Jane (Brereton) Cotton (abt. 1454 - 1517)

Biography

Joan Brereton was a member of the aristocracy in England.

Jane or Joan Brereton^[1] was born circa 1454.

She was the daughter of Sir William Brereton of Brereton, Cheshire, Knt,^{[1] [2]} and his wife, Philippa Hulse.^[3] Philippa was the daughter of Sir Hugh and sister of Thomas Hulse.^[3]

She was married to Richard Cotton of Hamstale,^[2] or Cotton, esq.^[1] He was the son of John Cotton of Ridware Hemstall and his first wife, Mary, daughter of Ralph Poole of Radborne.^{[4] [2]} Helsby says he was the son of Richard de Coton, esq, querying whether Richard the father was of Hampstall Rydware and his wife was Margaret Clerk, to whom he was married by licence dated 21 November, 1455.^[1]

Jane and Richard had children:

1. Thomas Cotton, esq, son and heir, married Katherine,^[2] he was aged 19 in 19 Henry VII, Inquisition post mortem 21 Henry VII;^[1]
2. Maude Cotton, sister and coheir, was married to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert of Norbury, Knt,^[2] Matild was aged 30 in 9 Henry VIII^[1] which was 22 April, 1517-21 April, 1518;
3. Eleanor Cotton, sister and coheir, was married to Sir William Venables, Baron of Kinderton,^[2] Eleanor was aged 28 years in 9 Henry VIII;^[1]
4. Katherine Cotton, sister and coheir, was married to Sir Richard Grosvenor of Eaton,^[2] her husband was an esquire not a knight, and she was aged 27 years in 9 Henry VIII;^[1] and
5. Isabella Cotton, sister and coheir, was married to 1) Sir John Bradburn of Bradburn of the Lea,^[2] or Darley, and 2) William Basset of Blore, she was aged 24 years in 9 Henry VIII.^[1]

Her husband, Richard, was living in 1 Richard III [26 June 1483-25 June 1484] and died in 12 Henry VII^[2] which was from 22 August, 1496, until 21 August, 1497.

Jane died on 30 April, 9 Henry VIII [1517] and an inquisition post mortem was held that same year.^[1]

Research Notes

A website with online trees and genealogical information, considered by WikiTree to be an unreliable source for pre-1700 profiles, claims Jane or Joan Brereton was born at Brereton, Staffordshire, England. This is an error. Her father was William Brereton of Brereton in Cheshire,^[1] not Staffordshire.

A previous editor cited "Wallop Family, p. 136" as the source of the information Jane "was born circa 1454 at of Brereton, Staffordshire, England." However, in that book Watney mentions neither Jane's year nor place of birth.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Edisbury, Wirral, and Broxton", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled 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, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), II:786, e-book, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924088434042?urlappend=%3Bseq=870%3Bownerid=13510798902306577-1020 : accessed 19 December, 2022.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Lieutenant-Colonel J L Vivian, The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620 with Additions, (Exeter, by the author, 1895), 240. e-Book HathiTrust Digital Library (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/yale.39002002213917?urlappend=%3Bseq=254 : accessed 19 December, 2022).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} George Ormerod, "Containing the Hundreds of Northwich, Nantwich, and Macclesfield", The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled 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, 2nd Edition, ed. Thomas Helsby, 3 volumes, (London: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), III:89, e-book, HathiTrust (https://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo.31924088434059?urlappend=%3Bseq=113%3Bownerid=13510798902313265-135 accessed 19 December, 2022).
4. ↑ The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, 1819, p. 51
5. ↑ Vernon James Watney, The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Vol. I Wallop — Cole, ed., Strickland Gibson, 4 volumes, (Oxford: by the author, 1928), 136. e-Book FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/idviewer/206957/229 : accessed 19 December, 2022). Pedigree: 151. Brereton.

See also:

• Maclean, Sir John, "Pedigree of Cotton and Amy. Table I." The Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of Forrabury and Minster in the County of Cornwall (Exeter, by the author, 1873), 73-75. e-Book Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/parochialandfam00maclgoog/page/n95/mode/1up : accessed 19 December, 2022).