Pop Oswald Tree » William COTTON (1410-1455)

Personal data William COTTON 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • He was born in the year 1410 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.Source 1
  • Alternative: He was born in the year 1410 in Staffordshire, England.
  • Alternative: He was born in the year 1420 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.Source 2
  • He died on May 22, 1455 in Battle of St Albans, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, he was 45 years old.Sources 1, 3

    Fout Attention: Died 9 months (May 22, 1455) prior to the birth (??-??-1460) of child (Catherine COTTON) .

  • Alternative: He died in the year 1455 in Norbury, Derbyshire, England, he was 45 years old.
  • Alternative: He died on May 22, 1455 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, he was 45 years old.
  • He is buried in Landwade, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, England.Source 3
  • A child of Walter COTTON and Johanna READE

Household of William COTTON

He is married to Alice Anne ABBOT.

They got married in the year 1438 at Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Catherine COTTON  1460-> 1507 

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William COTTON

John COTTON
± 1344-1393
Margaret GRACE
1336-????
John REDE
1341-1404
Cecilia HARLYNGRUGGE
1345-1428
Walter COTTON
1389-1445
Johanna READE
1376-< 1445

William COTTON
1410-1455

1438

Alice Anne ABBOT
1418-1473

Audrey Ethelreda COTTON
1446-1494
Catherine COTTON
1460-> 1507

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Sources

  1. Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
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  3. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com

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Day of death May 22, 1455

  • Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
  • In the year 1455: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 23 » Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
    • May 1 » Battle of Arkinholm, Royal forces end the Black Douglas hegemony in Scotland.
    • May 22 » Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.


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