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Biography of Walter Cope 1553-1614

Paternal Family Tree: Cope

Walter Cope and Dorothy Granville were married.

Before 1548 [his father] Edward Cope (age 23) and [his mother] Elizabeth Mohun (age 11) were married.

Around 1553 Walter Cope was born to [his father] Edward Cope (age 29) and [his mother] Elizabeth Mohun (age 17).

On 20th June 1557 [his father] Edward Cope (age 33) died.

In 1570 Walter Cope (age 17) admitted at Gray's Inn.

Around 1587 [his mother] Elizabeth Mohun (age 51) died.

In 1603 Walter Cope (age 50) was knighted at Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

In 1603 Walter Cope (age 50) travelled to welcome James I at his procolamation as King of England at Edinburgh.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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In 1604 Walter Cope (age 51) was elected MP Westminster.

In 1605 Walter Cope (age 52) commissioned the building of Cope Castle Holland House.

In 1609 Walter Cope (age 56) was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.

In 1612 Walter Cope (age 59) was appointed Keeper of Hyde Park.

On 30th July 1614 Walter Cope (age 61) died at Cope Castle Holland House.

[his daughter] Isabel Cope Countess Holland was born to Walter Cope and Dorothy Granville. She married 1616 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland, son of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire, and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Walter Cope 1553-1614

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Franks: Great x 23 Grand Son of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King of the Franks

Kings France: Great x 15 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Walter Cope 1553-1614
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Walter Cope 1553-1614

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cope

GrandFather: Anthony Cope

Father: Edward Cope

Walter Cope 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Mohun 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

GrandFather: Walter Mohun 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Mother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England