Cobham, Eleanor 1a 2 3a 4
Birth Name | Cobham, Eleanor |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | about 44 years |
Narrative
He [Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester] m. 2ndly, in 1428, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Reynold Cobham, by his 1st wife, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Colepepper. She, for whom robes of the Garter were provided in 1432, and later, was tried, Oct 1441, for witchcraft and sorcery, and indicted for treason as aiming at the King's life. She was condemned and put to public penance in London, and sentenced to perpetual imprisonment. She d. a prisoner in 1454, in Peel Castle, Isle of Man. Humphrey dsp. legit probably from natural causes, 23 Feb 1446/7, aged 56, though being found dead while under arrest, his end excited popular suspicion. His body was taken to the Friars Minor at Babwell, and thence by stages byway of Newmarket and Ware to St. Albans Abbey, of which he had been a benefactor and confrater, and buried 4 Mar 1446/7 in a tomb which he had prepared there. He d. intestate. At his death all his honours became extinct. [Complet Peerage V:730-7]
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | about 1410 | Sterborough Castle, Lingfield, Kent, England | ||
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Death | 1454 | Peel Castle, Isle Of MAN, England (As A Prisoner Accused Of Witchcraft) | 5a | |
Age: 44y |
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Christening | 2004-01-12 | |||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Cobham, Reginald 3rd Baron Cobham | 1382 | 1446-08-21 | |
Mother | Culpeper, Eleanor | about 1383 | after 1435 | |
Sister | Cobham, Elizabeth | about 1404 | before 1453/4-03-17 (Julian) | |
Brother | Cobham, Reginald | about 1406 | before 1428-09-20 | |
Cobham, Eleanor | about 1410 | 1454 |
Families
Family of Plantagenet, Humphrey and Cobham, Eleanor |
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Married | Husband | Plantagenet, Humphrey ( * 1390-10-03 + 1446/7-02-23 (Julian) ) | ||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Plantagenet, Antigone | before 1421 | Deceased |
Pedigree
Ancestors
Source References
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Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the UnitedKingdom, The , by George E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000
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- Page: V:730-7
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- Not Given: GEDCOM File : emsuggs.ged
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GEDCOM File : 2746994.ged
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- Page: 55
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- Page: 55
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- Robin Lux: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:3152034&id=I011046 TREE
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Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by FrederickLewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
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- Page: 1a-33
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