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Bridget Frances Cotton 1515 – 1578 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1515

Birth Location: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1578

Death Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Sir Cotton

Mother: Dorothy Clere

Spouse(s): Sir Knight

Children(s): Alicia Huddleston

The story of Bridget Frances Cotton began in 1515 in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston, Knight, and had children including Alicia Huddleston. Bridget Frances Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Bridget Frances Cotton began in 1515 in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England.
  • Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston, Knight, and had children including Alicia Huddleston.
  • Bridget Frances Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Bridget Cotton's Ancestors

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Bridget Cotton
1515 – 1578
Birth Place: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Sir Robert Cotton
1480 – 1519
Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Dorothy Clere
1489 – 1515
Ormsby, Norfolk, England
Grandparents
Thomas Cotton
– 1499
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Bridget Cotton's Descendants

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Bridget (Frances) Cotton (1515 – 1578) m. Sir (John Huddleston,) Knight (Jul 1517 – 04 Nov 1557)
  1. 1. Alicia Huddleston (1536 – 1 September 1602) m. Thomas Lovell (9 Mar 1539 – 12 December 1604)
    1. 1. Edmund Lovell (1553 – 1576)
    2. 2. Philip Lovell (1560 – 29 Jan 1617)
    3. 3. Catherine Lovell (1561 – 28 Jun 1610)
    4. 4. Eleanor Lovell (1557 – 5 Oct 1605)
    5. 5. Francis Lovell (1569 – 5 Nov 1624) m. Agnes (Anne) Yerbery (10 Oct 1576 – Aft. 1611)
      1. 1. Agnes (Anna) Lovell (1598 – 9 May 1643) m. RICHARD ROCKWOOD (1606 – 6 Jul 1660)
        1. 1. Nicholas Rockwood (1628 – 26 January 1681) m. Margaret Holbrook m. Jane Adams ( – 15 December 1654) m. Margaret (1630 – 23 April 1670)

Bridget Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

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

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1578
    Event Place: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England

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