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Wiliam Landwade Cotton 1410–1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1410

Birth Location: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 22 May 1455

Death Location: Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England

Father: Walter Cotton

Mother:

Spouse(s): Alice Abbott

Children(s): Thomas Cotton, Etheldreda Cotton, Janet Cotton, John Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, Robert Cotton, Edmund Cotton, William Cotton, Andrew Cotton, Audrey Cotton

Wiliam Landwade Cotton was born in 1410 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Walter Cotton And Marjory Fresshe. Wiliam Landwade Cotton married Alice Ann Abbott, and had children including Andrew Cotton, Audrey Cotton, Catherine Cotton, Edmund Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, Etheldreda Cotton, Janet Cotton, John Cotton, Robert Cotton, Thomas De Cotton, William Cotton. Wiliam Landwade Cotton passed away in 1455 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Wiliam Landwade Cotton was born in 1410 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, the child of Walter Cotton And Marjory Fresshe.
  • Wiliam Landwade Cotton married Alice Ann Abbott, and had children including Andrew Cotton, Audrey Cotton, Catherine Cotton, Edmund Cotton, Elizabeth Cotton, Etheldreda Cotton, Janet Cotton, John Cotton, Robert Cotton, Thomas De Cotton, William Cotton.
  • Wiliam Landwade Cotton passed away in 1455 in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

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Wiliam Cotton's Ancestors

Self
Wiliam Cotton
1410–1455
Birth Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Walter Cotton
1376–1445
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
John Cotton
1351–1393
Cotton Hall, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Bridget Grace
1351–
Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Cotton
1335–1397
Alice Hastings
1335–1400
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Humphrey Cotton
1296–1363
Anne Holbrook
1305–1375
John Hastings
1308–1359
Blanche Hastang
1310–1358

Wiliam Cotton's Descendants

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Wiliam (Landwade) Cotton (1410–22 May 1455) m. Alice (Ann) Abbott (1418–Nov 1473)
  1. 1. Thomas (de) Cotton 1439–1499 m. Margaret Wentworth 1441–1478
  2. 2. Etheldreda Cotton 1446–1494 m. Gilbert Talbot 1452–1517 m. Thomas Barton 1450–1478 m. Richard Gardiner 1439–1489 m. John Gardiner 1400–1475
    1. 1. John (Alfred) Talbot 1485–1549 m. Margaret Troutbeck 1492–1559 m. Elizabeth Wrottesley 1514–1558
      1. 1. Mary Talbot 1510–1560 m. Thomas Poole 1504–1595
        1. 1. Anne Poole 1538–1596 m. William Aylesbury 1536–1620
        2. 2. John Poole 1525–1613 m. Catharine Minshull 1529–1582
        3. 3. Francis (Peter) Poole 1528–1580 m. Catherine Vernon 1522–1586
        4. 4. Margaret Poole 1530– m. George Bacon 1528–
        5. 5. William Poole 1530–
        6. 6. Thomas Poole 1537–
        7. 7. William Poole 1539–1587
        8. 8. Barnabas Poole 1541–
        9. 9. Frances Poole 1543–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Talbott 1500–
      3. 3. Isabella Talbot 1500–1531 m. Richard (De Ashton or) Assheton 1444–1507
      4. 4. John Talbot 1513–1555 m. Frances Gifford 1520–1558
      5. 5. Audrey Talbot 1514– m. Thomas Needham 1515–
      6. 6. Anne Talbot 1515–1565 m. Thomas Needham 1510–1570
      7. 7. Constance Talbot 1517–1565 m. George Blount 1513–1582
      8. 8. Dorothy Talbot 1517–1570 m. John Skrymshire 1514–1569
      9. 9. N (N) Talbot 1521–
      10. 10. William Talbot 1530–1564
    2. 2. Mary Talbot 1504–1531 m. Thomas (D) Astley 1485–1558
    3. 3. William Talbot 1504–1577
  3. 3. Janet Cotton 1442–
  4. 4. John Cotton 1445–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Cotton 1446–
  6. 6. Robert Cotton 1447–
  7. 7. Edmund Cotton 1449– m. Ela Coniers 1464–
  8. 8. William Cotton 1450–1461
  9. 9. Andrew Cotton 1450–
  10. 10. Audrey Cotton 1453–1505 m. Richard Gardiner 1439–1489

Wiliam Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1410
1410
Birth of Wiliam Landwade Cotton in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1455
22 May 1455
Age 45
Death of Wiliam Landwade Cotton in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1410
    Event Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Wiliam Landwade Cotton, person ID L1WH-BCX.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 May 1455
    Event Place: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Wiliam Landwade Cotton, person ID L1WH-BCX.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England
    Record Source: "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, \i FamilySearch\i0, accessed 16 Sep 2020), entry for Wiliam Landwade Cotton, person ID L1WH-BCX.

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