.d.u
& J. It.66
C.o.t.41
10 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 117, 238.
11 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 127,248.
1 3 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 313.
14 Oal. Olose Rolls, 1307-13, 281.
u Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 230.
10 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 364, 424.
17 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 329, 366.
1s E. Hasted, History of Kent, i, 236.
1° Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 474.
20 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 497.
21 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1307-13, 473, 546.
22 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 67.
:a Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 7.
24 Cal. Close Rolls, 1323-1327, 117.
C.(2)21
1317
K. Roch.6
K.T.l.14
c.s.
J.g.d.a6
K. see of
Worcester 36
Mil. serv. 68
132Z
K. Rooh.6
K.T.1.llll
J.g.d.(2)42
Mil-serv.69
1313
K. Rooh.6
C.(2)23
K.T.l.23
1318
K. Rooh.6
K.T.1.2''
J.g.d.s1
O.o.t.(3)38
C(2)ao
Cons. P.69
Mil. serv. 68
1323
K. Rooh.6
K.T.l.u
J.g.d.'3
C.(3)44
K. Tonbridge0
C.o.t.(8)'0
Mil. serv.69
26 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 162 and Rolls of Parliament, i, 324.
20 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 226.
27 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1318-17, 122.
28 Oal. Fine Rolls, ii, 231.
20 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 360.
30 Oal. Fine Rolls, ii, 262.
31 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 629.
32 OaZ. Pat. Rolls, 1818-17; 492, 685.
33 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-11, 503.
M Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1317-21, 96.
85 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-11, 683.
ao Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1313-17, 52.
31 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1817-21, 108.
38 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1317-21, 98, 172, 176.
30 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1317-21, 301.
•0 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1317-21, 462.
•1 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 59.
42 Cal. Pat. Bolls, 1321-24, 149, 157.
43 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 309.
« Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 369, 375, 383.
46 Oai. Olose Rolls, 1323-27, 9.
46 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 269, 310, 313, 317, 318, 371, 326, 386.
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THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
HENRY, :first baron (continued)
1824 1825 1826 .1827
K. Roch.6
K.T.l.24
K. Roch;•
K. Tonb.47
K. forf. 1. 611
C.63
. K. Roch.6 K. Roch.6
K. Tonb.n
K. Tonb.'7
K. forfeited
lands'8
C(2)49
K. forf. 1.81
K. coast65
C, Arra,yoO
C.o.t.(6)61
Mil. serv.60
C.o.t.63
C.A.6'
1328-39-Keeper of Rochester6
C.A."
0,67
O.o.t,67
'7 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1824-27, 275.
48 Cal. Close Rolls, 1828-27, 86.
'" Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1827-80, 7, 8.
6° Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1827-80, 10.
61 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 444, 449, 452.
Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 67, 72.
63 Cal. Olose Rolls, 1323-27, 402.
63 Cal. Close Rolls, 1323-27, 419.
64 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 216.
65 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 210.
66 Cal. Pat. Roils, 1324-27, 309.
67 Gal. Close Rolls, 1323-27, 476.
68 Palgrave's Parlia.mentariJ Writs (1834), ii, pt. 3, 694.
69 Ibid., 695.
GO Ibid., 696.
61 Cai. Pat. Rolls, 1292-1301, 73.
0 Ibid., 126.
63 Gal. Close Rolls, 1296-1300, 2.
64 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1292-1301, 296.
66 Pa.lgra.ve's Parliamentary Wriu (1834), ii, pt. 3.
Abbreviations: K.T.1.-Keeper of Templa.r's lands.
K. forf. 1.-Keeper of forfeited lands.
Cons. P.-Conserva.tor of the Peace.
K. Tonb.-Keeper of Tonbridge.
· C.A.-Comm.iss1oner of Array.
JOHN Cobham of Blackborough (d. 1335) was summoned for military service
against the Scots in 1324.1
1 Cecil ·spiegelha.lter, 'Surnames of Devon', Reports and Transactions of the
Devonshire Associauon, had, 293.
His son, JAMES Cobham of Blackborough (d. 1361), served on a commission
appointed to levy a.nd collect the wo ol-tax in 13571 and on a commission of a.rra.y
in 1359,:I
1 Gal. Fine Rolls, vii, 44.
Rymer's Foedera (1826), iii, pt. 1, 415.
RA.LPH Cobham (d. 1326) fought at Boroughbridge1 in Scotland in 13232 and in
France in 1325.8 He procured a.n exemption from jury service in 1322.•
1 Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs (1834), ii, 187.
