Henry Cotton (bishop)
Henry Cotton 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, and one of her chaplains. He was rector of Havant in 1567.
He became Bishop of Salisbury in 1598. In his time as bishop, a long-running struggle by the city of Salisbury for its charter was resolved, in 1612.
