St Mary Magdalene Church and New College of Cobham, Cobham, Kent
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"The parish church is 13th century and is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. It contains monumental brasses which are reputedly the finest in England. William Belcher in his Kentish Brasses (1905) stated: "No church in the world possesses such a splendid series as the nineteen brasses in Cobham Church, ranging in date between 1298 and 1529." Thirteen of the brasses belong to the years 1320–1529 and commemorate members of the Brooke and Cobham families. In the church also survives the sumptuous chest tomb and alabaster effigies of George Brooke, 9th Baron Cobham (1497–1558) and his heiress wife Ann Bray."
To the immediate south of the church is the building known as Cobham College, now an almshouse, which originally housed the five priests employed by the chantry founded in 1362 by John Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham."
New College of Cobham: "Behind the Parish Church of St Mary, Cobham you will find the quadrangular building of New College and almshouses retaining the remains of the original foundations of the college for priests, built by Sir John de Cobham in 1362.
The almshouses are now occupied by the elderly of the parish.
The college is open to the public occasionally for visits and events such as the Discover Gravesham Festival. However, the outside of the building is normally viewable.
Almshouses based on a medieval chantry, built in 1362 and partly rebuilt in 1598. Originally endowed by Sir John de Cobham and his descendants."
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https://www.cobham-luddesdowne.org/
https://www.visitkent.co.uk/attractions/new-college-of-cobham-2322/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobham_College
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobham,_Kent
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