2 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 237.
s Dugdale's Baronage (1676), ii, 69.
' Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1321-24, 63.
23
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
STEPHEN Cobham, lord of Randall (d. 1332).
1313
Kn. Sh.1
1314 1822 1323
Mil. serv.1 ?fought at C.A.1
Borough-
1324 1326
C.A.3 Cons.
P.'
bridge9
1 Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs, ii, pt. 3, 697.
' Ibid., ii, 187.
• Cal. Pat. Rol"l8, 1324-27, 8.
, Oal. Pat. Rolle, 1324-27, 285
STEPHEN Cobham 'the younger' of Randall (d.c. 1344): was knight of the shire
in 1337 and 1338,1 Sheriff of Kent, 1334-36.1
1 Rev. J. Cave-Brown, 'Knights of the Shire for Kent', Archooologia Oantiana,
:icxi, 208, 209.
' Hasted, History of Kent, i, 186; Cal. Close Rolls, 1333-37, 527.
THoMAB Cobham, Bishop of Worcester (d. 1327).
1808
Embaesy1
1306 1309
Emb.' C.(2)8
1310
Emb.'
1817
c.10
1311
Emb.6
c.e
1318
0.10
1322 1823
c.12
1312
Emb.8
C.(2)7
1319
c.10
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1301-07, 206.
2 Ibid., 437.
3 Cal. Pat • .Rolls, 1307-13, 130, 240.
1313
Emb.•
' E. H. Pearce, Tlwma8 de Oobham (1923), 17.
6 oai. Olose Rolls, 1307-13, 36.
0 Gal. Pat. Bolls, 1307-13, 338.
7 Ibid., 437, 544.
8 Treaty Rolls, 1234-1325, 201.
0 Ibid., 204.
10 E. H. Pearce, Thornaa de Oobliam (1923), 230-32.
11 Oal. Pat. Bolls, 1317-21, 554.
12 Oal. Pat • .Rolls, 1321-24, 371.
.Abbreviation: Emb.-Embassy.
24
1321
Emb.ll
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
REGINALD, first baron Cobham of Sterborough (d. 1361).
1328 1337 1338
Emb.1 Emb.1 K. royal
C.3 manors4
1339
Fr. W.6
Emb.6
K. royal
manors'
1340
Emb.1
C.B
K. Leeds
castle•
R. royal
manors•
Fr. w.10
1344 1346
Admiral11
1349
Neg.22
1356
Fr. W.18
1357
Neg.io
1341
C.o.t.u
Emb.12
1346
Fr. W.18
1353
Ca.pt. of
Calaia2°
A bbrwiatiOM: FI. W.-Flemish War.
Neg.-Negotiator.
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1327-30, 300.
2 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1334-38, 421.
3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1334-38, 416.
' Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 79.
Fl. W.31
1342
c.1s
Fr. W.14
1347
Neg.10
Fr. W.10
1354
Captain of
Calaia23
Neg.21
Fr. w.u
1359
Fr.W.25
Froissart's Chronicles, ed. G. C. Ma-0aulay (1908), 63.
6 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1338-40, 888.
1 Rymer's Foede-ra ( 1739), ii, pt. iv, 86.
8 Oal. Olose Rolls, 1339-41, 461.
0 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1338-40, 666.
10 Dugdale's Barronage (1676), ii, 67.
11 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 111.
11 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 280.
13 Oal. Olcse Rolls, 1340-43, 396.
16 Oal. Close Rolls, 1340-43, 670.
19 Rymer's Foedera (1821), ii, pt. ii, 1228.
17 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1343-45, 269.
18 Froissart's Ohronicles, ed. G. C. Macaulay (1908), 93.
19 Rymer's Foedera (1826), iii, pt. i, 136.
2° Froissart's Ohronicles, ed. G. C. Macaulay (1908), 116
11 OaJ,. Pat. Rolls, 1348-50, 162.
21 Rymer's F'oedera (1825), iii, pt. 1, 182, 184, 185.
23 Oal. Olcse Rolls, 1364-68, 32, 46.
16 Black Prince's Register, iv, 338.
26 Holinshead's Chronicles (1808), iv, 307.
20 Rymer's li'oede-ra (1825), iii, pt. 1, 269.
27 Ibid., 276.
lS Ibid., 328.
19 Ibid., 348.
80 Ibid., 486.
31 Froissart's, Chronicles, ed. G. C. Macaulay (1908), 43.
25
1343
Emb.16
1348
Admiralll
1355
1360
Neg.so
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
·JoHN, second baron Cobham (d. 1355).
