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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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Commons 1604-1629
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COTTON, Thomas (1594-1662)

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