Notable People
- John Godard — c. 1250 Mathematician and protégé of Ralph joined the order at Coggeshall where he wrote many treatises including Concerning the threefold method of calculating
- John Jegon — born in Coggeshall in 1550, Bishop of Norwich 1602
- John Rogers - born in Coggeshall January 11, 1630. Emigrated in 1636 and became President of Harvard University.
- John Owen - Vicar of Coggeshall (1646–1651), Theologian, Chaplain to Oliver Cromwell, Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
- Richard Mant — Vicar of Coggeshall (1810–1820), later Bishop of Down and Connor, wrote a history of the Church of Ireland
- Henry Doubleday - (1810–1902). Scientist and Horticulturist
- John Carter (1815–1850), silk weaver who became a celebrated mouth artist after an accident paralysed him from the neck down.
- William Unwin - born in Coggeshall December 12, 1838. Engineer
- Dr. Edward Lewes Cutts — Curate of Coggeshall (1850–1857), author of many works on Church history
- Tony Newton - Baron Newton of Braintree, Conservative Politician and Peer
- Luke Wright - poet (b.1982) grew up in Coggeshall.
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