The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 2 of 2Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
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The Baronial Halls, and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England; Vol. 2 of 2
Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter)
Historic buildings -- England
[58] The other Brasses require a brief notice. The earliest is to the
memory of JOHN DE COBHAM, the first Knight Banneret, and Constable
of Rochester; he is dressed in a shirt of mail: round his waist is a
rich girdle sustaining a long sword. Eight lines of Norman French are
inscribed round the verge of the slab. 2. MAUDE DE COBHAM, wife to
Reynold, Baron Cobham, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in the reign
of Edward the Third: she is standing on a dog. 3. Another MAUDE DE
COBHAM--probably the wife of Thomas de Cobham, who died in the reign of
Richard the Second. 4. MARGARET DE COBHAM, wife of John Lord Cobham,
the founder of the College. The inscription round the verge informs
us, she was daughter to the Earl of Devonshire. 5. JOHN DE COBHAM, the
founder of the College, standing on a lion under a canopy. In his hands
he holds a church. 6. THOMAS DE COBHAM. 7. JOAN DE COBHAM, “probably
the daughter of John Lord Beauchamp, and mother of the Founder.” 8.
SIR JOHN BROKE, and Lady Margaret his wife, under a rich canopy with
pendants and other ornaments, with triangular compartments, “containing
circles with shields, one of which bears the crown of thorns, and the
other the five wounds; between the pinnacles, in the centre, is a
curious representation of the Trinity, in which the Deity is delineated
with a triple crown, and the Holy Spirit has a human face. The figure
of the knight is gone, but that of his lady remains; and beneath, are
groups of eight sons and ten daughters.” 9. SIR REGINALD BRAYBROKE, the
second husband of Joan Lady Cobham. 10. SIR NICHOLAS HAWBERK, her third
husband. 11. JOAN DE COBHAM: she died, as appears from the inscription,
“on the day of St. Hilary the Bishop, A.D. 1433.” At
her feet are six sons and four daughters, and surrounding her are six
escutcheons of the Cobham arms and alliances. 12. SIR THOMAS BROKE, and
one of his three wives. Below them are seven sons and five daughters.
Sir Thomas died in 1529. 13. SIR RALPH, or RAUF DE COBHAM, represented
by a bust, in a skull-cap and shirt of mail. He died, according to the
inscription, on the 20th January 1402.
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