131920. Sheriff John Cope Esq. & 131921.
Joan Newenham
1355, John born in Northampton, England.
~1385, Joan born in Engand, d/o §§John Newenham.
6/21/1377, Richard II, age 10, succeeded Edward III as King
of England.
1378, John Sheriff of Northants.
John 1st married Elizabeth Haustede, d/o John.
6/25/1392 at York, “John Hastyng, the parson of the church
of Wykehand, John Purdu, the parson of the church of Wykedyue, William Gillot,
chaplain, and John Nuweman, querents; have granted to John Cope and Elizabeth
the manor [calle Haustede in Adestoke] and have rendered it to them in the same
court, to hold to John Cope and Elizabeth and the heirs of their bodies, of the
chief lords for ever. In default of such heirs, remainder to the right heirs of
John Cope.” (S) Feet of Fines.
1396, Elizabeth died [probably in childbirth].
1396, John Knight of the Shire, and Sheriff of
Northamptonshire.
1397, John granted 2/3 of the manor of Deanshanger by King
Richard III, held for life by courtesy. [Through his marriage to Elizabeth.]
[––John & Joan––]
~1398, John married 2nd Joan.
1399, John Knight of the Shire.
9/30/1399, Henry IV succeeded Richard II as King of England.
11/26/1399, John appointed escheator of Northampton and
Rutland. (S) CFRs.
5/28/1400, Order to John Cope, escheator of the county of
Rutland, to take the fealty of John Daneys, son of John Daneys. (S) CFRs.
11/24/1400, Commitment of the county and castle of
Northampton to John Cope so that he answer at the Exchequer as sheriff and
keeper. (S) CFRs.
1400, John Blawemuster, hermit, received a grant of pontage
for 3 years, to be spent on the repair of Stony Stratford bridge under the
supervision of John Rotherham, clerk, and John Cope, lord of the manor of
Deanshanger.
1/26/1401, Writ for IPM of Anne wife of William Haustede.
Northampton: She held in dower a third part of the manor of Deanshanger, …
annual value 40s. All, together with the two parts of the manor which John Cope
holds, are held of the king in chief as a fortieth part of a knight’s fee. The
reversion belongs to John Cope and his heirs. (S) CIsPM. [Revision by letters
patent of 1397, held of his 1st wife.]
1402, John Knight of the Shire.
1404, John Sheriff of Northants, and Knight of the Shire.
10/22/1404, John appointed escheator of Northampton and
Rutland. (S) CFRs.
5/22/1405, Commission to Thomas Brounflete, ‘chivaler,’ John
Cope, ... to assemble with all speed all knights, esquires, yeomen and other
fencible men in the county of Northampton and bring them to the king’s presence
for the chastisement of the insurgents of the north. (S) CPRs.
10/27/1405, Order to John Cope, escheator in the county of
Northampton, to cause Robert Pdewardyn … to have full seisin … (S) CFRs.
1406, John Knight of the Shire.
3/20/1413, Henry V succeeded Henry IV as King of England.
1414, John died.
12/28/1414, Writ for IPM of John Cope, esquire of
Northampton. (S) CFRs.
[––Joan––]
12/28/1414, Writ for IPM of John Cope, Esquire. Northampton:
He held in his demesne as of fee the site of the manor of Deanshanger and 132
a. arable, …, 1 cottage and … in Wike, Wicken, Passenham, Stony Stratford,
Puxley, Whitfield, Deanshanger and Heathencote, all of the king as a 40th part
of a knight’s fee, and by his charter dated at Deanshanger on 13 Dec. 1414
granted them to John Longeville, esquire, John Warrewyke, esquire, and Robert
Spenser and their heirs and assigns, without royal licence, on condition that
they should enfeoff Joan his wife, who survives him, for her life with
remainder to his right heirs. … but on account of the transgression the
escheator took them into the king’s hands … John (b.1396) his son and heir is
aged 18 years and more. (S) CIsPM. [The estate was initially seized by the
escheator since John had failed to secure licence for the alienation.]
2/1415, The premises were restored to the feoffees in on
payment of a fine of 5 marks. The estate then consisted of the manor house; a
garden and dovecote worth 3s. 4d.; 132 a. of land, of which 80 a. were worth
4d. an acre; 18 a. of meadow worth 18d. an acre; 6 a. 1 r. of wood; rent of 4s.
5½d. and a broad-hooked arrow; and two cottages each with 1½ a. of land; all of
which lay in Wick Dive, Wick Hamon, Passenham, Stony Stratford, Whitfield,
Deanshanger and Heathencote; held for 1/40th of a knight’s fee.
By 1434, John’s son and heir John died.
9/20/1434, Joan died, leaving as heir her son Stephen.
11/2/1434, IPM of Joan, wife of John Cope. Buckinghamshire: Adstock,
the manor, held of the king of the fee … She died on 20 September last. … Northamptonshire:
She held the following for life by enfeoffment of John Longvyle , John Warwyk ,
and Robert Spencer , with reversion to the right heirs of John Cope, esquire. Deanshanger,
the manor, … Stephen Cope is her son and next heir, and aged 24 years and more.
He is also the son and next heir of John Cope, esquire. (S) MMC, E-CIPM 24-308.
(S) ‘Passenham’, A Hist. of the County of Northampton: V5:
The Hundred of Cleley, 2002.
Family notes:
·
William Oldom, warden of the hospital of Aynho.
v. The executors of John Cope, late escheator of Northants.: Cattle and other
goods carried away from Simon, late warden, by the said John to his manor of
Densangre.: Northampton. (S) UKNA, undated.
Child of John and
Elizabeth:
i. John Cope, born 1396 in Passenham, England.
1408, John appointed a porter of Moor End castle in
Potterspury, Hundred of Cleley.
Bef. 1434, John died; leaving his brother Stephen as heir.
Child of John and
Joan:
ii. Stephen Cope (65960), born 1410 in Passenham, England.
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