1314
Mil. serv.u
1825
1330
1326
ea
C.A.'
C. def.6
1881
C.o.t.(2)9
C. Peace1°
C. wallis et
fossa,tiall
1820
K.D.o.
&C.P.1
1827
Kn.Sh.u
1832
C.o.t.u
C. Peace1'
c.a.J.16
c.1e
1828
C.o.t.(2)7
1888
1835 1886 1337 · · 1388
K. Roob.1
c.o.t.(2)19
C.a.1.ao
c.2,
C. Peace"
Admira.117
K. Rooh,1
C.(2)aa
C. a.1."
1 Hatfield MS., 306 f. 41v.
K. Rooh.1
C.o.t.16
c.se
c. to
collect
taxes'7
2 Holinshed's Ohronicle8 (1808), iv, 785.
3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 220.
' Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1324-27, 327.
6 Oal. Pat. Rolle, 1324-27, 310.
1 Oal. Pat. Rolle, 1321-30, 290, 355.
8 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1327-30, 422.
9 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1330-34, 133, 138.
10 Oal. Pat, Rolls, 1830,34, 137.
u Cal. Pat. Rolle, 1330-34, 63.
13 Oal, Pat. Rolls, 1330-34, 353, 387.
14 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1330-34, 287.
16 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1330-34, 356.
16 Oai. Inqwiaitione (Miscellaneous}, ii, S02.
11 Rowli Scotiae, i, 358.
18 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1330-34, 537.
19 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1834-38, 140, 147.
io Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1384-38, 132.
21 Oal. Inqwieitions (Miscellaneous), ii, 354.
21 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1834-38, 208.
23 Oal. Pat. Rolle, 1884-38, 360, 363.
u Oal. Olose Rolla, 1333,37, 588.
16 Oal. Pat. Ilclle, 1384-38, 513.
,e Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1334-38, 504.
17 Oal. Olose Rolle, 1837,89, 27.
18 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1338-40, 139.
ao Oal. Pat. Rolle, 1838-40, 275, 363.
26
K. Roob.1
C.A,and
def.18
1324
C.A.0
1329
Cons. P.1
1384
K. Rooh.1
K. See of
• Canterbury18
1389
K. Rooh.1
O.o.t.{2)"
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADl\UNISTRATION, 1200-1400
JoBN, second baron Cobham (continued)
1340 1341 1342 1343
K. Rooh.1
C.e..1.ao
K. Rooh.1 K. Roch.1 K. Roch.1
O.o.t.(8)31 C.o.t.82 C.o.t.(2)U
C.33
1345 1348 1347
K. Roch.1 K. Roch.1 K. Roch.1
C.o.t.sa
C,39
1350 1351 1352
K. Roch.1 K. Roch.1 K. Roch.1
C. wallis et
fossatis'l
C. Peace42
1355
K. Roch.1
so Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 25.
31 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 314, 364, 365.
32 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 411.
33 Gal. Olose Rolls, 1341-48, 408.
3' Cal. Pat. Rotla, 1343-45, 166, 167.
36 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1343-45, 184, 278.
30 Gal. Pat. Rolla, 1343-45, 262, 282.
37 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1343-45, 395.
38 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1343-45, 583.
30 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1343-45, 584.
,o Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1348-50, 177.
u Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1350-54, 206.
42 Gal. Pat. Rolla, 1350-54, 85.
1348
K. Roch.1
O.o.t.'0
1353
K. Roch.1
'3 Pa.lgre.ve's Parliamentary Writs (1834), ii, 696.
1344
K. Roch.1
C.o.t.(2)36
0.(2)38
C. Peaoe31
1349
K. Roch.1
1354
K. Roch.t
Abbrwiatii:m: C. def.-Commiasion for the defence of the realm.
JoHN Cobham, lord of Randall (1819-62): ?Knight of the Shire for Kent, 1826
1330, 1335--37.1 Fought in French Wa.rs.2
1 Rev. J. Cave-Brown, 'Knights of the Shire for Kent', Archceologia Gantiana
xxi, 206-09.
2 Oal. Close Rolls, 1341-43, 683.
?TB:0111As Cobham of Belunole: On commission to a.ssess the ninth on movables
1340, 1841,1
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1338-40, 499.
Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1340-43, 151.
Joim Cobham, 'son of the Countess Marshall' (c. 1327-78): Fought in the Freno!
