Walter Cope 1553-1614

Paternal Family Tree: Cope

Walter Cope and Dorothy Granville were married.

Before 1548 [his father] Edward Cope [aged 23] and [his mother] Elizabeth Mohun [aged 11] were married.

Around 1553 Walter Cope was born to Edward Cope [aged 29] and Elizabeth Mohun [aged 17].

On 20th June 1557 [his father] Edward Cope [aged 33] died.

In 1570 Walter Cope [aged 17] admitted at Gray's Inn.

Around 1587 [his mother] Elizabeth Mohun [aged 51] died.

In 1603 Walter Cope [aged 50] was knighted at Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

In 1603 Walter Cope [aged 50] travelled to welcome James I at his procolamation as King of England at Edinburgh.

In 1604 Walter Cope [aged 51] was elected MP Westminster.

In 1605 Walter Cope [aged 52] commissioned the building of Cope Castle Holland House.

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In 1609 Walter Cope [aged 56] was appointed Chamberlain of the Exchequer.

In 1612 Walter Cope [aged 59] was appointed Keeper of Hyde Park.

On 30th July 1614 Walter Cope [aged 61] died at Cope Castle Holland House.

[his daughter] Isabel Cope Countess Holland was born to Walter Cope and Dorothy Granville. She married 1616 Henry Rich 1st Earl Holland, son of Robert Rich 1st Earl Warwick and Penelope Devereux Countess Devonshire, and had issue.

Royal Ancestors of Walter Cope 1553-1614

Kings Wessex: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 19 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings France: Great x 16 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Walter Cope 1553-1614
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [1]

Ancestors of Walter Cope 1553-1614

Great x 1 Grandfather: William Cope

Grandfather: Anthony Cope

father: Edward Cope

Walter Cope 13 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Laurence Mohun 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 9 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Mohun 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Grandfather: Walter Mohun 11 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

mother: Elizabeth Mohun 12 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England