Lewis Pope

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.". In Andrew Thrush; John P. Ferris (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629. Cambridge University Press.
4. Brown, Frederick (1888). Crisp, Frederick Arthur (ed.). Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills. 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.

Parliament of England
Preceded by James Clerke John Dunn	Member of Parliament for Taunton 1621–1622 With: Thomas Brereton	Succeeded by Thomas Brereton Roger Prowse