. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ir Nicholas with Joan de Cobham *. The College of Cobham is now only a collection of alms-houses, to which presenta-tions are made—of old people, without restriction to either sex—as vacancies occur, by theparish and ten other parishes adjacent. It lies immediately south of the church, and isentered by a small Gothic gateway. Its occupants are twenty aged men and women, whohave each a little mansion, with a neat garden andan allowance monthly, sufficient to secure thenecessaries of life. It is a quadrangular building,
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. ir Nicholas with Joan de Cobham *. The College of Cobham is now only a collection of alms-houses, to which presenta-tions are made—of old people, without restriction to either sex—as vacancies occur, by theparish and ten other parishes adjacent. It lies immediately south of the church, and isentered by a small Gothic gateway. Its occupants are twenty aged men and women, whohave each a little mansion, with a neat garden andan allowance monthly, sufficient to secure thenecessaries of life. It is a quadrangular building,of stone, measuring about 60 feet by 50; and con-tains a large Hall, with painted windows, a roofof blackened rafters, an old oak screen, and a fire-place of cut stone. The history of the college iscurious and interesting. A college or chauntrywas originally founded here, about the year 1362,by John de Cobham, thence called the Founder,in the reign of Edward III. Towards the end of the reign of Elizabeth it was rebuilt, as appears by a record— finished in * The other Brasses require a brief notice. The earliest isto the memory of John de Cobham, the first Knight Banneret,and Constable of Rochester ; he is dressed in a shirt of mail:round his waist is a rich girdle sustaining a long sword. Eightlines of Norman French are inscribed round the verge of theslab. 2. Maude de Cobham, wife to Reynold, Baron Cobham,Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports in the reign of Edward theThird : she is standing on a dog. 3. Another Maude deCobham—probably the wife of Thomas de Cobham, who diedin the reign of Richard the Second. 4. Margaret de Cobham,wife of John Lord Cobham, the founder of the College. Theinscription round the verge informs us, she was daughter to theEarl of Devonshire. 5. John de Cobham, the founder of theCollege, standing on a lion under a canopy. In his hands heholds a church. 6. Thomas de Cobham. 7. Joan de Cobham, probably the daughter of John Lord Beauchamp, a
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