Michael Pope (1577)

Born 1577 in Brislington, Somerset, England

Husband of Johane (Tomlinson) Pope — married 3 Jul 1603 in Bristol, England

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Biography

Michael Pope was born in Somerset, England.

Assuming he was bound as an apprentice at age 16 in 1593, then Michael eas borrn about 1577, presumably in Brislimhton,near Bristol but in Somerset.

On the 9th August 1593, Michael (his father recorded as Richard Pope from Brislington in Somerset) was bound as an apprentice to Joyce Dyes, a Bristol soap maker and widow of Michael Dyes^[1]. Michael a soap maker became a Burgess of the City of Bristol, on the 17th August 1601, through Apprenticeship to Joyce Dyer and Mr Richard Rogers. ^[2]

Michaell married Joane Tomlinson on 3 July 1603 in St Thomas, Bristol, England.^[3] Michael and Joane had a single child, Joanne Pope, born in 1608, but Michael’s wife Joane presumably died of complications from childbirth as she was buried soon after the birth.

After Joane’s death, Michaell re-married, this time to Agnes Robins, the marriage taking place on 5 August 1610 in St Thomas, Bristol, England.^[4]

Michael’s will was proved in 1644^[5]

Research Notes

see https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib244378-309586-lf145

Sources

1. ↑ Apprentice : Bristol Apprenticeship Books Volumes 1(a) to 1(n) 26 October 1532 – 24 March 1724, transcript published by Bristol and Avon Family History Society, 2019, bafhs.org.uk vol 1C, page 6, number 14 (9 Mar 2024)
2. ↑ Burgess: Roger Price,”500 Missing Burgesses”, transcript published by Bristol and Avon Family History Society, 2009, [1] page 17, number 165 (accessed 9 Mar 2024)
3. ↑ "Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St T/R/1/a
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61666 #1612616 (accessed 9 March 2024)
   Michaell Pope marriage to Joane Tomlynsonn on 3 Jul 1603 in St Thomas, Bristol, England.
4. ↑ "Bristol, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812"
   Bristol Archives; Bristol, England; Bristol Church of England Parish Registers; Reference: P/St T/R/1/a
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61666 #1612712 (accessed 9 March 2024)
   Mychaell Pope marriage to Agnes Robins on 5 Aug 1610 in St Thomas, Bristol, England.
5. ↑ ” Folios 19-22. Will of Michael Pope, soapmaker of the parish of St Thomas the Apostle, Bristol”,Oct 1644,PROB 10/642/10, (accessed 8 May 2024)