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COTTON, Rowland (1581-1634), of Crooked Lane, London; later of Alkington Hall, Whitchurch and Bellaport Hall, Norton-in-Hales, Salop

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bap. 29 Jan. 1581, s. of William Cotton, Draper of St. Michael’s, Crooked Lane, London and 1st w. Jane, da. and coh. of William Shabery of London.GL, ms 11367; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 155-6. educ. St. John’s, Camb. c.1596; L. Inn 1599. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. (1) Frances (d. 23 Nov. 1606), da. of Sir Robert Needham* of Shavington, Salop, 1da. stillborn; (2) Joyce (bur. 20 Apr. 1637), da. and coh. of Sir Richard Walsh of Sheldesley Walsh, Worcs., s.p. Norton-in-Hales (Salop par. reg.), 30; Vis. Salop, 155-6; R. Strong, Henry, Prince of Wales, plate 61. suc. fa. in Salop and Staffs. estates 1607; GL, ms 11367. Kntd. 1970.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 146. d. 22 Aug. 1634. C142/529/131. sig. Row[land] Cotton.
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Freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. ?1605, mayor 1614–15;T. Pape, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 135, 252, 266. j.p. Salop by 1614–d.;C66/1988; SP16/212. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches by 1616–d.; C181/2, f. 254; 181/4, f. 162v. sheriff, Salop 1616–17; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 119. member, Council in the Marches 1617–d.; NLW, 9056E/809; T. Rymer, Foedera viii. pt. 4, p. 6. commr. subsidy, Salop 1621 – 22, 1624, Forced Loan 1626–7.C212/22/20–3; C193/12/2.

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COTTON, Rowland (1581-1634), of Crooked Lane, London; later of Alkington Hall, Whitchurch and Bellaport Hall, Norton-in-Hales, Salop
Main residences: Crooked Lane, London; Alkington Hall, Whitchurch; Bellaport Hall, Norton-in-Hales, Salop.
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COTTON, Thomas (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

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b. 13 June 1594,Misc. Gen. et Her. (n.s.), i. 340. o. s. of Sir Robert Cotton* of Conington and Elizabeth, da. of William Brocas of Thedingworth, Leics. CB, i. 46. educ. M. Temple 1610, Trin. Camb. 1611, MA 1612. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 95. m. (1) 17 June 1617, Margaret (d. 5 Mar. 1622), da. of Lord William Howard of Naworth Castle, Cumb., 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) lic. 17 Apr. 1640, Alice, wid. of Edmund Anderson of Eyworth, Beds., da. of Sir John Constable of Dormanby, Yorks. 4s. (1 d.v.p) 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 6 May 1631. Misc. Gen. et Her. (n.s.), i. 340; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 337; CB, i. 46; F.A. Blaydes, Gen. Bedfordiensis, 110; N and Q (ser. 2), i. 250, 298-9, 324; A. Collins, English Baronetage (1741), i. 137-8. d. 13 May 1662. Le Neve, Mon. Angl. ii. 93.
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J.p. Norf. 1616 – c.25, 22 Feb. 1626, Hunts. 1621 – at least57, 1660 – d., Beds. by 1660–d., C231/4, ff. 29, 126, 196v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 13; C193/13/5; f. 51; Perfect List (1660), p. 1; C220/9/4, ff. 1v, 39. commr. sewers, Fens. 1617–1635, C181/2, f. 282v; 181/5, f. 10v. subsidy, Norf. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. enclosure, Fens. 1622–4; C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. dep. lt. Hunts. 1623-at least 1625, C231/4, f. 196; Add. Ch. 33168B. 1660–d.; SP29/11/273; 29/42/118. commr. Forced Loan, Hunts. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 24v. swans, Midland counties, 1627, Camb. and Ely 1633; C181/3, f. 227; 181/4, f. 153v. sheriff, Hunts. 1636–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 66. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1636 – 42, by 1654–d., C181/5, ff. 31v, 218; 181/6, f. 16; 181/7, f. 157. array, Hunts. 1642, Northants RO, FH133. East Midlands Assoc. 1642, assessment, Hunts. 1643, sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, Eastern Assoc. 1643. A. and O. i. 50, 92, 113, 148, 231, 294.

