Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham
Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (c. 1203 - 1258) was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in 1255. He was already Justice Itinerant in Essex in 1248, Justice Itinerant in Wiltshire in 1249, Justice Itinerant in Middlesex in 1249, and Sheriff of Kent from 1249 to 1258, the year he died.
Sir Reginald Cobham and his decendants, ancestors of the Barons Cobham, are buried in Lingfield Church, Surrey. Reginald 1st Baron Cobham married England in their own right.
Family
Sir Reginald de Cobham may easily be confused with his nephew, another Knight, Sir Reginald Cobham, who was a son of John de Cobham of Cobham and Cowling, (Cooling, on the Hoo peninsula), Sheriff of Kent.
A brother of John was Sir Henry de Cobham of Rundale (Rundell), Governor of Jersey and Guernsey (d 1316), and who was married to Joan Penchester (c. 1269 - c. 1314), a daughter of Stephen de Penchester, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and owner of Penshurst Place.
The third son of John was Sir Reginald de Cobham of Orkesden and Eynesford, who wed Joan d'Evere (dau of William d'Evere), whose son was Reginald de Cobham, the first Lord Sterborough (c. 1295 - 1361) the husband of Joan de Berkeley, the daughter of third lord (Sir Thomas) de Berkeley.
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