CORNE, WILLIAM, son of Rev. William Corne, Rector of Tixall, Staffs., and Ellen Peake (IGI); bapt. Tixall, Staffs. 6 Sep 1775 (IGI); adm.; in school list Christmas 1788; KS (aged 13) 1789; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1793, matr. 30 May 1793, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1793, Junior Censor 1806-10, Senior Censor 1811-7, Catechist 1811-7, also Librarian; BA 1797; MA 1800; BD 1809; Examiner 1805-6, 1815-7; Proctor 1808; Select Preacher 1814; Whitehall Preacher 1800; ordained; Rector of Hambledon, Bucks., 25 Jan 1803, having been given permission by Christ Church 10 Oct 1802, to hold living for eighteen months, while incumbent was under age; Curate, St. Thomas, Oxford, 1804, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1805, and Binsey, Oxfordshire, 1806; d. unm. 4 May 1818.
CORBRIDGE, JAMES, son of James Corbridge, Norwich, and Mary ---; bapt. St. Giles, Norwich 10 Dec 1729; in school list 1739; KS (aged 13) 1744; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1748, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Jul 1748; BA 1752; ordained priest (Norwich, lit. dim. from Winchester) Mar 1754; Curate, Wotton, Surrey, and West Hoathly, Sussex, in 1754, previously of Pill, Somerset.
CORBETT, THOMAS, eldest son of William Corbett, Nanteos, Cardiganshire, and Middle Temple, London, and Eleanor, dau. of Col. John Jones, Nanteos, Cardiganshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1701; joined Royal Navy as ordinary seaman 23 Mar 1703/4; acted initially as clerk, from 14 Dec 1704, and then as secretary, Sep 1705-9, 1711, to Adm. Sir George Byng (afterwards 1st Viscount Torrington); Judge-Advocate and Deputy Treasurer of the Fleet [check]; a clerk in the Admiralty 17 Jan 1715-23; again secretary to Byng when in command of British fleet in Sicilian waters 1718-20 [check]; Secretary to Greenwich Hospital 1716-36; Chief Clerk, Admiralty, 15 Mar 1723-8, Deputy Secretary 27 Jul 1728-41; Secretary to Admiralty from 29 Apr 1741; MP Saltash from 6 Feb 1733/4; m. 31 Jan 1740/1 Mary Lloyd, Duke Street, London; d. 30 Apr 1751. DNB.
CORBET, RICHARD, son of Vincent Corbet, Ewell, Surrey, nurseryman; b.; adm.; QS; failed to obtain election to either university 1598; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 7 Apr 1598, aged 15; migrated to Christ Church, Oxford, Canoneer Student 1599-1620; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD and DD 1617; Proctor 1612; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire; Chaplain to James I; Prebendary of Salisbury 11 Jan 1620 – res by Jun 1631; Vicar of Stewkley, Bucks., from 1620; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, 24 Jun 1620 - Oct 1628; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 19 Oct 1628; translated to Norwich 7 May 1632; a strong churchman who admonished his clergy for puritan practices; an intimate friend of Ben Jonson (qv); famous for his conviviality, witty sayings, and practical jokes; his collected poems were first published in 1647; m. Alice, dau. of Leonard Hutten (qv); d. 28 Jul 1635. DNB.
COPE, SIR ANTHONY, BART., brother of Edmund William Cope (qv); b. 9 Mar 1842; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); QS Jun 1856; left Apr 1859; Ensign, Rifle Brigade, 16 Oct 1860; Lieut., 2 May 1865; Capt., 13 Nov 1872; Maj., 1 Jul 1881; Adjutant to Auxiliary Forces 13 May 1875 - 14 Nov 1881; Lieut. -Col., half-pay, 9 Mar 1890; retd., 21 May 1890; served in Canada during Fenian raids 1866-70, and in Ashanti War 1874; succ. father as 13th baronet 7 Jan 1892; of Bramshill Park, Hants.; JP (1899) Hampshire; Roman Catholic convert; m. 13 Oct 1870 Mary Leckonby, widow of Rev. Henry Goold Tudway, Vicar of Walton, Somerset, and dau. of John Lewis Phipps, Leighton, Wilts.; d. 3 Nov 1932.
COOTE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1601, adm. pens. 1601 ?, scholar 16 Apr 1602; BA 1605/6; MA 1609 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1611); BD 1617; Fellow of Trinity Coll. from 1608; a conspicuous figure in the great riot at the gate of Trinity Coll. Feb 1610/1 (Cambridge Antiq. Soc. Publications, octavo series, no. xliii, 1906); ordained deacon and priest (Peterborough) 10 May 1612; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs., 1617; d. 1619.
COOPER, THOMAS, son of Richard Cooper, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, matr. 12 Dec 1679, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1679 - expulsion 1682.
COOPER, THOMAS, third son of Cassian Cooper, London, Clerk to Skinners’ Company, and Anne, eldest dau. of John Godde, St. Swithin’s, London, citizen and merchant taylor; bapt. 25 Sep 1569; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1580; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (WAM 43050) (as Thomas Cowper, Sussex); QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1586, matr. 17 Dec 1586, aged 16; BA 1590; MA 1593; BD 1600; ordained; one of the preachers for the County Palatine of Lancaster; Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire, 1601-4; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Coventry, Warwicks., 1604-10; living in Whitecross Street, London in 1620; subsequently appointed a preacher to the Fleet Prison; living 1624; author, The Romish Spider, with his Web of Treason, 1606, and other works. DNB.
COOPER, ROGER, son of John Cooper, Thurgarton Priory, Notts., and Jane, dau. of Henry Gilbert, Locko, Derbs.; b.; adm.; BB 1676; KS 1679; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. Somerset scholar 26 May 1680, matr. 27 May 1680, aged 17; BA 1 Feb 1683/4; MA 1686; a Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Princess Anne, and from 9 Jul 1702 a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber to her when Queen; lic. to m. 18 Feb 1687/8 Agneta, Dresser and Mother of the Maids to Princess Anne and later Woman of Bedchamber to her as Queen, dau. of Francis Jones, Newton Toney, Wilts.; d. 19 Apr 1703. Buried in East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.
COOPER, ONESIMUS; b.; adm.; KS; an undated entry in the Treasurer’s Accounts, probably belonging to Feb 1627/8, states “given to Onesus Cooper, a minister, a Westminster Scholler XLs” (Chapter Muniments 34163).