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COTTON, Thomas (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.
Main residences: Conington, Hunts.; Cotton House, Westminster; Eyworth, Beds.
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COTTON, Sir Robert Bruce (1571-1631), of Blackfriars, London; New Exchange, The Strand; Cotton House, Westminster and Conington Hall, Hunts.

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b. 22 Jan. 1571, MI in Connington Church. 1st s. of Thomas Cotton of Conington and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold, Leics. Cambs. RO, 588/F.38. educ. Westminster sch. (William Camden); Jesus, Camb. 1581, BA 1585; M.Temple 1588. Recs. Old Westminsters comp. G.F. Russell Barker and A.H. Stenning, i. 218; Al. Cant. m. c.1593, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Brocas of Theddingworth, Leics., 1s. Cambs. RO, 588/F.38. suc. fa. 1592. C142/232/70. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. C66/1942; 47th DKR, app. 126. d. 6 May 1631. PROB 11/159, f. 520.
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Member Soc. Antiq. c.1586. K. Sharpe, Sir Robert Cotton, 17.

J.p. Hunts. 1601 – 14, Mdx. 1621–d.; SP14/33, f. 32; SP16/14/45; C66/1786; C231/4, f. 122. commr. sewers, Fenland 1604 – at least26, Hunts. 1605 – 26, R. Gleane, Lincs. 1607, C181/1, ff. 74, 228; 181/2, ff. 46v, 279, 317v, 322v; 181/3, ff. 35v, 214v. subsidy, Hunts. 1608, SP14/31/1. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. piracy, London 1609, C181/2, f. 101v. drainage, Fenland 1621, 1624, C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. new buildings, London 1623, 1626. SP14/139/113; APC, 1626, p. 355.

Commr. enclosure 1607, Cott. Faustina C.II, f. 165. Navy inquiry 1608 – 09, 1626–7, HMC Laing, i. 110; SP16/42/17. wool trade, 1622, 1625, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. sub-commr. exacted fees 1623, commr. 1627, 1630. Bodl. Tanner 101, no. 67; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 232; 1629–31, pp. 179, 236–7.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620–d. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 320.

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COTTON, Sir Robert Bruce (1571-1631), of Blackfriars, London; New Exchange, The Strand; Cotton House, Westminster and Conington Hall, Hunts.
Main residences: Blackfriars, London and New Exchange, The Strand and and Cotton House, Westminster and Conington Hall, Hunts.
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COTTINGTON, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (c.1579-1652), of Charing Cross, Westminster and Hanworth, Mdx.; later of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.

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b. c. 1579, 3rd s. of Philip Cottington (d.1615) of Godminster, Pitcombe, Som. and Jane, da. of Thomas Biflete. educ. household of Sir Edward Stafford* c.1590-1605; Havran, 1-3, 217, 220. embassy, Spain 1605-6; I. Temple 1631-2. HMC Hatfield, xviii. 265; I. Temple Admiss. m. by 17 Feb. 1623, Anne (d. 22 Feb. 1634), da. of Sir William Meredith† of Blackfriars, London and Stansty, Denb. and wid. of Sir Robert Brett* (d.1620) of West Malling, Kent, 1s. 4da. d.v.p. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 479; Havran, 122, 218. Kntd. ?16 Feb. 1623; cr. bt. 16 Feb. 1623, Bar. Cottington of Hanworth 10 July 1631. Chamberlain Letters, ii. 479; C66/2270/18; 66/2563/3. d. 19 June 1652. Havran, 176. sig. Fra[ncis] Cottington.
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Sec. to Sir Charles Cornwallis*, amb. to Spain, 1606–9; Winwood’s Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, ii. 261, 278; iii. 69. agent, Spain 1609 – 11, 1616 – 17, 1618 – 20, amb. (extraordinary), 1629–31, Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 257–8, 260. roy. plenip. 1649–51. CCSP, ii. 9, 97.

