Code | P/0011 |
Dates | d.1505 |
Person Name | Cotton; Thomas (d.1505); High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1493); of Conington |
Surname | Cotton |
Forenames | Thomas |
Title | High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1493) |
Epithet | of Conington |
Activity | Very little is known about Thomas Cotton's early life. His father was the second son of a knight who held land in Staffordshire, and married the daughter of a noble family, so must have been a respectable man. He was killed in the Wars of the Roses, and is not known to have held any land in his own right given that he was a second son. From the time of his acquisition of the manor, Thomas Cotton was clearly a member of the gentry, possibly serving as the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire twice in the 1490s, or else helping his son attain the office. This seems to indicate a desire to cement his stature among the landed class of Huntingdonshire. |
Relationships | Grandfather: Sir Richard Cotton of Hamstall Ridware, Staffordshire (dates unknown) Father: William Cotton (d.1455-1461) Mother: Mary Folville (c.1423-1499) Spouse: Alianora (Eleanor) Knightly (dates unknown) Children: Thomas Cotton (c.1480-1517) Siblings: Richard Cotton (dates unknown) |
Linked entries in the catalogue
RefNo | Title |
KHAC4/4179 | Robert Cotton's notes on Hunts (copies) |
KCON/1/A/9 | Court Rolls |
KCON/1/A/10 | Rental of Trinity Hall Manor in Conington |
KCON/1/A/6 | Lists of Fines (Gersumae) |
KCON/1/A/2 | Court Rolls (and drafts) |
KCON/3/1/A/1 | Grant and Power of Attorney |
K588/F/34 | Pedigree book and cartulary of Cotton family of Conington with ink sketches of achievements and monuments of a knight. |
K588/F/41 | Pedigree roll of Cottons of Conington, Huntingdonshire, with parallel pedigree of Sir Robert Cotton and Scottish royal family from Bruce to Mary Queen of Scots. |
K588/Z/1 | Volume of manuscript historical notes upon Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire parishes by Sir Robert Cotton, baronet, of Conington (Huntingdonshire) [the antiquary]. |
KCON/8/1 | Pedigree of the Brus-Cotton family, showing the descent of the lordship of Conington, Hunts, from Waltheof Earl of Huntingdon to whom St. Edward the Confessor gave it after he had banished Turkill the Dane. |
KCON/3/15/1 | Agreement |
KCON/1/A/7 | Rentals |
KCON/1/A/1 | Court Rolls (and drafts) |