CUPPER (COUPER), Richard (by 1519-83/84), of London; Powick and Worcester, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. by 1519, 5th s. of Thomas Cupper of ‘Stevington, Salop’ by Isabella, da. of one Cooke of ‘Baynton, Salop.’; educ. ?Queens’, Camb. BA 1524/25, ?I. Temple. m. disp. 8 June 1545, Anne, da. of Robert Pakington of London, s.p.Date of birth estimated from his standing as surety for Thomas Pope in 1540. Vis. Oxon (Harl. Soc. v), 204; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 103; Mar. Lic. Fac. Off. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 4.

Offices Held

?Christmas butler, I. Temple 1549, 1552, 1554, 1555.

?Bailiff of abbey’s liberty, Burton-upon-Trent Staffs. by 1535; ?dep. clerk of the peace, Staffs. until 1536; Servant, household of Chancellor Audley in 1541; jt. (with Arthur Stourton) bailiff, manor of Kenilworth, Warws. 1546; receiver-gen. to 1st, 2nd and 3rd Lords Paget of Beaudesert by 1546 – 71, to Anne, Lady Paget by 1565; commr. chantries, Herefs. Worcs. 1546, Salop, Staffs. 1548; surveyor, ct. augmentations, Salop 29 Apr. 1547–54, the Exchequer 1554 – d.; receiver, duchy of Lancaster, Leics. In 1551–2 and 1580–1, Second clerk of the treasury, ct. common pleas by 1558, prothonotary 5 Oct. 1558.Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. (n.s.) 1907, pp. 160–1; LP Hen. VIII, xi, xxi; NRA 0010 passim; information from C. J. Harrison; Somerville, Duchy, i. 572; Rep. R. Comm. of 1552 (Archs. of Brit. Hist. and Culture iii), 53, 104; CPR 1548–9, p. 137; 1557–8, p. 400; 1569–72, p. 198; 1572–5, p. 57.

Parlimentarian

CUPPER (COUPER), Richard (by 1519-83/84), of London; Powick and Worcester, Worcs.

Main residences: London and Powick and Worcester, Worcs.

Author

E.McI.

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

CUPPER (COUPER), Richard (by 1519-83/84)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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