Sir Richard Cotton, Knt.

ID: I18564

Name: Richard Cotton

Given Name: Richard

Surname: Cotton

Sex: M

Birth: 2 Sep 1545 in Southhill, Bedford, England

Death: 14 Jun 1602 in Stoke, Coventry, England of Age 62

Burial: 1602 1 1 1

Change Date: 24 Jul 2005 at 15:25

Note:

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is a descendant.

ancestor of US President Grover Cleveland

Father: George Cotton b: 1506 in Cotton, England

Mother: Mary Onley b: 1506 in England

Marriage 1 Mary Mainwaring b: Abt 1541 in Ightfield, Shropshire, England

Married: 1559 in Marbury, Chester, England

Change Date: 24 Nov 2004

Children

Frances Cotton b: 1565 in Hemington, Leicester, England

Marriage 2 Agnes Shatbolt b: Abt 1545

Married: 25 May 1562 in Southill, Bedford, England

Change Date: 24 Nov 2004

Children

Mary Cotton b: 4 Apr 1563 in Shillington, Bedford, England

Marriage 3 Jane Silliard b: Est 1542 in of London, England

Married: 1578 in St. Olave Jewry, London, London, England

Change Date: 24 Nov 2004

Sources:

Abbrev: Gary Silverstein

Title: Revised Ancestors of Neil Conway part 3

• _______________
• 'Richard Cotton, Esq.1,2,3,4
• 'M, b. circa 1539, d. 14 June 1602
• Father Sir George Cotton, Sheriff of Denbighshire,Steward of Bromfield, Yale, Chirk, & Chirckland, Privy Councillor2,3 b. c 1505, d. 25 Mar 1545
• Mother Mary Onley2,3 b. 1506, d. 14 Mar 1560
• ' Richard Cotton, Esq. was born circa 1539 at of Combermere, Cheshire, England; Age 21 in 1560.2,3 He married Mary Mainwaring, daughter of Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Sheriff of Shropshire, Justice of the Peace for Shropshire and Margaret Mainwaring, on 6 January 1560 at Combermere, Cheshire, England; They had 3 sons (George, Esq., Arthur, & Andrew) and 4 daughters ( Mary, wife of Ralph Bulkeley, Esq.. Elizabeth, Winifred, & Frances).2,5,3,4 Richard Cotton, Esq. married Jane Seyliard, daughter of William Seyliard, Gent. and Joan Todd, on 14 June 1578 at St. Olave's, Old Jewry, London, Middlesex, England; They had one daughter, Jane.2,3 Richard Cotton, Esq. married Philippa after 22 September 1593 at England.2,3 Richard Cotton, Esq. died on 14 June 1602 at Stoke, Warwickshire, England.2,3
• 'Family 1 Mary Mainwaring b. c 1541, d. b 14 Jun 1578
• Children
  • ◦Dorothy Cotton b. c 1560
  • ◦George Cotton b. c 1561, d. 1647
  • ◦Arthur Cotton b. c 1562, d. 1649
  • ◦Mary Cotton b. c 1563
  • ◦Andrew Cotton b. c 1564, d. 1640
  • ◦Elizabeth Cotton b. c 1566
  • ◦Winifred Cotton b. c 1568
  • ◦Frances Cotton+2,3 b. c 1573, d. bt 1630 - 16 Apr 1646
• 'Family 2 Jane Seyliard d. bt 22 Sep 1593 - 14 Jun 1602
• 'Family 3 Philippa
• Citations
• 1.[S2729] Unknown author, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 1; Ancestors of American Presidents by Gary Boyd Roberts, p. 149.
• 2.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 33.
• 3.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 1.
• 4.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 95.
• 5.[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 486.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p362.htm#i...
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http://www.7thwisconsin.org/7th-WI-GENEALOGY/LUTHER-Justus-P-7E.html

http://www.combermere-restoration.co.uk/1500s-to-present-day/

http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Richard_Cotton_(1545-1602)

Marriage and Family 1st Marriage

MARRIED: Firstly, 6.1.1559 or 1560, Mary Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire (1541 – 14.6.1578), daughter of Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield (1525 – 1590) and Dorothea (nee Corbet) CHILDREN:

   George 1560 – 1647 heir to Combermere Abbey

   Arthur 1562 – 1649

   Mary 1563 – 1647

   Andrew 1564 – 1640

   Elizabeth 1566 – ?

