Lewis Pope

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

Pope was a merchant of Taunton in 1605 when named on a charter of the Spanish Company.[1] In 1621, he was elected Member of Parliament for Taunton.[2]

Pope died between June and December 1623.[3]

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.[4] His second wife had a son called Thomas Moone.[3]

References

"Charter of 1605 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales: ... The Whole Extracted from Mss. and Printed Evidences ... Robert Gosling.
Crisp, Frederick Arthur; Brown, Frederick (1887). Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc. Harvard University. [London] Priv. print. for F. A. Crisp.
Cottle, James; Cave, George; Ferrey, Benjamin; Porch, Thomas Porch; Christmas, Henry (1845). Some account of the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, and the restoration threof: together with several notices on ecclesiastical matters. Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Printed by Vizetelly brothers.

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[1] "Charter of 1605 | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2023.

[Willis-2] Willis, Browne (1750). Notitia Parliamentaria, Or, An History of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs in England and Wales: ... The Whole Extracted from Mss. and Printed Evidences ... Robert Gosling.

[wills-3] Crisp, Frederick Arthur; Brown, Frederick (1887). Abstracts of Somersetshire wills, etc. Harvard University. [London] Priv. print. for F. A. Crisp.

[4] Cottle, James; Cave, George; Ferrey, Benjamin; Porch, Thomas Porch; Christmas, Henry (1845). Some account of the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, and the restoration threof: together with several notices on ecclesiastical matters. Robarts - University of Toronto. London, Printed by Vizetelly brothers.