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.[3]

References

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