Deeds and papers of the late Mrs John Hautenville Cope. This is an artificial collection and there is no apparent connection between many of the documents. There are, however, three main groupings: (i) deeds and family papers of the Ford and Goodenough families; (ii) papers relating to the Cope family, of whom J.H. Cope married Emma Elizabeth Thoyts whose mother was Anne eldest daughter of Sir Richard Puleston 2nd Bart., of Emral (co. Flint); and (iii) title deeds, etc., relating to the estates of the Duke of Marlborough. The presence of this last group of papers is difficult to explain but it may be noted that a Miss Cope received a legacy of £50 from Susan Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, who died in 1841. Overall this archive comprises:

The list above uses the Berks Record Office reference as it appears on the documents and also on the summary catalogue at Reading.