Sir Godfrey Copley of Sprotborough, 1st Baronet

Biographical Summary

"Godfrey Copley, of Sprotborough, co York, Esq., 1st son and heir of William Copley, of the same, by Dorothy, daughter of William Rooth, of Romley, co Derby, was buried 21 February and baptized 23 March 1623, at Sprotborough; succeeded his father in 1644, and was created a Baronet, as above, 17 June 1661. He was aged 40 and upwards at the Heralds' Visit of Yorkshire in 1666. He married firstly, in or before 1653, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Walmesley, of Dunkenhalgh, co Lancaster, by Johana, daughter of Sir Richard Molyneux, 1st Baronet [1611] of Sefton. She is said to have been buried 18 November 1649 at Sprotborough. he married secondly, in or before 1663, Elizabeth, daughter of William Stanhope, of Linby, co Notts. She was buried at Sprotborough, 22 September 1682. He was buried there, 21 February 1677."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. III; page 211