Sir Allan Cotton, Lord Mayor of London

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There was a Ralph Cotton of Alkington, who married Jane Smith of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire (daughter of one John Smith – unhelpfully) in the middle of the Sixteenth century. They had eleven children (Alan, Joan, Roger, Catherine, John, Ellen, unknown name, Margaret, Alice, William, and Eleanor), of whom the eldest was born in 1558, and became Sir Allan Cotton. He was recorded as being born in Whitchurch, and held the office of Lord Mayor of London 1625-6. At the time of his death in 1628 he was living in Edgware in London, and was buried in the church of Saint Martin Orgar in the City of London. His occupation was given as draper; a very successful one, one imagines. He had thirteen children by his first wife, Eleanor More (daughter of Edmund More, or Moor, also a draper), and none by his second, Lucy.

The (Almost) Complete Cotton Family Tree, Combermere Abbey

1615. Sir John Gore. 4th son of Gerard Gore (see preceding note). By his second wife, a daughter of Sir Thomas Cambell (Lord Mayor 1609–10), he was ancestor of the Gore-Langton family, represented by the present Earl Temple. His eldest daughter married John Cotton (Alderman 1649).
1616. Sir Allan Cotton. Brother of William Cotton (Alderman 1607), and father of John Cotton (Alderman 1649).
1649. John Cotton. Second son of Sir Allen Cotton (Lord Mayor 1625–6).

Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700, BritishHistory.ac.uk

• 1607, June 4
  
• William Cotton, Draper
  
• Dowgate, 1607
  
• vice Hampson
  

Died c July, 1607; Will [P.C.C. 27 Windebank] June 25, 1607; proved April 27, 1608.

• 1616, July 9 (and sworn)
  
• Allan Cotton, Draper
  
• Dowgate, 1616-25, Candlewick, 1625-8
  
• S. 1616-7, M. 1625-6
  
• vice Elwes
  

Knighted June 4, 1626; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1627-8; Master Drapers 1616-7. Died December 25, 1628; Will [P.C.C. 3 Ridley] July 25, 1627; proved January 24, 1629.

Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650, BritishHistory.ac.uk