John
Cotes
Born before in Staffordshire, England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Humphrey Cotes
and Eleanora (Blount) Cotes
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Ellen (Littleton) Basset
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
John Cotes, Margery (Cotes) Grosvenor, Catherine (Cotes) Basset, Jane (Cotes) Ireton and Elizabeth (Cotes) FitzHerbert
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Aug 2011
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Biography
John Cotes, of Cotes and Woodcote, was the son of Humphrey Cotes and Eleanor Blunt.[1]
He is presumed born on family manor in Cotes, Staffordshire, England. Date not known, but would be before 1485, the date his father died.
He married Ellen, daughter of Richard Littleton of Pellaton Hall in Staffordshire. Their children were:[1][2]
- daughter Jane, married German Ireton (abt.1520-bef.1579)
- Elizabeth Cotes, married John Fitzherbert of Tissington
- daughter Margery, married Thomas Grosvenor
- daughter Catherine, married Thomas Basset (abt.1520-)
- Thomas, no children
- John Cotes, marred Jane Braddock
- Richard Cotes, married Elizabeth Tylston
- Mary, married Hunt of Aston, Derbyshire
He was a Captain in France around 1514 (5 H VII).[1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 p.151, "The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623, Part I", by R. Treswell and A. Vincent, London 1889. Available here at archive.org
- ↑ Sir Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 1, 8th edition (London: Harrison and Sons, 1894), page 408. Google Books
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