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Hugh de Cotton 1315 – 1360 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1315

Birth Location: Coton, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 1360

Death Location: Rudheath, Cheshire, England

Father: Hugh Cotton

Mother: Margaret Hellesby

Spouse(s): Lady Heaton, Isabel deHeyton

Children(s): Katherine Cotton, Margery Cotton, Hugh Rudheath, Richard Cotton, Hugh Cotton

Hugh de Cotton was born in 1315 in Coton, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh Cotton and Margaret de Hellesby. Hugh de Cotton married Lady Isabel de Heaton, Isabel deHeyton, and had children including Katherine de Cotton, Margery Cotton, Hugh De Cotton Of Rudheath, Richard De Cotton, Hugh De Cotton. Hugh de Cotton passed away in 1360 in Rudheath, Cheshire, England.

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Biography

  • Hugh de Cotton was born in 1315 in Coton, Shropshire, England, the child of Hugh Cotton and Margaret de Hellesby.
  • Hugh de Cotton married Lady Isabel de Heaton, Isabel deHeyton, and had children including Katherine de Cotton, Margery Cotton, Hugh De Cotton Of Rudheath, Richard De Cotton, Hugh De Cotton.
  • Hugh de Cotton passed away in 1360 in Rudheath, Cheshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hugh Cotton
1272 –
Birth Location: Coton Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, England
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Margaret Hellesby
1295 – 1320
Birth Location: Acton, Cheshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Heaton
1318 – 1344
Birth Location: Chillingham, Northumberland, England
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Isabel deHeyton
1318 – 1364
Birth Location: Chillingham Northumberland England
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Children(s)

Katherine Cotton
1334 – 1398
Birth Location: Cotton, Suffolk, England
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Margery Cotton
1335 – 1398
Birth Location: Rudheath, Cheshire, England
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Hugh Rudheath
1335 –
Birth Location: Rudheath, Cheshire, England
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Richard Cotton
1336 – 1431
Birth Location: Coton, Shropshire, England
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Hugh Cotton
1338 –
Birth Location: Chester, Cheshire, England
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Hugh Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Hugh Cotton
1315 – 1360
Birth Place: Coton, Shropshire, England
Parents
Hugh Cotton
1272 –
Coton Hall, Alveley, Shropshire, England
Margaret (de) Hellesby
1295 – 1320
Acton, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
Hugh (de) Cotton
1255 –
Hodnet, Shropshire, England
Elizabeth (de) Tittenlegh
1270 – 1340
Coton, Shropshire, England
Roger (de) Hellesby
1273 – 1343
Acton, Shropshire, England
Matilda (Maud de Acton) Poyntz
1278 – 1361
Iron Acton, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Cotton
1235 – 1290
Isabella Leon
1234 – 1302
Hamon Tittenlegh
1245 –
Alan Hellesby
1248 – 1296
Beatrice Hatton
1252 – 1310
Robert Stafford
Ermitruda Walkelyn
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sumon Cotton
1195 –
Enid Maatenloch
1190 – 1270
Richard Hellesby
1224 – 1263
Alice Thornton
1226 – 1268
Adam Hatton
1220 – 1290
Robertus FitzWalkelyn

