Thomas Cocks (d. 1611)
Thomas Cocks was the auditor, Chapter clerk and receiver for Canterbury Cathedral – in the latter capacity he received the rents on behalf of the Dean and Chapter from its tenants. He left behind a diary spanning almost four years of his later life. It detailed his expenses more so than his daily activities. Twenty five copies of his diary were printed in 1901. His position permitted him to enjoy for a period the residency of the unoccupied Archbishop’s Palace.
His memorial is often overlooked by the cathedral visitor, located high up on the north wall of the north choir aisle. The wall plaque is alabaster, and it bears a black tablet, inscribed in Latin. If a marble tablet (sometimes the alabaster was painted) then it is most likely to be made from Black Belgian Marble.
