• General Notes

  of, Chiselhampton, Oxfordshire, England
  
  buried at Stadham
  
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  John D'Oyly, Esq. of Chibenhurst, afterwards of Chislehampton, co. Oxon., born about 1545, had Chibenhurst, co. Oxon., and Bosmere in Fauley, co. Bucks (the last of which was purchased by the D'Oylys from Edward Barrowe, Esq. in 1567-8[298]), and succeeding his brother, Sir Robert, in 1577, had livery of his lands June, 20th Eliz,[299] The great mass of the estates, however, being swallowed up in jointures, he soon induced his aged mother, Mrs. F. Danvers, to demise to him the Chislehampton estate, at the rent of 300l. a year, it being really worth double that amount; and she sold him her stock on the estate for 400l, at the same time. His brother Henry, the barrister, aided him in effecting this, and he therefore not long after purchased an estate at Walingford, co. Berks, and established the said Henry there.[300]
  
  Meanwhile this John D'Oyly had married into one of the most worthy and estimable families in Oxfordshire—the Copes of Hanwell. His wife was Ursula, sister of Sir Anthony Cope, of Hanwell, Bart. M.P. for Banbury, Cofferer to King James I. and the first baronet of his family, a man esteemed everywhere for his virtues and integrity; and daughter of Edward Cope, Esq. by Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Walter Mohun, Esq.- of Wollaston, co. Northampton. D'Oyly's wife was granddaughter also of Sir Anthony Cope, Vice Chamberlain to Catharine, Consort of Henry VIII.; aunt of Isabel, Countess (wife of Henry Riche, Earl) of Holland; and cousin to the great Sir Kenelm Digby, and to Lewis Lord Rockingham. The Copes bore, "Argent, on a chevron azure, between three roses gules, stalked and leaved proper, three fleurs de lis or."[301] In 34 Eliz. (1591) John D'Oyly levied a fine of the manor of Chislehampton to his brother in law (then Anthony Cope, Esq.), no doubt for the purpose of raising a jointure for his wife Ursula, and provisions for their children.—In 28th Elizabeth (1585-6) this John D'Oyly, Esq. was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire;[302] and during the same reign had a Chancery suit regarding the manors of Rufford and Chislehampton against Simon Perrott and Mary his wife, granddaughter of Sir William Barentyne, who some time owned the estates.[303] The Neville's were co-defendants with John D'Oyly in the suit; and it evidently terminated in their favour. After this John D'Oyly had a Chancery suit with his brother Henry in 1604-5;[304] in 3d James I. (1605) occurs the settlement made after his son, Cope's, marriage with Martha Quarles, wherein the reversion of Eweden manor formed the chief estate settled;[305] and about 1618 he had a Chancery suit with persons named Boulton and Child respecting Garsington manor, co. Oxon.[306] Ere this, however, John D'Oyly, Esq. was serving in Parliament. He was knight of the shire for Oxfordshire in James I.'s first parliament, 1603 to 1610-11;[307] and in 1609 was one of the Oxfordshire Commissioners for raising the aid for the King's eldest son.[308] This John D'Oyly resided at Chislehampton, and was the first of the D'Oyly's who made it their continuous abode. He lived a worthy country gentleman, and is characterized as a "great friend to the Gospel;"[309] he was an early patron of Dr. Robert Harris, President of Trinity College, Oxford. He died about 1623,[310] near upon 77 years of age (just two years after the Bucks estates had fallen in by Lady Periam's death), and was interred at Stadhampton,[311] co. Oxon., in which parish Chislehampton is a chapelry. Ursula his wife survived him, and lived at Chislehampton till her death. She was much beloved and respected by her children, as appears by the will of her son, Sir Cope D'Oyly, whom she survived. She died two years after him, during the winter of 1635-6, however; and was interred at Stadhampton in February. By her John D'Oyly had issue,

Details of John's family with Ursula Cope