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SIR WILLIAM COTTON was born about 1420 of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, to Walter Cotton (1376-1445) and Joane Reade (1376-1445.) He married Alice Ann Abbott about 1438 of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.

Sir William Cotton died 22 May 1455, killed at St. Albans., age 34.

Cambridgeshire, England

The First Battle of St Albans, fought on 22 May 1455 at St Albans, 22 miles north of London, traditionally marks the beginning of the Wars of the Roses in England. Richard, Duke of York, and his allies, the Neville earls of Salisbury and Warwick, defeated a royal army commanded by Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, who was killed. With King Henry VI captured, a subsequent parliament app

Landwade, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
St Nicholas, Landwade was originally the private chapel to the Cotton family of the nearby Landwade Hall. Built in about 1465, as a result of brothers Walter and Thomas Cotton, purchasing Landwade it has many memorials to the Cotton family.


Brass epitaph of William Cotton

The Tomb of William Cotton from The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury and His Wife Mary Perkins, p. 151



The Chapel At Landwade, Cambridgeshire from The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury and His Wife Mary Perkins, p. 152



Battle of St Albans Warwick

William Cotton in
The Ancestry of Thomas Bradbury and His Wife Mary Perkins
By John Brooks Threlfall

p. 135: William was the eldest son and inherited Landwade Manor from his father. "Here he lived while serving the crown in various capacities. He was Attorney General and Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster for feoffees of Henry VI from Michaelmas 1444, Receiver General of Queen Margaret 19 July 1446, Constable of Clitheroe, Keeper and Ranger of Enfield Park and Parker of Walden. He was Usher of the Chamber in 1444 and 1447, when also Clerk and Porter of the Great Wardrobe, surrendering the clerkship in June 1553, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, 23 December 1450. He was then the king's Esquire, Justice of the Peace for Cambridge 1447 to his death, also of Cambridge borough and Huntingdon, Member of Parliament representing Cambridge1447 and 1453, He was at the Winchester Parliament 1449 on Duchy business, likewise at Leicester April to June 1540. He was Steward of the Franchises to the Abbey of Bury Saint Edmunds. On 17 August 1446 he was on an enquiry at Lancaster concerning the sheriff's misdeeds. He had a house at Exning, Suffolk, in 1450.

pp. 135-6: "His staunch support of King Henry VI cost him his life, for he fell on the Lancastrian side at Saint Albans on 22 May 1455. There were two principal factions among the English lords. On one side was the king and his advisor Edmund, Duke of Somerset. On the other was Richard, Duke of York, a more popular man. Fearing the malice of Edmund, Duke Richard, Richard Earl of Salisbury, Richard Earl of Warwick, .... a large number of their supporters gathered about the town of Saint Albans. On 21 May 1455 Henry VI set out from Westminster to Saint Albans, resting at Watford that night and arriving in the morning at Saint Albans. With him were many dukes, lords, gentlemen and yeoman to the number of 2,000 or more. On this day assembled the Duke of York, the the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick with divers knights and squire to the Key Field by Saint Albans. The king, hearing the duke's coming, put his banner at the place called Butt's Lane in Saint Peter's Street and commanded the ward and barriers to be kept in strong wise. The Duke of York stood firm from 7 in the morning until almost 10 without any blows on either side."

p. 136-7: "The duke sent a message to the king demanding that he 'deliver such as we will accuse'. The king in reply threatened him and his followers with the penalties of treason if they did not leave the field at once. The duke thereupon held a council with his leaders and they decided to give battle.

