William Cope (abt. 1450 - 1513)

Born about 1450 in Hanwell, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

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Descendants

Died 7 Apr 1513 at about age 63 in Hanwell Hall, Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

Sir William Cope was born in 1450 to Stephen Cope.

He married Agnes Harcourt, daughter of Sir Robert Harcourt and Agnes Limericke (Lymbrake), in 1470.

• Stephen Cope b. 1473
• Sir Henry Cope b. c 1478
• William Cope b. c 1480

Sir William Cope married Jane Spencer, daughter of John Spencer, Esq. and Ann Empson, c 1496. ^[1][2]

Issue:

• Sir Anthony Cope b. c 1496, d. 1551
• Sir John Cope, Sheriff of Northamptonshire ^[3] b. c 1504, d. 22 Jan 1558

Death

Sir William Cope died on 7 April 1513.

Research note

Cofferer to Henry VII. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 434.
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 241.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 202
4. ↑ Visitation of Northamptonshire Page 15: Cope of Cope's Ashby

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• Stott, Clifford L., Ancestry of Agnes Spencer, Wife of Thomas Higginson of Berkeswell, Warwickshire, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2020) Vol. 174, Page 211.