John Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham (c. 1316–January 1408),

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of the

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, was the son of John Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham, and Joan Beauchamp, daughter of

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. He was given a

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by Richard II in 1381 and built

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at the family seat at Cowling or

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. Around 1332, Sir John married Margaret Courtenay, daughter of Hugh Courtenay, 10th 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 at Cooling, 1408. He was buried at

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, though his brass is near his wife in the church of St Mary Magdalene, Cobham. According to a lengthy article by Mr. J. G. Waller entitled "The Lords of Cobham, their Monuments and the Church," published in Volume 11 (1877) of '' Archaeologia Cantiana'', the bulletin of the

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, at the time of his death Lord John Cobham was approximately 92 years old.

Rochester Bridge

Sir John and Sir Robert Knolles (or Knollys), paid for the building of the new, stone

Rochester Bridge Rochester Bridge in Rochester, Medway was for centuries the lowest fixed crossing of the River Medway in South East England. There have been several generations of bridge at this spot, and the current "bridge" is in fact four separate bridges ...

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.

References

* * * Salter, Mike. ''The Castles of Kent'', Folly Publications, 2000. * Newman, John. ''West Kent and the Weald'' from the series ''The Buildings of England'', series ed. Pevsner, Nikolaus. Penguin Books, 1970. * ''The Complete Peerage'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobham, John Cobham, 3rd Baron 14th-century births 1408 deaths

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