"This decided, the Duke of York and the Earls of Salisbury and Warwick between 11 and 12 of the clock at noon broke into the town in three different places and several places of the aforesaid street. Lord Clifford held the barriers that the Duke of York might not enter the town. The Earl of Warwick gathered his men and ferociously broke in by the garden side between the sign of the Key and the sign of the Chequer in Hollowell Street; and as soon as they were in town they blew trumpets and shouted with a great voice, 'A Warwick! A Warwick! And at once forthwith after the breaking in, they set on them manually. And as of Lords, of name were slain the Lord Clifford, the Duke of Somerset, the Earl of Northumberland, Sir Bertram Entwistle, knight, and of men of court, William Zouch, John Batryaux, Ralph of Bapthorp and his son, William Corbin, squire, William Cotton, receiver of the Duchery of Lancaster, etc. About 50 in all of the king's followers were killed. The king was wounded in the neck with an arrow. The Duke of Buckingham with an arrow in the visage, the Lord of Stafford in the hand by an arrow in the visage, the Lord of Stafford in the hand by an arrow, the Earl of Dorset, Sir John Wenlock and other Lancastrians. Some fled the scene, abandoning their arms, even horses. This done, the Duke of York, the Earl of Salisbury, and the Earl of Warwick came to the king and on their knees besought him of grace and forgiveness for what they had done, begged him to take them as his true liege men, saying that they never intended hurt to this person. The king forgave them and ordered them to stop their followers and see that no harm should be done. They obeyed his command and the cry to cease the fighting went out. So ended the battle (excerpts from an account of the battle in the Paston Letters I:327).

"This battle was the first of the hostilities between the parties of York and Lancaster, in what came to be known as the War of the Roses. The Lancastrians, that is King Henry's forces, lost this battle and a few years later Henry lost his throne.

"Inquisitions Post Mortem were held, one at Exning on 31 October, and one 3 November at New Market. Both state that he died on the Thursday before the Feast of Pentacost, which was the 22nd of May.

"William Cotton's daughter-in-law's father, Nicholas Sharp, succeeded him as Receiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster.

"William Cotton was buried in the Landwade Chapel and his manor of Landwade passed to his eldest son, Sir Thomas Cotton, then aged 17."

p. 141: "In addition to the estate at Landwade originally purchased by his father, William Cotton also received from his father an estate in nearby Exning, county Suffolk, called Cotton Manor."

p. 143: "For many years William Cotton was a Commissioner of the Pease for Cambridgeshire, for the town of Cambridge and for H
Wikitree:
Landwade is a parish four miles north of Newmarket. One of the smallest parishes in the county, it is only 1 kilometre from north to south and at most 500m from east to west. William Cotton inheritted Landwade manor from his father Walter in 1445, and on his death in 1455 it passed to his son Thomas (d. 1499)[1]
He died 22 May 1455 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.
Alice ABBOTT, born 1418 in London, Middlesex, England.
Alice married William Cotton, Esq. on 1438 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
She died on Nov. 21st 1473 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England
They had the following children:
Sir Thomas COTTON Knight was born 1439 and died 30 Jul 1499.
William COTTON II was born 1441 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
Joan COTTON was born 1443.
Katherine COTTON was born 1445.
Andrew COTTON was born 1447 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
Edmund COTTON was born 1449.
John COTTON was born 1451 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
Audrey COTTON was born 1453 and died 1505.
Robert COTTON was born 1455 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England. [2]

[example] ALICE ANN ABBOTT was born about 1418 of Landwade, Forest Heath, Suffolk, England, to John Symond Abbott III (1381-1443) and Agnes Elmyre (1387-1443.) She married Sir William Cotton about 1438 of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.

Alice Abbott passed away 21 November 1473, Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England, age 55.



Cambridgeshire, England


Landwade Chapel Cambridgeshire England


Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

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Ann Abbot was the daughter of John Abbott, Esq., (1381-1443) in London, an armiger, and Agnes (b. 1390). She m. William Cotton Esq. and they had 6 sons and 3 da.
Children:
1.Catherine m. Thomas Higham
2.Joan m. Clement HIgham
3.Etheldreda [Audria] m. (1) Thomas Barton, (2) Sir Richard Gardiner, Lord Mayor of London and (3) Sir Gilbert Talbot
4.Thomas
5.William of Clavering, Essex
6.Andrew dsp.
7.Edmund of Redgrave, Suffolx m. Ela Convers, gd. of Sir Robert Conyers
8.John dsp.
9.Robert

Children of William Cotton and Alice Ann Abbott:

