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ANDREW COLE of Hever, butcher (1641-1699).
Andrew was baptised at Edenbridge on August 9th 1641, the second son of William Cole (died 1671) and his wife Elizabeth. On the death of his father Andrew received £40 and his father's butcher's tackle. Shortly afterwards at Tandridge on February 6th 1672 he married Frances Allen, the daughter of John Allen of Brasted and Edenbridge, probably a husbandman. In 1673 on the death of his brother Richard Andrew received his father's house, occupied by Zachary Honor. This was "Cowpers" in Church Lane, part of TA 503.In 1677 Andrew mortgaged the house to Edward Risbrook for £25 and in 1698 sold it to the same person for a further £5.
Andrew's first daughter Frances was baptised in Edenbridge in 1673 but when she died in 1674 Andrew was established as a butcher in Hever.He became a ratepayer of Hever parish in 1674 and continued such until his death in 1699. He was also recorded as a freeholder of Stanford Borough from 1677 to 1697, and a tenant of Sir Charles Waldegrave, later Lord Waldegrave, for property in Hever from 1674 until his death. In 1680 Andrew served as borsholder of Stanford Borough.
The Hever overseers' records show that Andrew Cole was on many occasions paid for keeping various people, of whom the most noteworthy were a boy who fell down the steeple stairs, and widow Budgen who had to be cleaned of lice. (Phew!) Andrew Cole was clearly a victualler and innkeeper as well as a butcher, and indeed was licensed in 1678-89 and probably beyond. The inn was the Red Lyon in Hever, probably the same place as the present public house in Hever, later called the Bull & Butcher (a pun on Bullen Butcher) and since 1830 the Henry VIII. It stands at the gates to Hever Castle, home to Anne Boleyn.
Andrew died, probably at Hever, and was buried in Edenbridge on 29th August 1699, aged 58. He was illiterate, but at the end of his life had learned to sign his name. After his death Frances kept the family business going. However she was struggling. In 1704 she promised 10s towards the five new bells hung in the steeple of the parish church, but was unable to pay. In 1707 she failed to renew her alehouse licence and was forced to pay at double the rate. In 1708 William Cole of Chiddingstone appears to have paid her rates. On 19th July 1709 Henry Streatfeild, collector of the Window Tax in Stanford Borough for 1708 reported that he could not receive 6s charged on the widow Cole because she was broke and run away leaving the house so empty that no distress was to be had there.After this Frances Cole received relief from the parish, while others took on the tenancy of the Red Lyon. In 1716 William Cole of Chiddingstone left her 20s. She died and was buried in Hever on October 7th 1733, aged 83.
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Cole butcher | m: c 1635 | Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1605 Edenbridge, Kent d: Sep 1671 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 26th Sep 1671 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1610 d: Aug 1669 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 31st Aug 1669 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anne | William | Andrew | Robert | Richard | Jane | John | Frances | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1636 Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1638 Edenbridge, Kent d: Dec 1716 Chiddingstone, Kent bur: 18th Dec 1716 St. Mary's Church, Chiddingstone, Kent | b: 1641 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 9th Aug 1641 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Aug 1699 Hever, Kent bur: 29th Aug 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1644 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 23rd May 1644 St. Peter and St. Paul d: 1716 | b: 1646 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 4th Jan 1646 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jul 1673 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 17th Jul 1673 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1648 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 4th Apr 1648 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Jul 1648 Edenbridge, Kent bur: 8th Jul 1648 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: 1649 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 16th Oct 1649 St. Peter and St. Paul | b: 1649 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 16th Oct 1649 St. Peter and St. Paul | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Cole butcher | m: 6th Feb 1672 Tandridge, Surrey | Frances Allen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1641 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 9th Aug 1641 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Aug 1699 Hever, Kent bur: 29th Aug 1699 St. Peter and St. Paul, Edenbridge, Kent | b: c 1645 d: Oct 1733 Hever, Kent bur: 7th Oct 1733 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frances | Elizabeth | Frances | Mary | Jane | Margaret | Andrew | Sarah | b: 1673 Edenbridge, Kent ch: 27th Mar 1673 St. Peter and St. Paul d: Mar 1675 Hever, Kent bur: 11th Mar 1675 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent | b: 1677 Hever, Kent ch: 18th Feb 1677 St. Peter's Church | b: 1679 Hever, Kent ch: 2nd Mar 1679 St. Peter's Church | b: 1681 Hever, Kent ch: 17th Apr 1681 St. Peter's Church d: May 1711 Hever, Kent bur: 13th May 1711 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent | b: 1683 Hever, Kent ch: 24th Jun 1683 St. Peter's Church d: Mar 1733 Hever, Kent bur: 18th Mar 1733 St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent | b: 1686 Hever, Kent ch: 26th Mar 1686 St. Peter's Church | b: 1688 Hever, Kent ch: 19th Jul 1688 St. Peter's Church | b: 1691 Hever, Kent ch: 25th Jul 1691 St. Peter's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ann | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1675 Hever, Kent ch: 3rd Oct 1675 St. Peter's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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