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Margaret Cotton (Wentworth)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Suffolk, England
Death: April 28, 1479 (28-37)
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Place of Burial: Landwadw, Suffolk, England, UK
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Philip Wentworth, 2nd Lord Despencer and Mary de Clifford, Lady Despencer
Wife of Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.
Mother of Ann d'Oyley; William Cotton, Esq.; Robert Cotton; Joan Sharpe and N.N. Crockett
Sister of Elizabeth Wentworth; Henry Wentworth, 4th Baron Despencer and Marjorie Wentworth

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About Margaret Cotton

  • Margaret WENTWORTH
  • Died: 28 Apr 1479
  • Buried: Landwade Church
  • Father: Phillip WENTWORTH (Sir Knight)
  • Mother: Mary CLIFFORD
  • Married: Thomas COTTON (Esq.)
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Margaret WENTWORTH6 _________________________________________
  • Lady Margaret Wentworth Cotton
  • Birth: unknown
  • Death: Apr. 28, 1478
  • Family links:
  • Parents:
  • Philip de Wentworth (1423 - 1464)
  • Mary Clifford Wentworth (1421 - 1478)
  • Spouse:
  • Thomas Cotton (____ - 1499)
  • Children:
    • William Cotton*
    • Robert Cotton (____ - 1519)*
  • Sibling:
  • Margaret Wentworth Cotton (____ - 1478)
  • Henry Wentworth (1448 - 1499)*
  • Burial: St Nicholas Churchyard, Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 135691315
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135691315 ________________________________
  • Name Margaret Wentworth [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  • Born of, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
  • Died 28 Apr 1479 [6]
  • Father Sir Philip Wentworth, Knight, b. Abt 1424, of, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England d. 18 May 1464, Middleham, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 40 years)
  • Mother Mary de Clifford, b. Abt 1422, of, Appleby, Westmorland, England d. 4 Oct 1478 (Age ~ 56 years)
  • Family Sir Thomas Cotton, b. Abt 1438, of, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England d. 30 Jul 1499 (Age ~ 61 years)
  • Children
    • 1. Anne Cotton
  • Sources
  • [S88] #542 Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (1874), Foster, Joseph, (2 volumes in 12. London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), FHL book Q 942.74 D2f; FHL microfilm 924,024., vol. 1 pt. 4 Pedigree of Wentworth of Woodhouse.
  • [S17] #894 Cahiers de Saint-Louis (1976), Louis IX, Roi de France, (Angers: J. Saillot, 1976), FHL book 944 D22ds., vol. 11 p. 830.
  • [S50] Medieval, royalty, nobility family group sheets (filmed 1996), Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Family History Department. Medieval Family History Unit, (Manuscript. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1996), FHL film 1553977-1553985..
  • [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 3 p. 236.
  • [S289] #4271 The Visitation of Suffolke, Made by William Hervey, Clarenceaux King of Arms, 1561: with Additions from Family Documents, Original Wills, Jermyn, Davy, and Other Mss, &c, Hervey, William, (2 volumes. London: Whittaker and Col., 1866-1871), FHL microfilm 453035 items 2-3., vol. 2 pt. 1 p. 166.
  • [S49] #2058 The American Genealogist (1932-1965), Jacobus, Donald Lines, (32 volumes in 11. New Haven: D. L. Jacobus, 1932-1965), FHL book 973 B2aga, D25aga., vol. 57 p. 56.
  • [S49] #2058 The American Genealogist (1932-1965), Jacobus, Donald Lines, (32 volumes in 11. New Haven: D. L. Jacobus, 1932-1965), FHL book 973 B2aga, D25aga., vol. 69 p. 136.
  • From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I15888&tre... ____________________
  • Sir Philip Wentworth, Knight, of Nettlestead, Suffolk (c. 1424 – 18 May 1464) was an English knight and courtier.
