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Landwade survived thanks to the rebuilding of the church by Walter Cotton (d. after 1434), Lord of the Manor, in the 15th century to serve as a burial place for his family. The Manor of Landwade had passed to Sir Thomas Cotton, Knt., of
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Cotton Hall, Cambs., by virtue of his marriage to Alice, daughter and heiress of John
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