COTTON, Robert Bruce [1571-1631] -- English antiquarian, Bart.
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Bart. (1611)
MP (1604-1629)
a/k/a
Cottonian Library founder
His interest in collecting and preserving the
books, manuscripts and ancient records
scattered after the dissolution of the monasteries
resulted in the establishment of the Cottonian Library,
arguable the most important collection of antiquities
made by any private individual in Britain.
The collection was greatly increased by his son,
Sir Thomas Cotton (1594-1662),
and donated to the British Museum by his great-grandson,
Sir John Cotton (1679-1731), in 1753. 
1600ca | Established the Cottonian Library, "the most important collection of manuscripts ever assembled in Britain by a private individual." |
1604 | MP for Huntingdon |
1604-1629 | MP |
1611 | Bart. |
1611 | Baronet |
1611 | Assisted John Speed in the compilation of his History of England |
1614 | Papers left him by Arthur Agarde |
1615 | He is implicated in the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury and imprisoned for 8 months without formal trial; pardoned on payment of £500. |
1623 | Camden's manuscripts came to him |
1624 | MP for Old Sarum |
1625 | Supplies Eliot with full notes defending the action of the opposition in Parliament |
1625 | MP for Thetford |
1626 | He gives advice before the council against debasing the standard of the coinage |
1628 | MP for Castle Rising, NFK |
1628 | Party leaders meet in his house to decide policy |
1628/10 | He is arrested for having circulated a tract critical of the goevernment of Charles I; imprisoned for one month |
1629 | His library is sealed up by the king |
The Danger in which the Kingdom now standeth and the Remedy (1628) Memorial on Abuses in the Navy (1608) The Reign of Henry VIII (1627)
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- GGson: ¤COTTON, John (Sir) [~1675-1731] English baronet, 4° Baronet
- Son: ¤COTTON, Thomas [1594-1662] English antiquary, 2° Baronet
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