Bridget Raleigh married John Cope (or Coope), Knt., of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire,[2] younger son of William Cope, Esq., by his second wife, Jane Spencer.[1][3] The date of their marriage is unknown and is estimated.
Joan Cope, wife of Stephen Boyle and of Ferdinand Freckleton[1]
Death
Bridget's date of death is not recorded. However, Sir John Cope married his second wife by 1537.[5] Bridget was obviously dead before this date.
Research Notes
Numerous sources state that John Cope married 3 times, the 2nd time by 1537. Bridget's previously listed death date of 1558 is unsubstantiated.
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.41.51.6 Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume I, pages 433-436 CHESELDINE 14, Bridget Raleigh
↑ 2.02.1 Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Descent from Gilbert de Clare. Line 34-14. Pg 45. $Free Ancestry Image
↑ 3.03.1 Harvey, William, d. 1567; Metcalfe, Walter C. (Walter Charles); Vincent, Augustine, 1584?-1626. The visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19 : with Northamptonshire pedigrees from various Harleian mss. London : Mitchell & Hughes. 1887. pg 15, Cope of Cope's Ashby
↑ Camden, William, 1551-1623; Fetherston, John; College of Arms (Great Britain). The Visitation of the county of Warwick in the year 1619. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceaux king of arms College of Arms. 1877. pg 77
Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 18 August 2020.
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This from source 5 above: "Although his [John Cope, Bridget's husband] inheritance and the jointure of his second wife involved him in a series of lawsuits he seems to have prospered, for he bought property [in Northamptonshire] regularly from 1537 until his death, his most important acquisition being that of Canons Ashby from Sir Francis Bryan in 1538.". (1) If this is true, any proposed dates of births, deaths, marriages etc of the Cope or Dryden families at Canons Ashby prior to 1538 (and there are many) may be in error. (2) The Cope estate at Hanwell and a possible Raleigh estate at Farnborough were only a few miles apart (near Banbury), and it is likely that both families were well-acquainted. This suggests that the marriage of John and Bridget (ca. 1525?) was probably near Banbury and that daughter Elizabeth Cope's birth ca. 1529 was probably near Banbury as well. Note that Canons Ashby is less than 15 miles away from the two aforementioned villages. I always like to consider geography when constructing a story.
Appreciate comments from anyone more seasoned than me. I am a newbie when it comes to the reliability of secondary sources.
Thanks. I am copying your comment to John Cope's profile as it largely concerns him and his children.
The Magna Carta Project would not want to assign a marriage place or county for Bridget Raleigh and John Cope without fairly firm evidence. If you or anyone can find firm well-sourced evidence, that would be great. Her parents had both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire associations and may well have had property in other counties.
Her daughter Elizabeth (the other relevant profile managed by the Project) has also not been given a birthplace by the Magna Carta Project.
I have the following note on my computer which indicatesher places of her birth and death:-
Biographical notes from Douglas Richardson's Royal Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry:
Bridget Raleigh married John Cope, Knt., as his first wife, about 1545-6. They had three sons and two daughters. The sons were Erasmus, Esq., George, Esq., and Anthony, Esq. The daughters were Elizabeth and Joan. John Cope later married Mary Mallory (no issue) and Margaret Tame (no issue).
Birth 1506 Canons Ashby, Northampton, England
Death BET 06 JAN 1557 AND 1558 England
Death 1558-01-06 Canons,Ashby,Northamptonshire, England
Sources
Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn., Volume 1, page 434, CHESELDINE 14, entry for Bridget Raleigh.
Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013) Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume II, page 145, CHESELDINE 19, entry for Bridget Raleigh.
Thanks, Robin. That birth and death info does not come from Richardson.: he does not give the birth and death date or place. Her husband held property at Canons Ashby. She cannot have died in 1557/8 as her husband remarried by 1537, and then had a third marriage before June 1542.
Marlyn Lewis - who is of course unreliable - states that she was "at of Farnborough, Warwickshire" - the basis for that is presumably that her father had some property there - but he also had estates in Devon so that is no evidence for birthplace. It was her husband who died in 1557/8.
If I'm not mistaken, the 1545 date was the year John Cope was supposedly knighted. I have seen it said that he was the Sheriff of Northamptonshire, but he wasn't. It was actually his grandfather.
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
View Record
NameBridget RaleighGenderFemaleSpouse NameSir John CopeNumber Pages1Household Members
NameAge
Name
Sir John Cope
Name
Bridget Raleigh
The U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 is completely unreliable. It consists of many sources including user submissions, so it is no better than any other personal genealogy found on the web or on ancestry.com. It really cannot be used as a source itself but only as a guide to search for better sources.
Bridget is being added to the Magna Carta project. Updates coming shortly. Please feel free to shoot me or any of the Magna Carta project leaders a note with questions. Thanks for creating and looking after her profile!
Appreciate comments from anyone more seasoned than me. I am a newbie when it comes to the reliability of secondary sources.
The Magna Carta Project would not want to assign a marriage place or county for Bridget Raleigh and John Cope without fairly firm evidence. If you or anyone can find firm well-sourced evidence, that would be great. Her parents had both Warwickshire and Northamptonshire associations and may well have had property in other counties.
Her daughter Elizabeth (the other relevant profile managed by the Project) has also not been given a birthplace by the Magna Carta Project.
Biographical notes from Douglas Richardson's Royal Ancestry and Magna Carta Ancestry:
Bridget Raleigh married John Cope, Knt., as his first wife, about 1545-6. They had three sons and two daughters. The sons were Erasmus, Esq., George, Esq., and Anthony, Esq. The daughters were Elizabeth and Joan. John Cope later married Mary Mallory (no issue) and Margaret Tame (no issue).
Birth 1506 Canons Ashby, Northampton, England Death BET 06 JAN 1557 AND 1558 England Death 1558-01-06 Canons,Ashby,Northamptonshire, England
Sources
Richardson: Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd edn., Volume 1, page 434, CHESELDINE 14, entry for Bridget Raleigh. Richardson, Royal Ancestry (2013) Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), volume II, page 145, CHESELDINE 19, entry for Bridget Raleigh.
Marlyn Lewis - who is of course unreliable - states that she was "at of Farnborough, Warwickshire" - the basis for that is presumably that her father had some property there - but he also had estates in Devon so that is no evidence for birthplace. It was her husband who died in 1557/8.
edited by Michael Cayley
edited by Alan Pendleton
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 View Record NameBridget RaleighGenderFemaleSpouse NameSir John CopeNumber Pages1Household Members NameAge Name Sir John Cope Name Bridget Raleigh