Paternal Family Tree: Cope
Around 1577 William Cope 2nd Baronet was born to [his father] Anthony Cope 1st Baronet (age 29) and [his mother] Frances Lytton.
In 1600 [his mother] Frances Lytton died.
On 7th April 1600 [his father] Anthony Cope 1st Baronet (age 52) and [his step-mother] Anne Paston Lady Hanwell (age 47) were married.
On 8th April 1602 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 25) and Elizabeth Chaworth Lady Cope were married at Hanwell, Oxfordshire.
In 1604 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 27) was elected MP Banbury.
Around 28th August 1608 [his son] John Cope 3rd Baronet was born to William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Elizabeth Chaworth Lady Cope. He married 14th February 1631 his fourth cousin Elizabeth Fane, daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland, and had issue.
In 1614 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 37) was elected MP Banbury.
On 6th July 1614 [his father] Anthony Cope 1st Baronet (age 66) died. His son William (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire. [his wife] Elizabeth Chaworth Lady Cope by marriage Lady Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 11th May 1615 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 38) was knighted by King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland (age 48) at Charterhouse [Map].
On 8th August 1615 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 38) admitted at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1619 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 42) was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
In 1621 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
In 1621 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 44) was elected MP Banbury.
In 1624 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 47) was elected MP Oxfordshire.
In 1625 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 48) was elected MP Banbury.
On 14th February 1631 [his son] John Cope 3rd Baronet (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Elizabeth Fane (age 23) were married. She the daughter of Francis Fane 1st Earl of Westmoreland and Mary Mildmay Countess of Westmoreland (age 49). They were fourth cousins.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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Before 22nd August 1637 William Cope 2nd Baronet (age 60) died. On 22nd August 1637 he was buried at Hanwell, Oxfordshire. His son John (age 28) succeeded 3rd Baronet Cope of Hanwell in Oxfordshire.
[his son] Johnathan Cope was born to William Cope 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Chaworth Lady Cope.
[his father] Anthony Cope 1st Baronet and [his mother] Frances Lytton were married.
Kings Wessex: Great x 20 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 19 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 24 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Kings France: Great x 17 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Cope
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Cope
GrandFather: Edward Cope
Father: Anthony Cope 1st Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 
8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Walter Mohun 11 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandMother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
William Cope 2nd Baronet 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
GrandFather: Rowland Lytton of Knebworth in Hertfordshire
Mother: Frances Lytton 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Carleton of Walton-on-Thames in Surrey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Anthony Carleton 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Welbeck
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Welbeck of Oxon Hoath in Kent 8 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Culpepper 
7 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Joyce Welbeck 9 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
GrandMother: Anne Carleton 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England