THE VISITATION OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, 1564.

Braybrooke Its Castle, Manor and Lords, by W. Paley Baildon, F.S.A., printed 1923
p 59
According to the Visitations of Northamptonshire, Sir Nicholas married first, Anne, daughter of Thomas Throngmorton, and secondly, Alice daughter of John Thornborough. The first wife is said to have died without issue. It is open to question wherher this alleged first marriage ever took place. John Thornborough was in receipt of the rents and profits of the family property as from the death of John Griffin, in 1485, when NIcholas was only 9 years of age. This strongly suggests that he was either contracted to or already marrried to Alice Thornborough. She was the mother of several of his children, including Thomas and Edward with whom alone we are concerned. She marrried (2) Sir Robert Cotton, and they presented Leonard Cotton to the Rectory of Braybrooke, July 19, 1510. (Bridges, Northants., vol. 2, p 11.)
(BJC My note: 'The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, Compiled from the Manuscript Collections of the Late Learned Antiquary John Bridges, Esq, 1791)

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Spiritualities within the Deanery of Rothwell

Braybroke.
Leonard Cotton, Rector.
Profits of the rectory in great and small tithes and the issues of the manse and glebe lands in common years, as demised to farm to Thomas Gryffyn, £23 17s. 4d.
Thereout in procurations and fees to the Archdeacon of Northampton, 10s. 1 1/2d.
And remains, £23 6s. 8 1/2d.
The tenth is 46s. 8 1/2d.
Northants. N. & Q., N. S., vol. 3, p 239
Court Book of Richard Howland, BP. of Peterborough, 1584-1800