University Archives
Clive Milnes-Coates
The Coates family had settled in Thornton-le-Beans in the parish of North Otterington in North Yorkshire by the fifteenth century. The grandfather of the creator of this collection was James Coates (1816-1905) of Helperby Hall, a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding. His eldest son, Edward Feetham Coates (1853-1921), was MP for Lewisham in London 1903-21. His son, Edward Clive Coates (1879-1971) was educated at Charterhouse and Exeter College, Oxford. He married Lady Celia Hermione Crewe Milnes and changed his name by deed poll in 1946. The collection of over 700 items comprises a miscellany of documents relating mainly to the East Riding of Yorkshire many of which had been in the possession of Gillyatt Sumner, antiquary. The collection is rich in title papers and wills including many for Beeford, Beswick, Beverley, Bridlington, Cottingham, Estrington, Kilham, Leven and Walkington. [DDMC]