WILLIAM COLE of Edenbridge, butcher (1578-1647).
He was baptised on 23rd March 1578, the second son of Andrew Cole and Joane Basset. He was therefore aged 6 when his father died in 1584, leaving him to be brought up by his mother and her second husband John Wells, butcher. They must have seen to it that he had an education because he was literate. By his father's will he was to receive all his father's tenements called Snowerhill in the market place of Edenbridge. It is not known how this squares with the ownership of Snowerhill in 1635 by Anna Holmden. William married Martha and his first son John was born in 1602.
From 1612 to 1614 William Cole was one of the two wardens of the Great Stone Bridge in Edenbridge, a trust which still exists. There is a signature of William Cole dating from 1612. In 1613 William Cole sold a messuage in Edenbridge to George Sone (This could be TA 509). In 1596 William Goyles witnessed a mortgage by John Soane. It is possible that Goyles is a variant of Cole, and in 1549 the will of Andrew Cole is actually written under the name Andrew Coyle. However Goyles could equally be Giles. If Goyles is Cole then several more facts would be known about William.
In 1638 William Cole appears to have borrowed £1 from the trustees of the Great Stone Bridge. In 1641 he was recorded in the Protestation Returns. William's wife Martha was buried in Edenbridge on 5th November 1641 and William in Edenbridge on 10th February, 1647, aged 69. They had at least four children, John, William, James and Elizabeth.
| 2nd marriage | Andrew Cole | m: c 1520 | Agnes (Annys) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1480 d: 1546 Edenbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | Johane | Julyan | Richard | George | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1520 d: c 1585 Edenbridge, Kent | b: Before 1525 | b: Before 1525 | b: 1525 to 1546 | b: 1525 to 1546 d: Feb 1551/52 Tonbridge, Kent bur: 20th Feb 1551/52 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1525 to 1546 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st marriage | John Cole butcher | m: c 1545 | Mrs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1520 d: c 1585 Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1525 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johanna | Juliana | James | John | Andrew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1547 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 14th Aug 1547 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1550 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 30th Jan 1550 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1554 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 25th Jun 1554 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jan 1560 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 16th Jan 1560 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1555 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 30th Apr 1555 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1556 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 7th Mar 1556 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Sep 1584 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 20th Sep 1584 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andrew Cole butcher | m: 29th May 1571 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | Joane Basset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1556 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 7th Mar 1556 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Sep 1584 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 20th Sep 1584 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1555 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Agnes | James | William | Andrew | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1572 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 10th Aug 1572 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1575 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 26th Jun 1575 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1578 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd Mar 1578 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Feb 1647 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 10th Feb 1647 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1580 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 13th Apr 1580 St. Peter and St. Paul d: 1657 Westerham, Kent bur: 3rd Jan 1657 St. Mary's Church, Westerham, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Cole butcher | m: c 1600 | Martha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1578 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd Mar 1578 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Feb 1647 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 10th Feb 1647 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1580 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | William | James | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1602 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1602 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 5th Sep 1602 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1605 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1671 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 26th Sep 1671 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1607 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1672 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 2nd Sep 1672 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1610 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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