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Dame 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: Robert Cotton

Mother: Dorothy Clere

Spouse(s): Sir II

Children(s): Alice Huddleston, Sir Huddleston

In 1515, Dame Bridget Frances Cotton entered the world in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, born to Robert Cotton And Dorothy Clere. Dame Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Ii, and had children including Alice Huddleston, Sir Edmund Huddleston. Dame Bridget Frances Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1515, Dame Bridget Frances Cotton entered the world in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, born to Robert Cotton And Dorothy Clere.
  • Dame Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Ii, and had children including Alice Huddleston, Sir Edmund Huddleston.
  • Dame Bridget Frances Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Cotton
1480–1519
Birth Location: Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
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Dorothy Clere
1489–1515
Birth Location: Ormsby, Norfolk, England
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Spouses(s)

Sir II
1505–1557
Birth Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Children(s)

Alice Huddleston
1536–1602
Birth Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
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Sir Huddleston
1523–1589
Birth Location: Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England
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Dame Cotton's Ancestors

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

Dame Cotton's Descendants

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Dame (Bridget Frances) Cotton (1515–1578) m. Sir (John Huddleston (Knight Of The Bath Sheriff)) II (1505–04 Nov 1557)
  1. 1. Alice Huddleston 1536–1602 m. Thomas Lovell 1540–1604
    1. 1. Charles Lovell 1571–1641 m. Mary Hewke 1599–
      1. 1. Alice Lovell 1618–1658 m. George Crymes 1604–1657
        1. 1. Thomas Crymes 1638–1694 m. Mary Bond 1640–
  2. 2. Sir (Edmund) Huddleston 1523–1589

Dame Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

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