   Winifred 1568 – ?

   Dorothy 1572 – 22.4.1647

   Frances c. 1573 – ? married George Abell, 1599; their son Robert Abell (1605-1663) migrated to America. 

2nd Marriage: Jane Seyliard

MARRIED: Secondly, 14.6.1578. Jane or Joane Seyliard, c 1534 – c 1584. Daughter of William Seyliard of Chiddingstone, Kent.

3rd Marriage: Philippa Dormer

MARRIED: Thirdly, 1593, Philippa Dormer, born 1549 (widow of John Dormer)

Offspring of Richard Cotton of Cumbermere and Mary Mainwaring (c1541-1578)

Name Birth Death Joined with George Cotton (1560-) 1564 Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England 1647 England Mary Bromley (1566-1647)

Arthur Cotton (1562-1649) Mary Cotton (1563-) Andrew Cotton (1564-1640) Elizabeth Cotton (1566-) Winifred Cotton (1568-) Dorothy Cotton (1572-1647) Frances Cotton (1573-1646) 1573 Combermere Abbey, Dodcott cum Wilkesley, Cheshire, England 16 April 1646 Lockington, Leicestershire, England George Abell (1561-1630)

Offspring of Richard Cotton of Cumbermere and Jane Seyliard (c1534-1584)

Name Birth Death Joined with Richard Cotton (c1582-) Thomas Cotton (c1584-) Robert Cotton (c1586-) Jane Cotton (c1588-)

Offspring of Richard Cotton of Cumbermere and Philippa Dormer (c1549)

Name Birth Death Joined with Philip Cotton (1598-) Bridgett Cotton (1600-)

http://www.combermere-restoration.co.uk/three-monarchs-and-a-cotton/

  Richard Cotton was born in either 1539 or 1540, the eldest of six children born to Sir George Cotton and his wife, Mary Onsley. Richard was the fifth child and the only boy. He was probably named after his father’s brother, Sir Richard Cotton. The two brothers had emerged from obscurity in Wem in Shropshire, gone to London, and made their name at the court of King Henry VIII. George was knighted as an Esquire to The Body of King Henry, and soon after his son’s birth – in 1542 – he was granted the dissolved monastery of Combermere Abbey, together with its lands and income. This was mostly in recognition of Sit George’s service in running the household of the King’s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset.

George died at the age of forty, in 1545, and it seems that little happened at Combermere for twenty years, apart from the demolition of almost all the Abbey buildings, and the collection of rents. In the early 1560s Richard set about building a country house for his family on part of the site of the Abbey – incorporating what had been The Abbot’s Lodgings as the house’s great hall. Richard’s portrait is dated 1579, so we can assume that the house was completed – or very close to completion – by that date.

Richard lived to be about sixty two, and was married three times. His first marriage, to Mary Mainwaring from Ightfield – close to Combermere – was when he was about twenty, and they had eight children in thirteen years. The first of these was George, who would inherit Combermere in 1602. George had two brothers, Arthur and Andrew. Mary died in 1578 and Richard married Jane Sulliard (or Seyliard). She died in 1596, having given Richard three more sons and a daughter. Finally he married Philippa Dormer, with whom he had two children – a son and a daughter.

RICHARD COTTON was born at Combermere about 1539 and died at Stoke, co. Warwick, 14 June 1602. His place of interment is not clear as there was no entry for his burial in the Stoke register. He married at Combermer, 6 Jan. 1559/60, as his first wife, MARY MAINWARRING, daughter of SIR ARTHUR MAINWARRING, Kt. of Ightfield.

Source: Ancestors of American Presidents - (1989) p. 296 Source: The Genealogist, vol. 5, pg. 158-171, by Neil D. Thompson, F.A.S.G Source: The Abell Family In America, pg. 36,38 Source: Medieval English Ancestors of Robert Abell by Carl Boyer, 3rd (2001) Source: Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (Douglas Richardson); 2013; Vol. 1:106 Source: AFN: FKK7-2N

http://oliveandeliza.com/boyd/cotton/richardandmary.html