GARGRAVE, Cotton (c.1540-88), of Nostell Priory and Kinsley, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1540, o.s. of Sir Thomas Gargrave by his 1st w. Anne, da. of William Cotton of Oxonhoath, Kent. educ. G. Inn 1563. m. (1) Bridget, da. of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, 3s.; (2) Anne or Agnes (d.1637), da. of Thomas Waterton of Walton, 4s. inc. Richard 5da. suc. fa. 1579. Kntd. 1585.Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 69; Yorks. Deeds (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. l), ii. 127.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) from c. 1569, custos rot. c. 1584, sheriff 1583 – 84; duchy of Lancaster receiver of Tickhill 1580, of Pontefract, Knaresborough and Wakefield 1582.E163/14/8; Somerville, Duchy, i. 518, 526, 530; Ducatus Lanc. 103/14W, 108/2W.

Parlimentarian

GARGRAVE, Cotton (c.1540-88), of Nostell Priory and Kinsley, Yorks.

Main residences: Nostell Priory; Kinsley, Yorks.

Author

W.J.J.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

GARGRAVE, Cotton (c.1540-88)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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