Miles de Cogan [SEP] date of death
Miles de Cogan
Milo de Cogan (fl. 1170–1182) was an Anglo-Norman knight from Glamorgan who played a significant role in the Norman conquest of Ireland under Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke; a man better known to Irish history as "Strongbow".
Origins.
The family took its name from the manor of Cogan, in Glamorgan, Wales, now a suburb of Penarth, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south west of Cardiff. The "Liber Niger Scutarii" of 1166 recorded
from Sommery near Dieppe) held land. Their proximity to the Norman court at Rouen and the de Cogans being part of the household of the Earl of Gloucester may hint to the same genesis.
Heraldry.
The coat of arms of the de Cogan family and its modern descendant Goggin, dates back to Miles de Cogan, one of the knights of Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke "Strongbow", around 1154AD. The Goggin and Cogan blazon of arms is: "Gules, three leaves argent".