COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Nov. 1607, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Copley (d. 20 May 1658) of Wadworth, Yorks., and Ann (d. 26 Jan. 1646), da. of Gervase Cressy of Birkin, Yorks. m. 15 Oct. 1645, Frizalina (d. 6 Nov. 1696), da. of George Ward of Capesthorne, Prestbury, Cheshire, wid. of John Wheler of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. par. reg.; Wadworth Par. Reg. ed. P. Lindley, C. Preston, B. Barber (Yorks. Arch. Soc. par. reg. ser. clxii), 13, 37; Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 251-2; J. Foster, Yorks. Peds. i. d. 7 Dec. 1675.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 252.

Offices Held

Military: ?vol. ft. regt. of Lord Vere, Holland by 1630–?H. Hexam, A Historicall Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse (1630), unpag. Commry. and muster-master gen. of ft. (parlian.) 30 July 1642-c.Apr. 1645.SP28/18, f. 341; The List of the Army Raised under the Command of …Robert Earl of Essex (1642), sig. A2 (E.117.3). Capt. of dragoons, 9 Sept. 1642–21 Mar. 1644;SP28/140, ff. 254–60; 322–7. capt. of horse, 10 Mar. 1643-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/18, f. 340v. col. 14 May 1644-c.Apr. 1645.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 162.

Central: commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O.

Local: commr. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Yorks. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). W. Riding 1672.SR. Registrar, prerogative ct. diocese of York, 13 July 1660–?Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/11/56; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 144. Commr. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 26 May 1668–?d.;C181/7, pp. 437, 458, 558. W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671–?d.C181/7, p. 606.

Parlimentarian

COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.

: of Broom, Whiston and The College, Yorks., Rotherham.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.

Will

20 Nov. 1675, pr. 26 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 102v.

Estates

by 1638, owned several coalmines in townships or parishes of Whiston, Hooton Roberts and Thrybergh, Yorks. worth £100 p.a.C7/416/16. In 1639, with bro. Christopher, Thomas St Nicholas* and Leonard Pinckney, acquired the lease of Wardsend farm, Ecclesfield, and of other lands in and around Sheffield, on which lessees agree to erect two iron forges.Cat. of the Arundel Castle Mss ed. R. Meredith, 37. In 1650, Copley leased Wadworth wood.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 20. In 1652, acquired leases of Chapel and Rockley furnaces and Kimberworth forge, nr. Rotherham, for £4,000, paying a rent of £100 p.a.C10/91/26. By 1653, owned a house of 14 hearths known as The College, in Rotherham; and by 1672, houses of 17 hearths and 8 hearths in Wadworth, near Doncaster.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 25: Hugh Massie to Copley, 4 Apr. 1653; Hearth Tax Returns for S. Yorks. ed. D. Hey, 51, 72. In 1656, acquired lease of Kimberworth Park and the right to all coal and timber therein, paying a rent of £200 p.a.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdls. 11, 29. In 1659, purchased woods in Aston Park, near Sheffield, for £2,700 and acquired lease of forge and furnace, or ‘iron-mill’ at Wadsley, nr. Sheffield.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdls. 31-2, 34-5. In 1660, with another gentleman, acquired lease of manor or grange of Barnsley, Yorks. from the queen mother.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 45. In 1661, acquired a new lease of three forges and two furnaces at Wardsend farm and, by 1664, owned a furnace at Ecclesfield and ironworks at Attercliffe.D. Hey, The Fiery Blades of Hallamshire, 170. In 1665, purchased Wadworth farm and other lands and tenements in parish for £552.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 4. In 1666, renewed his leases of Chapel furnace and the forges at Attercliffe and Wardsend, for which he paid at least £100 p.a. in rent.Hey, Fiery Blades, 170. In 1669, acquired lease of Rotherham forge.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 67. In 1671, acquired lease of iron-forges at Norton and Beauchieff, nr. Sheffield.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 72. At d. estate inc. manor and hall of Stanshall in parish of Tickhill; Upper Hall mansion house at Wadworth; lands and tenements in Stanshall, Wadworth, Tickhill and Wellingsley; manor of Broom near Rotherham; manor of Bredcroft and other lands in parish of Kirk Bramwith; and messuages and lands in Masbrough in parish of Rotherham, all in Yorks.PROB11/350, f. 102v.

Oxford 1644

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