Hugh Cotton's Descendants

1.
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Hugh (de) Cotton (Abt 1315 – 1360) m. Lady (Isabel de) Heaton (1318 – 1344) m. Isabel deHeyton (Abt 1318 – Abt 1364)
  1. 1. Katherine (de) Cotton (1334 – 1398)
  2. 2. Margery Cotton (1335 – 1398) m. Hugh (de) Venables (1330 – 1383) m. Hugh (de) Venables (1333 – 1383)
    1. 1. Alice (De) Venables (1359 – 1391)
    2. 2. Richard Venables (1364 – 1403)
    3. 3. Anyll, (Anila de) Venables (Abt 1364 – 1443) m. William (de) Brereton (Abt 14 Feb 1347 – 10 Jan 1426)
      1. 1. Eleanor (de) Brereton (1387 – 1422)
      2. 2. Nicholas Brereton (1389 – 13 Mar 1460) m. Margaret Holland (1389 – 8 Sep 1458)
      3. 3. Jane Brereton (1392 – 1414)
      4. 4. Hugh Brereton (1392 – )
      5. 5. Randall Brereton (1394 – 1450)
      6. 6. John Brereton (1396 – 1426)
      7. 7. Margery Brereton (1397 – 1422) m. William Waynflete m. Richard Patton
      8. 8. Elizabeth (de) Brereton (1 Nov 1406 – 22 Nov 1495) m. John (Savage) II (1 Jan 1398 – 29 Jun 1463)
        1. 1. John (Savage) IV (1 Nov 1422 – 22 Nov 1495)
        2. 2. Margaret Savage (1425 – 12 Jul 1469) m. Edmund Legh (Abt 1427 – )
        3. 3. Margery Savage (1426 – 12 Jul 1469)
        4. 4. Dorthy Savage (1426 – 1475)
        5. 5. Jane Savage (1427 – 12 Jul 1469)
        6. 6. Eleanor Savage (Abt 1428 – 1465)
        7. 7. Elizabeth Savage (1430 – 1487)
        8. 8. Mary (Ellen) Savage (1432 – 1469) m. Peter ((Piers)) Warburton (1428 – 1475)
        9. 9. Katherine Savage (1433 – 8 Aug 1519) m. Thomas Legh (1450 – 8 Aug 1519)
        10. 10. Ann Savage (Abt 1434 – 1516) m. Lewis Eaton (Abt 1423 – 1485)
        11. 11. Margaret Savage (1437 – 1525)
        12. 12. Katherine Savage (Abt 1443 – 1525)
        13. 13. Ellen Savage (1 Nov 1447 – 17 May 1491) m. Peter (Piers) Leigh (14 Jun 1442 – 11 Aug 1527) m. Sir (Peter Piers VI Knight of Lyme) Leigh (1453 – 11 Aug 1527)
        14. 14. Dulcia ((Alice)) Savage (1448 – 16 May 1492) m. Henry (Bould) (Bold) (1444 – 20 Jul 1497)
        15. 15. Robert Savage (1448 – 22 Nov 1492)
        16. 16. Lawrence Savage (Abt 1449 – 1448)
        17. 17. Lady (Margaret Savage of) Clifton (1450 – 1525) m. Skipton (1500 – )
      9. 9. Henry Brereton
    4. 4. Richard Venables (1365 – 23 Jul 1403) m. Isabel (de) Langton (1363 – 1450)
      1. 1. Hugh Venables (1382 – 1416) m. Cecily Dutton (1395 – 1435) m. Petronilla (de) Dutton (Abt 1390 – )
        1. 1. Katherine Venables (1410 – 1507) m. Richard Winnington (1430 – 1474) m. Adam Bostock (22 Feb 1413 – 30 Apr 1475) m. Robert Winnington (Abt 1401 – 1427)
        2. 2. Hugh Venables (1411 – 1450) m. Petronilla (de) Dutton (Abt 1390 – )
        3. 3. Johanna (Jane) Venables (Abt 1412 – 14 Apr 1456) m. Richard Cotton (1408 – 22 May 1455)
        4. 4. Richard Venables (Abt 1413 – ) m. Elizabeth Radcliff (Abt 1382 – 1438)
        5. 5. Elizabeth (Johanna) Venables (1415 – 1 Jun 1470) m. Adam Bostock (1412 – 30 Apr 1475)
        6. 6. Agnes Venables (Abt 1415 – 1 Jun 1470) m. Thomas (12th Lord of Leighton de la) Brooke (1425 – ) m. Thomas (Brooke De La) Brooks (1402 – 1425)
      2. 2. Joan (de) Venables (1384 – 1432) m. Thomas Grosvenor (1377 – 1429) m. Thomas Grosvenor (Abt 1403 – 1492)
      3. 3. Richard (II) Venables (1385 – ) m. Petronilla (de) Dutton (Abt 1390 – )
      4. 4. Hugh (Hugh IV of Kinderton de Venables) (Venables) (1386 – 1416)
      5. 5. Hugh Venables (Abt 1390 – ) m. Cecelia m. cecily
    5. 5. Eva (De) Venables (1367 – 1416)
    6. 6. Joan (de) Venables (Abt 1367 – 1416) m. Thomas Foulhurst (1366 – 1417)
    7. 7. Thomas Venables (Abt 1368 – )
    8. 8. William Venables (Abt 1370 – )
    9. 9. William (de) Venables (1371 – 1459) m. Joan Massey (1375 – 1420) m. Blanche Venables (1375 – )
    10. 10. Margery Venables (Bef 1379 – Aft 1390) m. Richard Bulkeley (22 Feb 1369 – 11 Nov 1391) m. Richard Bulkley (Abt 1320 – )
      1. 1. Margaret Bulkeley (1389 – 1440) m. Lawrence (de) Warren (1394 – 14 Mar 1444) m. Thurstan HOLLAND (1390 – 1467)
        1. 1. Margaret Warren (1405 – 1442) m. Holland
        2. 2. John (de) Warren (1407 – 10 Mar 1459) m. Isabel (Margaret) Stanley (1414 – 1431)
        3. 3. Margaret Warren (1409 – 1442) m. John Stafford (Abt 1410 – ) m. John Honford (1400 – )
        4. 4. Joan Warren (1413 – Dec 1512)
        5. 5. John (de) Warren (1414 – 1459) m. Lady (Isabel De) Stockport (1407 – 1435)
        6. 6. Elizabeth Warren (1414 – )
        7. 7. Margaret Warren (1418 – 1475) m. John Handford
        8. 8. Joan Warren (1418 – )
        9. 9. Sir (Lawrence) Warren (1423 – 1474) m. Lady (Isabel de) Stockport (1440 – 1475)
        10. 10. Edward Wareyn (Abt 1423 – )
        11. 11. Cicely Warren (1424 – Oct 1478) m. William Davenport (1420 – 1474) m. John Davenport (3 May 1419 – 13 Oct 1478)
        12. 12. Margaretta (de) Warren (Abt 1443 – 1458) m. Thurstan Holland (1390 – Abt 1467) m. Sir (Thomas de) Holland (1383 – 1460)
      2. 2. Richard (de) Bulkeley (1391 – 26 Jul 1454) m. Alice Bostock (1398 – 1459) m. Agnes Chidel (1393 – 1470)
        1. 1. Sir (William Rowland) Castle (7 Jan 1417 – 1488) m. Alice Bostock (1419 – 5 Aug 1485) m. Lady (Alice of Davenham Cheshire) Bostock (1419 – 1459) m. Lady (Elen Ellen Ferch) Bulkeley (1427 – 1 Sep 1490) m. Margaret Molyneaux (1428 – 1444)
  3. 3. Hugh (De Cotton Of) Rudheath (1335 – Deceased)
  4. 4. Richard (De) Cotton (1336 – 1431) m. Isabel (de) Heaton (Abt 1341 – )
  5. 5. Hugh (De) Cotton (1338 – Deceased)

Hugh Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1315
Abt 1315
Birth of Hugh de Cotton in Coton, Shropshire, England
Coton, Shropshire, England
1360
1360
Age 45
Death of Hugh de Cotton in Rudheath, Cheshire, England
Rudheath, Cheshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1315
    Event Place: Coton, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1360
    Event Place: Rudheath, Cheshire, England
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