Biography of Alice aka Agnes Cotell 1485-1523

In 1485 Alice aka Agnes Cotell was born. Cotell being the name of her first husband rather than her maiden name.

Before 1515 John Bourchier 2nd Earl Bath (age 16) and [her future sister-in-law] Elizabeth Hungerford were married. He the son of John Bourchier 1st Earl Bath (age 44) and Cecily Daubeney Baroness Fitzwarin (age 40). He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before 26 Jul 1518 John Cotell and Alice aka Agnes Cotell (age 33) were married.

On 26 Jul 1518 [her husband] John Cotell was strangled by his wife Alice aka Agnes Cotell (age 33) at Farleigh Hungreford Castle [Map] with the aid of William Mathewe and William Inges, yeomen of Heytesbury, Wiltshire [Map]. He, John, was steward to [her future husband] Edward Hungerford who she subsequently married.

Before 1521 [her future husband] Edward Hungerford and Jane Zouche (age 40) were married.

Before 24 Jan 1522 Edward Hungerford and Alice aka Agnes Cotell (age 37) were married.

On 24 Jan 1522 [her husband] Edward Hungerford died.

On 20 Feb 1523 Alice aka Agnes Cotell (age 38) and William Mathewe were hanged at Tyburn [Map] for the murder of her first husband [her former husband] John Cotell.

Annales of England by John Stow. 20 Feb 1523. The 20 of February, the ladie Alice Hungerford (age 38) a knights wiſe, for murdering her husband, was led from the tower of London to Holborn, and there put in a cart with one of her servants and so carried to Tyburn [Map], and both hanged. He was buried in the Greyfriers church at London.