1.Janet Cotton (1424-)
2.Elizabeth Cotton (1446-)
3.Catherine de Cotton (1446-1494)
4.Etheldreda Cotton (1446-1494)
5.Edmund Cotton (1449-)
6.William Cotton (1450-1461)
7.Andrew Cotton (1450-)
8.*AUDREY OR ETHELDREDA COTTON (1453-1505)
9.Joan Cotton (1455-)
10.Robert Cotton (1455-)
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William married Blanche FRAUNCEYS. Blanche (daughter of Hugh FRAUNCEYS and Philippa HAMME) was born in 1425 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England; died in Jul 1463 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Walter COTTON Sheriff of London [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 was born 1375 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. He died 14 May 1445 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England. Walter married Joan REDE on 1407 in London, Middlesex, England.
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FRESSH, Margery
Joan REDE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 was born 1376 in Checkenden, Oxfordshire, England. She died before May 1445. Joan married Walter COTTON Sheriff of London on 1407 in London, Middlesex, England.
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POURE, Roger
They had the following children:
FiJoan COTTON was born 1408.
MiiWilliam COTTON Esquire was born 1410 and died 22 May 1455.
MiiiWalter COTTON 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 1412 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
MivSir Thomas COTTON Knight 1, 2, 3, 4 was born 1414 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
MvEdmund COTTON 1, 2, 3 was born 1416 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.
Per http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hwbradley/aqwg1240.htm#21625

Walter married Joan READE about 1409 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Joan (daughter of John READE, de Rede and Cecilia HARLYUNGRUGGE) was born in 1380 in Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England; died in May 1445 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England; was buried in May 1445 in Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She first appears as Walter Cotton's wife on an late sixteenth century Elizabethan Heraldic Visitation. However Walter Cotton probably never lived at Landwade which he had bought from the estate of Brigit Grace a widow who was not his mother. He appears to have also owned the Checkendon Estate of the widow Joan Rede. Look at the Data Problems! THE BLACK DEATH WAS AT ITS HEIGHT IN 1350 - Oxford historians say 50% of Europe's population died about that year. The Mercers' Company has no record of Walter Cotton, their Master and third richest man in London, being married to a Joan Rede.

Walter Cotton was born circa 1385 at of Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England. He married Joan Reade, daughter of John Reade and Cecilia Harlyungrugge, after 1405. Walter Cotton died on 14 May 1445 at Landwade, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Hugh married Philippa HAMME about 1420 in Of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England. Philippa was born in 1399 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England; died in 1427 in Hartest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Bridget GRACE. Bridget was born in 1351 in Suffolk, England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John de Rede, MP, Bishop of Chichester

John de Rede
Birthdate:circa 1340
Birthplace:Checkenden, Oxfordshire, England
Death:May 13, 1404 (59-68)
Checkenden, Oxfordshire, England
Place of Burial:Checkendon, Oxfordshire, England
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Son of Thomas Reade and Margery Reade
Husband of Cecilia Rede
Father of Margery Rede; Joan Cotton; Edmund Rede, Sr. and William Reade


Cecilia Rede
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Margery Rede
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Joan Cotton
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Edmund Rede, Sr.
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William Reade
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Margery Reade
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Thomas Reade
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Thomas Sackville
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About John de Rede, MP, Bishop of Chichester
Family and Education m. bef. Apr. 1378, Cecily (d. 20 May 1428), da. and coh. of William Halyngrigge by Alice, niece and coh. of John Marmion of Checkendon, 1s. 1da.

Offices Held Commr. to put down rebellion, Bucks. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of arrest, Oxon. June 1384; to refund sums levied for archers recruited in defence of the realm, Bucks. Feb. 1387; of gaol delivery, Wallingford May 1387, Windsor July 1390, Oxford Sept. 1390, Aylesbury Feb., Aug. 1391, Wallingford Mar. 1392, Oxford June 1392, Reading July 1393, Wallingford, Reading, Oxford Nov. 1393, Oxford Feb., June 1394, Oct. 1395, June 1396, Oxford, Wallingford, Windsor July 1399; inquiry, Oxon. Dec. 1387 (escapes of felons), Devon, Glos., Oxon., Bucks., Lincs. Sept. 1389 (wastes on the Stonor estates), river Thames Feb. 1391 (theft of nets confiscated by the water bailiff), Oxon. Dec. 1400 (holdings forfeited for treason by Sir Thomas Blount*), Oxford July 1402 (treasons); oyer and terminer, Northants. July 1392, Berks. May 1393, Oxford Feb. 1395, Berks. Aug. 1401, Dorset Mar. 1404; to hold special assizes Oct. 1397, Jan. 1398; of weirs, Oxon. June 1398; to correct errors in judgements made in the mayor's ct. London Aug. 1398, Oct. 1399.

