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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: Lady Brereton

Spouse(s): Anthony Fitzherbert

Children(s): Dorothy FitzHerbert

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

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Cotton
1455–1497
Birth Location: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
RC
Lady Brereton
1454–1517
Birth Location: Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England
LB

Spouses(s)

Anthony Fitzherbert
1466–1538
Birth Location: Norbury, Derbyshire, England
AF

Children(s)

Dorothy FitzHerbert
1497–1557
Birth Location: Of, Longford, Derbyshire, England
DF

Maud Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Maud Cotton
1472–1551
Birth Place: Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Richard Cotton
1455–1497
Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Lady (Joan) Brereton
1454–1517
Brereton-cum-Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Grandparents
John Cotton
1436–1462
Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire, England
Mary (de la) Pole
1438–1468
Burton on Trust, St. Modwen, Derbyshire, Eng.
William Brereton
1414–1485
Brereton Cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Philippa (De Hulse of) Brereton
1414–1463
Brereton Cum Smethwick, Cheshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard Ridware
1404–1455
Joan Venables
1412–1456
William Brereton
1389–1415
Alice Corbet
1389–1458
Hugh Hulse
1361–1415
Margery Domville
1366–1443
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Ridware
1390–1430
Isabella Falconer
1390–1435
Hugh II
1380–1416
Cecily Dutton
1395–1435
William Brereton
1350–1426
Anyll Venables
1364–1442
John III
1355–1394
Joan Pigot
1365–1389
Hugh Hulse
1342–1407
Ellen Bruen
1345–1390
John Domville
1322–1395
Cecily Mobberley
1333–1400

Maud Cotton's Descendants

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Maud Cotton (1472–1551) m. Anthony Fitzherbert (1466–AFT 27 MAY 1538)
  1. 1. Dorothy FitzHerbert 1497–1557 m. Ralph (Longford) III 1485–1544
    1. 1. Nicholas Longford 1532–1610 m. Elizabeth Okeover 1528–1610
      1. 1. Harry (Lanckford or) Longford 1563–1600 m. Elizabeth Dawes 1573–1659
        1. 1. William Langford 1597– m. Elizabeth Reading 1605–1655

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
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