From this we learn that he died 21 Apr 1593 in his 81st year, while his wife Isabel Spencer died 2 Nov 1578 in her 63rd year.
We also learn that of his five daughters, three outlived him and were Alice Cotton wife of Sir Thomas Revett (about whom I know nothing but wish to); Anne Cotton who married Anthony Roper, Esq (would he be of Eltham and Well Hall ?); and Frances Cotton who married Thomas Andrewe (or Andrews or Andros), Esq
We know this Thomas Andrewe, he was heir of his father, he was Esq by 1566, he was of Charwelton, Northants, he was yet living in 1581, he has a Wall Tablet at Charwelton, he was the son of Sir Thomas Andrewe by his wife Catharine Cave.
Frances Cotton was his first wife and she d.s.p. ob 12 Jan 1567; whereupon he married secondly Mary Isham, dau of Gregory Isham, Esq of Braunston, Northants and had at least or exactly two sons Eusebius and Thomas. Mary Isham ob 4 Apr 1589; Eusebius married Anne Knightley and had a number of children between 1608 and 1613 at least, untraced.
This linked reference states that "round the cornice are the following shields", the interesting one is shield I quarterly of six giving Cotton, Abbott, Sharpe, Calverley, FitzSymon and Bagot in that order
I had known that this Sir John Cotton's paternal grandmother was Joan Sharpe but had not known until today that the Sharpe family had arms. Similarly I had known that Joan's mother-in-law was Alice Abbott but had not known that the Abbott family had arms.
I cannot account for the Calverly, FitzSymon or Bagot entries, but perhaps they could relate to the ancestry of John's mother Dorothy Clere.
Can anyone fill in the missing data?
Will Johnson