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Leonard Cotes

Leonard Cotes or Coates 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. Cotes' will is held in the UK's National Archives and was proven on 3 May 1701.

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Leonard Cotes or Coates (fl. 1669–17011) 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

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  1. British Museum - Biographical details - Leonard Cotes
  2. "Joseph Highmore". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13247. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  3. Will of Leonard Cotes or Coates, Painter Stainer of London, National Archives (PROB 11/460/129)