'Cowper1'
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Families covered: Cowper of Cowper, Cowper of Hertingfordbury, Cowper of Ratling(e) Court, Cowper of Strode
| This page BP1870 was first uploaded on 23.09.04, based on BP1870. It was slightly expanded, probably on 15.05.24, using TCB, Wikipedia, etc.. BP1870 started with John Cowper of Strode (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) from whom "descended, in the third degree" John, father of the 1st Bart, with whom the connected pedigree starts. The page was redone on 01.08.26 using Elwes & Berry. The former starts with ... | |||||||||||||||
| Simon Cowper, Sheriff of London (a 1310) possibly father of ... | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | ?? Cowper father of grandfather of ... | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Cowper (a 1413, "Valettorum de Corona") possibly father of ... | ||||||||||||||
| i. | ?? Cowper presumed intermediary generation | ||||||||||||||
| a. | John Cowper of Strode (a temp Edward IV who r. 1461-1483) the first mentioned by Berry | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1465) Joan Stanbridge (dau/heir of John Stanbridge of Strood in Slinfold, widow of Stephen Brode, m3. Robert Aucher of Westwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Cowper of Strode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Chaloner | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Robert Cowper of Strode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Farnfold (dau of Ralph Farnfold of Steyning) | |||||||||||||||
| Berry identifies Robert & Agnes as ancestors of the Cowpers of Sussex but does not follow this line. | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | John Cowper (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| Berry shows this William as father of the following William. Elwes provides the caveat that he was "said to have been father of" ... | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Spencer (dau of Thomas Spencer of London) | |||||||||||||||
| Elwes identifies William & Margaret as ancestors of Earl Cowper but does not follow this line. Berry shows them as parents of ... | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Cowper of St. Michael's Cornhill, Sheriff of London (a 1551, d 03.06.1609) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ironside (dau of John Ironside of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Thomas Cowper ("of the body to Arthur, P. of Wales") | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c12.1498) Isabel Goodman (dau/heir of Richard Goodman of Chester) | |||||||||||||||
| Berry does not mention Thomas. Elwes does and identifies him & Isabel as ancestors of the Cowpers of Chester and Overleighall but does not follow this line. | |||||||||||||||
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| John Cowper of St. Michael's Cornhill, Sheriff of London (a 1551, d 03.06.1609) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Ironside (dau of John Ironside of Lincolnshire) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir William Cowper, 1st Bart of Ratling or Ratlinge Court (b 07.03.1582, d 20.12.1664, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.09.1611) Martha Masters (bur 25.11.1659, dau of James Masters of East Langdon) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Cowper (dvp 09.1643, of Lincoln's Inn) | ||||||||||||||
| A contributor (NK, 15.05.24) suggested that John's wife was Joyce, dau of Peter Hewkley. However Berry, supported by TCB & HoP ("Sir William Cowper"), identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Marth Hewkley (dau of George Hewkley (or Hukeley) of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir William Cowper, 2nd Bart of Ratling Court (bpt 14.12.1639, d 26.11.1706) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.1663) Sarah Holled (b c1643, d 03.02.1719, dau of Sir Samuel Holled of London) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper (b c1665, d 10.10.1723, Lord Chancellor of GB) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1686) Judith Booth (dsps 02.04.1705, dau of Sir Robert Booth of Wallbrook, London) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | son (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (09.1706) Mary Clavering (b 1685, d 05.02.1723-4, dau of John Clavering of Chopwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Cowper, later Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (b 13.08.1709, d 18.09.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (27.06.1732) Henrietta Nassau de Auverquerque (d 23.09.1747, dau of Henry de Nassau de Auverquerque, Earl of Grantham) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | George Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, Prince (b 26.08.1738, d 22.12.1789) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (02.06.1775) Anne Gore (b c1758, d 05.09.1826, dau of Charles Gore of Southampton & Horkstowe) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | George Augustus Clavering-Cowper, 4th Earl Cowper (b 09.08.1776, d unm 12.02.1799) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper (b 06.05.1778, d 21.07.1837) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1805) Emily Mary Lamb (b 21.04.1787, d 11.09.1869, dau of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Edward Spencer Clavering-Cowper (b 16.07.1779, d 1823) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.05.1808) Catharine March-Phillipps (d 1830, dau of Thomas March-Phillipps of Garendon Park) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Caroline Cowper (d 02.06.1773) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Seymour of Sherborne (d 1805) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (01.05.1750) Georgiana Caroline Carteret (d 21/5.08.1780, dau of John Carteret, Earl Granville, widow of Joh Spencer) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Spencer Cowper (dsp 25.03.1774, Dean of Durham) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Townshend (dau of Charles, 2nd Viscount Townshend) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Sarah Cowper (d unm 1758) | ||||||||||||||