J.p. Bucks. Dec. 1382-July 1389, Nov. 1397-d., Oxon. Jan. 1386-July 1389, Nov. 1389-d., Oxford Oct. 1390-d., Wilts. May 1404-d.

Justice of assize May 1401-d.

Biography Early on in his career Rede, who came from Bledlow in Buckinghamshire, acquired a tenement, shop and garden in Oxford, which he sold in 1382. As a consequence of his marriage, contracted a few years previously, he had by then established himself as a landowner in the county, with holdings in Checkendon and Stoke which his wife had inherited through her mother; and these estates, substantially increased after the death of his father-in-law (who held a large part of the inheritance 'by the courtesy'), formed the basis of his descendants' prosperity in the following century. With the profits of a successful career in the law, Rede was able to add to his possessions the Oxfordshire manors of Standhill (in the 1390s) and Gatehampton (1402).1

Rede's legal practice, already well-established by 1378, brought him clients from both Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, the best known among them to start with being (Sir) Richard Chambernon and Thomas Childrey*. He soon came to be regularly appointed to royal commissions, particularly those of a judicial nature such as gaol deliveries, and his service as a j.p. lasted more than 20 years. Probably by Michaelmas 1387 he had been made steward of the manor of Benson, which, previously held by the Black Prince and his widow Joan of Kent, had quite recently come into the possession of Sir John Salisbury, a knight of the King's chamber. However, Salisbury's execution by judgement of the Merciless Parliament, and the forfeiture of his estates, led to Rede being summoned to the Exchequer in the Easter term of 1389 to produce certain court rolls still in his possession, so that the bailiff could make full account of the manorial issues. The same year he was also discharging the office of steward of the Chiltern hundreds, presumably as deputy to Sir John Golafre, another knight of the chamber and at that time constable of Wallingford castle. On one occasion (in 1391) Rede witnessed a deed at Rotherfield Peppard for James Butler, earl of Ormond. Then, in 1394, he agreed to act as attorney for Sir Walter de la Pole* during the latter's absence in Ireland with Richard II's army. Associated with him in this last task was de la Pole's brother-in-law, Robert James* of Wallingford, with whose family he had long had close dealings. Rede was also acquainted with John Cassy, the chief baron of the Exchequer, with whom he was party to transactions in the following year. Recognition of his abilities led to his promotion to the estate and degree of serjeant-at-law in the Michaelmas term of 1396, when a great feast was held at Westminster, he and his five fellows providing the food.2

In May 1399 the serjeant was nominated as attorney by both Richard Metford, bishop of Salisbury, and Henry Beaufort, bishop of Lincoln, while they accompanied Richard II to Ireland. His appointment to commissions of gaol delivery by the caretaker government under the duke of York in July suggests that there was still no question of his loyalty to the King, but he nevertheless acquiesced in the usurpation of Henry of Bolingbroke, continuing to serve on the bench without a break until his death. Perhaps the transition was made easier for him by his connexion with the new King's half-brother, Bishop Beaufort, for whom he witnessed a charter at Oxford in 1402. He was then in receipt of ?20 p.a. as a justice of assize (as paid from May 1401); but naturally enough he continued to supplement his income with fees from private clients, such as (Sir) William Moleyns*, the wealthy Buckinghamshire landowner, who engaged his services for ?2 a year. Rede was among the professional lawyers who in April 1403 were each asked to lend ?100 to the Crown.3

