Margaret (Denton) Copley

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Biography

Margaret was possbly the daugher of Richard Denton.^[1]

She married Adam son of John Copley.^[1][2] They had issue:

• Adam^[2]
• Thomas^[2]
• John^[2]

Her husband was dead by 28 September 1354.^[3] Margaret was still living on 13 August 1362.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} F. H. M. Parker, ed. A Calendar of the Feet of Fines for Cumberland, from their commencement to the accession of Henry VII, Transactions of the CWAAS Vol. VII New Series (Kendal, 1907) p. 238 Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/transactionsofcu07cumb_0/page/238/mode/2up [accessed 19 November 2020]. "254 Adam son of John de Coppelay and Margaret his wife and Richard de Denton : the manor of Denton in Gillesland. 19th year." [Edward III 1345]
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} William Paley Baildon, ed. Feet of fines for the county of York, from 1327 to 1347, 1-20, Edward III, YAS Record Series Vol. 42 (Leeds, 1910) pp. 146-147 Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/feetoffinesforco42bail/page/146/mode/2up [accessed 19 November 2020]. "6. Westminster. Quindene of Michaelmas, 14 Edw. III, 1340. Quindene of Hilary, 15 Edw. III, 1341. Adam de Coppelay and Margaret his wife, quer., Williain de Karlynghawe, chaplain, and John son of Henry de Newale, def, of the manor of Sutton in Ayrdale: To hold to Adam and Margaret for life; remainders in succession to their sons, Adam, Thomas, and John, and the heirs of their bodies; remainder to the right heirs of Adam de Coppelay."
3. ↑ Ancient Deeds, Quitclaim, Reference: WWM/D/39, Sheffield City Archives. Abstract at https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/c9356673-4731-4bb8-b958-2c8c6571843d [accessed 19 November 2020]. "Olive, once wife of William Fitzjohn of Kelbrok, to Margaret, once wife of Adam de Coppelay, and to Thomas, son of Adam. All right and claim to 2 messuages and 6 bovates of land in Collyng. 28 Sep 1354"
4. ↑ M. C. B. Dawes, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 170', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 11, Edward III (London, 1935), pp. 244-268. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol11/pp244-268 [accessed 19 November 2020]. York Inq. taken at Skipton in Craven, 13 August, 36 Edward III [1362] for Isabel late the wife of Robert de Clifford. "Collyng. Lands &c. held by Margaret de Coppeley"