Born about in Wem, Shropshire, England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Tittenlegh) de Cotton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Alan (Cotton) de Cotton
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Sir Hugh de Coton, knight, was lord of Cotton, Shropshire, England. [1]
Son of Roger Cotton of Cotton in the Chapelry of Edstasten parish of Wem.
Hugh married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Hamon de Tittenlegh. [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ormerod, George. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester: Comp. from Original Evidences in Public Offices, the Harleian and Cottonian Mss., Parochial Registers, Private Muniments, Unpublished Ms. Collections of Successive Cheshire Antiquaries, and a Personal Survey of Every Township in the County; Incorporated with a Republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities Vol. III (George Routledge and Sons, London, 1882) "Cotton of Combermere" p. 414.
- Cotton pedigree in Robert Treswell “Visitation of Shropshire 1623” published by the Harleian Society 1889 vol 28 p. 154-6.
- Cotton pedigree in Joseph Morris “Genealogy of Shropshire” (10 volumes), vol. 2 p. 955; vol. 4 p. 2069
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