Person:Godfrey Copley (2)
Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRS
b.Abt 1653 Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England
d.9 Apr 1709 Westminster, Middlesex, England
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m. Bef 1653
  1. Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRSAbt 1653 - 1709
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  • H.  Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRSAbt 1653 - 1709
  • W.  Catherine PurcellAbt 1657 - 1697
  1. Catherine Copley
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  • H.  Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRSAbt 1653 - 1709
  • W.  Gertrude Carew1682 - 1736
m. 10 Jun 1700
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Facts and Events
Name Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRS
Gender Male
Birth[3] Abt 1653 Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England(probably) At Dugdale's Visitation in 1666, it was said that Godfrey, son of Sir Godfrey Copley Bt. and his first wife Eleanor, was aged 13 years.
Title (nobility)[2] 17 Feb 1677/78 Godfrey succeeded to the Baronetcy (cr. 1661) at the death of his father. It became extinct at Godfrey's death.
Marriage License 15 Oct 1681 London, EnglandA marriage licence was given to Sir Godfrey Copley of Sprotborough Bt., age 27, and Katherine Purcell of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, age about 24. It was recorded that Katherine's parents were deceased. The marriage was to occur at either St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, or Ely Chapel, Holborn.
to Catherine Purcell
Other[6] 30 Nov 1691 He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Marriage 10 Jun 1700 St. Mary at Hill, City of London, Middlesex, Englandto Gertrude Carew
Will[4] 14 Oct 1704 Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, England
Will[4] 8 Apr 1709 Sprotbrough, Yorkshire, Englandcodicil
Alt Death[5] 8 Apr 1709
Death[1] 9 Apr 1709 Westminster, Middlesex, England
Alt Death[2] 9 Apr 1709 Red Lion Square, Middlesex, Englands.p.m.s., of quinsy (peritonsillar abscess)
Probate[4] 11 Apr 1709 London, England
Burial[2] 23 Apr 1709 Sprotborough, Yorkshire, England
Reference Number[1] Q981207?


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Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet FRS (; c. 1653 – 9 April 1709) of Sprotbrough House, near Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, was an English landowner, art-collector and Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1679 and 1709.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 COPLEY (cr. 1661) II., in Cokayne, George Edward. Complete baronetage, 1611-1800. (Exeter [England]: W. Pollard, 1900-1906)
    3: 212.

    See transcript.

  3. ↑ “Copley of Sprodborough”, in Dugdale, William, and Robert Davies (ed.). The visitation of the county of Yorke, begun in Aº Dn̄i 1665 and finished Aº Dn̄i 1666. (Durham [England]: G. Andrews, 1859)
    p 275, pedigree dated 9 April 1666.

    “Godfrey Copley, son and heire, ætat. 13 ann. 9º Apr. 1666.” Son of “Sir Godfrey Copley of Sprodborough, created Baronet”; by 1st wife “Eleanor, daughter of Sir Thomas Walmisley of Dunkinhalgh in co. Lanc. Knt.”

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Will of Godfrey Copley of Sprotbrough, Yorkshire”, in Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Prerogative Court. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related probate jurisdictions: Will registers. (Kew, England: The National Archives)
    PROB 11/507/310, [digital images, Ancestry.com].

    Will dated 14 Oct. 1704, with codicil dated 8 April 1709. Sir Godfrey Copley of Sprotbrough, co. Yorke, Baronet

  5. ↑ Musgrave, William, Sir, and Sir George J. Armytage (ed.). Obituary prior to 1800 (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland). (London: Harleian Society, 1899-1901)
    2: 67.

    “Copley, Godfrey (Sir), Bt., F.R.S. 1691, and M.P. for Thirsk, Yorks. 8 April 1709. Title ext. (Neve's Mon. 180 ; MSS. ; Ann. Anne 580.)”

  6. ↑ Copley, Sir Godfrey (1653?-1709), in The Royal Society. Fellowship Directory
    code NA8421, accessed 25 Feb. 2016.
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