Ralph 1St Baron De COBHAM, Sir^[1]

Abt 1276 - 1326  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Ralph 1St Baron De COBHAM  [2]
  Suffix	Sir
  Birth	Abt 1276	Cobham, Strood, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  _UID	BD21CFBEC1C04A84B912DB3D09B14B2BCD1C
  Death	5 Feb 1325-1326  [2]
  Person ID	I13365	Carney Wehofer 2025 Genealogy
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2012

  
  

  Family ID

  F13590

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary De BRAOSE,   b. Abt 1304, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 15 Jun 1362 (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	1st Husband   [3]
  Family ID	F6822	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  BARONY of COBHAM (I) Sir Ralph de Cobham, son of John de Cobham (whose relationship to the other members of that large family is unknown), was summoned to Parliament from 30 Dec 1324 to 20 Feb 1324/5 by writs directed to Radulfo de Cobham, whereby he is held to have become Lord Cobham. He was a prominent soldier, and held a command under the Earl of Richmond at the battle of Byland Abbey in Yorkshire 14 Oct 1322, where the English were defeated by the Scots under Robert Bruce. He m. Mary. He d. 5 Feb 1325/6. His widow m. as 2nd wife, Thomas (of Brotherton), Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England, who d. Aug 1338. She d. 1362, before 20 June. [Complete Peerage III:338]

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] Jim Weber. [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, III:338, IX:598 (Reliability: 3). [S63] Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by G. E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000, IX:598 (Reliability: 3).