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Robert Cotton 1516–1591 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1516

Birth Location: Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Death Date: 1591

Death Location: Richmond, Surrey, England

Father: John Sir

Mother: Cicely Morley

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Robert Cotton was born in 1516 in Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Esquire Of Rudheath De Cotton Sir And Cicely Mainwaring 1468 Cotton Morley. Robert Cotton passed away in 1591 in Richmond, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • Robert Cotton was born in 1516 in Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, the child of John Esquire Of Rudheath De Cotton Sir And Cicely Mainwaring 1468 Cotton Morley.
  • Robert Cotton passed away in 1591 in Richmond, Surrey, England.

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Robert Cotton's Ancestors

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Robert Cotton
1516–1591
Birth Place: Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Parents
John Esquire, of Rudheath de Cotton Sir
1464–1549
Coton, Cotton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England
Cicely (Mainwaring, 1468, Cotton) Morley
1468–1507
Ightfield, Shropshire Unitary Authority, Shropshire, England
Grandparents
William (De Cotton) II
1432–1491
Coton, Shropshire, England
Agnes Young
1437–1524
Kenton, Shropshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Roger Cotton
1368–1461
Ellen Grymelond
1373–1464
Philipus Young
1405–1491
Agnes Bonartin
1410–1502
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1516
1516
Birth of Robert Cotton in Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
1591
1591
Age 75
Death of Robert Cotton in Richmond, Surrey, England
Richmond, Surrey, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1516
    Event Place: Cotton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1591
    Event Place: Richmond, Surrey, England

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