COTON, a parish in the hundred of WETHERLEY,
county of CAMBRIDGE, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Cambridge,
containing 228 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Ely, rated in the king's books at £6. 12. 11,, and in
the patronage of the Master and Fellows of Catharine
Hall, Cambridge. The church is dedicated to
St. Peter: Dr. Andrew Downes, Greek Professor at
Cambridge, and translator of the Apocrypha, died
here in 1627.