Family and Education
b. c. 1616, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Barnabas Coles of Woodfalls by w. Katherine Barnes. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1635; M. Temple 1637 , called 1645. m. (1) settlement 25 Mar. 1647, with £1,500, Eleanor, da. of Leweston Fitzjames of Leweston, Dorset, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) bef. 1657, Joyce, 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (3) 21 July 1690, Elizabeth, da. of James Goddard of South Marston, Wilts., wid. of Gilbert Raleigh of Downton, s.p. suc. fa. 1653.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ix. 20, 108, 110, 174-5; Dorset RO, 173; Hoare, Wilts. Downton, 55; PCC 289 Brent, adm. act. bk., 27 Nov. 1697.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Wilts. 1648, 1659, Mar. 1660, j.p. 1653 – July 1660, commr. for scandalous ministers 1654, assessment 1657, Jan. 1660, sequestrations 1659.
Main residence: Woodfalls, nr. Downton, Wilts.
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Commons 1660-1690
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COLES, William (c.1616-97)
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