Sir Nicholas Coote, Kt.

Lived at Seymers Hall, Blo' Norton, Norfolk, England. He was a supporter of the Duke of Norfolk.

In 1596, Sir Nicholas Coote, was heavily fined and sentenced to prison in Fleet Street for his support of the rebellious Duke of Norfolk.

http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77112#n8 Semere Hall Manor

Mr. Martin of Palgrave hath the most beautiful pedigree of this family hat I ever saw. Mr. Neve's Collections relating to it are very large; it is said that Sir Nicholas Coote, Knt. who lived in Queen Elizabeth's time, was a retainer of the Duke of Norfolk's, and upon his cause, happened to strike the Attorney-General, for which he was fined 20,000l. and laid in prison for it a long time, and at last was forced to sell his estate to pay the fine, with the consent of Sir Charles, his son, who was created Ao 1660, Earl of Montrath. See Lopham, p. 232. From: 'Hundred of Giltcross: Norton', An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: volume 1 (1805), pp. 242-249. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=77112 Date accessed: 02 January 2013.