COPLEDYKE, John (d.?1468), of Winchelsea, Suss. and Sandwich, Kent.

Lt. of Le Crotoy 19 Oct. 1441–9. E101/53/40.

Envoy to treat with the commissioners of the duchess of Burgundy 1 Apr. 1445. DKR, xlviii. 365.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff to Yarmouth Sept.-Nov. 1451. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 27; E. Suss. RO, Rye mss, acct. bk. 60/1, f. 27.

Bailiff of Winchelsea 16 May 1452 – Nov. 1464; jt. (with his s. John) 10 Nov. 1464–d. CPR, 1446–52, p. 550; 1461–7, p. 358.

Commr. of arrest, Winchelsea June 1454 (pirates); array, Suss. Apr. 1454, Winchelsea Apr. 1460; inquiry, Cinque Ports May 1458, Kent, Suss. July 1461 (piracy); sewers, from ‘Fodyr’ to Winchelsea Nov. 1458; oyer and terminer, Sandwich Aug. 1463.

Collector of customs and subsides, Chichester 7 June 1455 – 19 Nov. 1456, 27 Oct. 1457 – 4 Dec. 1458, 15 Dec. 1458–4 July 1462. CFR, xix. 106, 197, 215; E356/21, rots. 42, 42d, 43.

Mayor, Sandwich Dec. 1461 – 63; dep. Apr. 1464, Sept. 1465. White and Black Bks. 47–49, 51.