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John Cobleigh, of Brightleigh

Also Known As: "John Cobley"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brightley, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Death: October 24, 1540 (60-61)
Chittlehampton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of John Cobleigh and Alice Cockworthie
Husband of Jane Cobleigh and Elizabeth Owpye
Father of Lady Margaret Giffard
Half brother of Lewis Fortescue; Richard Fortescue; Anthony Fortescue; Nicholas Fortescue; Elizabeth Acland and 1 other

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About John Cobleigh, of Brightleigh

Lord Of Brightly, Stowford Carder, Bremridge, Wollacombe Tracy, Snape, Stowford, And Nymet St. George, Co. Devon.

  • 'Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
  • Ancestral roots of certain American colonists who came to America before ... By Frederick Lewis Weis, Walter Lee Sheppard, William
  • Pg. 229
  • 35. JOHN FORTESCUE (246E-35), b. Say 1420, d. 11 Mar. 1460/1, lord of Whympston, co. Devon: m. by 1450, Joan Prutteston, dau. & h. of John Prutteston of Prutteston (or Preston) in psh. of Ermington, co. Devon, ment. in Inq.p.m. on father's lands dtd. 1468, d. 23 May 1501. (Refs. as cited for 246C-35).
    • 36. WILLIAM FORTESCUE, 2nd s. & h. to part of mother's lands, b. say 1460, d. 1 Feb. 1519/20, Inq.p.m. 21 Apr. 1520, of Preston in psh. of Ermington, co. Devon; m. Elizabeth Champernowne, b. abt. 1465, d. bef. 1518, dau. & coh. of Richard Champernowne of Inworthy, Cornwall, by wife Mary Hamley, dau. & coh. Sir John Hamley. (Cal. Inq.p.m. Henry Vii, II: 264-165; Vivian, Visit. of Devon, p. 162 for Champernowne and p. 353 for Fortescue; Thomas (Fortescue), Lord Clermont, A History of the Family of Fortescue, pp. 1-10; Harleian MS 1567, fol. 46; Harlein MS 1091, fo. 58; Harlein MS 889, fol. IOv; Abstract of Inq.p.m. for William Fortescue (Year: 1520), Devon Record Office, Exeter, co. Devon).
      • ' 37. JANE FORTESCUE, b. say 1485, dead 12 May 1527; m. abt. 1501, as 1st wife, JOHN COBLEIGH (25-35), b. abt. 1479, d. 24 Oct. 1540, Inq.p.m. 4 Oct. 1541, lord of Brightley, Stowford Carder, Bremridge, Wollacombe Tracy, Snape, Stowford, & Nymet St. George, co. Devon, escheator of co. Devon in 1430 and 1440. (Thomas (Fortescue), Lord Clermont, A History of the Family of Fortescue, pp. 1-10; Vivian, Visit. of Devon, pp. 353 and 357; Abstract of Inq.p.m. for John Cobleigh (Year: 1541), Devon Record Office,
      • Pg. 230
      • 'Exeter, co. Devon: Devon N & Q I: 210-214; Devonshire Association, 34: 689-695; Llist of Escheators for England and Wales, List and Index Society, 72: 35).
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  • 'John Cobleigh
  • 'M, b. circa 1479, d. 24 October 1540
  • Father John Cobleigh b. c 1445, d. 1492
  • Mother Alice Cockworthy
  • ' John Cobleigh was born circa 1479; Age 13 in 1492. He married Jane Fortescue, daughter of William Fortescue and Elizabeth Champernon, before 1502. John Cobleigh died on 24 October 1540.
  • 'Family Jane Fortescue b. c 1485, d. b 12 May 1527
  • Child
    • ◦Margaret Cobleigh+ b. c 1502, d. 1547
  • http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2297.htm#...
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  • 'Jane FORTESCUE
  • Born: ABT 1489, Brightley, Devon, England
  • Father: William FORTESCUE
  • Mother: Elizabeth CHAMPERNOWNE
  • 'Married: John COBLEIGH
  • Children:
    • 1. Margaret COBLEY (m. Roger Gifford of Halsbury)
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/FORTESCUE3.htm#Jane FORTESCUE1
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1479
1479
Brightley, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
1502
1502
Devonshire, England
1540
October 24, 1540
Age 61
Chittlehampton, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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