Alice Cobb

William Cobb, esq. of Adderbury, in the county of Oxford, (descended from a family seated at Sandringham, in Norfolk,) living about the time of Queen Elizabeth and James I.; m. Alice, daughter of Otwall Wild, esq. of Oldham, in Lancashire, and had a large family, of which only one son and two daughters survived himself when he died 1598.

His wife survived bim, and dying 23rd October, 1627, was buried in the chancel of Addersbury Church.

• The inscription on his tomb was as follows:

Here lyelh buryed y« boddy of Alice Cobb, Widdow, sometime wife of William Cobb, esq. descended from y« ancient family of ye Cobbs, of Sandringham, in Ihc County of Norfolk, by whome ehe was y* mother of 16 Children, 7 Sons, and 9 Daughters, all of which she lived to bee buryed, but 3 onely, y* right worshipful Sir William Cobb, Knt. her onely Son, and Dame Catherine, who married to Sir George Russell, of Bedfordshire, knt. and Dune Margaret, who married to Sir Richard Cholmley, of Yorkshire, knt. She lived a Maid 19 Years, a Wife 26 Years, and after her Husband's Death, who deceased in October, Anno 1598. She lived a widdow 30 Years, having performed the part both of a constant loveing Wife, and a Kind and carcfiill Mother, resting now with the Almighty, whome her greatest care was ever to serve and feare. She dyed y« 23rd of October, A. Dni 1697.

Citations

1. A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, John Bernard Burke (sir.).  Page 120.  "Cobb, of Adderbury."