Person:Joseph Moyle (2)
Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet
chr.8 Jan 1714/15 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Middlesex, England
d.11 Apr 1781
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  1. Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet1714/15 - 1781
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  • H.  Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet1714/15 - 1781
  • W.  Mary Buller - 1787
m. 23 Sep 1756
  1. Catherine CopleyAbt 1760 - 1791
  2. Sir Lionel Copley, 2nd BaronetAbt 1767 - 1806
  3. Sir Joseph Copley, 3rd BaronetAbt 1769 - 1838
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Facts and Events
Name[2][4] Sir Joseph Copley, 1st Baronet
Baptismal Name[3] Joseph Moyle
Gender Male
Christening[3] 8 Jan 1714/15 St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Middlesex, Englandson of Joseph Moyle and Catherine
Marriage 23 Sep 1756 Pelynt, Cornwall, Englandto Mary Buller
Other[1] 1768 Joseph took the name of Copley by Act of Parliament.
Title (nobility)[1][2] 28 Aug 1778 “Joseph Copley, of Sprotbrough, co. York, Esq., grandson and heir of the late Sir Godfrey Copley, Bt.”, was created a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was granted to him and his heirs male by King George III on 15 Aug. His (maternal) grandfather's baronetcy became extinct in 1709 when he died without surviving male issue.
Will[4] 19 Jul 1779
Death[1] 11 Apr 1781
Alt Death[5] 15 Apr 1781
Probate[4] 27 Apr 1781 London, England
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cokayne, George Edward. Complete baronetage, 1611-1800. (Exeter [England]: W. Pollard, 1900-1906)
    vol 5, p 200, COPLEY I.

    See transcript, under I. Joseph Copley, of Sprotborough, co. York, Esq.

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 England. The London gazette. (London, England)
    issue 11900, p. 1, 11–15 Aug. 1778.

    < https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/11900/page/1 >

    “St. James's, August 15. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain unto Joseph Copley, of Sprotbrough in the County of York, Esq; Grand-son and Heir of the late Sir Godfrey Copley, Baronet, and to his Heirs Male.”

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Christenings, January 1714[/5], in Church of England. St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London), and William Henry Hunt (ed.). The registers of St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden, London. (London: Harleian Society, 1906-1909)
    1: 163, FHL # 845241.

    “8, Joseph Son of Joseph Moyle Esqr: by Catherine his Wife.”

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Will of Sir Joseph Copley heretofore Joseph Moyle and afterwards Joseph Copley of Southampton, Hampshire”, 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 11/1076/360, [digital images, Ancestry.com].

    Dated 19 July 1779. “I Sir Joseph Copley Baronet heretofore Joseph Moyle and afterwards Joseph Copley of Southampton Esquire having changed my name to Copley on my becoming intitled to and taking certain real Estates at and near Sprotborough in Yorkshire and elsewhere formerly belonging to my Grand Father Sir Godfrey Copley and afterwards to Lionel Copley Esquire both deceased.” He bequeathed to his sons “Lionel the elder son and Joseph the younger”, daughters Maria, Catherine (wife of John James Hamilton), Juliana, and Ann, and wife Dame Mary Copley. Wits. Ralph Woodford (of New Norfolk St.), James Coulthard, and Edw. Morgan (of Lincoln's Inn). Probate London, 27 April 1781.

  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, Joseph (Sir), Bt., Yorks. 15 April 1781. (G.M. 195 ; L.M. 247.)”

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