Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. 1514 /15, s. of Thomas Cotton of Conington by Joan, da. of John Paris of Linton, Cambs. m. by 1544, Lucy, da. and coh. of Thomas Harvey of Elmesthorpe, Leics., 4s. suc. fa. 1517.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/32/98. Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 27-28; VCH Hunts. iii. 148; LP Hen. VIII, xi; CPR, 1563-6, p. 266; PCC 42 Martyn.
Offices Held

J.p. Hunts. 1544 – 64, q. 1569 – d.; escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1546 – 47; sheriff 1547 – 48, 1560 – 61; commr. relief, Hunts. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, subsidy 1563.LP Hen. VIII, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 85; 1550–3, p. 394; 1553, pp. 316, 354, 414; 1554–5, p. 109; 1563–6, p. 22; 1569–72, p. 225; Lansd. 8, ff. 77–82.

Parlimentarian
COTTON, Thomas (1514/15-74), of Conington, Hunts.
Main residence: Conington, Hunts.
Author
T.M.H.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

COTTON, Thomas (1514/15-74)

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Oxford 1644
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