VENN: as COATES Matric. sizar from CLARE, Michs. 1579. B. at Thornton-le-Beans, Yorks., c. 1560. B.A. 1582-3; M.A. 1586. Ord. priest (Norwich) 1583; C. of Hildersham, Cambs. and V. of Linton, 1587-98. R. of S. Somercotes, Lincs., 1598. Author, ;Short questions.; Perhaps s. of Richard and Dorothy Coates; if so, buried Mar. 18, 1621-2. (Cooper, II. 22; Misc. Gen. et Her., 4th S. II. 181.)