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34. JOAN REDE, m. (2) as his 2nd wife, Walter Cotton, b. abt. 1376 at Cambridge, d. 13 May 1445 per inq.p.m. (14 May per former brass), a mercer of London, bought Landwade estate in Cambridgeshire, rebuilt the Landwade church (his tomb is there, Cotton-Rede/Marmion arms in original stained glass window) son of John and Margaret Cotton, his father Mayor of Cambridge in 1378. (TAG 57: 35-36)
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TAG 57 page 40
After Walter's death, two inquisitions were held at Newmarket, one on Wednesday 23 June and the other on Friday following, the first before the escheator for Cambridgeshire, the second before the escheator for Suffolk. The two reports are nearly identical. Since Joan is not mentioned, she msust have died before Walter.
Nowhere among the arms at Landwade do the arms of Fressh appear, which is fair evidence that all Walter's children were by his second wife, or at least all that survived.