Born.1

Date given on admission to the Freedom of the City of London

Mentioned in Will.2

of David Hennell
From the will :-
"Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper sons of the said Robert Cooper and the said Mary his wife my said daughter"

Freedom of the City of London.1,3

From the Alphabets of Freedom :-
"Cooper, Francis, Cooper, P"

Freedom by Patrimony
Father - Robert Cooper, Citizen and Cooper
Father admitted to the Freedom - 1734
Francis born - 1748
Presented by - Robert Cooper - Warden
Six signatures :-
Wm Whipham, Cooper
David Cooper, Tallow Chandler
Chas. Wright, Goldsmith
David Hennell, Goldsmith
Rob. Hennell, Goldsmith
Henry Hall, Fishmonger

Livery Company in Worshipful Company of Coopers.4,5

Admitted by Patrimony

Fire Insurance.7

Company - Sun Insurance
Policy Number - 375828
Policy Holders - James Stuart Tulk, Robert Harris Cooper & Francis Cooper
Occupation / Status - Wine Merchants
Address - 4 Three Tun Lane, Miles's Lane
Insured value - 900 GBP

Mentioned in Will.6

of Robert Cooper

Described as :-
"my two sons Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper"

Licence obtained for marriage to Lucy YATES.21

"Faculty Office
26 Oct. 1776
Appeared personally Francis Cooper and made Oath that he is of the Parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane London aged twenty one years and upwards a Bachelor and intendeth to marry with Lucy Yates of the Parish of Saint Martin Outwich London aged twenty one years and upwards a spinster and that he knoweth of no lawful impediment, by reason of any Pre-contract, Consanguinity, Affinity or any other lawful Means whatsoever, to hinder the said marriage and prayed a Licence to solemnize the same in the Parish Church of Saint Martin Outwich aforesaid and further made Oath that the usual Place of Abode of the said Lucy Yates hath been in the said Parish of Saint Martin Outwich aforesaid for the space of four Weeks last past.
(Signed) Francis Cooper"

Married Lucy YATES in City of London, St Martin Outwich.28,29,30

From the Parish Register :-
"Francis Cooper of the Parish of Saint Michael Crooked Lane London a Batchelor and Lucy Yates of the Parish of Saint Martin Outwich London a Spinster were married by Licence in this church the twenty ninth Day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six by me N. Fayting Rector of the Church
This marriage was solemnized between us ;.
Francis Yates
In the presence of :-
Jho Hennell
Ann Collett"

From the General Evening Post :-
"Tuesday was married, at St, Martin's Outwich, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. Francis Cooper, wine-merchant of Crooked-lane; to Miss Yates, of Stoke-Newington."

Fire Insurance.8

Company - Sun Insurance
Policy Number - 381501
Policy Holders - Robert Harris Cooper & Francis Cooper
Address - 20 Lawrence Poultney Lane
Insured value - 1,600 GBP

Signature on Will attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.9

Of Joseph Yates of Stoke Newington
Described as "Francis Cooper of Miles Lane Conduit Street London Wine Merchant"

Birth of son Joseph Yates COOPER in Old Jewry Presbyterian.22,23

Mentioned in Will.10

of Ann Hennell
From the will :-
"to my Nephews Robert Harris Cooper and Francis Cooper one Guinea each"

Birth of daughter Margaret COOPER

Executor.6

of the Will of Robert Cooper

Joint Executors :-
Robert Harris Cooper
Francis Cooper
"the sons"

New River Company.11

With Robert Harris Cooper gave a Surety for David Cooper, Collector to the New River Company.
Described as "Wine Merchants of Philpot Lane, Fenchurch Street"

Birth of daughter Maria COOPER in Hackney.24,25

Birth of daughter Elizabeth COOPER in Hackney

Executor.12

Of the Will of William Saunders, Merchant of Poole, Dorset.
Joint executor with Robert Harris Cooper and one other

Birth of son Francis COOPER in Clapton.26,27

Mentioned in Will.13

of Robert Harris Cooper
Annotated as "my brother Francis Cooper"

Mentioned in Codicil to Will.13

of Robert Harris Cooper
Described as - "my brother Francis Cooper"

Executor.14

Of the will of Margaret Yates, formerly Westgarth
Joint Executor with :-
Jonathan Hoare
William Pollard

Witness at wedding in Hackney, St John at Hackney.15

Of Margaret Cooper & William Rhodes

Wrote will.16

1) This is the last will and testament
2) of me Francis Cooper of Clapton in the county of Middlesex wine
3) merchant made the twenty second day of January in the year of our
4) Lord One thousand Eight hundred and three first I will and devise that all my
5) just debts ... ... ...
6) ... ... ...

Some names mentioned :-
1) my dear wife Lucy Cooper
2) my son Joseph Yates Cooper
3) my son in law William Rhodes
4) my cousin James Cooper of the City of London merchant
5) all my other children

Places mentioned :-
1) my dwelling house at Clapton
2) my dwelling house wharehouse and stable together  with the appurtance unto belonging situate and being in Brabant Court Philpot Lane London which I hold under lease

Directories.17

From the Post Office Annual Directory :-
"Cooper, F and Sons, Merchants, 2, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane."

Died in Broadstairs.19

From the Times :-
"On Monday last, at Broadstairs, aged 63 years, Francis Cooper, Esq., of Clapton, Middlesex."

Buried in Kent, Thanet, St Peters.20

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.16

Executors :-
Joseph Yates Cooper the son
William Rhodes
James Cooper

Research Note.18

From an old hand-written pedigree of the Cooper family :-
"Francis - was a Wine merchant in London & left 3 sons & 4 daughters
Joseph - was a Merchant and died in 1833 (married Miss Pollard)
Margaret - married Wm Rhodes & had several children
Elizabeth - married John Charrington
Lucy - senile
Robert - married & had several children
Maria - married Philip Barrett Cooper and had no children
Francis - married Miss Austin and had 1 son & 2 children
Caroline - died senile"

Birth of son Robert COOPER