"Richardus de Cotes to Thomas R W Stapleton-Cotton lineage" 

(lineage taken from records researched by T R W Stapleton-Cotton)

Richardus de Cotes b. 11 Cen, ENG

Joce de Cotes b. 12 Cen, ENG

Roger de Cotes b. 12 Cen, ENG

Ralph de Cotes b. 13 Cen, ENG

Elias de Cotes b. 13 Cen, ENG

John de Cotes b. 13 Cen, ENG

(Earlier than this point is not confirmed by Thomas, and dates are approx)

Hugh de Cotton b. 13 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG and Elizabetha Titley

Alan Cotton b. 13 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG and Matildas Acton

Hugh Cotton b. 14 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG and Jana Heyton

Hugo Cotton b. 14 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG

Richardus Cotton b. 14 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG

Roger Cotton b. 14 Cen, of Coton, SAL, ENG and Ellena Gremyton

William Cotton b. 15 Cen, of Cotton , SAL, ENG and ? Hulse

William Cotton b. 15 Cen, of Cotton, SAL, ENG and Agnes Young

John Cotton b. 15 Cen, of Cotton, SAL, ENG and Cicely Mainwaring

Sir George Cotton Knt. Esq. b. abt 1505, Cotton, SAL, ENG and Mary Onley

Sir Richard Cotton Esq. b. 1539, Combermere, CHS, ENG and Mary Mainwaring

Sir George Cotton Bart. Esq. b. 1560, of Combermere, CHS, ENG and Mary Bromley

Sir Thomas Cotton Bart. Esq. b. abt 1599, of Combermere, CHS, ENG and Elizabeth Calveley

Sir Robert Cecil Cotton Knt. Bart. MP. b. chr 1636, Wrenbury, CHS, ENG and Hester Salisbury

Sir Thomas Cotton Bart. b. bef 1670, of Combermere, CHS, ENG and Philadelphia Lynch

Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton Bart. MP. b. abt 1705, of Combermere, CHS, ENG and Elizabeth Abigail Cotton

Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton Bart. FRS b. abt 1739, of Combermere, CHS, ENG and Frances Stapleton

Sir Stapleton Cotton Bart. 1st Viscount Combermere Bart. GCB GCH KB DCL KCSI FM b. 1773, Llewenny Hall, DEN, WLS and Caroline Greville

Sir Col Wellington Henry Stapleton-Cotton Bart. 2nd Viscount Combermere b. 1818, Bridgetown, Barbados, WI and Susan Alice Sitwell

Sir Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Bart. 3rd Viscount Combermere b. 1845, LND, MDX, ENG and Isabel Marian J Chetwynd

Sir Francis Lynch Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Bart. 4th Viscount Combermere Bart. b. 1887, Dover, KEN, ENG and Constance Marie Katherine Williams-Drummond

Sir Michael Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Bart. 5th Viscount Combermere 10th Bart b. 1929, ENG and Pamela Elizabeth Coulson

Sir Thomas Robert Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Bart. 6th Viscount Combermere b.1969, ENG"