| (5) | Anne Cowper (bpt 1710, d 26.03.1750) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1731) James Edward Colleton of Haynes Hill | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Spencer Cowper of Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire' (d 10.12.1728, Chief Justice) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Pennington Goodere (bur 1727, dau of John Goodere) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Cowper of Hertingfordbury Park (d 14.02.1739-40, Clerk of the Parliaments) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joan Budget (bur 10.06.1771, dau of John Budget of Chelsea) | |||||||||||||||
| BP1870 suggests that they had 2 sons, General William (m. Miss Madan) & Henry (of the House of Lords). Berry shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cowper of Hertingfordbury Park (b c1721, d 1769, Major) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Frances Cecilia Madan (cousin) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Maria Cowper (b c1762, bur 29.03.1815) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) Henry Cowper (a 1818, cousin) @@ just below @@ | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Frances Cecilia Cowper (a 1818) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Joseph Stephen Pratt (cleric) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii)+ | other issue - William (dsp 1798), Spencer (d infant), George (d by 1790), Charles (bpt 1765, a 1818), daughter (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Spencer Cowper (General) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charlotte Baber (dau of John Baber) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Henry Cowper (a 1818, Clerk of the House of Lords) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (sp) Maria Cowper (cousin) @@ just above @@ | |||||||||||||||
| (ii)+ | other issue - Spencer (b 03.1750, d infant), William (a 1817), Jane | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Mary Cowper (d 02.09.1800) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.11.1743) Sir William de Grey, 1st Lord Walsingham (d 09.05.1781) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - 4 others (d infant) + 1 (stillborn) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | John Cowper (b c1700, d 10.07.1756, rector of Great Berkhamstead, chaplain to King George II) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Donne (b 17.10.1703, d 13.11.1737, dau of Roger Donne of Ludham Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Cowper (b 15.11.1731, d unm 25.04.1800, poet) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (b 1737, d unm 10.05.1770), others (d infant - Spencer, John, Thomas, Anne, Theodora, Judith) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Ashley Cowper (b c1701, d 06.06.1788) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Oakes (dau of John Oakes) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Harriet (Harriott) Cowper (bpt 12.07.1733, d 10.01.1807) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Thomas Hesketh, 1st Bart of Rufford (b 21.01.1727-8, dsp 04.03.1778) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Elizabeth Charlotte Cowper (d 25.01.1805) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (24.04.1759) Sir Archer Croft, 3rd Bart of Croft Castle (b 1731, d 30.11.1792) | |||||||||||||||
| (C)+ | other issue - Anthony Ashley (d 1730), Spencer (bur 09.04.1740), William, Charlotte (d young), Theodora Jane (a 1817), Theodora Emily (bpt 23.09.1731) | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Judith Cowper (poetess) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.12.1723) Martin Madan (d 1756, Colonel) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Theodora (bur 1728, widow of John Stepney) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Martha Cowper (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | James Cowper of Westminster (bpt 08.12.1622, bur 08.08.1683, MP, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.05.1657) Anne Wroth (d 02.07.1710, dau of John Wroth of Loughton, m2. 4th Earl of Suffolk) | |||||||||||||||
| Berry suggests that they dsp but HoP ("James Cowper") suggests that they had ... | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | 2 sons + 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Martha Cowper (d 1681) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Hamilton | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Ann Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Richmon | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Sir Edward (b 1614, d unm 1685), Sir William of London (a 1693), Henry, Mary (d unm) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Nicholas Cowper had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Bourne (dau of Robert Bourne of Bobingworth) | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | Judith Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Bourne of London (son of William of Bobingworth) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Bourne (bpt 15.06.1600, d 04.11.1676) probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Nathaniel Master of London (bpt 01.04.1585, d before 28.05.1633) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Thomas Hill of Fulham | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Thomas Carryl | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Jaques | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Katherine Cowper | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Tey of Layer de la Hay | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - John (dsp), Edward (dsp), Richard (dsp), Frances (d young) | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): CountyGen (Herefordshire, Berry, p167+)
with input/support as follows:
(1) For upper section: 'A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex' (Dudley George Cary Elwes (assisted by Rev. Charles J. Robinson), 1876, 'Pedigree of Cowper', p207)
(2) For lower section : BP1870 ('Cowper') with a little from TCB (vol 2, 'Cowper of Ratlinge Court', p160+)
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