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Alan De Cotton 1290–1322 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1290

Birth Location: Hodnet, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1322

Death Location: England

Father: Hugh Coton

Mother: Elizabeth Tittenlegh

Spouse(s): Margaret Hellesby

Children(s): Hugh Cotton, Edmund Cotton

Alan De Cotton was born in 1290 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh De Coton And Elizabeth De Tittenlegh. Alan De Cotton married Margaret De Hellesby, and had children including Edmund De Cotton, Hugh De Cotton. Alan De Cotton passed away in 1322 in England.

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Biography

  • Alan De Cotton was born in 1290 in Hodnet, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh De Coton And Elizabeth De Tittenlegh.
  • Alan De Cotton married Margaret De Hellesby, and had children including Edmund De Cotton, Hugh De Cotton.
  • Alan De Cotton passed away in 1322 in England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Coton
1255–1300
Birth Location: Hodnet, Shropshire, England
HC
Elizabeth Tittenlegh
1270–1340
Birth Location: Coton, Shropshire, England
ET

Spouses(s)

Margaret Hellesby
1295–1320
Birth Location: Acton, Cheshire, England
MH

Children(s)

Hugh Cotton
1315–1360
Birth Location: Coton, Shropshire, England
HC
Edmund Cotton
1320–
Birth Location: Wem, Shropshire, England
EC

Alan Cotton's Ancestors

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Alan Cotton
1290–1322
Birth Place: Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Parents
Hugh De Coton
1255–1300
Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth (de) Tittenlegh
1270–1340
Coton, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
William (de) Cotton
1235–1290
Coton, Shropshire, England
Isabella (de) Leon
1234–1302
of Cotton, Cheshire, England
Hamon (de) Tittenlegh
1245–
Titley, Herefordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alan Cotton's Descendants

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Alan (De) Cotton (Abt 1290–1322) m. Margaret (de) Hellesby (1295–1320)
  1. 1. Hugh (de) Cotton 1315–1360 m. Isabel Heaton 1318–1344
    1. 1. Margery Cotton 1335–1398 m. Hugh (de) Venables 1330–1383
      1. 1. Margery (de) Venables 1369–1459 m. Randle Mainwaring 1367–1456 m. Richard Bulkeley 1369–1391
        1. 1. William Mainwaring 1396–1455 m. Margaret Warenne 1401–1452 m. Margery Warren 1418–1475
        2. 2. Cecily Mainwaring 1401–1483 m. Thomas Foulhurst 1396–1439
        3. 3. Elizabeth Mainwaring 1395–1481 m. Thomas Fitton 1402–1449 m. Randle Egerton 1380–1420 m. Ralph (of Wrinehill) EGERTON –1453 m. Ralph Egerton 1398–1452
        4. 4. Margaret (de) Mainwaring 1392–1432 m. William (de) Bromley 1392–1430 m. FL (Philip) Egerton 1390–1438 m. John Needham 1396–1480
        5. 5. Sir (John) Mainwaring 1394–1482 m. Joan 1373– m. Margaret Delves 1409–1490
        6. 6. Randall Mainwaring 1398–1474 m. Margaret Savage 1400–1469
        7. 7. Margery Mainwaring 1400–
        8. 8. Agnes Mainwaring 1406–1426
        9. 9. Joan Mainwaring 1410–1487 m. John Davenport 1401–1474
        10. 10. Mary Mainwaring 1417– m. Hugh Hassal 1418–
      2. 2. Anyll (de) Venables 1374–1442 m. William (de) Brereton 1347–1426
        1. 1. Willem Brereton 1390–1459 m. Alice Corbet 1390–1458
        2. 2. Ellen Brereton 1387–1422
        3. 3. Nicholas Brereton 1389–1460 m. Margaret Holland 1389–1458
        4. 4. Jane Brereton 1392–1414
        5. 5. Hugh (Hugo) Brereton 1392–
        6. 6. Randall Brereton 1394–1450
        7. 7. John Brereton 1396–1426
        8. 8. Margery Brereton 1397–1422
      3. 3. Alice (De) Venables 1359–1391
      4. 4. Richard Venables 1364–1403
      5. 5. Richard Venables 1365–1403 m. Isabel (de) Langton 1363–1450
        1. 1. Hugh Venables 1382–1416 m. Cecily Dutton 1395–1435 m. Petronilla (de) Dutton 1390–
        2. 2. Joan (de) Venables 1384–1432 m. Thomas Grosvenor 1377–1429 m. Thomas Grosvenor 1403–1492
        3. 3. Richard (II) Venables 1385– m. Petronilla (de) Dutton 1390–
        4. 4. Hugh (Hugh IV of Kinderton de Venables) (Venables) 1386–1416
        5. 5. Hugh Venables 1390–
      6. 6. Eva (De) Venables 1367–1416
      7. 7. Joan (de) Venables 1367–1416 m. Thomas Foulhurst 1366–1417
      8. 8. Thomas Venables 1368–
      9. 9. William (de) Venables 1370–1459 m. Joan Massey 1375–1420
    2. 2. Katherine (de) Cotton 1334–1398
    3. 3. Hugh (De Cotton Of) Rudheath 1335–
    4. 4. Richard (De) Cotton 1336–1431 m. Isabel (de) Heaton 1341–
    5. 5. Hugh (De) Cotton 1338–
  2. 2. Edmund (De) Cotton 1320–

Alan Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1290
Abt 1290
Birth of Alan De Cotton in Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Hodnet, Shropshire, England
1322
1322
Age 32
Death of Alan De Cotton in England
England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1290
    Event Place: Hodnet, Shropshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Alan De Cotton, person ID G94F-QN7.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1322
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Alan De Cotton, person ID G94F-QN7.
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