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Year	Item	Source
1537	John Copleston to Cromwell ?	The late Mr. Cortenay owed me 500 marks for a marriage to be had between my son and heir and his daughter, for payment of which he put certain lands in feoffment, and made your Lordship overseer for performance of his will. Sir John Chamon showed me that ye would cause my money to be paid. There is 400 marks in arrear for which it was proposed that I should have a lease, for 4 years, of the manor of Alfyngton and other lands put in feoffment by Mr. Corteney to the yearly value of 100 marks. Begs to know Cromwell's further pleasure by bearer. Copleston, 2 Feb. Signed.From: 'Henry VIII: February 1537, 1-5', Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 12 Part 1: January-May 1537 (1890), pp. 144-154. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=103356&strquery=Copleston
1562	Christopher Copleston stabbed his godson Christopher Monnes out side St Mary’s Church Tamerton Foliot. He had to forfeit manors, but was eventually given a pardon by Queen Elizabeth I and all lands and goods returned	Calendar of Patent Rolls 1560 – 1563 Provided by Muriel Reson
1573	Christopher Copleston sold Menabilly, Tresethick, Trewrong and Penpol to John Rashleigh	Access to Archives (R/2571)
1579	Christopher Copleston can show writings for Brear Island.	State Papers (Domestic Series of the Reign of Elizabeth) This would suggest that Christoher Copleston owned the Island of Bryher on the Isles of Scilly!!!
1655	John Copleston was knighted by Oliver Cromwell.	Title: The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Author: David Masson Release Date: December 19, 2004 [eBook #14380] Language: English http://www.gutenberg.org/files/14380/14380-h/14380-h.htm
1819	Edward Copleston (1776-1849), Provost of Oriel (1814-1827), Bishop of Llandaff (1828-1849), wrote 2 letters to Rt Hon Robert Peel concerning the Poor laws.	Revolution, Economics and Religion : Christian Political Economy, 1798 – 1833 By Anthony Michael C Waterman ISBN: 0521394473 Page 186 http://www.archive.org/details/lettertorighthon00copluoft
1881	Emma Copplestone (Age 49), Sempstress, Ada Copplestone (Age 13) Scolar, George Copplestone (Age 8) all paupers, entered the the workhouse in Portsea 1881.	Portsea Island Union Workhouse, Portsea, Hampshire http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/PortseaIsland/PortseaIsland1881.html
1889	*In 1889 Rubie left the Evening News* and was succeeded by W. R. Lawson who himself was replaced the same year by J. H. Copleston who held the post from 1889-1894.**	http://www.geocities.com/eveningnewsshortstoryindex/history.htm The Evening News eventually became the Evening Standard (London's Evening paper)
1946	Frederick Copleston wrote "A History of Philosophy" originally a Nine Volume Set with 2 Volumes added later.	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_History_of_Philosophy_(Copleston)
1948	Frederick Copleston had a famous debate on the existence of God with Bertrand Russell on the BBC	Debate on the Existence of God: Bertrand Russell v. Fr. Frederick Copleston
1967	Trevor Coppleston was one of the pilots, when a plane was hijacked to Algeria and former president Tshombe of Congo was detained. Captain David Taylor and Captain Trevor Coppleston were both held hostage.	The National Archives FO 111/20
1969	Trevor Coppleston piloted the privately chartered Hawker Siddeley jet, that landed in Gibralter March 20^th 1969. The passengers were John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They were married at the registrar’s office.	The Longest Cocktail Party By Richard Dilello ISBN: 1841950890 Page 168. Link to the Book