John Cobham, 3rd Lord Cobham (of Kent) 
John was born before 1330. John's father was Sir John de Cobham, 2nd Lord Cobham (of Kent) and his mother was Joan Beauchamp. His paternal grandparents were Henry de Cobham, 1st Lord Cobham (of Kent) and Maud de Moreville; his maternal grandparents were Sir John Beauchamp, 1st Lord Beauchamp (of Somerset) and Joan Chenduit. He was an only child. He died about January 10th, 1407. He was buried in Grey Friars, London, England.General Notes
Between 1359 and 1376 he served in various French expeditions. He was invested as a Knight Banneret in 1370. He was one of the 14 Commissioners who formed the Council of Regency in 1386. He was a Lord Appellant to impeach King Richard II's favourites in 1388. He was one of the Lords Appellant who impeached the King's favourites, de la Pole, de Veer and others in 1388.
In 1397/98 he was impeached and condemned to death for his part in the Commission of 1388, but was pardoned and banished to Jersey. About 1400 he returned to England.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- d.<30 Mar 1300
- b.~ 1260 d.25 Aug 1339
- b.< 1304 d.~24 Feb 1354
- b.< 1330 d.~10 Jan 1407
- b.< 1249 d.24 Oct 1283 in Hatch, Somerset, England
- b.25 Jul 1274 d.1336
- d.10 Jan 1320
- b.~ 1200 in Derby, Derbyshire, England d.24 Mar 1254 in Evington, Leicestershire, England
- b.< 1304
- b.< 1291 d.09 Feb 1327
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