Clerk of PC (extraordinary) July – Sept. 1613, (ordinary) 1613–22; APC, 1613–14, p. 147; C66/2008/24; 66/2269. sec. Prince Charles’s Household 1622–5, DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, p. 360; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 2. member, Prince Charles’s council 1622 – 25, Council of the duchy of Cornw. 1625–?43; G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 276, 284. PC 1628-c.1645; APC, 1628–9, p. 228; PC2/53, p. 232. chan. exch. 1629–41; C66/2515/8; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 402. commr. sale of royal jewels 1629, C231/5, p. 10. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629, 1633, R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348. commr. execution of poor laws 1631, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631, Ibid. 1631–3, p. 6. Admlty. 1632 – 38, (roy.) from 1643,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, pp. 250–1; PC2/49, pp. 41–2; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 109. wardrobe reforms 1633, CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 325. survey of ordnance office 1635, Ibid. 1634–5, p. 527. Treasury 1635, 1643; Ibid. 583; Docquets of Letters Patent, 60. master of the Wards 1635 – 41, 1644–d.;C66/2673/30; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 402; Docquets of Letters Patent, 372; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, v. 228. member, Council of War 1639; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 188. constable, Tower of London 1640 (Aug.-Nov.); HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 317; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 389. ld. treas. 1643–d. Docquets of Letters Patent, 80.

Commr. new buildings, London 1615, 1633; APC, 1615–16, p. 122; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 256. j.p. Mdx. 1623 – at least40, Kent 1624 – at least42, Som. and Wilts. 1632 – at least40, Oxon. from 1643, custos rot. Dorset from 1640;C231/4, ff. 159, 168v; 231/5, pp. 90, 390; C66/2859; Docquets of Letters Patent, 118. commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1623 – 25, 1629, 1632 – 41, London 1624 – 41, Western circ. 1635 – 42, Surr. 1640, C181/3, ff. 100v, 132, 191; 181/4, ff. 24v, 105v, 193v; 181/5, ff. 169, 213–14, 221. Wilts. 1643 – 44, Som. 1645, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 86, 152, 250. subsidy, Westminster and Mdx. 1624, C212/22/23. Forced Loan, Kent 1626; Harl. 6846, f. 37. kpr. Freemantle Park, Hants 1626–9, C66/2382/7; 66/2497/2. royal game, Hampton Ct. and Hounslow Heath, Mdx. from 1628; C66/2454/13. commr. sewers, Kent 1627 – 28, 1639, Berks. and Hants 1633, Westminster 1634, Mdx. 1637 – 39, Fenlands 1638 – 41, Camb. 1638, Herts. and Bucks. 1638–9,C181/3, ff. 248, 254v; 181/4, ff. 147v, 190v; 181/5, ff. 81, 101, 114v, 120v, 122, 129v, 136, 214v. Crown debts, various counties 1628; HMC Rutland, i. 485. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1632; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. commr. piracy, London 1633, 1635, Hants 1635 – 36, Suss. 1637, Cornw. 1637, Devon 1637, Dorset 1642, C181/4, f. 138v; 181/5, ff. 24, 26v, 58, 68v, 83–4, 226v. abuses in Fleet Prison, London 1635; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 465. steward, Kennington manor, Surr. from 1638; DCO, ‘Duchy Servants’, p. 384. ld. lt. Dorset 1640–1, Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 19. v-adm. 1640-at least 1642, HCA 30/820, no. 50; C181/5, f. 452. commr. array 1642, Mdx. 1642, Wilts. 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. assessment (roy.) 1643, Oxf. defences 1644, delinquents’ estates, various counties 1646. Docquets of Letters Patent, 16, 121, 283.

Cttee. Fishery Soc. 1632. SP16/221/1.

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COTTINGTON, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (c.1579-1652), of Charing Cross, Westminster and Hanworth, Mdx.; later of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.
Main residences: Charing Cross, Westminster; Hanworth, Mdx.; Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.
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COTTERELL, Sir Clement (c.1585-1631), of Wilsford, Lincs. and Whitehall, Westminster

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b. c. 1585, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Cotterell of Southrepps, Norf. and Anne, da. of Nicholas Bohun of Fressingfield, Suff.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 409-10; Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. n.s. ii), 180-1. educ. Eton 1595.Eton Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry, 87. m. 1606, Anne, da. of Henry Allen, yeoman, of Wilsford, 2s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.).Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 10; St. Martin-in-the Fields 1550-1619 (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 154; St. Martin-in-the Fields 1619-36 (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 17, 31, 190, 235, 259. suc. fa. aft. 1607;HLRO, O.A. 3 Jas.I, c. 29. Kntd. 26 Dec. 1620.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. d. 10 Nov. 1631.C142/488/71.
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Servant to Sir George Villiers (later 1st duke of Buckingham) by 1616.Egerton Pprs. ed. J.P. Collier (Cam. Soc. xii), 484.

