COTES, Thomas ( - 1641) ‹ LBT 07839 ›

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Floruit: 1606–1641

Floruit 1606 (A) — 1641 (B);  Male, married

Life Events

Event	Date	Source
Death	- after 22 Jun 1641 <Will> - before 19 Jul 1641 <Probate> Plomer, H.R. (1907); STC = 1641.
Burial	St Giles, Cripplegate Wish in will.

Will

Will (Ref., Piece, Image)	Will Dates	Intestate	Probate Dates	Administration Dates	Comments
PROB11/186, Evelyn: 50-104, 423-373	1641-06-22		1641-07-19		PRO - Stationer of Saint Giles Cripplegate, City of London. ---

Family Relationships

LBTNumber	Name	Relationship	Occupation	Comments
6432	COTES, (Unknown) ‹ LBT 06432 ›	spouse
33112	COTES, Thomas ‹ LBT 33112 ›	parent	Tailor
8944	COATES, Thomas ‹ LBT 08944 ›	child	Printer
36837	ELLISON, Joseph ‹ LBT 36837 ›	child		O.D.N.B.

Livery Companies

Company	Source
Stationers' Company

Occupations (2)

Occupation	Comment
Printer	Plomer, H.R. (1907)
Stationer	Will

Was Apprentice to Master(s): (1)

Name	Premium	Paid By	Comments
JAGGARD, William ( - 1623) ‹ LBT 07351 ›

Addresses (2)

Date	Address	Trade at Addr	Source	Comment
1620	Aldersgate Street		P2
1641-07-19	St Giles, Cripplegate		Will	- late of the Parish of

Events (10)

Date	Event type	Description
25 Dec 1597	Bound	to William Jaggard (LBT/07351)
21 Jan 1606	Freed - Servitude
29 Sep 1606	Appr - Bound	Raffe Emershaw (LBT/08945)
25 Mar 1607	Appr - Bound	John Thorneburye (LBT/08949)
25 Mar 1610	Appr - Bound	Robert Halsey (LBT/08946) - Cotes was fined for keeping him unpresented
25 Jan 1614	Appr - Bound	Richard Cotes (LBT/08943)
27 Jun 1627	Appr - Bound	Thomas Thompson (LBT/08948)
25 Dec 1629	Appr - Bound	John Meycocke (LBT/08947)
11 Jul 1637	Star Chamber Decree	- listed as one of the twenty "to have the use of a Presse, or Presses and Printing-house"
19 Feb 1638	Appr - Bound	Thomas Coates (LBT/08944) his son

Sources and References

Original Sources	Comments
St.Co. Archive - Binding and Freedom records - extracted by Prof. J.A. Lavin

SOURCES & TRANSCRIPTIONS

Transcriptions

S.T.C., (1991), vol.3, p.46

Plomer, H.R. (1907) p.53

COTES (THOMAS), printer in London; Barbican, Aldersgate Street, 1620-41. Brother of Richard Cotes { COTES, Richard ( - 1653) ‹ LBT 08943 › }. Took up his freedom January 6th, 1606. He held the printing house originally established about 1560 by John Charlewood { CHARLEWOOD, John ( - 1593) ‹ LBT 07132 › }, printer to the Earl of Arundel, under the sign of the Half Eagle and Key. On the death of Charlewood in 1593, James Roberts { ROBERTS, James ‹ LBT 08339 › } married his widow {Alice CHARLEWOOD, Alice (mar. ROBERTS) ‹ LBT 03094 › } and succeeded to the printing office and printed several Shakespeare quartos. About 1608 Roberts sold the business to William Jaggard {JAGGARD, William ( - 1623) ‹ LBT 07351 › }, who eventually took his son Isaac Jaggard { JAGGARD, Isaac ( - 1627) ‹ LBT 09049 › } into partnership, and it was at this press that the first folio edition of Shakespeare was printed. On the death of Isaac Jaggard, his widow Dorothy { WEAVER, Dorothy (mar. JAGGARD) ‹ LBT 03334 › } assigned over the business and all the copyrights to Thomas and Richard Cotes, on June 19th, 1627. Thomas Cotes died in 1641. His will was dated June 22nd and proved on July 19th. He desired to be buried in the parish church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, of which he was the clerk. He had two sons, James and Thomas { COATES, Thomas ‹ LBT 08944 › }. His sister Jane { COTES, Jane (mar. IBBITSON) ‹ LBT 03317 › } was The wife of Robert Ibbitson, { IBBITSON, Robert ( - 1667) ‹ LBT 08941 › }, and he mentioned a brother living in Yorkshire. His brother Richard Cotes was to have the printing house and all the implements on payment of £100. [Arber, iii. 700-704; iv. 182; Library, N.S., April, 1906, p. 149; P.C.C. 87, Evelyn.)