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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 26th July 1518 John Cotell and Alice aka Agnes Cotell (age 33) were married.

On 26th July 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. They were fifth cousin once removed.

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

On 24th January 1522 [her husband] Edward Hungerford died.

On 20th February 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.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

Annales of England by John Stow. 20th February 1523. The 20 of February, the ladie Alice Hungerford (age 38) a knights wife, 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.