Leonard Cotes Explained

Leonard Cotes or Coates (fl. 1669–1701^[1]) was an English painter and beadle of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. His apprentices included Thomas Highmore, later Serjeant Painter to William III of England.^[2] Cotes' will is held in the UK's National Archives and was proven on 3 May 1701.^[3]

References

1. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=200945 British Museum - Biographical details - Leonard Cotes
2. 13247. Joseph Highmore.
3. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D665944 Will of Leonard Cotes or Coates, Painter Stainer of London, National Archives (PROB 11/460/129)