Alexander Cope, Esq.

Not the father of Sir William Cope, Cofferer to Henry VII

No source—backed by legitimate sources—unequivocally affirms this person-profile and linked relationships.

• http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p517.htm#i...
  • Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz for Five Generations is the only source cited by the above URL. For William the Cofferer, it mentions nothing about his father:—
    • "60. WILLIAM COPE, of Banbury and Hanwell, Oxfordshire. Born c1450; died 7 Apr 1513. His will of 7 Feb 1513 was proved 24 May 1513 and directed his burial at Banbury Church. Member of Parliament as Burgess from Ludgershall, Wiltshire, 1491-1492; Serjeant of the Catery, 1493; Cofferer to Henry VII, 1495-1509; purchased Hanwell Manor, 1498; Justice of the Peace for co. Surrey, 1501-1513, and for Oxfordshire, 1502-1513; Serjeant of the Poultry, 1510; Constable of Porchester Castle, June 1509; Secretary to the Duchess of Savoy, 1513. Married 2ndly, before 1496: (BP105: 639; HNO, 1: 748; HP/1439, 1: 219-220; MGH, 3(4): 208; NEHGR, 145: 18; PCC Wills: 12 Fetiplace; VCH, Oxfordshire, 9: 115)"

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Previously Deposited, Unsourced Overview Statement: "Held manor of Grimsbury near Banbury, in Northamptonshire."