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Sir William Cotton 1420 – 1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England

Death Date: 22 May 1455

Death Location: Killed at the Battle of St Albans

Father: Sir Cotton

Mother: Lady Rede

Spouse(s): Lady Abbott

Children(s): Sir Cotton, Lady Cotton, Lady Cotton

In 1420, Sir William Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England, born to Sir Walter Cotton and Lady Joan Rede. Sir William Cotton married Lady Alice Abbott, and had children including Sir Thomas Cotton, Lady Catherine Cotton, Lady Audrey Cotton. Sir William Cotton passed away in 1455 in Killed at the Battle of St Albans.

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Biography

  • In 1420, Sir William Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England, born to Sir Walter Cotton and Lady Joan Rede.
  • Sir William Cotton married Lady Alice Abbott, and had children including Sir Thomas Cotton, Lady Catherine Cotton, Lady Audrey Cotton.
  • Sir William Cotton passed away in 1455 in Killed at the Battle of St Albans.

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Sir Cotton's Ancestors

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Sir Cotton
1420 – 1455
Birth Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England
Parents
Sir Walter Cotton
1376 – 1445
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Lady (Joan) Rede
1380 – 1445
Checkenden,oxfordshire,england
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Cotton's Descendants

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Sir (William) Cotton (1420 – 22 May 1455) m. Lady (Alice) Abbott (1424 – 21 Nov 1473)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Cotton (1439 – 30 July 1499) m. Lady (Margaret) Wentworth (1446 – 28 April 1479)
    1. 1. Lady (Ann) Cotton (1465 – 1525) m. Sir (Edward) Doyley (1465 – 25 Jan 1535)
      1. 1. Sir (Henry) D'Oyly (1493 – 13 Feb 1563) m. Jane Elwyn (1509 – 1570) m. Margaret Howard (1500 – 1554)
        1. 1. Sir (Henry) Doyley (1530 – 20 MAY 1597) m. Lady (Anne) White (1534 – 6 Dec 1592) m. Elizabeth ((12thGGM)) Bendish (1532 – 2 Aug 1553)
        2. 2. Thomas Doyley (1530 – 1585) m. Elizabeth Bendish (1532 – 2 August 1553) m. Anne Crosse (Abt. 1537 – )
        3. 3. Mary D'Oyly (1546 – 9 Feb 1573) m. Sir (Robert) Bedingfield
      2. 2. Roger Doyley (1499 – 3 Feb 1573)
    2. 2. Sir (Robert) Cotton (1483 – 18 July 1519)
  2. 2. Lady (Catherine) Cotton (1446 – 1494)
  3. 3. Lady (Audrey) Cotton (1455 – )

Sir Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of Sir William Cotton in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England
1455
22 May 1455
Age 35
Death of Sir William Cotton in Killed at the Battle of St Albans
Killed at the Battle of St Albans

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, , England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1455
    Event Place: Killed at the Battle of St Albans
    Record Source:
    [1] UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975
    [2] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current

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