Sir Lionel Copley

• 'Lionel Copley, Esq.1
• 'M, b. 1421, d. circa 1508
• Father Sir Richard Copley b. c 1390, d. 16 Jul 1434
• Mother Margaret Denton d. a 1430
• ' Lionel Copley, Esq. was born in 1421 at of Wighill, Yorkshire, England. He married Joan (Jane) Thwaites, daughter of John Thwaites and Joan Thornton, circa 1443.1 Lionel Copley, Esq. died circa 1508.
• 'Family Joan (Jane) Thwaites b. c 1420
• Child
  • ◦John Copley, Esq.+1 b. c 1444
• Citations
• 1.[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 446.
• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1584.htm#...
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• 'A Selection of Wills fromt the Registry at York Vol. LIII.
• http://www.archive.org/details/publications53surtuoft
• http://www.archive.org/stream/publications53surtuoft#page/46/mode/1up
• XXIV. THE WILL OF WILLIAM COPLEY.
  • [Reg. arch. Rotherham, 341 a, etc.]
• March 15, 1489-90. Willelmus Copeley.* Sep. honeste sine pompa mundana, in eccl. qua me mori contigerit, si non abiero in London. Si in London abiero, tunc lego corpus meum sep. in navi eccl. Fratrum Carmelitarum in Fletestrete, juxta
• * The testator was the son and heir of Sir Richard Copley, of Batley, by his second wife Elizabeth Harrington. He was a lawyer, and made a large fortune. His will is valuable in many respects. He was twice married, according to Mr Hunter : 1. to Margaret, daughter and co-heir of John Saint Loe, of Gunnersby co. Lincoln. (I question this marriage, as it is not mentioned by the testator when he mentions the other.) 2. to Margaret, daughter of Sir William Ryther of Ryther; but it does not appear that he left children by either. His wealth was dispersed among his relatives and friends. ....
• http://www.archive.org/stream/publications53surtuoft#page/47/mode/1up
  • * Sir Richard Copley of Batley. On July 16, 1434, he made his will in London, styling himself as of the county of York. To be buried in the conventual church of the Carmelites in London. The feoffees of my lands, &c., co. York, Brian de Beeston, John Denton, and John Rysshworth, esqs. Elizabeth my wife to be guardian of my children. If she marry, my feoffees to be guardians, except in the case of my heir, whom John Leventhorpe, sen. esq. is to see to. Residue to my wife; she, and Richard Tyngill, chaplain, executors, and John Leventhorp, sen. esq., William Leventhorpe of Leventhorpe, and Brian Thornhill, supervisors. [Pr. Sept. 28, and adm. to exrs.] (Reg. Test. Ebor. iii. 396 b.)
  • Sir Richard was twice married. By his first wife Margaret, daughter of Sir Richard Denton, he had 'Lionel Copley, esq. of Batley'. By his second, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Harrington, esq. of Doncaster, he had the testator and other children. The testator was the heir to his mother's estates. (South Yorkshire, i. 51.)
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• 'Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA452&lpg=PA452&dq...
• Pg. 452
• 11. ANNE PIGOT, married before 7 Nov. 1485 JOHN COPLEY, Esq., of Batley, Yorkshire, son and heir of 'Lionel Copley, Esq., of Batley, Yorkshire, by Joan, daughter of John Thwaites, of Lofthouse, Yorkshire'. He was born about 1444 (aged 64 in 1508). They had four sons, John, William, Knt., Adam, Esq., and Lionel, and six daughters, margaret (wife of ___ Saltmarsh), Mary (wife of John Portington), Anne, Joan (or Jenett), Isabel, and Elizabeth (wife of ___ Snydall). JOHN COPLEY, ESq., left a will dated 22 Dec. 1509, proved 9 Jan. requesting buried in the church yard of Batley near his parents. His wife, Anne, survived him.
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• Testamenta Eboracensia, Or, Wills Registered at York: Illustrative of the History, Manners ... (1884)
