He was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in 1307 and between 1315 and 1320 and he served thrice as Sheriff of Kent (1300–1301, 1307 and 1315). On 8 January 1312/13 he was created Baron Cobham "of Kent" (to distinguish his title from that of his first cousin Baron Cobham "of Rundale") by writ. He presided at the arraignment of Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Baron Badlesmere for treason at Canterbury in 1322. Marriage and issue At sometime before July 1285, he married Maud de Moreville, widow of Matthew de Columbers (d. pre-1284) (whom she had married before 1284), and a daughter of Eudes de Moreville. By his wife he had issue including: John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham (d. 1355), son and heir. Death and burial He died at Hatch Beauchamp in Somerset, the seat of the Beauchamp family's feudal barony of Hatch Beauchamp, and was buried in the Beauchamp Chapel at Stoke-sub-Hamdon, Somerset. He left a highly illustrated book called an Apocalypse to Juliana Leybourne. References 1260 births 1339 deaths Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports High Sheriffs of Kent 1