Wars, 1869-60.1 On commission concerning a breach in the bank of the Thames
1860,:1
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1358-60, 386.
2 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1358-60, 484.
27
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
Jomr, third baron Cobham (d. 1408).
1356
C.o.t.(3)1
1359 1360
1362
1367
Fr. w.13
Emb.16
C.A.10
C.11
1372
C. def.00
1363
0.(2)6
1368
0. peace18
C.w.f.10
C.o.t.io
1373
1364
C.(2)7
C. peace8
1369
C. def.21
O.w.f.n
c.is
1374
0. peace2°
o.ao
1 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1354-58, 386, 455, 456.
3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1358-61, 484.
' Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1361-64, 68.
6 Oal. Close Rolls, 1360-64, 150.
c.s
1365
C. peace
& o.t.9
C.w.f.10
0.11
1370
C.A.U
0.(2)25
C. peace2•
1375
0. peace
& o.t.a1
C.w.f.81
Neg,oa
1361
C. peace'
C,5
1366
C. peace
& o.t.12
Fr. w.ia
C.ts
1371
C. def.11
C.c. tax18
1376
C.(2)M
0.A. &
der.eo
Neg.os
' Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1361-64, 451; Rymer'a Foedera (1830), iii, pt. 2, 701.
1 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1361-6/1,, 525, 543.
8 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1361-64, 528.
9 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 144.
1o Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 136.
11 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 209.
12 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 371.
18 Dugdale'a Baronage (1676), ii, 66.
16 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 407.
16 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 430.
11 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1364-67, 436.
18 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 191.
1o Oal. Pat. Bolls, 1367-70, 139.
20 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 138.
21 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 343.
u Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 260.
!?3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 343.
u Oal. Pat. Bolls, 1367-70, 473.
25 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-'IO, 470, 474.
26 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-'IO, 418.
21 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1370-74, 108.
8 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1370-74, 119.
H Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1370-74, 478.
30 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 13'10-74, 488.
31 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1374-'l'I, 135.
:ia Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1374-'l'I, 161.
33 Rymer'a Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1024.
:u Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1374-7'1, 412; Rymer's Foedera (1740), ill, pt. iii, 50.
28
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
JoHN, third baron Cobham (continued)
1377 1378 1379 1380
C. peace36
C.o.t.86
C.o.t.(3)40 C.A. & C. peace"
C.41 def.42 C.A.46
C. def.37 C.o.t.43
C .A.ss
Neg.o•
1382
C. peace
& o.t.•0
C.w.r.•o
c.•1
C.°'
1387
C. peace
& O.t.M
1383
C. peace62
C.o.t.(3)63
c.u
Emb.n
1388
C.A.•'
C.w.f.08
c.oo
Neg.01
c ...
1384
C.o.t.GG
1389
C. peace'"
J. crt.
chi va.lry 71
36 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 44. 36 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 63. 37 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 4, 7. 38 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 38. 39 Rymer'a Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1073.
•0 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377,81, 128, 253, 307.
41 Oal. lnqui:iitions (Miscellaneous), iv, 88.
42 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 360, 577.
•3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 416. 44 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 614. 46 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 471.
48 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 572. 47 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 674.
48 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 81.
•• Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 138, 248.
•0 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 195. 61 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 136.
52 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 346.
53 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 201, 261, 364.
54 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-84, 262. 66 Dugdale's Baronage (1676), ii, 66.
•° Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 425.
67 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 508. 68 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 519.
59 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 590.
00 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 588.
G1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 592, 599.
Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 90, 167.
•1 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 103.
63 Gai. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 176.
04 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 253. 61 Gai. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, M7.
68 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 551.
89 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 483. 10 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1385-89, 137.
11 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 40.
n Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 341.
'° Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 249, 356.
74 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 355.
76 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 439, 528. 76 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1388-92, 412.
29
7
1385
C. peace
& o.t.6'
C. def.68
C.A.60
C.o. tax60
C.(4)01
1390
C. peace
& o.t.,z
C.(2)'13
J. crt.
ohivalry74
1381
C. peace48
C.A.47
C.'s
Neg.t1
1386
C. def.62
C.A.83
1391
C.(2)76
J. crt.
ohivalry76
THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
JOHN, third baron Cobham (continued)
1392
C.A.77
1393 1394 1395
c.,s
Neg.10
J. ort.
ohiva.Jry80
1397
C.o.t.61 C.A.84
C.w.f.82 C.o.t.85
C.83
1398 1399
C. pea.oes1
C.A.88
17 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 88.
78 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 86.
