COKE, SIR WILLIAM, brother of D’Ewes Coke (qv); bapt. South Normanton, Derbs., 12 Feb 1776 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 13) 1790; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1794, matr. 18 Jun 1794, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1794 - void 25 Jun 1806; BA 1798; MA 1801; adm. to Lincoln’s Inn 1 Feb 1798, called to bar 15 May 1801; Procurator Fiscal, Ceylon, 1808-9; Puisne Judge, Ceylon, 6 Oct 1809, later Chief Justice; knighted 25 May 1815; d. unm. at Trincomalee 1 Sep 1818, aged 42.

COKER, HEARST, second son of Rev. Thomas Coker, Bicester, Oxfordshire, Canon Residentiary of Salisbury, and Mary, dau. of William Hearst, Salisbury; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1715; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 28 May 1719, but died before his admission as a Westminster Student; adm. Inner Temple 16 Apr 1719; d. 5 Nov 1719.

COLBATCH, JOHN, son of John Colbatch, Ludlow, Shropshire, and Jane ---; bapt. 27 Dec 1663; adm.; KS 1680; rejected 1682, but elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1683, adm. pens. 19 Jun 1683, aged 18, scholar 10 Apr 1684; BA 1686/7; MA 1690; BD 1701; DD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trin. Coll., 2 Oct 1689-90, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1690-1715, Senior Fellow from 1715; ordained priest (London) 20 Dec 1691; Chaplain to British Factory, Lisbon 1688 [check]-96; a protege of Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury; tutor, Trinity Coll., 1700, Senior Dean 1705-7; travelling tutor in Italy with Earl of Hertford (later 7th Duke of Somerset) 1706; Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Theology, Cambridge, 1707-44; an opponent of Richard Bentley in internal Trinity College disputes, becoming involved in several resulting lawsuits; Prebendary of Salisbury 7 Aug 1702 - res May 1720; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., from 1720; author, three pamphlets; d. 11 Feb 1747/8. DNB.

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).

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]