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Walter Cotton 1420–1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1420

Birth Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 22 May 1455

Death Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Father: Sir Cotton

Mother: Lady Rede

Spouse(s): Blanche Fraunceys

Children(s): Clement I

The story of Walter Cotton began in 1420 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Walter Cotton married Blanche Fraunceys, and had children including Clement Montrevil Cotton I. Walter Cotton passed away in 1455 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Cotton began in 1420 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Walter Cotton married Blanche Fraunceys, and had children including Clement Montrevil Cotton I.
  • Walter Cotton passed away in 1455 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter Cotton's Ancestors

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Walter Cotton
1420–1455
Birth Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Sir Lord Walter I Cotton
1376–1445
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
Lady (Joan) Rede
1380–1445
Checkenden, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
John Cotton
1365–1393
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, , England
Bridget Grace
1336–1425
Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cotten
1335–1397
Alice Hastings
1340–1400
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Cotton
1296–1363
Ann *
1305–1365

Walter Cotton's Descendants

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Walter Cotton (1420–22 May 1455) m. Blanche Fraunceys (1425–Jul 1463)
  1. 1. Clement (Montrevil Cotton) I 1448–1559 m. MADWEN ((Magdalena)) Doggett 1455–1510
    1. 1. Clement Cotton 1475–1525 m. Constance Leventhorpe 1478–1550
      1. 1. Henry Cotton 1521–1594 m. Margaret (Ann) Marshall 1525–1594
        1. 1. Mary Cotton 1654–
        2. 2. Mary Cotton 1553–1629 m. Capt (Thomas Marshall) II 1545–1618
      2. 2. Jane Cotton 1505–
      3. 3. George Cotton 1525–1559
      4. 4. Thomas Cotton 1515–
      5. 5. Roger Cotton 1508–1608
      6. 6. Roger Cotton 1508–1518
      7. 7. Roger Cotton 1508–1608
      8. 8. Roger Cotton 1505–1608
    2. 2. Gregory (Cotton or) DeCotton 1470–
    3. 3. Blanche (Cotton or) DeCotton 1475–
    4. 4. John Cotton 1485–
    5. 5. Jane Cotton 1505–
    6. 6. Roger Cotton 1508–1518
    7. 7. Clement COTTON 1513–
    8. 8. Thomas Cotton 1515–
    9. 9. George Cotton 1525–1559

Walter Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1420
1420
Birth of Walter Cotton in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
1455
22 May 1455
Age 35
Death of Walter Cotton in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1420
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Broadyates Chatterley Gibbons Hayhed, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: Staffordshire: Wolstanton - Parish Registers, 1624-1769
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Canterbury Gnosall, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Staffordshire: Gnosall - Parish Registers, 1572-1699
    Record Source: Staffordshire, England, Extracted Parish Records

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: USA
    Record Source: Haskell, Hayner and allied families : genealogical and biographical

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1455
    Event Place: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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