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COLE, Anthony (by 1553-1607), of Whitefriar ward, Kingston-upon-Hull and Brantingham, Yorks.

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b. by 1553.Assuming age 21 on completion of apprenticeship. educ. appr. merchant, Hull c.1567-74. Hull RO, Freemens’ Reg. 1396-1645, f. 91. m. by 1581, Anne, da. of Walter Jobson†, alderman of Hull by 1557-79/82, at least 1s. 2da. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 321, 324; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xi. 209. bur. 20 Jan. 1607 20 Jan. 1607. Yorks. ERRO, 158/1, p. 402. sig. Anthonye Cole.
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Freeman, Hull 1577, chamberlain 1584 – 85, sheriff 1587–8, Hull RO, Freemens’ Reg. 1396–1645, f. 91; Bench Bk. 4, f. 251. commr. survey town lands 1592, Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, f. 271v. alderman 1592 – d., mayor 1593–4, Ibid. ff. 277v, 282. commr. subsidy 1594, eccl. causes [Hull] 1599, sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) 1603. E179/204/328; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 326v-7; C181/1, f. 64. bur. 20 Jan. 1607. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 402. sig. Anthonye Cole.

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COLE, Anthony (by 1553-1607), of Whitefriar ward, Kingston-upon-Hull and Brantingham, Yorks.
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COLE, Edward (c.1549-1617), of Winchester, Hants.

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b. c. 1549, 5th s. of John Cole, merchant, of Sudbury, Suff. and Elizabeth, da. of John Martyn; bro. of Martin†.J.E. Cole, Fam. of Cole, 11; Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 238-9; H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in Eng. 1219-20. m. by 1578, Christian (bur. 5 June 1614), Soc. Gen., Cole mss. da. of William Heycraft of Winchester, 4s. 2da. Hants RO, W/B1/1, f. 202; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 90. bur. 2 Nov. 1617 2 Nov. 1617. J. Vaughan, Winchester Cathedral, 281.
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Freeman and alderman, Winchester 1578 – d., bailiff 1579 – 80, mayor 1587 – 88, 1598 – 99, 1612–13; Hants RO, W/B1/1, ff. 198, 199; W/F2/2, f. 229; W/F2/3, ff. 4v, 92v, 232; Stowe 846, ff. 2, 4v. registrar, Winchester dioc. 1584–d.; N and Q (ser. 4), x. 218 actuary, Winchester Coll. 1596–d.; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 228. j.p. Winchester 1602; C181/1, f. 36. commr. gaol delivery, Winchester 1604–d. C181/1 f. 94; 181/2, f. 261v.

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COLBY, Huntington (1587-by 1618), of London.

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bap. 1 Jan. 1587, St. Michael Beccles par. reg. (Soc. Gen. mic.). 8th but 6th surv. s. of Thomas Colby† (d.1588) of Roos Hall, Beccles, Suff. and his 2nd w. Beatrix, da. of Thomas Felton of Playford, Suff. educ. G. Inn 1611. unm. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 127; PROB 11/73, ff. 75-6; GI Admiss. Kntd. 28 Nov. 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. d. by 19 May 1618. PROB 6/9, f. 171v.
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Muster-master, Suff. 1612–14. Add. 39245, ff. 8v, 12v.

?Capt., Neths. 1614–d. Ibid. ff. 12v, 34; APC, 1613–14, p. 77.

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COKE, Sir Edward (1552-1634), of Godwick, Norf.; Stoke Poges, Bucks.; Broad Street and the Inner Temple, London; formerly of Huntingfield, Norf.

