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Egerton MS 2893

Record Id:

032-001984960

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001984960

MDARK:

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Reference (shelfmark):

Egerton MS 2893

Title:

PEDIGREE of the family of Cotton, to which Sir Robert Cotton, founder of the Cotton library, belonged ; compiled in 1635 for Edward Coton of Ipswich, and continued to 1722. Interspersed are transcripts of a few charters, etc.; and 107 escutcheons (one blank, as also many of the impalements) with arms in tincture, beginning with two separate coats of the Cotton family: (1) Barry of six, arg and az., in chief 3 round buckles purpure ff. 1b, 2b; (2) Arg., betw. 3 pellets a bend sa. f. 3b, etc. This latter coat was superseded, on one branch of the family, by (3) the coat of Ridware, az., an eagle displayed arg., armed gu., on the marriage, temp. Edw. III, of William Cotton with Agnes Ridware. f. 5 b. The other families whose arms appear are: Brett. f. 4 b. Waldecheif. f. 5 (pedigree, f. 21). Faukoner. f. 5b (pedigree, f. 18 b). Langham. f. 6 (pedigree, f. 22b). St. John. f. 6. Savage. f. 6. Sedley. f. 6. Powtrell. f. 6. Molineux. f. 6. Basing. f. 6 (pedigree, f. 21). Fitzherbet. f. 6. Venables. f. 6 (pedigree, f. 19 b). Poole. f. 6 b. Brereton. f. 7. Grosvenor. f. 7. Bradburne. f. Bassett. f. 7. Sale. f. 7 b. Garnish. f. 7 b. Vescy. f. 10. Felton. f. 10. Warner. f. 11. Burgoyne. f. 11 b. Wright. f. 11 b. Tyrrell. f. 11 b. Spelman. f. 12. Dusgate. f. 12. Rous. f. 15. Oldfield. f. 15. Weshenham. f. 16 b. Knightley. f. 16b. Parys [Paris] f. 17. Harvey. f. 17. Sherley [Shirley]. f. 17 b. Tamworth. f. 17b. Brocas. f. 17 b. Howard. f. 18. Dutton. f. 20. Wateville (with pedigree). f. 22. Godvile. f. 22. Roos. f. 22. Darsham. f. 23. Coggeshall. f. 23b. Southcote. f. 24. Cavendish. f. 24 b. Stratton. f. 24 b.

The arms of the see of Exeter occur on f. 8 b, impaling those of William Cotton, Bishop 1598-1621, which are here represented by the adopted Ridware coat (3). This is a mistake of the compiler; his arms were Cotton (2), given above, as is shown by his tomb in Exeter Cathedral. At the end are the following loose leaves: (a) "A discent of the lords of Conington, from Waltheof, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton," down to Feb. 1730 [1]. f. 26b; (b) Pedigree to show kinship with Archbishop Chichele, Founder of All Souls' College, Oxford; ending with the children of Mrs. Bowdler [Elizabeth Stuart Cotton] and with Thomas Wodehouse; with notes, and advice that "this half sheet be annexed to Mrs. Bowdler's pedigiree by way of rider." Dat. Jan. 26, 1767. f. 28; (c) Piece cut from a letter in the same hand to [T. B]owdler Esq., beginning "I have heard of old Sir R^t's being indicted for stealing the Council books (cf. Add. MS. 36682 A, f. 4; note in same hand). f. 29. Paper ff. i + 29. Folio. Each of the covers has the armorial bookstamp of Sir Robert Cotton, affixed, as is stated in a pencil note (f. 1) signed by John Holmes, Assistant-Keeper of MSS. 1850-1854, "(by permission) from a stamp belonging to the Trustees of the British Museum in 1838." Sotheby's sale-cat., 27 July, 1911, lot 254.

Scope & Content:

Heraldry: Pedigree of the Cotton family, with arms in the colour: 1635, continued to 1722.

Bindings ENGLISH: Arms of Sir R. Cotton stamped on covers: 1838.

Cotton family; of Connington, Huntingdonshire: Pedigree, with arms in tincture,: 1635 continued to 1722.

Edward Cotton, alias Coton; of Ipswich: Pedigree of the Cotton family compiled for: 1635.

Sir Robert Bruce Cotton, 1st Baronet; antiquary: Bookstamp of arms of impression made in: 1838.

