Family and Education
b. c.1356, s. and h. of Sir John Copledyke (d. 1369) of Harrington, prob. by his w. Maud. m. (1) by Aug. 1384, Alice, at least 2s.; (2) by Mar. 1400, Margery (d. 4 Mar. 1427), da. of Sir John Constable of Flamborough, Yorks., wid. of Sir Robert Hawley of Mablethorpe, Lincs. and Ingleton, Yorks., at least 1s. 4da. Kntd. by Easter 1382.Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 266-7; C139/29/35; Reg. Repingdon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lvii), 119-25; Lincs. AO, Reg. Buckingham, XII, f. 289; CIPM, xiii. no. 21; CCR, 1399-1402, pp. 72, 137; 1402-5, pp. 66-67; Peds. Plea Rolls ed. Wrottesley, 140. It is now impossible to tell which of Copledyke’s daughters, if any, were the children of his first marriage, but at least two of his sons were clearly born before 1400.
Offices Held
Commr. to suppress the rebels of 1381, Lincs. Mar., Dec. 1382; of array (Holland) Apr. 1385, Mar. 1392, Aug., Sept. 1403; oyer and terminer Mar. 1396 (assault at Boston); to proclaim the King’s intention to rule justly May 1402.
Sheriff, Lincs. 7 Nov. 1393 – 11 Nov. 1394, 22 Aug. 1399–24 Nov. 1400.
J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 16 May 1401 – d.
Escheator, Lincs. 9 Nov. 1406–30 Nov. 1407.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Harrington, Lincs.
Cobbledyke, Copeldike, Copildyk, Copyldyke, Copuldiche, Coupildyke, Cuppuldyke
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
COPLEDYKE, Sir John (c.1356-1408)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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