George COTTON

Birth:
Abt 1505
Coton, Salop, Eng.
Death:
25 Mar 1545
Combermere, Cheshire, Eng.
Marriage:
Bef 11 Nov 1537
Notes:
                   Sources: Ormerod's Hist. of Cheshire V 3 p 414-416.
Abell Family in America p 36-7; Wrenbury Ches. Par.Recds.
Faris' Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd. ed., 1
Thompson, TG, 5 (1984,) 158: W.A. Shaw's, Knights of England

       George cotton served as Sheriff of Denbighshire and was Esquire to the body to King Henry VIII and was knighted by him in or before 1542.
       He was given a new grant to Combermere, county Salop (Shropshire) by King Henry VIII, 3 Feb 1541/2, obtaining a site and demesne of the Abbey, and two-thirds of Newhall Manor, upon surrendering a two-year-old grant.  They also had grants of the manor of Wilkesley, cheshire, dated 3 April 1542, and of the manor of Pulton, Cheshire, dated 19 August 1543.
Mary ONLEY
Birth:
Abt 1506
of Catesby Northampton, Eng.
Father:
John ONLEY
Notes:
                   Sources:Ormerod's Hist. of Cheshire V 3 p. 414-16, Misc. Gen. & Herald, S 1 V 1
p. 156, Harl. Soc. V 29 p. 401, Northants, Visit. 1564, 1618-19 p. 38, 39,
121-3, Bridges Northants, V1 p 35

Chk-B-Place may be Catesby, Northampton, England ?

Mary was probably the sister of Jane Onley who married her husband George's brother Richard.
Children
Marriage
1
Richard COTTON
Birth:
1539/40
Combermere, Cheshire, Eng.
Death:
14 Jun 1602
Stoke, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng.
Notes:
                   Sources:Abell Family in America p 36-37, Misc. Gen. & Herald.
2nd S V  p7-20, 118 Ormerod's History of Cheshire V 3 p 416.
Wrenbury, Ches. Par. Rec.
Died age 62

       In 1563 Richard built the Combermere manor house, which incorporated the remains of the Abbey.  According to the Court Rolls at Combermere, a joint manor court was held there by Richard Cotton, armiger, seneschel of the manor.  The manor of Newhall was vested in Sir Richard Cotton for two portions, and in the Fitzwaring for one portion.
2
Mary COTTON
Birth:
Abt 1541
Combermere, Cheshire, Eng.
Death:
16 Nov 1580
Notes:
                   M-Husband #(1) Edward STANLEY
M-Husband #(2) Edward GREY

Mary had no issue.
3
Dorothy COTTON
Birth:
Abt 1543
Combermere, Cheshire, Eng.
Death:
Notes:
                   Omerod's History of Cheshire, Vol. 3, p. 414

Dorothy was living as a widow, 6 June 1608.
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George Cotton - Mary Onley

George Cotton was born at Coton, Salop, Eng. Abt 1505. His parents were John or Richard Cotton and Cicely Mainwaring.

He married Mary Onley Bef 11 Nov 1537 . Mary Onley was born at of Catesby Northampton, Eng. Abt 1506 daughter of John Onley and Jane Pontesbury .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Richard Cotton born 1539/40.
Mary Cotton born Abt 1541.
Dorothy Cotton born Abt 1543.

George Cotton died 25 Mar 1545 at Combermere, Cheshire, Eng. .