Genealogies: Cotton pedigree,: 1635, continued to 1722.

includes:

f. i John Holmes, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum: Note by, on impressions of Sir R. Cotton's bookstamp: [1850-1854].
f. 4 b Brett family; of Cheshire: Arms: 1635.
ff. 5, 6, 2 1 Waldecheif family; of Boylstone, Derbyshire: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
ff. 5 b, 18 b Faukoner family; of Thurcaston, Leicestershire: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
f. 6 Molineux family; of Haughton, Nottinghamshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 6 Powtrell family; of West Hallam, Derbyshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 6 Sedley family; of Southfleet, Kent: Arms: 1635.
f. 6 Savage family: Arms: 1635.
f. 6 St John family; of Charing: Arms: 1635.
f. 6 b Poole family; of Radbourne, Derb: Arms: 1635.
ff. 6, 21 Basing family; of Boylstone, Derbyshire: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
ff. 6, 22 b Langham family; of Langham, Suffolk: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
ff. 6, 6 b, 7 Fitzherbert family; of Norbury, Derbyshire: Arms: 1635.
ff. 6-7, 19 b Venables family; of Cheshire: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
f. 7 Brereton family; of Brereton, Cheshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 7 Bradburne family: Arms: 1635.
f. 7 Grosvenor family; of Eaton, Cheshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 7 Basset family; of Blore, Staffordshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 7 b Thomas Sale, of Calais and London: Arms: 1635.
f. 7 b Janc Garnish: Arms: 1635.
f. 8 b William Cotton, Bishop of Exeter; d.1621: Arms, in tincture: 1635.
f. 10 Felton family: Arms: 1635.
f. 10 Francis Felton, of Playford, county Suffolk: Arms: 1635.
f. 10 John Vescy, of county Cambridgeshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 11 Sir Henry Warner, of Mildenhall: Arms: 17th cent.
f. 11 b John Wright, clothier, of London: Arms: 1721.
f. 11 b Sir John Tyrrell, 3rd Baronet; of Heron Hall, county Essex: Arms: 1721.
f. 11 b Jermyn Wright, of Wangford, 'county ' Suff: Arms: 1721.
ff. 11b, 12 Burgoyne family; of Barkway, Hertfordshire: Arms: 1721.
f. 12 Dusgate family; of An mer, Norfolk: Arms: 1721.
f. 12 Spelman family: Arms: 172 1.
f. 15 Somerford Oldfield, of county Cheshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 15 Rous family; of Badingham Hall, Suffolk: Arms: 1635.
f. 16 b Weshenham family; of Connington, Huntingdonshire: Arms: 1722.
f. 16 b Knightley family: Arms: 1722.
f. 17 Harvey family: Arms: 1722.
f. 17 Paris family; of Linton, Cambridgeshire: Arms: 1635.
f. 17 b Brocas family; of Theddingworth, Leicestershire: Arms: 1635.
f. 17 b Shirley family; of Staunton Harrold, Leicestershire: Arms: 1635.
f. 17 b Tamworth family; of Halstead, Leicestershire: Arms: 1635.
f. 18 Howard family: Pedigrees and arms, 16th cent.: 1635.
f. 20 Dutton family: Arms: 1635.
f. 22 Wateville family; of Essex: Arms and pedigree: 1635.
f. 22 Roos family; of Radwinter, Essex: Arms: 1635.
f. 22 Peter de GodviIe: Arms: 1635.
f. 23 Darsham family: Arms: 1635.
f. 23 b Coggeshall family: Arms: 1635.
f. 24 Southcote family: Arms: 1635.
f. 24 b Roger Cavendish: Arms: 1635.
f. 24 b Sir Godfrey Stratton: Arms: 1635.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Egerton Manuscripts

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032-001984960

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 item

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1635

End Date:

1722

Date Range:

1635-1722

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Names:

Basing, Family
Basset, Family
Bradburne, Family
Brereton, Family
Brett, Family
Brocas, Family
Burgoyne, Family
Cavendish, Roger
Coggeshall, Family
Cotton, Edward, alias Coton; of Ipswich
Cotton, Family
Cotton, Robert Bruce, first baronet, antiquary and politician, 22 Jan 1571-6 May 1631,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000008116498X
Cotton, William, Bishop of Exeter, d1621
Darsham, Family
Dusgate, Family
Dutton, Family
Faukoner, Family
Felton, Family
Felton, Francis, of Playford, county Suffolk, fl 1635
Fitzherbert, Family
Garnish, Janc, owner of a coat of arms, fl 1635
Godvile, Peter, owner of a coat of arms, fl 1635
Grosvenor, Family
Harvey, Family
Holmes, John, Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, 1800-1854
Howard, Family
Knightley, Family
Langham, Family
Molineux, Family
Oldfield, Somerford, of county Cheshire
Paris, Family
Poole, Family
Powtrell, Family
Roos, Family
Rous, Family
Sale, Thomas, of Calais and London
Savage, Family
Sedley, Family
Shirley, Family
Southcote, Family
Spelman, Family
St John, Family
Stratton, Godfrey
Tamworth, Family
Tyrrell, John, 3rd Baronet, of Heron Hall, county Essex
Venables, Family
Vescy, John, of county Cambridgeshire
Waldecheif, Family
Warner, Henry, of Mildenhall
Wateville, Family
Weshenham, Family
Wright, Jermyn, of Wangford, 'county ' Suff
Wright, John, clothier, of London