Sir John Cope, owner of Canons Ashby
Dates: died 1558
Biography
A landowner who purchased the former Canons Ashby priory property from Sir Francis Bryan in 1538 and established a post-Dissolution residence on the priory site.
Notes / Sources
The Adstone connection is part of the wider Canons Ashby estate rather than a separately cited 1538 Adstone deed.
Research sources:
- Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record, 600/3 Canons Ashby Priory, MNN11470; Historic England, Canons Ashby scheduled monument entry 1015534. — https://her.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Monument/MNN11470
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