COLBATCH, JOSEPH; b. 1669; adm. ; KS 1686 (as Colebatch); left 1689; d. 1735. [“see new slip”] [perhaps Rev. Joseph Colbatch, Anglican clergyman, All Hallows parish, Maryland, buried 13 Jan 1734, in Maryland by 1704]
COLE, GEORGE, son of George Cole, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1715/6; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1726, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1726, scholar 14 Apr 1727; BA 1729/30. [perhaps son of George Cole, Clerk without Doors, House of Commons]
COLE, THOMAS, sixth son of William Cole, London, and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Deards, London, silkman; b. ; adm. ; KS 1642 (“Thomas Coale maior”), still 1644; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1646, but detained at school “through the exigence of warre” (Register of Visitors of Univ. of Oxford 1647-58, Camden Society, 2nd Series, xxix, 268), matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Camb. 1653); tutor of John Locke (qv); Principal, St. Mary Hall, Oxford, 15 Oct 1656 - ejected June 1660; opened school at Nettlebed, Oxfordshire; licensed as Congregational preacher at Henley on Thames 22 Apr 1672; Minister of Independent Congregation, Silver Street, London, Feb 1674; his congregation subsequently met at Tallow Chandlers’ Hall, Dowgate Hill, and at Pinners’ Hall, Old Broad Street, where he preached his last sermon 22 Aug 1697; d. 16 Sep 1697. DNB.
COLEBRON, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1683; left 1685; Wadham Coll. Oxford, adm. servitor 3 Mar 1685, matr. 26 Mar 1686; BA 1689; ordained priest (Winchester) 22 Dec 1690; Vicar of Brighton, Sussex, 1705-44; Rector of West Blatchington, Sussex, 16 Mar 1712/3 - 22; Rector of Pett, Sussex, from 29 Jul 1745; m. Jane ---; buried Brighton 22 Jul 1750.
COLLE, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1626 (Chapter Muniments 33256).
College, the home of the Queen’s Scholars and the oldest house at Westminster, was effectively founded in 1560 when the school’s charter stipulated that there should be 40 Queen’s Scholars. Special weight in their selection was to be given to ability, good character and poverty. To become Scholars, boys had to pass an oral examination known as ‘The Challenge’, which shifted to paper in 1856.
Scholars had special privileges not accorded to other boys, such as the right to enter the Palace of Westminster.
The Scholars include John Dryden, the first Poet Laureate (1631-1700); John Locke (1632-1704), the empiricist philosopher; A. A. Milne (1882-1956), creator of Winnie-the-Pooh; and Kim Philby (1912-1988), of the Cambridge spy ring. The first female scholars were admitted to College in 2017.
COLLEY, JOSEPH; b.; adm.; QS 1705; left 1708.
COLLINS, VINCENT; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1636; KS 1637. [Presumably Vincent Collins, son of Thomas Collins, and Dorothy ---, bapt. St. Bride, Fleet Street 23 Oct 1622 (IGI); his parents were doubtless Thomas Collins and Dorothy Vinson (sic), who had m. at St. Benet, Paul Wharf 13 Dec 1621]
COLLINS, WILLIAM, son of Antony Collins, Witney, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth Sylvester (IGI); bapt. Witney, Oxfordshire 16 Feb 1752 (IGI, sic); adm. 21 Nov 1768; KS (aged 15) 1769; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1773, matr. 11 Jun 1773, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1773 - void 10 Oct 1789 (expiry year of grace as R. Slapton); BA 1777; MA 1780; ordained deacon (Oxford) 14 Jun 1778, priest 20 Dec 1778; Perpetual Curate, Cogges and Hailey, Oxfordshire; Rector of Slapton, Bucks., from 18 Oct 1788; d. Apr 1808.
COLLIS, WILLIAM BLOW, eldest son of William Blow Collis DL, Wollaston Hall, near Stourbridge, Worcs., and Anne, dau. of James Horman, Franche, Kidderminster, Worcs.; b. 7 Feb 1839; adm. 23 Jan 1851 (Scott's); QS Oct 1853; left May 1856; mining engineer and colliery manager; of Swinford House, near Stourbridge, Worcs.; JP (1905) Worcs.; m. 1864 Helen Firmstone, dau. of Henry Cosser, Swinford House, Worcs.; d. 24 Apr 1922.