 Abt 1505 - 1545 (40 years)
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| Name |
George Cotton [1] |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
Abt 1505 |
Cotton, Sallop Co.  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 Mar 1545 |
Combermere, Salop, England |
| Person ID |
I32623 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2005 |
| Family |
Mary Onley, b. Abt 1510, Of Salop d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
Bef 11 Nov 1537 |
| Children |
| | 1. Richard Cotton, b. 1539, Stoke, Warwick, England d. 14 Jun 1602, Stoke, Warwick, England (Age 63 years) |
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| Family ID |
F7109 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
22 Feb 2009 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Death - 25 Mar 1545 - Combermere, Salop, England |
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| Notes |
Combermere Abbey
remodelled by [Richard Cotton] in 1563. |
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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.
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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| Sources |
- [S1266] Tod Marshall, My Cotton ancestors, (http://www.todmar.net/ancestry/cotton_main.htm).
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