Re: Thomas Cotton & Margaret Wentworth

I had no particular knowledge of this family before this morning, but
I looked at the reference given by John. It seems ‘we’ may know more
than Will thinks after all.

The American Genealogist, vol. 57 no. 1 (January 1981). p. 35-44,
55-56. ‘Thomas Bradbury’s Cotton Ancestry,’ by John Brooks Threlfall,
FASG.

IPM of his mother Alice (Abbot) Cotton:
Taken 24 January 1474; she died 21 November 1473; Thomas Cotton is son
and heir age 30 and more.
Presumably this is the document that sets Thomas Cotton’s birth at
about 1444, though when rounded to the nearest decade it is certainly
possible he was a few years older.

IPM of Thomas Cotton:
He died 30 July 1499; his heir Robert age 22.
So if Robert was born about 1477, and Margaret Wentworth died 28 April
1478 – then Robert would appear to the son of Margaret Wentworth (1st
wife) as opposed to Joan Sharp (2nd wife) as stated by Will. I know
there are references which state Robert was the son of Joan Sharp, but
all the ones I saw were secondary sources without evidence such as
‘Baronetage of England.’

The article does not mention Anne, wife of Edward d’Oyley. However,
if we accept the Visitation evidence given by John, and if they were
married 1487 as stated by the original poster, then she would almost
certainly have to be the daughter of Margaret Wentworth.

Second wife Joan Sharp died 29 March 1496

The article gives as children of Thomas without specifying by which
wife:
1. Robert (1477-1519)
2. Leonard, a priest. d.s.p. 1556-7
3. Martin, a priest. d.s.p. 1565
4. Audrey m. John Bassingbourne of Hatfield
5. William m. Margaret Colpepper


Joe

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