. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Coffin. Or a cbiif in suppressing Wyatt's rebellion, and held the office of escheator for the counties of Essex and Hert- ford in 1567. The manor remained in the family of Ferrers for about one hundred years, passing from George to his son Julius, and in 1596 to his grandson Sir John.'* Knighton Ferrers, the son of Sir John and of Anne, daughter of Sir George Knighton of Bayford, knt., died before his father," and the estate consequently passed on the death of Sir John in 1640 to Katherine, the only daughter of Knighton, wh
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. Coffin. Or a cbiif in suppressing Wyatt's rebellion, and held the office of escheator for the counties of Essex and Hert- ford in 1567. The manor remained in the family of Ferrers for about one hundred years, passing from George to his son Julius, and in 1596 to his grandson Sir John.'* Knighton Ferrers, the son of Sir John and of Anne, daughter of Sir George Knighton of Bayford, knt., died before his father," and the estate consequently passed on the death of Sir John in 1640 to Katherine, the only daughter of Knighton, who subsequently married Sir Thomas Fanshawe of Ware ; In 1655 Sir Thomas and Thomas his son sold the manor to John Meech, Edward Greene, and John FuUerton of London,'' and in 1657 Meech, Greene, and Fullerton, together with Benjamin Andrews and Joan his wife, sold it to Thomas Coppln of Mark- yate Cell, son of Sir George ; Thomas by will dated 8 December, 1662, left j^ in trust for the pur- chase of a house in Markyate Street to serve as a school- house.™ He was succeeded in 1663 by his second son John," who in fulfilment of his father's will purchased a messuage called the 'Mermaid' in Mark- yate Street for the purposes of a school.** His son John succeeded him,*" and in 1734 built a chapel at Markyate ; On his death in 1742 the estate passed under a settlement made in his lifetime to his son ; At the death, without issue, of the latter John the estate came to his uncle Samuel, who died in 1766 without issue, having devised the estate to his nephew John Reynardson, son of his sister Anne by Joseph Reynardson, on the condition of his taking the name ofCoppin.^ John Reynardson Coppin died in 1781, and the manor came to the Rev. John Pittman, who thereupon took the name of Coppin.*' He married Mary Pearce of Buckinghamshire, and died in 1794, leaving John Coppin Pittman-Coppin his only son and heir, and two daughters Susan
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