Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: William COTTON
  • Sex: M
  • Death: 1461 in St Albans d
  • Burial: Church of St Margaret, Westminster, Middlesex u


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p[0-9]*].
  3. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  4. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sep 2004. Online edition January 2008. Available at http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/###. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ODNB [0-9]* [A-Za-z].*].
  5. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p[0-9]*].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].

Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p524]
1459 [Ref: ODNB 2388 Billing Sir Thomas],
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p524]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p524, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p475]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary FOLVILLE
date:
first marriage of Mary [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p79, ODNB 2388 Billing Sir Thomas, Richardson MCA2 v2p524, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p283, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p475]
second marriage of Mary [Ref: Foss Judges p95],
names:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p224, Farnham Pedigrees p38]
Research Notes:
Receiver-General of the Duchy of Lancaster [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p475]

Treasurer of the Queen's Household [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p475]

1461: killed in 2nd Battle of St Albans [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v2p524, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p475]



Pedigree of William COTTON
William COTTON



Descendants of William COTTON
1. William COTTON m. Mary FOLVILLE
m. Mary FOLVILLE father: John FOLVILLE mother: Joan WESENHAM