John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham
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John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham (died 10 January 1408) was the son of John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham
and Joan de Beauchamp. He was given a licence to crenellate by Richard II
in 1381 and built Cooling Castle
at the family seat in Cowling or Cooling, Kent
.
Around 1332, Sir John married Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon
. She died on 2 August 1385 or 95. In 1398 Sir John was exiled to Guernsey. Henry IV
restored the estate and Sir John died in Cooling, 1408. He was buried at Grey Friars, London, though his brass is near his wife in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham
.
Sir John and Sir Robert Knolles (or Knollys), paid for the building of the new, stone Rochester Bridge
across the River Medway
. This route had been essential for traffic between London and Dover (the port for France and hence continental Europe) since Roman times.
John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham
John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham was an English nobleman. He was the second baron of the family of Cobhams of Cobham. He married Joan of Beauchamp, daughter of John Lord Beauchamp; after her death, he married one Agnes Stone of Dartford....
and Joan de Beauchamp. He was given a licence to crenellate by Richard II
Richard II of England
Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...
in 1381 and built Cooling Castle
Cooling Castle
Cooling Castle was built in the 1380s by John Cobham on the edge of marshes at Cooling, six miles north of Rochester, Kent. It is now about two miles inland. It was besieged by Thomas Wyatt the younger during Wyatt's rebellion in 1554; Lord Cobham surrendered after a brief resistance...
at the family seat in Cowling or Cooling, Kent
Cooling, Kent
Cooling is a village and civil parish on the Hoo Peninsula, overlooking the North Kent Marshes. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 209....
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Around 1332, Sir John married Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 2nd Earl of Devon
Earl of Devon
The title of Earl of Devon was created several times in the Peerage of England, and was possessed first by the de Redvers family, and later by the Courtenays...
. She died on 2 August 1385 or 95. In 1398 Sir John was exiled to Guernsey. Henry IV
Henry IV of England
Henry IV was King of England and Lord of Ireland . He was the ninth King of England of the House of Plantagenet and also asserted his grandfather's claim to the title King of France. He was born at Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire, hence his other name, Henry Bolingbroke...
restored the estate and Sir John died in Cooling, 1408. He was buried at Grey Friars, London, though his brass is near his wife in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham
Cobham, Kent
Cobham is a village and civil parish in the Gravesham District of Kent, England. It is located south of Watling Street, the old road from Dover to London, six miles south-east of Gravesend. The hamlet of Sole Street lies within the parish, which covers an area of 1,240 ha and has a population of...
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Rochester Bridge
Rochester Bridge
Rochester Bridge was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in Kent, southern England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges: two carrying the A2 road, one carrying the railway and one carrying all...
across the River Medway
River Medway
The River Medway, which is almost entirely in Kent, England, flows for from just inside the West Sussex border to the point where it enters the Thames Estuary....
. This route had been essential for traffic between London and Dover (the port for France and hence continental Europe) since Roman times.