COTESWORTH, William (1665-1730), of St. James Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 26 Sept. 1665, 4th s. of Michael Cotesworth of South Shields, co. Dur. by 1st w. Elizabeth, cos. and h. of Edward Heslop of South Shields and the Hermitage, West Acomb, Northumb. m. 18 Oct. 1692, Sarah (d. 1736), wid. of James Wallis of St. Gabriel’s Fenchurch, London, 1s. 1da. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Procs. ser. 4, i. 263–5; PCC 4 Isham, 127 Derby.

Offices Held

Freeman, Newcastle 1689, Boston, 1711, Barber-Surgeons’ Co. bef. 1710; asst. and ‘examiner’ 1717; warden, 1718, 1721, 1722; master, 1723. Soc. Antiq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Procs. 264; Boston Corp. Mins. ed. Bailey, iv. 726–7; Guildhall Lib. mss mic. 5257/7, p. 163; S. Young, Annals of the Barber Surgeons, 11.

Dir. New E.I. Co. 1704–8, manager, united trade 1708; dir. E.I. Co. 1710–13. London Post, 14–17 Apr. 1704; Add. 38871 (unfol.); C. Prinsep, Madras Civilians, p. xi.

Parlimentarian

COTESWORTH, William (1665-1730), of St. James Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Main residence: St. James Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Author

P.W.

S.M.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

COTESWORTH, William (1665-1730)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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