Surrey Lingfield
1295-1361 Reginald 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough lies here on an alabaster tomb he asked for in will - He wears the order of the garter on his left leg.
Reginald was the son of Sir Reginald de Cobham by Joan, the daughter and heir of William de Evere / Devereux
He m Joan d1369, widow of Thomas de Haudlo of Acton Burnell d1339, and daughter of Thomas Lord Berkeley and 1st wife Margaret, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/nw22p2 daughter of Roger Mortimer Earl of March
Children
1. Joan 1345 - c1397 m Henry son of Sir John De Grey 3rd Baron de Grey of Codnor near Basford and Alice De Lisle
2. Reginald 2nd Lord of Sterborough 1348-1403 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/748860258/ m1 Elizabeth d1375/6 daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford; m2 Eleanor daughter of John Lord Maltravers, widow of Sir John Lord Arundel (with whom she is buried at Lewes)
Reginald wears a heraldic Coat of Arms: Gules on a chevron or 3 estoiles sable
Crest: A Saracens head, proper, wreathed about the temples Or and Gules.
Sir Reginald built Sterborough Castle c1342 In his early life he was employed on some diplomatic missions. By 1334 he was a knight in the household of King Edward III and was one of the knights who took part in the dangerous coup in 1330 by the young king at Nottingham when he arrested his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer. He fought in the Scottish campaign against David Bruce and then on the continent in the Low Countries and Brittany. In 1342 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cobham of Sterborough.
Distinguished 1327-60, in nearly all the battles in France and Flanders; Knight Banneret 1339. He formed one of an important embassy to the Pope in August 1343. Admiral of the Fleet for the West, 1344., and again 1348; was (With the Earl of Warwick and Sir John Chandos) one of the three to whom the charge of Prince Edward was committed at Crecy in 1346. He received an annuity of £500 in 1347.Invested as knight of the Garter c1353; . He was also employed in Embassies to Brabant, &c. He was summoned to a Council, 25 Feb 1341/2, and to Parliament from 13 November 1347 to 20 November 1360, by writs directed Reginaldo de Cobham, whereby he is held to have become Lord Cobham.
in 1353 appointed Captain of Calais, a position he held until his death. In 1355 he served under the Black Prince in Aquitaine, taking part in his march to the Loire and his victory at the Battle of Poitiers 1356. He died of the "second pestilence" (plague)
His heir Reginald was a minor and became the ward of Queen Philippa until 1370 - Lingfield church Surrey
Surrey Lingfield
1295-1361 Reginald 1st Baron Cobham of Sterborough lies here on an alabaster tomb he asked for in will - He wears the order of the garter on his left leg.
Reginald was the son of Sir Reginald de Cobham by Joan, the daughter and heir of William de Evere / Devereux
He m Joan d1369, widow of Thomas de Haudlo of Acton Burnell d1339, and daughter of Thomas Lord Berkeley and 1st wife Margaret, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/nw22p2 daughter of Roger Mortimer Earl of March
Children
1. Joan 1345 - c1397 m Henry son of Sir John De Grey 3rd Baron de Grey of Codnor near Basford and Alice De Lisle
2. Reginald 2nd Lord of Sterborough 1348-1403 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/748860258/ m1 Elizabeth d1375/6 daughter of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford; m2 Eleanor daughter of John Lord Maltravers, widow of Sir John Lord Arundel (with whom she is buried at Lewes)
Reginald wears a heraldic Coat of Arms: Gules on a chevron or 3 estoiles sable
Crest: A Saracens head, proper, wreathed about the temples Or and Gules.
Sir Reginald built Sterborough Castle c1342 In his early life he was employed on some diplomatic missions. By 1334 he was a knight in the household of King Edward III and was one of the knights who took part in the dangerous coup in 1330 by the young king at Nottingham when he arrested his mother and her lover Roger Mortimer. He fought in the Scottish campaign against David Bruce and then on the continent in the Low Countries and Brittany. In 1342 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Cobham of Sterborough.
Distinguished 1327-60, in nearly all the battles in France and Flanders; Knight Banneret 1339. He formed one of an important embassy to the Pope in August 1343. Admiral of the Fleet for the West, 1344., and again 1348; was (With the Earl of Warwick and Sir John Chandos) one of the three to whom the charge of Prince Edward was committed at Crecy in 1346. He received an annuity of £500 in 1347.Invested as knight of the Garter c1353; . He was also employed in Embassies to Brabant, &c. He was summoned to a Council, 25 Feb 1341/2, and to Parliament from 13 November 1347 to 20 November 1360, by writs directed Reginaldo de Cobham, whereby he is held to have become Lord Cobham.
in 1353 appointed Captain of Calais, a position he held until his death. In 1355 he served under the Black Prince in Aquitaine, taking part in his march to the Loire and his victory at the Battle of Poitiers 1356. He died of the "second pestilence" (plague)
His heir Reginald was a minor and became the ward of Queen Philippa until 1370 - Lingfield church Surrey