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Has anyone ever come across a Sampson Copestake who was a surgeon ?
I'm looking for information about Sampson Copestake, the father of lace manufacturers and dealers Sampson Copestake of Bow Churchyard and Marcus Copestake of Nottingham.
His wife Mary, nee Banks, was also a lace dealer of Broad steet, Nottingham. She died in Nottingham 31 May 1847 and her death certificate states she was the widow of Sampson Copestake, surgeon. They had lived in Nottingham from at least 1804 when Marcus was born there but were originally from Derbyshire, possibly Ashbourne where they married.

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NAME: William Redfern
SPOUSE: Mary Ann Banks Copestake
RECORD TYPE: Marriage
EVENT DATE: 19 Aug 1847
PARISH: Parish Chapel, St Pancras
BOROUGH: Camden
FATHER NAME: William Redfern
SPOUSE FATHER: Sampson Copestake ----- deceased
REGISTER TYPE: Parish Register

Only finding these.

Master's Name: John Farnworth, attorney
Apprentice Name: Sampson Copestake
Residence Location: Nottingham
Payment Date: 15 Jan 1755

and

Master's Name: Robt Radford, butcher
Apprentice Name: Sampson Copestake
Residence Location: Derby, Derbyshire
Payment Date: 20 Feb 1785

Mary's death.

First name(s) MARY
Last name COPESTAKE
Birth year 1778
Death year 1847
Age 69
Burial year 1847
Burial day 3
Burial month 6
Place NOTTINGHAM
Church description ST MARY
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Nottinghamshire

a possible baptism

NAME: Sampson Copestake
GENDER: Male
BAPTISM DATE: 11 Mar 1778
BAPTISM PLACE: Cubley, Derbyshire, England
FATHER: Robt. Copestake
MOTHER: Elizabeth
FHL FILM NUMBER: 1752147
REFERENCE ID: item 8

marriage
Sampson Coapstake
mentioned in the record of Sampson Coapstake and Mary Banks
Name: Sampson Coapstake
Spouse's Name: Mary Banks
Event Date: 25 Feb 1800
Event Place: Saint Oswald,Ashbourne,Derby,England
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M13909-3 , System Origin: England-ODM , GS Film number: 1041050

I came across this on Ancestry which might be of interest to you.......


Sampson Copesteake III

In 1825 Sampson fouded Copesteake & Groucock,Lace merchants and wholesalers at 7 Cheapside London in a room above a trunk makers shop..

In 1827 Sampson Copesteake & Richard Grouocke were robbed by Isaac (Ikey) Solomons the infamous jewish criminal (on whom Charles Dickins based the character Fagin in "Oliver Twist). He stood trial but was acquitted.

In 1830 George Moore joined the firm as a saleman and junior partner. The buisness grew rapidley and a huge new warehouse was built in Bow Churchyard and continued trading long after his death..

In 1844 Sampson disinherited his first son William for 'marrying beneath his station'.

On the 23.10.1867 Copestake,Moore & Crompton were the first company to apply to the post office to be allowed to underprint and perferate postage stamps (perfin or spifs). this was to deter theft of the stamps.

COPESTAKE. CRAMPTON ET AL
Andy Donaldson
[Ed:- this came in, in response to Dave Hill's article in Bulletin 325. As
Roy Gault has added more about the perfin dies elsewhere in this Bulletin,
perhaps all three pieces put together will make a whole.]
I read the article by Dave Hill with interest and although I
cannot fully answer any of the queries raised I can add a little more general
information which may be of interest to some members.
From the biography of George Moore, [George Moore
Merchant and Philanthropist by Samuel Smiles. Published in 1878 by
George Routledge and Sons] which, although it concentrates on Moore's
philanthropic endeavours, it does tie them in with updates on events in his
personal and professional life at appropriate points. Here is a potted
history of the firm from 1825 to 1876.
The firm Groucock and Copestake was founded in 1825
and had offices/warehouse space at 7 Cheapside. Copestake was the chief
clerk and warehouseman and was the main man in the office all his
working life. Groucock was the man out and about travelling for orders.
They moved to 62 Friday Street in 1829. George Moore
joined as a junior partner in the following year when the firm became
known as Groucock, Copestake and Moore. Moore became a travelling
salesman concentrating on the North while Groucock covered the
Midlands. After 3 years Moore became a full partner.
In 1834 they moved their head office to Bow Churchyard.
In 1841 Moore joined Groucock on the warehouse side of the business. At
around the same time they bought up houses in Bread Street (just round
the corner from Bow Churchyard) to increase their warehouse space.
Business was obviously booming as they went into manufacturing and built
their own Lace Factory in Nottingham in 1845.


