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
Birth about 1410 Sterborough Castle, Lingfield, Kent, England    
Death 1454 Peel Castle, Isle Of MAN, England (As A Prisoner Accused Of Witchcraft)   5a

Age: 44y

Christening 2004-01-12      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Cobham, Reginald 3rd Baron Cobham13821446-08-21
Mother Culpeper, Eleanorabout 1383after 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

Married Husband Plantagenet, Humphrey ( * 1390-10-03 + 1446/7-02-23 (Julian) )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1428 2ND Wife Religious Marriage 3b
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Plantagenet, Antigonebefore 1421Deceased