10 Rymer'a Foedera (1740), iii, pt. iv, 77.
so Oal. Pat. Rolls., 1391-96, 71.
81 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 235.
82 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 294.
83 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 237.
84 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 436.
86 Oat Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 410.
88 Oal, Pat. Rolls, 1391-96, 728.
81 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1396-99, 560.
88 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1399-1401, 209.
so Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1399-1401, 960.
1400
C. peaoe89
oo Rymer's J!oedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1046.
01 Rymer's Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1048, 1053, 1054.
02 Rymer's Foedera (1740), iii, pt. iii, 121, 132.
58 Rymer's Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1059.
°' Rolls of Parliament, iii, 57.
9• Rolls of Parliament, ii, 291. 00 Rymer's Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 962.
1r1 Rolls of Parliament, iii, 146.
AbbreviaticM: C.o. tax-Commission to oolleot tax.
C.w.f.-Commisaion 'de wallis et fossatis'.
1396
C.A.ao
J. ort. ohivalry-Juatioe in the court of chivalry.
REGINALD, second baron Cobham of Sterborough (1348-1403).
1369
Fr. W.1
1376
C.A.1s
1381
C. peace11
1370 1374 1375
Fr. w. 1 Emb.2 C. peace & o.t.3
1377 1378 1379 1380
C. peace' C.A. & C. peaoe9
C.A.6 def.8 C.A.10
Fr. W.0
Emb.7
1382
C. peace
& o.t.12
1383
C.o,t.(2)13
1384
C.o.t.14
1385
1 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1367-70, 413.
a Rolinahed'a Ghroniclee (1808), iv, 807.
3 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1374-77, 136.
' Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 46.
6 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1374-77, 499.
e Dugdale's Baronage (1676), ii, 68,
7 Rolinahed'a Ohronicles (1808), iv, 808.
a Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1377-81, 360.
9 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1371-81, 514.
10 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 137'1-81, 474.
11 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-86, 85.
u Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 253.
13 Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1381-85, 362, 354,
H Oal. Pat, Rolls, 1381-85, 429.
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THE COBHAM FAMILY IN ADMINISTRATION, 1200-1400
Rl!lGllifALD, second baron Cobba.m of Sterborougb (continued)
1386 1387 1388 1389 1390
1401
Fr.W.U
u Oal. Pat. Roll8, 1389-92, 137.
14 Oal. Pat. Roll8, 1389-92, 341.
11 Dugdale'e Baronage (1676), ii, 68.
16 Rymer's Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 1045.
C. pea.eel& C. peace
& o.t.1•
THOMAS Cobham, lord of Ra.nde.11 (1343-93).
1372 1376 1377 1378
Fr. w.u Kn. Sb.1 Sb.2 Sh.'
c.a
1379
C.(2)6
1384
c.10
Kn. Sb.11
1380 1381
O.A.8 C. peace7
1385
C.A.2
1 Gal. 01,oae Rolla, 1374-77, 429.
1382 1383
C. peace8
Kn. Sh.9
1394
Sh.:tJ
a Rev. J. Cave-Brown, 'Knights of the Shire for Kent', Archawl,ogia Oantiana,
xxi, 215.
3 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1377-81, 93.
' Gal. Pat. Rolla, 1377-81, 167.
6 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1377-81, 416, 423.
6 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1377-81, 471.
1 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1381-85, 77.
8 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1381-85, 138.
9 Oal. Olose Roll,s, 1381-85, 133.
10 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1381-85, 506.
11 Oal. 01,ose Roll8, 1381-85, 600.
12 Gal. Pat. Rolla, 1381-85, 590.
14 Rymer's Foedera (1830), iii, pt. ii, 958.
?WILLIAM Cobham of Staplehurst.
1371
Kn. Sh.1
C.c. ta.x2
1372
Kn. Sh.3
c.•
1899 1406
Irish c.1
expedition•
1 Gal. Oloae Rolls, 1369-74, 289.
2 Oal. Pat. Rolla, 1370-74, 119.
a Gal. Oloae Rolla, 1369-74, 475.
' Oal. Pat. Rolls, 1370-74, 169.
6 Oal. Pat, Rolls, 1374-77, 136.
6 Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1396-99, 538.
7 Gal. Pat. Rolls, 1405-08, 235.
1876
C. peace
& o.t.6
N.B.-The tables are not a. complete guide since not every task performed by the
Cobhe.ms is necessarily noted m the printed records on which they are based.
Also, many of the Cobham.a bad the same name so that it is sometimes impossible
to decide which one is meant.
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