Thomas Cole (died 1571) was an English Protestant churchman, a Marian exile who became archdeacon of Essex.
[1] He held the mastership of Maidstone School in 1552, but emigrated to Frankfurt on the accession of Queen Mary.
Having returned to England Cole was presented to the rectory of High Ongar, Essex, in 1559.
at Cambridge, and the same year he was presented to the rectory of Stanford Rivers, Essex.
He was buried at St Mary Abchurch 2 July 1571 [2] Cole published: He had a hand in the framing of the Genevan form of worship.