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Robert Cotton 1480–1519 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1480

Birth Location: Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 18 Jul 1519

Death Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Sir COTTON

Mother: Margery Cotton

Spouse(s): DOROTHY CLERE, Dorothy Cleare

Children(s): Bridget Cotton, Anne Cotton

The story of Robert Cotton began in 1480 in Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England. Robert Cotton married Dorothy Cleare, Dorothy Clere, and had children including Anne Cotton, Bridget Cotton, Thomas Cotton. Robert Cotton passed away in 1519 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Robert Cotton began in 1480 in Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Robert Cotton married Dorothy Cleare, Dorothy Clere, and had children including Anne Cotton, Bridget Cotton, Thomas Cotton.
  • Robert Cotton passed away in 1519 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir COTTON
1439–1499
Birth Location: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
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Margery Cotton
1446–1479
Birth Location: Nettlestead, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
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Spouses(s)

DOROTHY CLERE
1489–1515
Birth Location: Ormsby, Norfolk, England
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Dorothy Cleare
1480–
Birth Location: England
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Children(s)

Bridget Cotton
1515–1578
Birth Location: Ridware, Staffordshire, England
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Anne Cotton
–1634
Birth Location: –
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Robert Cotton's Ancestors

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Robert Cotton
1480–1519
Birth Place: Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir Thomas COTTON
1439–1499
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Margery Cotton
1446–1479
Nettlestead, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Sir (Philip) Wentworth
1423–1464
Nettlestead (Suffolk) England
Lady (Mary de) Clifford
1421–1478
Appleby (Westmoreland) England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Wentworth
1395–1452
Margaret Despencer
1397–1478
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Cotton's Descendants

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Robert Cotton (1480–18 Jul 1519) m. DOROTHY CLERE (1489–Aft. 1515) m. Dorothy Cleare (1480–)
  1. 1. Bridget Cotton 1515–1578 m. Sir (John Huddleston of Sawston Hall) KB 1517–1557
    1. 1. Edmund Huddleston 1540–1606 m. Dorothy Beconsall 1537–1577
      1. 1. Agnes Hinds 1574– m. Robert Hinds 1575–1631
        1. 1. Sarah HINDS 1602–
        2. 2. Phillip HINDS 1598–1624
        3. 3. Elizabeth (White) Goodwin 1592–1676 m. Thomas Chaplin 1591–1672
      2. 2. Isabel Huddleston 1574–
      3. 3. Frances Huddleston 1573–1656
      4. 4. Jane Huddleston 1572–
      5. 5. Margaret Huddleston 1574–
      6. 6. Henry Huddleston 1574–1617
      7. 7. Dorothy Hudleston 1576–1654
    2. 2. Alice (Huddleston) Lovell 1536–1602 m. Thomas Lovell 1540–1604
      1. 1. Philip Lovell –1617
      2. 2. Francis Lovell 1569–1624
      3. 3. Alborne Lovell –1577
      4. 4. Edmund Lovell –1576
      5. 5. Charles Lovell –1641
      6. 6. Katharine Downes 1566–1610
  2. 2. Anne Cotton –1634

Robert Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1480
1480
Birth of Robert Cotton in Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1519
18 Jul 1519
Age 39
Death of Robert Cotton in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1480
    Event Place: Lanwade, Cambridgeshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Jul 1519
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
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