This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/ikJ.2ACIB/1635 Message Board Post: i have de copeland given lands by eflred the unready for helping to defeat the danes the de copelands lived in allithwaite where they had a manor house which is documented in parish records housed at salford university also well documented john de copeland sheriff of northhumberland commander of the third english division constable of roxburgh castle knight banneret captured david ll of scotland after he fled the battle of nevilles cross but first knocked out two of copelands teeth also william de copeland knight said to have taken copeland islands off the coast of ireland