| Code | P/0012 |
| Dates | c.1480-1517 |
| Person Name | Cotton; Thomas (c.1480-1517); High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1512); of Conington |
| Surname | Cotton |
| Forenames | Thomas |
| Title | High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire (1512) |
| Epithet | of Conington |
| Activity | For most of Thomas Cotton's childhood his family were not landowners, though doubtless they were respectable given that his father's line was descended from a landowning family and his mother was the daughter of the lord of Conington. Thomas Cotton (d.1505) acquired the manors of Conington and Denton in 1491 and likely held the office of Sheriff in 1493 and 1499 (see Note, below), so it is clear that from his adolescence Thomas (c.1480-1517) was raised a member of the minor gentry. When his father died in 1505 Thomas inherited the lands at Conington and Denton, and took on the duties of a landowner. He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1512 which indicates his family's continued good standing in the county. Little else of his life is known, likely due to his early death. |
| Relationships | Father: Thomas Cotton (d.1505)
Mother: Alianora (Eleanor) Knightly (dates unknown)
Spouse: Joan Paris (m.1512) daughter of John Paris of Linton, Cambridgeshire
Children: Thomas Cotton (c.1515-1574) |
Linked entries in the catalogue
| RefNo | Title |
| KHAC4/4179 | Robert Cotton's notes on Hunts (copies) |
| KCON/2/4/A/1 | Inquisitio Post Mortem |
| KCON/1/A/2 | Court Rolls (and drafts) |
| 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]. |
| KHP17/6/2 | List of Cotton family monumental inscriptions. |
| 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 |