COTTON, Rowland (1674-1753), of Etwall, Derbys. and Bellaport, Salop.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Dec. 1674, 1st s. of Ralph Cotton of Bellaport by Abigail, da. of James Abney of Willesley, Leics., and sis. of Sir Edward* and Sir Thomas Abney*. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1691. m. 27 May 1695, Mary (d. 1761), da. and coh. of Sir Samuel Sleigh of Etwall, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1693. IGI, Staffs., Derbys.; J. P. Yeatman, Feudal Hist. Derbys. v. 52–53, 65; W. Woolley, Hist. Derbys. (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vi), 105; Add. 6695, f. 283; NRA Rep. 10882 (Cotton of Etwall), citing 286/M/F/13.

Offices Held

Burgess, Newcastle-under-Lyme 1695, capital burgess 1696–1707, mayor 1697–8; sheriff, Salop 1697–8; steward of manor of Newcastle 1702–6. R. W. Bridgett, ‘Hist. of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1661–1760’ (Keele Univ. MA thesis, 1982), 174; T. Pape, Educational Endowments of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 33; idem, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Restoration to 1760, p. 31; Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 168.

Member SPCK, SPG.

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COTTON, Rowland (?1675-1753), of Etwall, Derbys. and Bellaport, Salop.

Main residences: Etwall, Derbys.; Bellaport, Salop.

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Volume

Commons 1690-1715

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COTTON, Rowland (1674-1753)

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