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Bridget Cotton 1515–1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Ridware, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Robert Cotton

Mother: DOROTHY CLERE

Spouse(s): Sir KB

Children(s): Edmund Huddleston, Alice Lovell

The story of Bridget Cotton began in 1515 in Ridware, Staffordshire, England. Bridget Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Of Sawston Hall Kb, and had children including Alice Huddleston Lovell, Edmund Huddleston. Bridget Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Bridget Cotton began in 1515 in Ridware, Staffordshire, England.
  • Bridget Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Of Sawston Hall Kb, and had children including Alice Huddleston Lovell, Edmund Huddleston.
  • Bridget Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Bridget Cotton's Ancestors

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Bridget Cotton
1515–1578
Birth Place: Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Robert Cotton
1480–1519
Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
DOROTHY CLERE
1489–1515
Ormsby, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) COTTON
1439–1499
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Margery Cotton
1446–1479
Nettlestead, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Sir (Robert) Clere
1453–1529
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK
Anna Hopton
1454–1506
Swillington, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Wentworth
1423–1464
Lady Clifford
1421–1478
Sir Hopton
1408–1478
Margaret Westwood
1410–1451
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roger Wentworth
1395–1452
Margaret Despencer
1397–1478
Sir Hopton
1370–1427
Margaret Westwood
1387–1408
Sir Savile
1381–1449
Margaret Pilkington
1383–1418

Bridget Cotton's Descendants

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Bridget Cotton (1515–1578) m. Sir (John Huddleston of Sawston Hall) KB (July 1517–4 November 1557)
  1. 1. Edmund Huddleston 1540–1606 m. Dorothy Beconsall 1537–1577
    1. 1. Agnes Hinds 1574– m. Robert Hinds 1575–1631
      1. 1. Sarah HINDS 1602–
      2. 2. Phillip HINDS 1598–1624
      3. 3. Elizabeth (White) Goodwin 1592–1676 m. Thomas Chaplin 1591–1672
        1. 1. Abigail Chaplin 1631–
        2. 2. Thomas Chaplin 1617–1617
        3. 3. William Chaplin 1627–1667
        4. 4. Thomas Chaplin 1629–1638
        5. 5. Clement Chaplin 1633–
        6. 6. Richard Chaplin 1636–1637
        7. 7. Elizabeth Chaplin 1620–
        8. 8. Rebecca Chaplin 1626–
        9. 9. Anne Chaplin 1621–
        10. 10. Sarah Chaplin 1624–1630
        11. 11. Christopher Goodwin 1618–1683 m. Mary Crouch 1617–1683
    2. 2. Isabel Huddleston 1574–
    3. 3. Frances Huddleston 1573–1656
    4. 4. Jane Huddleston 1572–
    5. 5. Margaret Huddleston 1574–
    6. 6. Henry Huddleston 1574–1617
    7. 7. Dorothy Hudleston 1576–1654
  2. 2. Alice (Huddleston) Lovell 1536–1602 m. Thomas Lovell 1540–1604
    1. 1. Philip Lovell –1617
    2. 2. Francis Lovell 1569–1624
    3. 3. Alborne Lovell –1577
    4. 4. Edmund Lovell –1576
    5. 5. Charles Lovell –1641
    6. 6. Katharine Downes 1566–1610

Bridget Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1515
1515
Birth of Bridget Cotton in Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Ridware, Staffordshire, England
1578
1578
Age 63
Death of Bridget Cotton in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1515
    Event Place: Ridware, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Sawston, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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