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James Cottington was an Anglican priest in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.[1]

Cottington was educated at Trinity College, Oxford, graduating BA in 1572, MA in 1575 and BD in 1580.[2] He became a Fellow of Trinity in 1572. He held livings in East Brent, Ditcheat and Yeovilton. Cottington was Archdeacon of Surrey from 1580 until his death in 1605.[3]

References

  1. ^ Brayley, E. W. (1841). A Topographical History of Surrey. Vol. 2. p. 262. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Colericke-Coverley
  3. ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1974), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 3, pp. 88–89


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