Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham


 * See also Baron Cobham for other simultaneous creations of the title.

Henry de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (of Kent) (c. 1260 – 25 August 1339) was an English Peer.

Family
He was the son of John de Cobham of Cobham, Kent, and of Cowling or Cooling, Kent (died bef. 30 March 1300), Sheriff of Kent, Constable of Rochester and Chief Baron of the Exchequer, by wife Joan de Septvans, daughter of Sir Robert de Septvans.

His father was a brother of Sir Henry de Cobham, of Rundale, Kent (died c. 1316), Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, who married Joan Pencester (bef. 1269 - 1314/1315), daughter of Stephen de Pencester, and had Stephen de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham (of Rundale) and John de Cobham (died c. 1314), without issue.

Biography
He was made Constable of Rochester Castle for life in 1303/1304, of Dover Castle, of Tonbridge Castle in 1324 and of Canterbury, all in Kent. He was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1307 and between 1315 and 1320 and he also held the title of Sheriff of Kent (1300–1301, 1307 and 1315).

He was created 1st Baron Cobham (of (Cobham, in) Kent) in the Peerage of England by writ on 8 January 1312/1313 and presided at the arraignment of Lord Badlesmere for treason at Canterbury in 1322.

The family's coat of arms is as follows: Gules semy of fleurs-de-lis or, a cross argent.

He died at Hache, Somerset, and was buried at Beauchamp Chapel, Stoke-under-Hamden, Somerset.

Marriage and issue
Sometime prior to July 1285, Henry married Maud de Moreville, widow of Matthew de Columbers (died bef. 1284), whom she married before 1284, and daughter of Eudes de Moreville. Their son and successor was John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (of Kent).