POPE OF TALLAND

There were multiple Henry Popes in the Talland area in the first half of the seventeenth century. Relevant probate records include:

John Cornish, 1605[1]

Walter Cornish, 1605[2]

John Pope, 1608[3]

John Pope, 1616[4]

John Pope, 1625[5]

Thomasine Pope, 1635[6]

Roger Pope, 1653[7]

Henry Pope, 1658[8]

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POPE

HENRY POPE of Talland, Cornwall, died in 1635.[9] He married ANNIS CODE.[10]

Children of Henry and Annis (Code) Pope:

i ROBERT POPE of Lanreath; m JOAN RICHARDS.[11]

ii MARTHA POPE; m WILLIAM WILLS[12] (see here).

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[1] Kresen Kernow, AP/C/101.

[2] Kresen Kernow, AP/C/103.

[3] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/185.

[4] National Archives, PROB 11/129/650.

[5] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/511.

[6] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/683.

[7] National Archives, PROB 11/241/341.

[8] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/1029.

[9] Will dated 15 Jun 1633, proved 19 Jan 1635/36 (Kresen Kernow, AP/P/681); monumental inscription at Talland. Roger Pope, Robert Pope and William Wills took the inventory of Henry’s estate.

[10] The 1633 will of Henry Pope of Talland mentions his wife Annis, wife’s brother William Code, his brother Richard Code and Alice their sister (Kresen Kernow, AP/P/681). It has not yet been directly documented that Annis was the mother of Henry’s children.

[11] Kresen Kernow, AP/P/681; Kresen Kernow, AP/R/644.

[12] The 1633 will of Henry Pope of Talland mentions his son-in-law William Wills and the latter’s wife Martha, as well as Francis Wills, William Wills his brother and Martha Wills their sister (Kresen Kernow, AP/P/681).