COPE, Walter (d.1614), of the Strand, London and Kensington, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 1551 or later, s. of Edward Cope of Hanwell and bro. of Anthony. m. Dorothy, da. of Richard Grenville, 1da.C142/145/53; Wards 9/138, f. 65; 139, f. 210; DNB. Kntd. ?1603.

Offices Held

Member, Antiq. Soc. c. 1591; j.p. Mdx. from c. 1598; feodary for ct. of wards and duchy of Lancaster, Oxon. and Berks. from 1598, of London and Mdx. from 1601; auditor, duchy of Cornwall from c. 1603; chamberlain of the Exchequer 1608; jt. (with Earl of Salisbury) keeper of Hyde park 1610; master of ct. of wards Nov. 1612.Harl. 247, f. 71; PRO Index 4208, f. 95; Index D.L. patents, f. 17; SP14/60; J. Hurstfield, Queen’s Wards , 234; HMC Hatfield, xi. 486; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 60, 643; Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, i. 393; J. Evans, Hist. Antiq. Soc. 12.

Parlimentarian

COPE, Sir Walter (c.1553-1614), of The Strand, Westminster and Kensington, Mdx.

Main residences: the Strand, London; Kensington, Mdx.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

COPE, Walter (-d.1614)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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