Lady Bridget Raleigh^[1]

1506 - 1558  (52 years)

• Name	Lady Bridget Raleigh
  Born	1506	Farnborough, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	6 January 1558	canons ashby, Nottinghamshire, England
  Person ID	I282542072455	Bethany Habisch's Tree

  
  

  Father	Sir Edward Raleigh, Knight,   b. 1473, farneborough, warwshire, England ,   d. 1557, Farnborough, Warwickshire, England  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Anne Chamberlayne,   b. Abt 1478, London, Middlesex, Kingdom of England ,   d. 20 Jun 1530, Farnborough, Warwickshire, Kingdom of England  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Family ID	F413	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir John Cope, Knight,   b. 1504, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 22 Jan 1558, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Anthony Cope,   b. 1520, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, Eng ,   d. 1558, Adston, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 38 years)   2. Elizabeth Cope,   b. 2 Aug 1523, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 30 Sep 1584, Canons Ashby Parish, Northamptonshire, England  (Age 61 years)   3. Erasmus Cope,   b. 1526, Canons Ashby, Northampton, North Carolina, United States ,   d. 1558, Y, Somme, Picardie, France  (Age 32 years)   4. George Cope,   b. Abt 1528, Canons Ashby (Northampton) England ,   d. 1572, Canons Ashby, Northampton, England, Great Britain  (Age ~ 44 years)   5. Joan Cope,   b. Abt 1535, Canons Ashby (Northampton) England ,   d. 1551, England (?)  (Age ~ 16 years)
  Family ID	F175	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  When Lady Bridget Raleigh was born in 1506, in Farnborough, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Edward Raleigh, was 33, and her mother, Anne Chamberlain, was 28. She married Sir John Cope in 1522, in Northamptonshire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 January 1558, in Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 52, and was buried in Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire, England. habitational name from Raleigh (House) in Pilton (Devon), recorded as Radeleia in 1086 and Rawlegh in 1535. The placename probably derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe deer’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. History: The English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh (1554–1618) was born in Hayes Barton, Devon, into a family of Devon gentry. He was related to most of the West Country's important families, including that of Sir Francis Drake. His half-brother was the explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert. In 1578 Raleigh was granted a patent to explore and colonize “unknown lands” in America. In the 1580s he was granted extensive estates in Munster (Ireland), in reward for his suppression of the Desmond Rebellions.

  
  

• Sources

  [S992935360] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.