  • Philip Wentworth was the son of Roger Wentworth (died 24 October 1462), esquire, of North Elmsall, Yorkshire, and Margery (died 1478) daughter and heiress of Philip, Lord le Despencer.[1][2][a]
  • Wentworth was Usher of the King's Chamber, King's Sergeant, Esquire of the Body, King's Carver, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk (1459–1460), Knight of the Shire for Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephen and Clare Castles, Chief Steward of the Honour of Clare.[1]
  • Wentworth supported the house of Lancaster and was in the army of King Henry VI, which was defeated at the Battle of Hexham on 15 May 1464. He was captured and three days later beheaded at Middleham, Yorkshire on 18 May 1464.[1]
  • Wentworth married Mary, daughter of John, Lord Clifford and Elizabeth Percy, daughter of Henry Percy (Hotspur).[3] When Mary died, was buried at the Friars Minor at Ipswich, Suffolk.[1]
  • They had a son and two daughters who survived him:[3]
    • Sir Henry Wentworth,[1] de jure 4th Baron Despenser, of Nettlestead, Suffolk, who married firstly Anne Say, by whom he had two sons, Sir Richard and Edward, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Margery, Dorothy and Jane, and secondly Elizabeth Neville, by whom he had no issue. His daughter, Margery Wentworth, married Sir John Seymour, and had several notable children.[4]
    • Margaret Wentworth, who married Thomas Cotton, esquire.[1]
    • Elizabeth Wentworth,[1] who married, as his second wife, Martin De La See, Knight, of Barmston, East Riding of Yorkshire, son of Brian De La See, by Maud, daughter of John Monceaux.[5]
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wentworth ____________________
  • Sir Philip Wentworth, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan & Clare Castles1,2,3,4,5,6,7
  • M, #16531, b. circa 1424, d. 18 May 1464
  • Father Roger Wentworth, Esq.8,9,10 d. 24 Oct 1452
  • Mother Margery le Despenser8,9,10 b. c 1398, d. 20 Apr 1478
  • Sir Philip Wentworth, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan & Clare Castles was born circa 1424 at of Nettlestead, Suffolk, England.8,3,6 He married Mary Clifford, daughter of Sir John de Clifford, 7th Lord Clifford, Sheriff of Westmoreland and Elizabeth Percy, circa 1446; They had 1 son (Sir Henry) and 2 daughters (Margaret, wife of Thomas Cotton, Esq; & Elizabeth, wife of Sir Martin de la See).11,8,3,5 Sir Philip Wentworth, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Constable of Llanstephan & Clare Castles died on 18 May 1464 at Middleham, Yorkshire, England; Beheaded after the Battle of Hexham.12,8,3,6
  • Family Mary Clifford
  • Children
    • Elizabeth Wentworth+8,3,4,6,7 b. c 1441, d. b 20 Nov 1494
    • Sir Henry Wentworth, 4th Lord le Despenser, Sheriff of Norfolk, Suffolk, & Yorkshire+2,3,6 b. c 1448
    • Alice Wentworth+13 b. c 1453
  • Citations
  • [S4763] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. IV, p. 292; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, by F. L. Weis, p. 25.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 380-381.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 236.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 31-32.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 246.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 217.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 636.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 380.
  • [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 234-235.
  • [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 215-216.
  • [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 216.
  • [S11575] The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, by Gerald Paget, Vol. I, p. 92.
  • [S11597] Ancestry.com, Submitted by rivernile11.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p550.htm#i... ___________________________
  • The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n170/mo...
