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William de Cotton 1410 – 1455 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1410

Birth Location: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 22 MAY 1455

Death Location: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Walter Cotton

Mother: Joan Rede

Spouse(s): Alice Abbott

Children(s): Catherine Cotton

In 1410, William de Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Cotton and Joan Rede. William de Cotton married Alice Anne Abbott, and had children including Catherine Cotton. William de Cotton passed away in 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • In 1410, William de Cotton entered the world in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, born to Walter Cotton and Joan Rede.
  • William de Cotton married Alice Anne Abbott, and had children including Catherine Cotton.
  • William de Cotton passed away in 1455 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Cotton's Ancestors

Self
William Cotton
1410 – 1455
Birth Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Walter Cotton
1389 – 1445
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Joan Rede
1395 – 1445
Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Richarde (Reade) "Reed"
1382 – 1408
Boddington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Winter
1384 – 1408
Boddington, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Reade
1356 – 1412
Catherine Boteler
1358 – 1412
William Winter
1350 – 1398
Elizabeth Appleby
1350 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Butler
1331 – 1382
Elizabeth D'arcy
1332 – 1390

William Cotton's Descendants

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William (de) Cotton (1410 – 22 MAY 1455) m. Alice (Anne) Abbott (ABT 1418 – 21 NOV 1473)
  1. 1. Catherine Cotton m. Thomas Heigham (ABT 1442 – 24 MAY 1492)
    1. 1. Clement Heigham (1468 – 26 OCT 1500) m. Matilda Cook (1470 – 1500)
    2. 2. Thomas Heigham (ABT 1470 – 28 JUL 1504)
    3. 3. John Heigham (1472 – FEB 1522) m. Mary Tyringham (1476 – 1520)
      1. 1. Thomas Higham (JUL 1503 – DEC 1553) m. Phyllis Waldegrave (17 JAN 1508 – 7 MAY 1579)
        1. 1. Bridget (Elizabeth) Higham (5 JUL 1530 – 19 JUN 1597) m. Thomas Burrows (1531 – 19 JUN 1597)
      2. 2. Mary Heigham (ABT 1507 – )
      3. 3. John Heigham (1508 – )
      4. 4. Catherine Heigham (1511 – 1567) m. Robert Smith (1510 – 1558)
      5. 5. Margaret Heigham (ABT 1513 – ) m. Hollingeshed (ABT 1509 – )
      6. 6. Edmond Heigham (1514 – ) m. Margaret Shelton (1519 – )
      7. 7. Edmond Heigham (ABT 1515 – ) m. Lorraine Bender (5 DEC 1920 – 9 SEP 1960)
      8. 8. . m. John Schulte (1525 – )
    4. 4. Richard Heigham (ABT 1474 – 21 OCT 1500) m. Elizabeth Blennerhasset (ABT 1432 – ABT 1490) m. Anne Terringham (ABT 1478 – )
    5. 5. Anne Heigham (ABT 1478 – )
    6. 6. Catherine Heigham (1480 – )
    7. 7. Jane Heigham (ABT 1482 – 4 JUL 1513)
    8. 8. Joan Heigham (ABT 1466 – BEF 4 JUN 1513) m. Robert Buck (ABT 1455 – ) m. Robert Burke (1474 – )
    9. 9. Anne Heigham (ABT 1478 – BEF 14 JUN 1513)
    10. 10. Higham ( – 1508)

William Cotton's Timeline

2 Records

1410
1410
Birth of William de Cotton in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1455
22 MAY 1455
Age 45
Death of William de Cotton in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Title

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1410
    Event Place: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: OF KENT

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 MAY 1455
    Event Place: St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Newmarket, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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