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b. 1 Feb. 1552, 1st s. of Robert Coke of Mileham, Norf. and Winifred, da, of William Knightley, att., of Norwich, Norf. educ. Norwich g.s. 1560; Trin. Coll. Camb. 1567, MA 1597; Clifford’s Inn 21 Jan. 1572; I. Temple 24 Apr. 1572, called 1578. m. (1) 13 Aug. 1582, ? with £30,000, Bridget (d. 27 June 1598), da. and h. of John Paston of Cookley, Suff., 7s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 6 Nov. 1598, Elizabeth (d. 3 Jan. 1646), da. of Thomas Cecil†, 1st earl of Exeter, and wid of Sir William Hatton† (d.1597) of Holdenby, Northants. and Hatton House, Holborn, London, 1da. suc. fa. 1561; Kntd. 22 May 1603. Harl. 6687.I, f. 10v; Boyer, 5, 207, 209-10 n.64, 296; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 111, 117-18; T. Fuller, Worthies of Eng. ed. J. Freeman, 415; Oxford DNB sub Elizabeth Hatton. d. 3 Sept. 1634. sig. Edw[ard] Coke.
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Reader, Lyon’s Inn 1579 – 82; recorder, Norwich 1586-92, An Index to Norwich City Officers ed. T. Hawes (Norf. Rec. Soc. lii), xxxvii. London Jan. – June 1592, Orford, Suff. 1593–1621, HMC Var. iv. 266, 268. Harwich, Essex by 1603–d., C181/1, f. 50; Charters Granted to Bor. of Harwich (no author), 19. Coventry, Warws. 1614–d.; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/Q/1; CD 1628, ii. 375, n. 4. fee’d counsel, Camb. Univ. 1586, Hist. Reg. of Univ. of Camb. ed. J.R. Tanner, 56. Great Yarmouth, Norf. by 1603; Norf. RO, Y/C21/1, f. 260v. Drapers’ Co. 1603–6, Drapers’ Hall, London, wardens’ accts. WA6/1, f. 21; WA6/2, f. 20; WA6/3, p. 43. Anne of Denmark 1603; Illustrations of Brit. Hist. ed. E. Lodge, iii. 66. steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1590, bencher 1590 – 1606, auditor 1590, reader 1592, treas. 1595 – 97, attendant to reader 1604–6; CITR, i. 362, 366, 370, 380, 408, 415, 419; ii. 6, 9, 12, 14, 16. sol.-gen. 1592 – 95, att.-gen. 1594 – 1606; sjt.-at-law 1606; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 114, 116; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 178. j. of assize, Norf. circ. 1604, 1606 – 11, Midlands circ. 1612; Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), Hall bk. f. 313; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. English Assizes, 268–9. c.j.c.p. 1606 – 13; c.j.k.b. 1613–16; Sainty, Judges, 10, 49. j. in eyre, forests and parks belonging to Anne of Denmark c.1618. HMC 9th Rep. ii. 373.

Freeman, Norwich 1586; P. Millican, Norwich Freemen, 101. j.p. Norf. 1586-at least 1622, Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 112; C193/13/1. Suff. by 1601 – at least22, Mdx. by 1601 – at least22, Northants. by 1601 – at least14, Harwich by 1603-at least 1618, C181/1, f. 50; 181/2, f. 319v. Bucks. 1604-at least 1622, C66/1620; C193/13/1. I. of Ely, Cambs. 1607, C181/2, f. 36v. liberties of Southwell and Scroby, Notts. 1613–17, Ibid. ff. 188, 221, 273. Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 1614–17, Ibid. ff. 205, 273. Ripon, Yorks. 1614–17, Ibid. ff. 205v, 274. Westminster 1618-at least 1620, Ibid. f. 331v; 181/3, f. 15. Cambs. by 1622; C193/13/1. commr. gaol delivery, Newgate, London by 1601 – 16, 1619, C181/1, f. 12; 181/2, ff. 252v, 351. Ipswich, Suff. 1601–d., C181/1, f. 14; 181/4, f. 159v. Orford, Suff. 1611, C181/2, f. 144. swans, Thames 1601-at least 1609, C181/1, f. 5v; 181/2, f. 89. oyer and terminer, London 1601 – 16, 1618, Mdx. 1601 – 16, 1618 – at least20, Norf. circ. 1602 – 17, Midlands circ. 1602, the Verge 1604, enclosure rioters, Northants. 1607, C181/1, ff. 11, 13v, 16, 18v, 93v; 181/2, ff. 34v, 262r-v, 265v, 319, 352. sewers, Norf. and Cambs. 1601, Surr. and Kent 1603, R. Lea 1604 – at least09, rivers Ouse and Welland 1605-at least 1608, C181/1, ff. 14, 46, 89v, 119v; 181/2, ff. 62, 97v. London 1607, Lansd. 168, f. 151. R. Gleane 1609 – at least18, Herts., Mdx. and Bucks. 1609, Westminster 1611, Norwich 1611, Herts. 1615 – at least18, Mdx. 1619, Suff. 1619, C181/2 ff. 83, 89, 140v, 148v, 229v, 317, 320v, 347, 349v. piracy, Norf. 1602, Essex, Kent, etc. 1603 – at least15, Suff. 1604 – at least12, London 1606, Devon 1614-at least 1615, C181/1, ff. 21, 66v, 83v; 181/2, ff. 12, 200v, 220v, 242v. inquiry, limits and boundaries, Cambs. 1602, C181/1, f. 32. charitable uses, Mdx. 1605, Norf. 1611, C93/2/15; HMC 11th Rep. VII, 96. survey limits and boundaries, Isle of Ely, Northants., Suff., Hunts. and Lincs. 1605, C181/1, f. 122. subsidy, Bucks. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, London and Mdx. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. commr. exacted fees in eccles. cts. 1610, HMC Sackville, i. 221. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613; C181/2, ff. 140v, 199. gov. Charterhouse hosp., London 1611–d.; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 352; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/01, p. 310. commr. Admtly. causes, Suff. 1612; HCA 1/32, pt. 1, f. 49. steward, Camb. Univ. 1614; Reg. Univ. of Camb. 29. commr. new buildings, London 1615, 1618; C66/2056, dorse; 66/2165, dorse. high steward, Gloucester, Glos. 1615–27, Glos. RO, GBR C6/1. ? Chipping Wycombe, Bucks. by 1624; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 374; CHIPPING WYCOMBE. sheriff, Bucks. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. asst. to commrs. for disafforesting the forest of Neroche, Som. 1628. CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 223.

