Citations:cophin

Noun: antiquated form of

 * 1581, Acts of the Privy Council of England, “Authority of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty’s Treasury and the Master of the Rolls”; Volume XIII, page #223:
 * A letter to the Lord Archebushoppe of Canterburye that Lord Cheney.s whereas there is in a smale chapell nere unto the parishe churche of Minster in the countie of Kent buryed the father and diverse of the auncestours of the Lord Chayney, which chapell is, with other landes and howses there aboutes, sold by his Lordship to Sir Humffrey Gilberte, forasmuche as he is desirouse to remove the cophins and bodies of his said auncestours out of the said chapell and to place them in convenient places within the said churche of Minster, his Lordship is therfor desired, in the Lord Chaney’s behalf, to graunt licence for the translacion, and to geve order unto his Ordinarye there that he doe suffer and permitte suche persons as the Lord Cheyney shall appointe to remove the said cophins to place them within the said churche in suche sorte as shalbe thought fitte for the qualitie of the personnes in his Lordship’s good discreacions, which they doe recomend unto him as well in the favour of the Lord Cheney as for that it is an ecclesiasticall mater incident to his jurisdiction.
 * 1644, Nathan Drake, A Journal of the First and Second Sieges of Pontefract Castle, George Andrews; page #66:
 * This day we allso buryed that worthy knight, Sr. Jarvis Cuttler who was first cophined and then the cophin and all wraped up in lead, and after a funerall sarmond he was buryed in the Chapeell within the castle, with 3 gallont vollyes of shott according to the honnor of such a brave souldyer as he was : from whence his corpes may be conveyed to the place of his auncesstors (after the seege) when his freindes please.
 * 1713, Thomas Hearne, in Remarks and collections of Thomas Hearne, Clarendon Press; Volume VI, page #43:
 * In the same vault, the wife of the said Ld Lucas, a cophin with his Inscription,
 * This Cophin incloses | the body of the right | Honble the Lady Anne Lucas, | who died on the 22th day of August in | the year 1660.
 * 1884, Galfridus Monumetensis, in The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques; page #68:
 * But the Bishop and the Clergie withstanding this his attempt, the king went very boldly and by his kingly authoritie, caused the cophin to be opened.
 * 1891, James Christie, Some Account of Parish Clerks, more especially of the Ancient Fraternity; page #189:
 * In 1681, one William Russell, a cophin maker, living in Aldermanbury, brought a letter to the Company from his Majesty and signed by Lord Conway, directing the Clerks to insert in their weekly bills the following advertisement: “ William Russell, cophin maker, living at the sign of the foure cophins in Aldermanbury, who is ordered by his Majestie to put this, his useful invention, in print for the benefit of his subjects. He hath a secret whereby he can secure the dead bodyes from any annoyance so that they may be kept above ground so long as desired, without embowelling, cutting, or mangling any part thererof, and of the speedy performance thereof hath cophins ready-made by him. ”