COTTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

Family and Education

b. 13 June 1594, 1st s. of Sir Robert Cotton†, antiquary, and Elizabeth, da. of William Brocas of Thedingworth, Leics.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 340; Vis. Hunts. 1613 (Cam. Soc. xliii), 28. educ. M. Temple, 9 Oct. 1610; Trinity, Camb. Easter 1611, MA (hon.) Mar. 1613.M. Temple Admiss. i. 95; Al. Cant. m. (1) 17 June 1617 (with £3,000), Margaret (d. 5 Mar. 1622), da. of Ld. William Howard of Naworth Castle, Cumb. 1s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.);Hunts. RO, CON.2/4/3/1. (2) lic. 17 Apr. 1640, Alice, wid. of Edmund Anderson of Eyworth, Beds., da. of Sir John Constable of Dromanby, Yorks. 3s. 1da.Hunts. RO, CON.2/4/3/3; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 340; London Marr. Lics. ed. Foster, 337; CB; Genealogia Bedfordiensis,110; N and Q, 2nd ser. i. 250, 298-9, 324; A. Collins, English Baronetage (1741), i. 137-8. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 6 May 1631. d. 13 May 1662.Le Neve, Monumenta, iii. 93.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. 1616 – c.25, Feb. 1626 – ?; Hunts. 1621 – Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Beds. Mar. 1660–d.C231/4, ff. 29, 126, 196v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 13; C193/13/5, f. 51; Names of the Justices (1650), 27 (E.1238.4); Perfect List (1660), p. 1; C220/9/4, ff. 1v, 39. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1617–30 Mar. 1638;C181/2, ff. 282v, 327; C181/3, ff. 36, 214v; C181/4, ff. 20, 30v; C181/5, f. 10v. Cambs. and I. of Ely 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. subsidy, Norf. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23. enclosure, Fens. 1622–4.C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. Dep. lt. Hunts. 1623 – at least25, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 196; Bodl. Carte 223, f. 337; Add. Ch. 33168B; Add. Ch. 33169. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 24v. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627;C181/3, f. 227. Cambs. and Hunts 1633;C181/4, f. 153v. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 23 Jan. 1636 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 31v, 218; C181/6, pp. 16, 304; C181/7, pp. 13, 132. Sheriff, Hunts. 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 66. Commr. array (roy.), June, 11 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unf. associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; assessment, Hunts. 24 Feb. 1643, 1 June 1660;A. and O. An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. poll tax, Hunts. 1660.SR.

Parlimentarian

COTTON, Thomas (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

: 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. 1594 – 1662 and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, C. Johnson;BM. oil on canvas, unknown;BM. fun. monument, attrib. J. Marshall, Conington church, Hunts. c.1675.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

COTTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

Will

not traced.

Estates

manor of Conington worth about £1,300 p.a. 1635-43, 1658-62, but only about £800 p.a. 1645-58;Hunts. RO, CON.4/2/1/3. bought land at Shilton, Hunts. 1634; bought land at Folkesworth, Hunts. 1636; bought land at St Albans, Herts. 1636;Coventry Docquets, 540, 693, 694. inherited lands at Steeple Gidding, Hunts. from his uncle Thomas Cotton, 1640; total estates in Hunts. valued at £4,000 p.a. 1643;BL, Cotton appendix XLIX, f. 8. bought lands at Coniscliffe, Durham, confiscated from Sir Francis Howard by 1652.CCC 2589.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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