Cotton Family - Ourfolk
Sir George Cotton ABT 1505 - 25 MAR 1545
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Sir George was born on ABT 1505 in Cotton, Sallop co. and died on 25 MAR 1545 in Combermere, Salop, England . He was the son of John Cotton (B: ABT 1465) and Cicely Mainwaring (Cotton) (ABT 1469 - BEF 1516). Sir George was married to Mary Onley (Cotton) on BEF 11 NOV 1537. Mary was born on ABT 1510 in of Salop . She is the daughter of John Onley (B: ABT 1485) and Jane Pontesbury (Onley) (B: ABT 1460). View Family Chart - - -
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George Cotton was knighted by Henry VIII and was the grantee of Combermere.
The
Cottons of Combermere rose to great heights in
the reign of Henry VIII, and this was due in a
measure to the alliances with these other
families by marriage. George Cotton was
knighted by Henry VIII and was the grantee of
Combermere. Sir George Cotton, Knight, and
Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and knighted
by him, grantee of Combermere in 32 year of
Henry VIII, including the monastery, with its
church, bell tower, Lake of Combermere and
the cemetery, all by the King's letters patent. In
this grant were lands called Dodcote in County
Salop, Cliffe and Hales in Drayton, Erdlet
Grange in Staffordshire, Wincell Grange in
County Cheshire and Cotes Grange in
Derbyshire.
The site of Combermere Abbey, with 22,000 acres, became
the property of Sir George Cotton, as a reward for his service to Henry VIII. He pulled down most of the abbey
buildings except the abbots' lodgings. The original building had a stone ground floor with timber above. Sir
George's son, Richard, remodelled the house in 1563. There is a picture of the house as it was in 1760, before the
restoration carried out in the early 19th century.
The
Cottons of Combermere rose to great heights in
the reign of Henry VIII, and this was due in a
measure to the alliances with these other
families by marriage. George Cotton was
knighted by Henry VIII and was the grantee of
Combermere. Sir George Cotton, Knight, and
Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, and knighted
by him, grantee of Combermere in 32 year of
Henry VIII, including the monastery, with its
church, bell tower, Lake of Combermere and
the cemetery, all by the King's letters patent. In
this grant were lands called Dodcote in County
Salop, Cliffe and Hales in Drayton, Erdlet
Grange in Staffordshire, Wincell Grange in
County Cheshire and Cotes Grange in
Derbyshire.
The site of Combermere Abbey, with 22,000 acres, became
the property of Sir George Cotton, as a reward for his service to Henry VIII. He pulled down most of the abbey
buildings except the abbots' lodgings. The original building had a stone ground floor with timber above. Sir
George's son, Richard, remodelled the house in 1563. There is a picture of the house as it was in 1760, before the
restoration carried out in the early 19th century.
Great Grandson - The Amorial Bearings of Robert Abell - from 'The Abell Family in America'
- Robert was born on 1589 in Hemington, Leicestershire, England and died on 20 JUN 1663 in Rehoboth, MA
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