Thomas Coteel (Knight)
Sir Thomas Coteel (also Cotteel , Cottel or Cottael ) († 1635 ) was a Flemish merchant who was knighted in England.
Thomas Coteel was born in Antwerp as the son of a Flemish merchant family. He married Susanne Stecher, a daughter of Georg Stecher from Augsburg . As a Protestant, he fled Antwerp with his wife during the Dutch uprising in 1576. The family lived in London by 1579 at the latest. There they attended services by the Italian Protestant community in the Mercers' Hall of the Worshipful Company of Mercers . Before 1583, Coteel moved to the St Martin Orgar district , where he worked as a merchant, trading in oil, pewter and cloth . Nevertheless, he kept in touch with Brabant , where relatives of his lived and where he presumably owned property. On July 2, 1609, he was beaten by King James I in Greenwich to knight bachelor's degree and before 1618 he received a permanent residence permit in London. He rose to be an influential citizen of the City of London . His acquaintances included the courtier Sir Thomas Lake , Sir Robert Heath , Sir John Bramston, and other city dignitaries.
With his wife, Coteel had several children, including
- Thomas Coteel († 1640)
- Mary Coteel ⚭ Sir Richard Edgcumbe
- Daniel Coteel († 1639)
As early as the 1620s, he transferred most of his fortune to his eldest son, Thomas. He was buried in the church of St Martin Orgar .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 148.
- ↑ Paul Hunneyball: COTEEL, Thomas (aft from 1579 to 1640.), Of Martin Lane (St. Martin's Lane), London; later of Litchfield, Ashe and Steventon, Hants. (History of Parliament Online, Ref Volumes: 1604–1629)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coteel, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cotteel, Thomas; Coteel, Sir Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish-English merchant and knight |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1635 |