Muster-master, Bucks. 1617–22;Eg. 860, ff. 50, 56. v. adm. Lincs. 1620–d.;Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 35. j.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 1622–d.;C231/4, f. 134; C66/2527. commr. Forced Loan, Lincs. 1627,SP16/73/45. sewers, Lincoln and Lincs. 1629–31,C181/4, ff. 40, 83v. knighthood compositions 1630.E178/7154, f. 66; 178/5414, ff. 5, 9, 13.

Groom-porter 1619–d.;CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 97; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 158–60. commr. starch manufactures 1620.CD 1621, vii. 441.

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COTTERELL, Sir Clement (c.1585-1631), of Wilsford, Lincs. and Whitehall, Westminster
Main residences: Wilsford, Lincs.; Whitehall, Westminster.
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COTEEL, Thomas (aft. 1579-1640), of Martin Lane (St. Martin’s Lane), London; later of Litchfield, Ashe and Steventon, Hants.

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b. aft. 1579, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Coteel of Martin Lane, London and Susan, da. of George Stecher of Augsburg, Germany. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 192. unm. suc. fa. 1635. Reg. St. Clement Eastcheap and St. Martin Orgar (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxviii), ii. 109. d. by 6 Sept. 1640. Cornw. RO, ME 3003. sig. Thomas Coteel.
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Sheriff, Hants 1630–1, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 56. burgess, Newtown, I.o.W. by 1636. I.o.W. RO, JER/BAR/3/9/8, p. 1.

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COTEEL, Thomas (aft. 1579-1640), of Martin Lane (St. Martin’s Lane), London; later of Litchfield, Ashe and Steventon, Hants.
Main residences: Martin Lane (St. Martin's Lane), London; Litchfield; Ashe; Steventon, Hants.
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COSWORTH, John (1599-at least 1650), of Colan, Cornw. and London.

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b. 2 Jan. 1599, Cornw. RO, P163/1/1, unpag. 3rd s. of Edward Cosworth† (d. c.1639) Cornw. RO, C969/1. of Cosworth, Cornw. and Dorothy, da. of John Arundell† of Trerice, Cornw. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 104. m. 5 Feb. 1627, Devon RO, MF 358/6/2. Bridget, da. of Sir Henry Champernowne of Modbury, Devon and wid. of Thomas Hele (d.1624) of Flete, Devon, Vivian, Vis. Devon, 466. ?2da. Cornw. RO, C1568/1.
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COSWORTH, John (1599-at least 1650), of Colan, Cornw. and London.
Main residences: Colan, Cornw.; London.
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COSSEN, Henry (d.1619), of Truro, Cornw.

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m. Philippa (bur. 5 Sept. 1639), 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. bur. 7 Nov. 1619 7 Nov. 1619.Reg. St. Mary’s, Truro ed. S.E. Gay et al. (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.), 245, 262, 277; PROB 11/134, ff. 194v-5; Cornw. RO, C970/1.
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Burgess, Truro from 1589, alderman by 1605, mayor and j.p. 1605–6. C66/1334; CJ, i. 288a.

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COSSEN, Henry (d.1619), of Truro, Cornw.
Main residence: Truro, Cornw.
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CORNWALLIS, Thomas II (by 1587-1628), of Westminster and Wandsworth, Surr.

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b. by 1587, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis of Porchester, Hants, groom-porter 1597-1618, and Elizabeth, da. of John Molyneux† of Thorpe, Notts. m. (settlement 26 Nov. 1619), Elizabeth (d. 9 Oct. 1649), da. of Jeffrey Clark, proctor, of London and Morant’s Court, Chevening, Kent, wid. of William Watson of White Webbs, Enfield, Mdx. and Pattingham, Staffs., 1s.Private Corresp. of Jane Lady Cornwallis ed. Lord Braybrooke, (1842), xxxvi-xxxviii; PROB 11/98, f. 331; 11/127, f. 477; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 64; CCC, 2059. suc. fa. 1618. Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1600-49, p. 68. d. 6 Jan. 1628. C2/Chas.I/P13/18.
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?Groom-porter, Prince Henry 1610. T. Birch, Life of Henry Prince of Wales (1760), p. 454.

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CORNWALLIS, Thomas II (by 1587-1628), of Westminster and Wandsworth, Surr.
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CORNWALLIS, Thomas II (by 1587-1628)

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