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Maud Cotton 1472–1551 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1472

Birth Location: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 1551

Death Location: Norbury, Derbyshire, England

Father: Richard Cotton

Mother: Joan Brereton

Spouse(s): Anthony FitzHerbert

Children(s): Dorothy Herbert

Maud Cotton was born in 1472 in Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England, the child of Richard Cotton And Joan Brereton. Maud Cotton married Anthony Fitzherbert, and had children including Dorothy Fitz Herbert. Maud Cotton passed away in 1551 in Norbury, Derbyshire, England.

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Biography

  • Maud Cotton was born in 1472 in Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England, the child of Richard Cotton And Joan Brereton.
  • Maud Cotton married Anthony Fitzherbert, and had children including Dorothy Fitz Herbert.
  • Maud Cotton passed away in 1551 in Norbury, Derbyshire, England.

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Children(s)

Maud Cotton's Ancestors

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Maud Cotton
1472–1551
Birth Place: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Richard Cotton
1455–1497
Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Joan Brereton
1454–1517
Brereton cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
John Cotton
1436–1488
Staffordshire, England
Mary (de la) Pole
1438–1462
Derbyshire, England
William Brereton
1409–1456
Brereton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Philippa Hulse
1415–
Brereton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Richard Cotton
1404–1455
Joan Venables
1412–1456
Ralph Pole
1410–1460
Joan Grosvenor
1416–1510
William Brereton
Alice Corbet
1389–1458
Hugh Hulse
1360–1415
Margery Domville
1345–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Maud Cotton's Descendants

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Maud Cotton (1472–1551) m. Anthony FitzHerbert (1466–MAY 1538)
  1. 1. Dorothy (Fitz) Herbert 1508– m. William Coke 1518–1575
    1. 1. Isabella Cooke 1539– m. John Danvers 1530–1598
      1. 1. Francis Danvers 1565–1631 m. Isabella Cooke 1569–1599
        1. 1. William Danvers 1591–1656 m. Elizabeth Babington 1604–1679

Maud Cotton's Timeline

3 Records

1472
1472
Birth of Maud Cotton in Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
1551
1551
Age 79
Death of Maud Cotton in Marbury, Cheshire, England
Marbury, Cheshire, England
1551
1551
Age 79
Burial of Maud Cotton in Norbury, Derbyshire, England
Norbury, Derbyshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1472
    Event Place: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Marbury, Cheshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1551
    Event Place: Norbury, Derbyshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event

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