Family and Education
b. c.1608, 1st s. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral 1606-46; bro. of John Cotton II. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1629, BA 1632, MA 1635. m. (1) c.1639, Catherine (d.1649), wid. of John Rawlinson, DD, principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxf., s.p.; (2) 27 May 1657, Eleanor Larder of Saltash, Cornw., s.p. suc. fa. 1656.J. Maclean, Trigg Minor, i. 652-3; PCC 74 St. John; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 240-1.
Offices Held
Fellow of Exeter 1629 – 39; mayor, Tintagel 1646 – ?50; j.p. Cornw. Aug. 1660 – d., commr. for assessment Aug. 1660–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Botreaux Castle, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
COTTON, William (c.1608-73)
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Oxford 1644
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