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John de Cobham

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John de Cobham, Lord Cobham

Dates: Active in the fourteenth century

Biography

Kentish nobleman and royal officer who acted as one of the trustees in John Gower's 1373 settlement of Aldington.

Notes / Sources

The source names him as a trustee; it does not establish that he held the beneficial interest personally.

Research sources:
- Michael Bennett, Gower, Richard II and Henry IV, in Historians on John Gower. — https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/FC77686406548B76454A5B26A831E196/9781787445994c13_p425-488_CBO.pdf/gower-richard-ii-and-henry-iv.pdf

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