Family and Education
b. c.1343, 1st s. of Sir John Cobham (1319-61) of Randall; er. bro. of John. m. (1) bef. Apr. 1367, Maud (d. 9 Apr. 1380), da. of Thomas Morice† (d.1368), pleader and common serjt. of London, 2s.; (2) Beatrice, s.p. Kntd. bef. Aug. 1372.
Offices Held
Sheriff, Kent 26 Nov. 1377–25 Nov. 1378.
Commr. of inquiry, Kent Dec. 1377, Mar. 1378 (homicide), Dec. 1379 (robbery), June 1393 (destruction of salmon in the river Medway); oyer and terminer July 1379; array Mar. 1380, May 1381, Apr. 1385, May 1386; to preserve the peace Sept. 1381; put down rebellion Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; audit the accounts of pontage, Rochester bridge Nov. 1384, June 1385; of arrest, Kent Nov. 1385.
Tax surveyor, Kent Aug. 1379; collector Dec. 1384.
Main residences: Randall in Shorne; Allington castle, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
COBHAM, Sir Thomas (c.1343-1394)
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Oxford 1644
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