Thomas Coppin Esq. (abt. 1600 - abt. 1663)

Born about 1600 in England

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Died about 1663 at about age 63 in Markyate, Hertfordshire, England

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Biography

Thomas was the son of Sir George Coppin and Anne Norton. He acquired Markyate. The Visitation of Hertfordshire in 1634 describes him as "Thomas Coppin of Markeatsel, co. Hertf." ^[1]

Thomas married Martha Norton, daughter of Luke Norton. The Visitation lists their children who were alive in 1634 as:

• Thomas Coppin, first son
• John Coppin, son
• Anne Coppin, daughter
• Elizabeth Coppin, daughter

Thomas, by will dated 8 December, 1662, left £400 in trust for the purchase of a house in Markyate Street to serve as a schoolhouse. He was succeeded in 1663 by his second son John, (who in fulfilment of his father's will) purchased a messuage called the 'Mermaid' in Markyate Street for the purposes of a school.^[2]

Thomas Coppin Esq. of Mercatsal [presumably Cell Park, Markyate], Hertfordshire, was the father of Lettice Coppin who married John Tyrrell [Sir John Tyrell, 1st Baronet].^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Visitations of Hertfordshire, made by Robert Cooke, Esq., Clarencieux, in 1572, and Sir Richard St. George, Kt., Clarencieux, in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees. From Harleian Mss. 6147 and 1546. Edited by Walter Metcalfe, FSA. Publications of the Harleian Society Volume XXII (London, 1886); page 45
2. ↑ 'Parishes: Caddington', in A History of the County of Bedford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 314-320. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/beds/vol2/pp314-320 [accessed 13 February 2020].
3. ↑ The Visitations of Essex 1552-1636. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol XIV. Edited by Walter C Metcalfe 1879. Part II. Tyrrell Pedigree p717 [1].