William Cope

Abt 1440 - 1513  (~ 73 years)

• Name	William Cope
  Birth	Abt 1440	of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	Abt 1450	of Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [4]
  Death	7 Apr 1513	Hanwell Manor, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Burial	Banbury, Oxfordshire, England   [12, 13]
  Person ID	I2034	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2020

  
  

  Father	Alexander Cope,   b. of Bramshill, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F1021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	(Unknown second wife of William Cope)
  Children	+ 1. Anthony Cope,   b. Between 1486 and 1487   d. 5 Jan 1551 (Age ~ 65 years)
  Family ID	F13034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Spencer,   b. Abt 1462   d. 12 Feb 1526, Hanwell Manor, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 64 years)
  Marriage	Bef 15 Sep 1496  [5, 14]
  Children	+ 1. John Cope,   b. of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England d. 21 Jan 1558
  Family ID	F1159	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Cofferer of the household of Henry VII. Serjeant of Catery, and later of the Poultry. Steward of Worpledon and Witeby, 1510. Constable of Porchester Castle, 1511. Lieutenant of Southbere Forest. Steward and Bailiff of Bedhampton. Secretary to the Duchess of Savoy, 1513. Alleged in some online sources to have fought at Bosworth, a claim we have been unable to confirm. Royal Ancestry (vol. III, p. 242) has him as cofferer to Henry VIII rather than VII, but we assume that to be a typographical error. Cofferer of the household of Henry VII. Serjeant of Catery, and later of the Poultry. Steward of Worpledon and Witeby, 1510. Constable of Porchester Castle, 1511. Lieutenant of Southbere Forest. Steward and Bailiff of Bedhampton. Secretary to the Duchess of Savoy, 1513. Burgess to Parliament from Ludgershall, Wiltshire, 1491-92. Alleged in some online sources to have fought at Bosworth, a claim we have been unable to confirm. Royal Ancestry (vol. III, p. 242) has him as cofferer to Henry VIII rather than VII, but we assume that to be a typographical error.

  
  

• Sources

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