Family and Education
b. by 1504, 1st s. of Thomas Cotton of Leicester by Anne, da. and h. of John Thomson of Nuneaton, Warws. m. 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1549.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 191; C1/1328/9-10.
Offices Held
Steward of the fair, Leicester 1525–6,1527–8, 1529 – 30, 1532 – 33, auditor, east quarter 1548 – 49, 1550 – 51, coroner 1540 – 41, mayor 1545 – 46; commr. subsidy 1546, relief 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, j.p. 1549; servant of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk.
Main residences: Leicester; Laughton, Leics.
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Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
COTTON, Robert (by 1504-59)
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Oxford 1644
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