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Cobham, John de (1332 - 1407/8)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1332
Death Date: 1408-01-10

Notes

Imprisoned and title and possessions forfeited after 26 Sept. 1397; impeached and condemned, but pardoned on condition of banishment to Jersey Jan. 1397/8; restored at the accessions of Henry IV 30 Sept. 1399

Parents

Primary Title

  • 3rd Baron Cobham

Titles

  • 3rd Baron Cobham
    Assumed: 1354/5-02-25
    Vacated: 1407/8-01-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Keeper, Kent 1351 -5 -2
JP, Kent 1361 1400
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1363 1366
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1367
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1368
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1370 1371
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1375
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1376 1377
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1377 1379
King's Councillor, England 1377 -7 -20
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1379 1381
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1382
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, England 1383 1385
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Westminster 1383
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1385 1386
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1385
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1387
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1388
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1390
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, England 1391
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1392
Commissioner of Array, Sussex 1392
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1393
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, England 1394
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, England 1396
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1399

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Cooling Castle, Kent

Lands

  • Kent
  • London (city-county)

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Abbot's Hall, Boxley, near Maidstone, Kent Lord Cobham's Juggler

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Cobham's Juggler Cobham, John de (1332 - 1408) Acrobats/Physical Feats 1

Bibliographic Sources