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Copplestone, Ralph (1455 - 1492)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1455
Death Date: 1492-09-03

Parents

Titles

General Lands Note

Succeeded to inheritance in minority 3 Aug. 1474; licence to enter lands 15 May 1477

Details of Offices

Began
Commissioner of post mortem, Devon 1483

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1477-05-15
    Divested: 1492-09-03
  • Devon: Copplestone
    Acquired: 1477-05-15
    Divested: 1492-09-03

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Mr Copleston's Performer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Copleston's Performer Copplestone, Ralph (1455 - 1492) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Copplestone House Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

  • Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office, Henry VII [1485--1509]. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1898--1955
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • MacLean, John. The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Sons, 1873-79
  • The Visitations of the County of Devon, comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, with additions by Lieut-Col J.L. Vivian. Exeter: For the Author by H.S. Eland, [1895]