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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: John Huddlestone

Mother: Joane Lady

Spouse(s): Sir Cambridge

Children(s): Dame Huddleston

In 1515, Dame Bridget Frances Cotton entered the world in Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, born to John Huddlestone And Joane Joyce Huddlestone Prickley Lady. Dame Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Ii Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Attended Cambridge, and had children including Dame Alice Alicia 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 John Huddlestone And Joane Joyce Huddlestone Prickley Lady.
  • Dame Bridget Frances Cotton married Sir John Huddleston Ii Knight Of The Bath Sheriff Attended Cambridge, and had children including Dame Alice Alicia Huddleston.
  • Dame Bridget Frances Cotton passed away in 1578 in Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Huddlestone
1500–1547
Birth Location: Of Wolfhall, Wiltshire, England
JH
Joane Lady
1507–1550
Birth Location: Millom, Cumberland, England
JL

Spouses(s)

Sir Cambridge
1505–1557
Birth Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
SC

Children(s)

Dame Huddleston
1536–1602
Birth Location: Sawston, Cambridgeshire, England
DH

Dame Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Dame Cotton
1515–1578
Birth Place: Mavesyn Ridware, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Parents
John Huddlestone
1500–1547
Of Wolfhall, Wiltshire, England
Joane (Joyce Huddlestone Prickley) Lady
1507–1550
Millom, Cumberland, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Dame Cotton's Descendants

1.
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Dame (Bridget Frances) Cotton (1515–1578) m. Sir (John Huddleston II, Knight of the Bath, Sheriff, attended) Cambridge (1505/July 1517–04 Nov 1557)
  1. 1. Dame (Alice Alicia) Huddleston 1536–1602 m. Sir (Thomas) Lovell 1540–1604
    1. 1. FRANCIS LOVELL 1569–1624 m. AGNES\ANNE YERBERYE 1576–1611
      1. 1. Agnes (Anna) Lovell 1594–1643 m. Richard Rockwood 1606–1660
        1. 1. John Rockwood 1641–1725 m. JOANNA (Joane) Ford 1643–1724

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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