Henry Cotton (c.1545–7 May 1615) was an English bishop.

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 Elizabeth I (7 September 153324 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. Elizabeth was the last of the five House of Tudor monarchs and is sometimes referred to as the "Virgin Queen". Eli ...

, and one of her chaplains. He was rector of

Havant Havant ( ) is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England between Portsmouth and Chichester. Its borough (population: 125,000) comprises the town (45,826) and its suburbs including the resort of Hayling Island as well as Rowland's Cast ...

in 1567. He was elected

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

on 28 September 1598. He gained Royal Assent on 24 October, was confirmed on 11 November, and consecrated at Lambeth the next day, and had the temporalities restored to him on 23 December 1598. In his time as bishop, a long-running struggle by the city of

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for its charter was resolved, in 1612. He died in 1615 and was buried "in his own church" beside his wife, as he had requested in his Will.

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1545 births 1615 deaths Bishops of Salisbury 16th-century Church of England bishops English chaplains Christian chaplains People educated at Royal Grammar School, Guildford 17th-century Church of England bishops {{England-bishop-stub