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Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.

Also Known As: "Cotten"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Death: July 30, 1499 (55-64)
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir William Cotton and Alice Cotton, of Landwade
Husband of Margaret Cotton and Joan Cotton
Father of Ann d'Oyley; William Cotton, Esq.; Robert Cotton; Joan Sharpe; N.N. Crockett and 5 others
Brother of William Cotton; Catherine Heigham; Ethelreda Audrey Talbot; Andrew Cotton; Edmund Cotton and 5 others

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About Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.

  • Sir Thomas Cotton
  • Birth: unknown
  • Death: Jul. 30, 1499
  • Family links:
  • Parents:
  • William Cotton (____ - 1453)
  • Spouse:
  • Margaret Wentworth Cotton (____ - 1478)*
  • Children:
    • William Cotton*
    • Robert Cotton (____ - 1519)*
  • Burial: St Nicholas Churchyard, Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 135691285
  • From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=135691285 ______________________
  • Name Sir Thomas Cotton [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  • Born Abt 1438 of, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England [2, 5, 8]
  • Died 30 Jul 1499 [1, 12]
  • Buried Church of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
  • Father Sir William Cotton, b. Abt 1411, of, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England d. 22 May 1455, Battle of St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England (Age ~ 44 years)
  • Mother Alice Abbott, d. 21 Nov 1473
  • Family 1 Margaret Wentworth, b. of, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England d. 28 Apr 1479
  • Children
    • 1. Anne Cotton
  • Family 2 Jane Sharpe
  • Children
    • 1. John Cotton
    • 2. Sir Robert Cotton, b. 1477, of, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England d. Abt 1519 (Age 42 years)
    • 3. William Cotton, Esquire, b. Abt 1479, of, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
    • 4. Martin Cotton, d. 1565
    • 5. Leonard Cotton, d. 1556-1557
    • 6. Audrey Cotton
    • 7. Joan Cotton, d. 29 Mar 1496
  • 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.
  • [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 2 p. 242.
  • [S303] #1784 The Visitation of Norfolk, Made and Taken by William Hervey, Anno 1563, Enlarged with Another Visitacion [Sic] Made by Clarenceux Cook: with Many Other Descents, and Also the Vissitation [Sic] Made by John Raven, Anno 1613 (1891), Rye, Walter, (The Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volume 32. London: [Harleian Society], 1891), FHL book 942 B4h; FHL microfilm 162,058., vol. 2 p. 267.
  • [S17] #894 Cahiers de Saint-Louis (1976), Louis IX, Roi de France, (Angers: J. Saillot, 1976), FHL book 944 D22ds., vol. 11 p. 831.
  • [S151] #1732 The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634: to Which Are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts, and an Appendix... (1870), Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles), (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 13-14. 2 volumes. London: [Harleian Society], 1870), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 13-14; FHL microfilm162,049 items 1-2., vol. 13 p. 101.
  • [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..
  • [S127] #11833 The Ancestry of Mary Isaac, C.1549-1613: Wife of Thomas Appleton of Little Waldingfield, Co. Suffolk . . . (1955), Davis, Walter Goodwin, (Portland, Maine: Anthoesen Press, 1955), FHL book 929.242 Is1d; FHL microfilm 990,484 item 7., p. 354.
  • [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.
  • [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.
  • [S222] #3509 The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1530-1 by Thomas Benolte, and 1574 by Robert Cooke (1923), Bannerman, William Bruce, (Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volumes 74-75. 2 volumes. London: [Harleian Society], 1923), FHL book 942 B4h volumes 74-75; FHL microfilm 162,076 items 2-3., vol. 74 p. 42.
  • [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.
  • From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I15914&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/n174/mo...
  • (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 .... etc. ___________________
  • Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
  • http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
  • Pedigree Chart -
    • 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...
  • SEE DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES for IMAGES __________________
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Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.'s Timeline

1439
1439
Birth of Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1465
1465
Birth of Ann d'Oyley
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1478
1478
Birth of William Cotton, Esq.
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1483
1483
Birth of John Cotton
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1485
1485
Birth of Sir Robert Cotton, Kt.
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1487
1487
Birth of Audrey Bassingbourne (Cotton)
1489
1489
Birth of Fr. Leonard Cotton
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
1492
1492
Birth of Martin Cotton
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
1499
July 30, 1499
Age 60
Death of Sir Thomas Cotton, Kt.
Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
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Birth of Joan Sharpe
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