Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, vice-chamberlain to Edward VI while he was Prince of Wales; lord of Combermere Abbey and Pulton Manor, sheriff of Denbigh, steward of Bromfield, Yale, and Chirk.
In 1531 George was a favorite companion of the king in his exercises of archery and was said to have won much prize money at the butts, or 'rounds', at Tothill Fields near Westminster.
George and his younger brothers, Sir Richard Cotton (d. 1556) and Robert Cotton (d. 1591), were sons of John Cotton, esquire, of Cotton in Wem by his wife Cecily Mainwaring, daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, esquire, of Ightfield by his wife Jane Sutton.
In 1531 George was a favorite companion of the king in his exercises of archery and was said to have won much prize money at the butts, or 'rounds', at Tothill Fields near Westminster.
George and his younger brothers, Sir Richard Cotton (d. 1556) and Robert Cotton (d. 1591), were sons of John Cotton, esquire, of Cotton in Wem by his wife Cecily Mainwaring, daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, esquire, of Ightfield by his wife Jane Sutton.
Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII, vice-chamberlain to Edward VI while he was Prince of Wales; lord of Combermere Abbey and Pulton Manor, sheriff of Denbigh, steward of Bromfield, Yale, and Chirk.
In 1531 George was a favorite companion of the king in his exercises of archery and was said to have won much prize money at the butts, or 'rounds', at Tothill Fields near Westminster.
George and his younger brothers, Sir Richard Cotton (d. 1556) and Robert Cotton (d. 1591), were sons of John Cotton, esquire, of Cotton in Wem by his wife Cecily Mainwaring, daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, esquire, of Ightfield by his wife Jane Sutton.
In 1531 George was a favorite companion of the king in his exercises of archery and was said to have won much prize money at the butts, or 'rounds', at Tothill Fields near Westminster.
George and his younger brothers, Sir Richard Cotton (d. 1556) and Robert Cotton (d. 1591), were sons of John Cotton, esquire, of Cotton in Wem by his wife Cecily Mainwaring, daughter of Thomas Mainwaring, esquire, of Ightfield by his wife Jane Sutton.
Gravesite Details
Memorial Brass and M.I. at Nettleden.