Speaker, House of Commons 1593.

Member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601-at least 1620; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348. commr. for the office of chan. of duchy of Lancaster 1601; R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster, i. 396–7. gent. of privy chamber 1603; commr. to find seminary priests 1606, to arbitrate in dispute between the Battery Works Co. and the 4th earl of Worcester 1607; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 330, 378. PC 1613 – 16, 1619–21; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, ii. 33–4; HMC Downshire, vi. 291; PRO 31/3/55. commr. cloth exports 1614, HMC Downshire, iv. 388. to appoint justices of assize, Midlands circ. 1616; C181/2, f. 236v. cllr. to Anne of Denmark by 1617 – ?19, commr. for Anne’s revenue 1618; E315/243, ff. 189v-90, 195. commr. to investigate fraud in the Exch. 1618, to run the Treasury 1618 – 19, investigate Sir Walter Ralegh† 1618, banish Jesuits and seminary priests 1618, inventory the king’s jewels 1619, sell Anne of Denmark’s jewels 1619, resolve differences with the Dutch 1619, sell gold and silver plate 1620, improve Crown rents 1620, prevent illegal export of ordnance 1620, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 65, 68, 112, 115, 118, 131, 150, 185; HMC Downshire, vi. 487. poor relief 1620, Add. 12504, f. 67v. survey Ire. 1623–4. Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 89; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 151.

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COKE, Sir Edward (1552-1634), of Godwick, Norf.; Stoke Poges, Bucks.; Broad Street and the Inner Temple, London; formerly of Huntingfield, Norf.
Main residences: Godwick, Norf. and Stoke Poges, Bucks. and and Broad Street and the Inner Temple, London; Huntingfield, Norf.
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COKE, Sir Robert (1587-1653), of Caludon Castle, nr. Coventry, Warws. and Huntingfield, Suff.; later of Epsom, Surr.

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b. 27 Sept. 1587, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Coke* and Bridget, da. and h. of John Paston† of Cookley, Suff.; bro. of Clement* and Henry*. m. 12 Aug. 1613, Theophila (d. 22 Apr. 1643), da. of Sir Thomas Berkeley* of Caludon Castle, 1s. d.v.p. Kntd. 20 Dec. 1607; suc. fa. 1634. d. 19 July 1653.‘Sir Edward Coke’s "Vade Mecum"’ ed. J. B[ruce] Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 113; 119; C.W. James, Chief Justice Coke, 82; J. Aubrey, Natural Hist. and Antiqs. of Co. of Surr. ed. R. Rawlinson (1718-19), ii. 215; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 591; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144.
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Commr. array, Norf. 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. sheriff, Suff. 1652–d. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132.

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COKE, Sir Robert (1587-1653), of Caludon Castle, nr. Coventry, Warws. and Huntingfield, Suff.; later of Epsom, Surr.
Main residences: Caludon Castle, nr. Coventry, Warws.; Huntingfield, Suff.; Epsom, Surr.
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COKE, Clement (1594-1630), of the Inner Temple, London and Longford, Derbys.

