Wilcome (Jolly) Cotton

Wilcome (Jolly) Cotton

This is an in-between cosplay, for too  hot days, as wearing a wig and bear can be too stressful .

Not many people know this hobbit so let me introduce to you a bit of him.
As he is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King: 

Wilcome (Jolly) Cotton was a Hobbit of the Shire.

Brother-in-law of Samwise Gamgee; brother of Rosie Cotton Gamgee.
Wilcome Cotton was born in the year 2984 of the Third Age.
He was the son of Farmer Tolman (Tom) Cotton and Lily Brown Cotton.
Wilcome was usually called Jolly.
Jolly had two elder siblings: Tom and Rosie; as well as two younger siblings:
Bowman (called Nick), and Carl (called Nibs).Jolly and his family lived in Bywater in the Shire.
In November of 3019, Jolly helped Sam Gamgee find his father Hamfast Gamgee in Bagshot Row. Jolly also helped Sam win the Battle of Bywater and defeat the Ruffians on November 3.

He, along with his brothers, fought in the Battle of Bywater during the Scouring of the Shire.

Wilcome lived at number 5, South Lane, in Bywater, the Shire.

Jolly’s date of death is not known.

 

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