Henry Cotton (bishop)

Henry Cotton (c.1545–1615) was an English bishop.

Henry Cotton
Bornc.1545
Died1615
NationalityEnglish
OccupationBishop

Life

He was the son of Sir Richard Cotton of Warblington, Hampshire, and his wife Jane Onley

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]

Notes
  1. Gleeson White, The cathedral church of Salisbury; a description of its fabric and a brief history of the see of Sarum (1901), p. 110.
  2. "Rectors of St. Faith's Church in Havant, Hampshire". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
  3. The Church of St Faith Havant Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Bishops | Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 6 (pp. 1-5)
  5. Salisbury - Relations with the bishops, to 1612 | A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 6 (pp. 101-103)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Coldwell		 Bishop of Salisbury
1598–1615		 Succeeded by
Robert Abbot


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