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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
CORNELYES, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
CORNISH, KENNETH HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Henry Hubert Cornish DD, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford, and Mary, eldest dau. of Capt. Sir William Dick, Bart., EICS Bengal; nephew of Charles James Cornish (qv); b. 17 Jul 1833; adm. (Rigaud's) 1 Oct 1846; QS 1848; left Nov 1849; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Mar 1851; St. George’s Hospital; MRCS 1857; a medical practitioner in London; edited various scientific and political journals 1857-67; d. 1912.
CORNTHWAITE, THOMAS, son of William Cornthwaite, Westminster, and Anne, eldest dau. of Very Rev. Thomas Tullie LLD, Dean of Carlisle; b. 30 Apr 1721; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1732/3; KS 1735; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1739, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1739, scholar 2 May 1740; BA 1742/3; MA 1746; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1745, Major Fellow 2 Jul 1746; adm. Grays Inn 11 Jul 1741; ordained deacon (Norwich) Jun 1747, priest (Lincoln) 20 Dec 1747; Perpetual Curate of Mortlake, Surrey, from Nov 1751; Vicar of Hackney, Middlesex, from 27 Jan 1753; m. 26 Apr 1757 Hester, dau. of John Moorey, Homerton, Middlesex; d. 29 May 1799.
CORNWALL, PETER MONAMY, son of Thomas Cornwall, Marsham Street, Westminster, apothecary, and Ann, dau. of Peter Monamy, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; bapt. St. Margaret’s, Westminster 20 Jan 1747; adm.; BB; KS (aged 15) 1762; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1766, adm. pens. 28 May 1766, scholar 15 May 1767; BA 1770; MA 1780; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1771; ordained; Curate, Fonthill Gifford, Wilts., c. 1772-6, Minchinhampton, Gloucs., 1776; Curate, Wotton under Edge, Gloucs., from 1788; Head Master, Wotton-under-Edge GS 1788; Vicar of Westbourne, Sussex, from 26 Jun 1805; m. 1st, 25 Jun 1772 Mary Wyar; m. 2nd, 1783 Sarah Fry; d. 24 Jul 1828.