Henry Cotton (bishop)
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Henry Cotton (c.1545–1615) was an English bishop.
Life
He was a godson to Elizabeth I of England, and one of her chaplains.[1] He was rector of Havant in 1567.[2][3]
He became Bishop of Salisbury in 1598.[4] In his time as bishop, a long-running struggle by the city of Salisbury for its charter was resolved, in 1612.[5]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Salisbury 1598–1615 |
Succeeded by Robert Abbot |
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- ↑ Gleeson White, The cathedral church of Salisbury; a description of its fabric and a brief history of the see of Sarum (1901), p. 110.
- ↑ Rectors of St. Faith's Church in Havant, Hampshire
- ↑ The Church of St Faith Havant
- ↑ Bishops | Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 6 (pp. 1-5)
- ↑ Salisbury - Relations with the bishops, to 1612 | A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6 (pp. 101-103)