• http://www.archive.org/details/testamentaebora02claygoog
• http://www.archive.org/stream/testamentaebora02claygoog#page/n23/mo...
• XI. THE WILL OF JOHN COPLEY, ESQ., OF BATLEY.
  • [Reg. Test. viii. 28 a and 230 b.]
• Dec. 22, 1509. John Coplay* of the parishe of Batlay. To be buried in the church garth of Batlay nye my fader & moder. To on vyse makyng on Estur daie in the mornyng to the sepulcre iij s. iiij d. All the landes which my fadir 'Lionell Coplay' hath given to my too breder, Richard & Herry, with my consent & grant, them to have it duryng their lyves. To my wif her joyntre with her dowrie duryng her lyff. To William Coplay, my yonger son, Warmefeld, Snydall, Hillome, and Potirton duryng hys liff. To the mariage of ich of my iiij doghters, Anne, Jenett, Isabell, and Elisabeth, c marc, so that the marie & be guyded after the feoffers & myn executores. To Jane Portyngton, doghter of John Portington my sonne in lawe, xx li. To Mr. Thomas Coplay, my broder, an ambelyng horse which I rode upon myself. To my broder Richard an ambelyng horse. To my broder Herry+ on gray trottyng horse.
  • * A few notices of the family of Copley of Batley may be of value. In vol. iv. pp. 46-50 are the wills of the testator's grandfather and uncle.
  • 'Lionel Copley, the testator's father, according to the Visit'n of 1684, married Joan dau. John Thwaites of Lofthouse ; or, according to Mr. Hunter, Jane d. Thos. Thwaites of Denton (South Yorkshire, i. 51). On May 26, 1508, the will of Lionel Copley of Batley, esq., was proved (not copied) at York, and adm. was granted to Henry Copley, his ex'r. (Reg. Test. vii. 37 a.)'
  • The testator married Agnes, dau. of Sir Geoffrey Pigot of Clotherham near Ripon, and she and her children are mentioned in the wills of her mother (Test. Ebor. iv. 6) and of her brother (Ibid. 213). The testator made a feoffment of his estates on Dec. 20, 1st Hen. VIII., which is appended to his will. The feoffees were "Thomas Wortlay knyght, John Norton th'elder, knyght, John Norton the yonger, esquyer, Herry Vavasor of Hesilwod, Thomas Lynlay of Lynlay, Thomas Sothill, Christofer Eltoftes of Rishworth & Herry Seyvell esquyeres, & Richard Coplay and Robert Herrison gentilmen." The directions are already specified in the will.
  • + On Dec. 16, 1511, he makes his will : — Herry Coplay, gentilman, par. Batley. To be buryed in the kirk yerd of Batley at the feet of my brother, John Coplay, lately departyed, neyr my fader & moder, of whos soulys God have mercy. My best horse, on saddill, etc., oon swerd, for my mortuarie. To Wm Copley, my nevew, oon rede satten dublet. To my neyce Anne Copley oon fether bed. Rawfe Savell. I will y't all such goodes, as rystes in my lady my suster's handes of myne uncle William's bequestes, go to the execucion of my will. To my nece Agnes Flemyng oon girdill. To my broder Richard my chalice. My nevew John Copley, my brother Richard Copley, and John Browne my ex'rs. [Pr. 22 Apr. 1512.] (Reg. Test. viii. 91 a.)
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• To my wiff all my goodes here & att Thorpe Awdlay. To John my son viij oxen & iiij kie, if he be of good demeaner unto my wif & the feoffers, &, if the mater go forth betwixt me & Sir Richard Wodrof, I will that all such goodes as Sir Thomas Wortlay awes me I gif it to my iiij doghters' mariage. I make myn executours Annes my wiff & William my son, at her pleasur.
• [Pr. 9 Jan., adm. ex'rs.]
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Lionel Copley was born ABT 1410, and died BEF 28 MAY 1508. He was the son of Richard Copley and Margaret Denton.

He married Jane or Joan Thwaites 1435, daughter of John Thwaites and Isabella Ryther.

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