Lewis Pope Explained

Lewis Pope (died 1623) was an English merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1621 to 1622.[1]

Pope was a merchant of Taunton in 1605 when named on a charter of the Spanish Company.[2] In 1620, he was elected Member of Parliament for Taunton.[3] Pope died between June and December 1623.[4]

Pope married firstly Eleanor Saunders daughter of Christopher Saunders of Taunton, but she died in 1595 and was buried in the church of St Mary Magdalene.[5] His second wife had a son called Thomas Moore.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Parliamentary History of England, from the earliest period to the year 1803 . 1173 . Cobbett . 1 . 1806 . London . Longman, Hurst . William . William Cobbett .
  2. Book: Charter of 1605 . British History Online. The Spanish Company . Pauline Croft . London . 1973 . 95–113 . line 650 .
  3. Book: Ferris, John P. . POPE, Lewis (–d.1623), of Taunton, Som. . The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 . Andrew Thrush . John P. Ferris. 2010. Cambridge University Press . https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pope-lewis-1623 .
  4. Book: Brown, Frederick. Crisp. Frederick Arthur. Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills . 22. 1888. London . F.A. Crisp.
  5. Book: Cottle. James . Some Accounts of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton . 47. 1845. Vizetelly brothers. London . epitaph.

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