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COPESTAKE. CRAMPTON ET AL Andy Donaldson ... Merchant and Philanthropist by Samuel Smiles. ... The firmGroucock and Copestake was founded in 1825

Thanks Maddie , alviegal & PricklyHolly, that was a quick response.

Yes Maddie the Mary Ann Banks / William Redfern marriage is connected. Mary Ann was a daughter of Sampson Copestake the surgeon and Mary Banks. Her brother Sampson the lace merchant gave her away.
The marriage at Ashbourne in 1800 is that of their parents. Sampson the lace merchant of Bow churchyard was their first son, born at Snelston in 1801. His brother Marcus was born in 1804 at Nottingham. I haven't found a baptism for Mary Ann yet though she states her birthplace as Nottingham in the census records.

The Cubley baptism is a possibility for the elder Sampson. There are a few others in Derbyshire too so I'm trying to find out more about Sampson the surgeon to see if there are any clues to his parentage in his employment or apprentice records. Nottingham archives have no info . Not sure how to go about finding surgeons or what type of surgeons there were in the early 19th century. Could have been a barber surgeon or naval surgeon I guess. So far no luck in the directories.

Alviegal..thanks for the burial details for Mary, that is her, I have the death cert and it's a match … I like the butcher apprenticeship too…lateral thinking butchers = surgeons !

PricklyHolly, thanks for the info re. Ikey Solomons etc I didn't know about this robbery. Very interesting and a big coincidence as I've just read a novel about him.
I am a descendent of that disinherited William [ William Farrar Copestake ] . I 've been working away on my ancestry for about 15 years with some of the other descendants. We've discovered a great deal, a bit at a time , the latest bit being the info that Sampson the lace merchant's father was a surgeon. I just can't find any info around about him anywhere.

Thanks everyone.

In nearly all the census returns for Mary Ann Redfern it states her being born @1814 she died 1876 in Basford Notts and William her husband 1813-1882.

If Marcus was born 1804 there seems to be a large gap,I wonder if Samson was away at war.

Maryb.

My gt grandparents had big gaps between children it was only when the 1911 census came out I found out why. 14 live births - 5 surviving children - 9 deaths.

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Sampson Copestake
BIRTH DATE: 1769
BURIAL DATE: 1 Feb 1820
BURIAL PLACE: Boyleston, Boyleston, Derbyshire, England
BURIAL AGE: 51
FHL FILM NUMBER: 1042039


Sampson Copestake
GENDER: Male
BAPTISM DATE: 1 Dec 1768
BAPTISM PLACE: Edlaston,Derby,England
FATHER: Samuel Copestake
FHL FILM NUMBER: 1041138

NOTICE is hereby given, that by indenture, dated the
the 29th day of March, 1853, John Greenstreet Jones,
of New Park-road, Brixtpo, in the county of Surrey,
Draper, conveyed and assigned all his estate and effects
unto Sampson Copestake, of Bow Church-yard, in the city
of London, Lace Manufacturer, and Edwin Caldecott, of
Cheapside, in the city of London, Warehouseman, as
trustees for the benefit of the creditors of the said John,
Greenstreet Jones, and the said indenture was- executed
by the said John Greenstreet Jones and Edwin Caldecott,
respectively, on the day of the date thereof and by the
IM4 Sampson Copestake, on ti*e 91st day of March, 1853,