Rede died on 31 May 1404 and was buried at Checkendon, where a monumental brass (since lost) commemorated his devotion as 'quondam serviens domini Regis ad legem', and depicted him wearing his gown of office. Soon afterwards his widow, Cecily (who subsequently obtained a licence from Bishop Repingdon of Lincoln to have religious services celebrated in her private chapel at Checkendon), married Sir Thomas Sackville I* of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, only to be again widowed before the end of 1406. It was Rede's son, Edmund, who through his marriage in 1412 to Christine, daughter of Robert James, was to establish the family as landowners of some importance when, several years later, Christine became her father's sole heir.4

Ref Volumes: 1386-1421 Authors: Richmond / L. S. Woodger Notes 1.CIMisc. iv. 67; Liber Albus Oxoniensis ed. Ellis, 66; Boarstall Cart. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lxxxviii), pp. vii-viii, 2-3, 29-30, 32, 47-48, 63; VCH Oxon. viii. 153; CP25(1)191/23/2. 2.CFR, ix. 134; CCR, 1381-5, p. 296; 1389-92, p. 525; 1392-6, pp. 223, 386, 398, 480; M.T. Pearman, Hist. Bensington, 71; CPR, 1391-6, pp. 472, 476; 1396-9, p. 28. 3.CPR, 1396-9, pp. 553, 555; 1401-5, p. 232; E101/512/17; PPC, i. 203; E404/16/602. 4.Parochial Colls. (Oxon. Rec. Soc. ii), 86; Brit. Arch. Assoc. n.s. xxiv. 28; Reg. Repingdon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lvii), 61; Boarstall Cart. 29; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), vi. 364.

William Reade (sometimes Rede; died 1385) was a medieval Bishop of Chichester.

Reade was brought up, from boyhood to maturity, by his friend and prot?g? Nicholas of Sandwich.[1] He was then educated at Exeter College, Oxford and elected from it to a fellowship at Merton College, Oxford where astronomy, mathematics and natural philosophy (science) flourished.[2] He collected what was probably the largest private library in 14th-century England, and was one of the University's greatest benefactors.[3] Reade wished to provide resources for Oxford scholars as there was no University library at the time, Reade donated and bequeathed some 350 volumes to the libraries at Merton, Exeter, Balliol, Oriel, Queen's, and New Colleges, Oxford.[2] Reade also provided a large sum of money to support the building of the library that is still in use today.[3]

In 1365 Reade was made provost of the college of Wingham, Kent, and archdeacon of Rochester in 1369.[2][4][5] He was nominated for Bishop of Chichester on 23 September 1368, and by provision of Pope Urban V was appointed to the see of Chichester on 2 September 1369.[2][6]

Reade's contribution to Chichester Cathedral was the systematic compilation of cartularies, gathering together all the charters and writings concerning the church.[7] His cartularies have preserved virtually the only early documentary evidence about the Cathedral.[7]

Reade converted the old Manor House at Amberley, into a castle. Stephens says he did this to provide a strong fortress for himself and his successors against troublous times.[2][8]

Reade held a deer park, in Selsey, that was plagued with poachers so much so, that the incensed bishop issued a decree excommunicating the offenders by "Bell, book, and candle", and he ordered that the ritual should be performed at all churches within the deanery.[9]

Reade died 18 August 1385,[6] and asked in his will to be buried at Selsey parish church then located at Church Norton before the high altar.[10] His wish was not acted upon as he was buried in Chichester Cathedral without monument.[2] It seems that this was not the only problem with the execution of his will as the dean and chapter, of Chichester Cathedral, petitioned the executors, thirteen years later, to account for the thirteen gilt cups, bequeathed by Reade, for the use of the cathedral.[2]

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Birth of John de Rede, MP, Bishop of Chichester
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John married Cecilia HARLYUNGRUGGE in May 1367 in Checkenden, Berkshire, England. Cecilia (daughter of William HARLYUNGRUGGE and Alice MARMION) was born in 1343 in Checkenden, Berkshire, England; died on 20 May 1428 in Checkenden, Berkshire, England; was buried in May 1428 in Checkenden, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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