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b. 19 Sept. 1594, 6th s. of Sir Edward Coke* and Bridget, da. and h. of John Paston† of Cookley, Suff.; bro. of Henry* and Sir Robert*. educ. Westminster sch.; Trin. Camb. 1608; I. Temple 1610. m. pre-nuptial settlement by 14 Dec. 1613, Sarah (d. 30 Jan. 1624), da. and coh. of Alexander Reddish of Reddish, Lancs., 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 23 Mar. 1630.C.W. James, Chief Justice Coke, 121-4; Al. Cant.; I. Temple admiss. database; F. Taylor, ‘Hand-list of the Crutchley Mss in the John Rylands Lib.’ BJRL, xxxiii. 148; VCH Lancs. iv. 327.
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COKE, Clement (1594-1630), of the Inner Temple, London and Longford, Derbys.
Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; Longford, Derbys.
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COKE, John (1563-1644), of Hall Court, Kynaston, Herefs.; Garlick Hill, London and Tottenham, Mdx.; later of Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbys.

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b. 5 Mar. 1563, 2nd s. of Richard Coke (d.1582) of Trusley, Derbys. and Mary, da. and h. of Thomas Sacheverell of Sacheverell Hall, Kirkby, Notts.D. Coke, The Last Elizabethan, 1-3. educ. ?Westminster Sch.; Trin., Camb. 1576, scholar 1580, BA 1581, jnr. fell. by 1583, MA 1584, snr. fell. 1584; incorp. MA Oxf. 1584. M. Young, Servility and Service: The Life and Work of Sir John Coke, 8. m. (1) bet. 8 May and 14 Sept. 1604, Marie (d. Mar. 1624), da. of John Powell of Preston, Herefs., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. at least 1 d.v.p.); Young, Coke, 33-4, 124-6; Coke, Last Elizabethan, 102-3; J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, ii. 365. (2) Nov. 1624, Joan, da. of Sir Robert Lee, alderman, of London, wid. of William Gore of Tottenham, Mdx., s.p. Add. 69877, f. 68; Young, Coke, 128. Kntd. 9 Sept. 1624. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 187. d. 8 Sept. 1644. sig. John Coke.
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?Lecturer in rhetoric, Trin., Camb. 1584–91. Young, Coke, 8–9.

Collector of fines for Fulke Greville* by 1590. Ibid. 11.

Collector, subsidy, Radlow and Greytree hundreds, Herefs. 1610; Add. 69884, f. 33. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1627; C181/3, f. 217. j.p. Mdx. and Leics. 1631, Derbys. 1632; C231/4, f. 48. steward, Wirksworth manor and Soke, Derbys. 1631;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 175. gov. Charterhouse hosp., London 1635–d.;G. S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 353; LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/02, f. 55. commr. new buildings, London and Westminster 1636, piracy, Suss. 1637. T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 8; C181/5, f. 68.

Paymaster, RN 1599–1604, Young, Coke, 15. commr. RN 1618–28, Ibid. 45, 56, 190. compounding for purveyance and carriage 1622; Ibid. 91–2. master of Requests 1622–5; Ibid. 103. commr. to investigate (Sir) Henry Mervyn* and Sir William St. John 1623,Ibid. 111; CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 501, 507. trade 1625; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. sec. of state 1625 – 40; PC 1625–40; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 100; APC, 1625–6, p. 181; Young, Coke, 263. member, Council of War 1626-at least 1628; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 328; SP16/28, f. 77. commr. sale of royal lands 1626, Univ. London, Goldsmiths’ ms 195, i. f. 37v. RN inquiry 1626–7; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 494. member, High Commission, Canterbury province 1626-at least 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348. commr. Admlty. 1628–38, CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 333; Young, 256. survey, arms in the Tower 1629, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 35. ordnance office 1630, 1635, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 158; 1634–5, p. 527. composition for knighthood 1630, inquiry into complaints against Jerome Beale, master of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge 1630, exacted fees 1630, to search the recs. of Sir Robert Cotton* 1630, Ibid. 1629–31, pp. 174–5, 236, 305. examine seizures made by Capt. Kirke in Canada 1630, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 35. inquiry into execution of the poor laws 1631, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 474. manufacture of saltpetre and gunpowder 1631, Ibid. 1631–3, pp. 6, 97. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631, govern Virg. plantation 1631, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 192. survey contents of King’s Chapel, Whitehall Palace 1632, to hear London’s accts. regarding land sold to the City 1632, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 37. reprieve of felons 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 547. Treasury 1635 – 36, inquiry into postmaster of Eng. 1637, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 42, 45. repair of Tower of London 1638. Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 157.

Member, Fishery Soc. 1632. SP16/221/1.

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COKE, John (1563-1644), of Hall Court, Kynaston, Herefs.; Garlick Hill, London and Tottenham, Mdx.; later of Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbys.
Main residences: Hall Court, Kynaston, Herefs. and Garlick Hill, London and Tottenham, Mdx.; Melbourne Hall, Melbourne, Derbys.
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