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William Cope 1448 – 1513 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1448

Birth Location: Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 7 Apr 1513

Death Location: Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England

Father: Alexander Cope

Mother: Abbygale Maning

Spouse(s): Agnes Harcourt, Jane Spencer

Children(s): Anthony Cope, William Cope, John Cope

William Cope was born in 1448 in Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Alexander Cope and Abbygale Maning. William Cope married Agnes Harcourt, Jane Spencer, and had children including Anthony Cope, William Cope, John Cope. William Cope passed away in 1513 in Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • William Cope was born in 1448 in Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England, the child of Alexander Cope and Abbygale Maning.
  • William Cope married Agnes Harcourt, Jane Spencer, and had children including Anthony Cope, William Cope, John Cope.
  • William Cope passed away in 1513 in Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexander Cope
1425 – 1451
Birth Location: Northamptonshire, England
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Abbygale Maning
1435 – 1510
Birth Location: Grimsbury, Oxfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Agnes Harcourt
1450 – 1498
Birth Location: Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England
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Jane Spencer
1465 – 1526
Birth Location: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
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Children(s)

Anthony Cope
1487 – 1551
Birth Location: Hanwell, Oxford, England
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William Cope
1500 – 1516
Birth Location: Hodnell, Warwickshire, England
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John Cope
1504 – 1558
Birth Location: Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England
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William Cope's Ancestors

Self
William Cope
1448 – 1513
Birth Place: Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Alexander Cope
1425 – 1451
Northamptonshire, England
Abbygale Maning
1435 – 1510
Grimsbury, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
William (Cope of) Hanwell
1395 – 1488
Deanshanger, Pessenham, Northampton, England
Mary (Ann) Gossage
1400 – 1487
Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Cope
1360 – 1415
Elizabeth Newenham
1355 – 1435
William Gossage
1375 – 1488
William Gossage
1377 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Cope
1330 – 1380
John Newenham
1330 –
Elizabeth Hausted
1336 – 1435
Gossage
1350 –
Gossage
1355 –

William Cope's Descendants

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William Cope (1448 – 7 Apr 1513) m. Agnes Harcourt (1450 – 1498) m. Jane Spencer (1465 – 12 Feb 1526)
  1. 1. Anthony Cope (1487 – 6 Jan 1551) m. Jane Crews (1500 – 4 Jul 1570)
  2. 2. William Cope (1500 – 1516)
  3. 3. John Cope (1504 – 21 Jan 1558) m. Bridget Raleigh (1506 – 6 Jan 1558) m. Mary Mallory m. Margaret Tame (Abt 1498 – Aft 22 Jan 1558)
    1. 1. Erasmus Cope (Abt 1525 – 1568)
    2. 2. George Cope (1528 – 1572) m. Dorothy Spencer (Abt 1546 – )
    3. 3. Elizabeth Cope (2 Aug 1529 – 30 Sep 1584) m. John Dryden (1525 – 30 Sep 1584)
      1. 1. Anthony Dryden (1551 – Bet 11 Jan 1574 and 31 Dec 1583) m. Anne Wilkes (Abt 1561 – Bef 1630)
      2. 2. Erasmus Dryden (20 Dec 1553 – 22 May 1632) m. Frances Wilkes (1557 – 16 Feb 1630)
      3. 3. Mary Dryden (1555 – 7 Dec 1617) m. Francis Foxley (1551 – 7 Dec 1617)
      4. 4. Edward Dryden (1556 – )
      5. 5. George Dryden (1557 – 1591) m. Katherine Throckmorton (1534 – 1610)
      6. 6. John Dryden (1559 – 1591)
      7. 7. Elizabeth DRYDEN (1561 – )
      8. 8. Bridget Dryden (1563 – 2 Apr 1645) m. Francis Marbury (1555 – 11 Feb 1611) m. Thomas Newman (1560 – Aft 1645)
        1. 1. Mary Marbury (Abt 1588 – 18 Apr 1643) m. Bartholomew Layton (Abt 1580 – 7 Sep 1614) m. Joseph Skynner (Abt 1587 – 18 Apr 1643)
        2. 2. John Marbury ( – 16 Feb 1589)
        3. 3. Anne Marbury (20 Jul 1591 – 20 Aug 1643) m. William Hutchinson (14 Aug 1586 – 20 Feb 1642)
        4. 4. Bridget Marbury (May 1593 – Oct 1598)
        5. 5. Francis Marbury (Oct 1594 – ) m. Judith Marbury (Abt 1598 – ) m. Elizabeth Burton (Abt 1609 – )
        6. 6. Emma Marbury (Dec 1595 – ) m. John Saunders (1592 – )
        7. 7. Erasmus Marbury (Feb 1597 – 1627)
        8. 8. Anthony Marbury (Sep 1598 – Apr 1601)
        9. 9. Bridget Marbury (1599 – ) m. Master Child (Abt 1589 – Bet 1616 and 1688)
        10. 10. Jeremiah Marbury ( – 1623)
        11. 11. Daniel Marbury (Sep 1602 – Sep 1611)
        12. 12. Elizabeth Marbury (Jan 1605 – Mar 1614)
        13. 13. Thomas Marbury (1606 – 1656)
        14. 14. Anthony Marbury (1608 – 1645) m. Anthony Marbury (Abt 1600 – )
        15. 15. Katherine Marbury (19 Aug 1610 – 2 May 1687) m. Richard Scott (Bef 9 Sep 1605 – 1 Jul 1679)
      9. 9. Thomas Dryden (1563 – Aft 1620)
      10. 10. Stephen Dryden (Abt 1567 – Feb 1637) m. Ellen Neale (Abt 1575 – Deceased)
      11. 11. Emma Dryden (1569 – 1602) m. William Bury (Abt 1567 – 1617)
      12. 12. Nicholas Dryden (Abt 1571 – 12 Jan 1608) m. Mary Emeley (Abt 1573 – 16 Feb 1630)
    4. 4. Anthony Cope (Abt 1533 – 1558) m. Eleanor Stafford (Aft 1526 – 1613)
    5. 5. Joan Cope (1535 – 1565) m. Stephan Boyle (Abt 1531 – Deceased) m. Ferdinand Freckleton (1533 – )

William Cope's Timeline

2 Records

1448
1448
Birth of William Cope in Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England
Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England
1513
7 Apr 1513
Age 65
Death of William Cope in Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England
Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1448
    Event Place: Grimsbury, Northamptonshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 Apr 1513
    Event Place: Hanwell, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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