Sir Thomas Cobham of Sterborough Castle, and from 1460 de jure

De jure

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5th Baron Cobham, was an English

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 nobleman.

Life

Sir Thomas was the second son of Reginald de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham de jure and first wife Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Culpeper. He succeeded to the family estates on the death, s.p., of his niece Margaret Neville, Countess of Westmorland (nee Cobham).

He married Lady Anne Stafford (1446–c. 14 April 1472, bur Lingfield, Surrey), daughter of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham

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 and Lady Anne Neville and widow (married firstly April 1460) of Aubrey de Vere, JP

Justice of the Peace

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 (died beheaded

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 Tower Hill

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, London

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, 20 February 1462, interred Austin Friars Church, London), son of John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford

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He died in 1471, without legitimate male issue, and was buried at Lingfield

Lingfield, Surrey

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, Surrey

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. His will

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, dated 2 April 1471, was probated on 10 July 1471. His daughter, Anne, succeeded him as de jure 6th Baroness Cobham

Baron Cobham

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. Anne married Edward Burgh, 2nd Baron Burgh and the barony passed to her son, Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh

Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh

Thomas Burgh, 1st Baron Burgh or Borough , 1st Baron Borough of Gainsborough, also de jure 5th Baron Strabolgi and 7th Baron Cobham of Sterborough, was an English peer. He was knighted on Flodden Field in 1513 where he was one of the King's Spears . He was a Member of Parliament in 1529 and Lord...

de jure 7th Baron Cobham.