COPLEY, Thomas (1532-84), of Gatton, Surr.

b. 1970, o. s. of Sir Roger Copley of Gatton and Roughey, Suss. by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) William Shelley of Michelgrove, Suss. educ. I. Temple, adm. 2 Nov. 1547. m. July 1558, Catherine, da. and coh. of Sir John Luttrell of Dunster, Som., 4s. 4da. suc. fa. 10 Sept. 1549.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/89/124, 139; 91/20. Letters of Sir Thomas Copley (Roxburghe Club 1897), ped. bet. pp. xlix and 1; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 121; DNB.