Alice (Abbott) Cotton (abt. 1424 - 1473)

Ancestors

Wife of William Cotton Esq. — married 1438 (to 1455) in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1473 at about age 49 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England

Biography

Ann Abbot was the daughter of John Abbott, Esq., (1381-1443) in London, an armiger, and Agnes (b. 1390).

Alice Abbot married William Cotton Esq., son and heir of Walter Cotton. ^[1]

Children

1. Catherine m. Thomas Higham
2. Joan m. Clement HIgham
3. Etheldreda [Audria] m. (1) Thomas Barton, (2) Sir Richard Gardiner, Lord Mayor of London and (3) Sir Gilbert Talbot
4. Thomas
5. William of Clavering, Essex
6. Andrew dsp.
7. Edmund of Redgrave, Suffolx m. Ela Convers, gd. of Sir Robert Conyers
8. John dsp.
9. Robert

Sources

1. ↑ Metcalfe, Walter C. The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561, 1577, 1612. William Pollard, Exeter, 1882, "Cotton of Barton", p. 129. [1]

See Also:

• The Visitation of Cambridge, 1575 and 1619, by Henery St.George, Richmond Herald, edited by John W. Clay, F.S.A., Harleian Society, London, 1897, p.21.

• RootsWeb.

• The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets, and Such Baronets of Scotland, as are of English Families; with Genealogical Tables, and Engravings of Their Coats of Arms, Volume 1, p 405 [2]

• Clarke, A. W. Hughes, ed. Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica (Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, London, 1923-1925) Fifth Series

• Vol. 5, Page 43-4:Will in Prerogative Court of Canterbury. "William Cotton, Esq., dated 2 Oct. 1450. To son Thomas... Wife Alice..."

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Kelly Sinclair for creating Abbot-443 on 9 Dec 13.