COPELAND, PATRICK [SSNE 7845]

Surname

COPELAND

First name

PATRICK

Title/rank

REV

Nationality

SCOT

Region

ABERDEEN

Text source

The Aberdonian, Reverend Patrick Copeland (c.1580-1651), had travelled to the East Indies as the chaplain to the tenth voyage of the EIC in 1613. On Copeland’s return, and after subsequent trips, he donated several sums of money totalling 6,000 merks Scots for the establishment of a Chair of Divinity at Marischal College in Aberdeen, but also to support “4 poore bursars”. Copeland also administered the transfer of money from a fellow Aberdonian, David Chamberlaine, who had died and with whom he had served aboard the EIC ship Royal James. This amounted to “50 gold Jacobus pieces of gold” for the maintenance of the schools and colleges of the city. J. Keay, The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company (London, 1991), p. 91; L. B. Taylor (ed.), Aberdeen Council Letters, volume 1, 1552-1633 (Oxford, 1942), pp. 133-34 (2 May 1615). See also pp. 140-41, 143, 189-191 (1616-1621)

Service record

ENGLAND, EIC EAST INDIES

Arrived 1613-01-01

Capacity CLERIC, purpose ECCLESIASTICAL