  • XIII. John Wentworth, Esq., of North Elmsall, who married Agnes, sister and co-heir of Sir William Dronsfield, of West Bretton, in Yorkshire, and living in 1413. He had four sons, viz:
    • 2. Sir Roger Wentworth, who married Margery, relict of John Lord de Roos (who died without issue, 22 March, 1421-2). She was daughter and heir of Philip le Despencer, of Nettlestead,* County Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Tiptoft, of Nettlestead, and relict of William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire. Sir Roger settled at Nettlestead, and died before his wife. Lady Margery died 20 April 1478. Her Will was dated 30 August, 1477, and proved 28 May 1478. He was settled at Nettlestead, and became ancestor of the Barons Wentworth of Nettlestead and the Earl of Cleveland. His direct line terminated in Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace. He was also the ancestor of the Wentworths of Gosfield, in the county of Essex, members of which family were scattered over the kingdom, especially in the counties of Bucks, Oxford, and Dorset. From Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace, was descended Anna Isabel (born 1794, and died 16 May, 1860), daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Milbanke and grand daughter of Sir Edward Noel, Baronet, Lord Wentworth. She married, in 1815, the celebrated poet, Lord Byron, whose name was George Gordon, and left an only child, Ada, who married Earl Lovelace, and died, in 1852, leaving children.
    • http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n174/mo...
    • *Sir Roger had the following issue:
      • 1. Sir Philip, of whom hereafter.
      • 2. Henry Wentworth, Esq., of Codham Hall, County Essex, the first of the family who settled in that county. He died 22 March, 1482-3, having had two wives. by the 2d, Jane, daughter of Henry Fitz Lewes, who survived him, he had no issue. By his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry Howard( 2d son of Sir John Howard, by Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Hussey, of Co. Sussex, Kt.,) he had, with other issue, Sir Roger Wentworth, of Codham Hall, aforesaid, Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1499, and died 9 August 1539, who married Anne, only daughter and heir of Humphrey Tyrrell, Esq., of Little Warley, Co. Essex. She died 28 August, 1534, leaving, with other issue, Sir John Wentworth, Kt., of Gosfield, Co. Essex, born 1494, died 15 September, 1567; he married Anne, daughter of John Bettenham, Esq., of Pluckley, Co. Kent, who was buried at Gosfield, Co. Essex, 30 November, 1595. They had two daughters. One of them, Anne, married three times: 1st. Sir Hugh Rich, 2d son of Lord Chancellor Rich, who died 1 November 1554; 2d. Henry Fitzallen, Lord Maltravers, who died in 1556; and 3d. Wm. Deane, Esq. Lady Maltravers was buried in Gosfield Church, 10 January, 1580-1. The other daughter of Sir John and Lady Anne Wentworth, viz., Mary, was married at Gosfield, 9 February, 1545-6, to Sir Thos. Wentworth, Kt., 2d Baron of Nettlestead. She died without issue, and evidently shortly after her marriage. (See forward to number 19 of this note for further account of her husband.)
      • 3. Thomas, a priest, one of his mother's executors.
      • 4. Elizabeth, who married Sir John Calthorpe.
      • 5. Margaret, who married Sir William Hopton, Kt.
      • 6 Agnes, who married Sir Robert Constable, Kt.
      • The direct line was continued by
      • (15) Sir Philip Wentworth, Kt., of Nettlestead, who married Mary, daughter of John, Lord Clifford, of Westmoreland, and had issue as follows:--
        • 1. Sir Henry Wentworth, Kt., of whom hereafter.
        • 2. Margaret, who married Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt., of Landwade, Co. Cambridge.
        • 3. Another daughter, who married St. Rose Constable, Kt., of Flamborough, Co. York.
        • The line was continued by ___________________
  • Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
  • Pedigree Chart -
    • Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse, Earls of Strafford (Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham), Vernon Wentworth of Wentworth Castle, and Wentworth of Woolley.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n257/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n258/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n260/mode...
    • Pedigree of Wentworth, of Elmsall, Bretton and Baron Wentworth, of Nettlested.
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n265/mode...
  • http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n266/mode...
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Margaret Cotton's Timeline

1446
1446
Suffolk, England
1465
1465
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1478
1478
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1479
April 28, 1479
Age 33
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
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St Nicholas Churchyard, Landwadw, Suffolk, England, UK