1551–60 Inventory Sir H. Parkers in H. Hall (1887) 151 A Tester of blewe and white velvett, panyd & embroderid with Cope worcke of gould.
1628 John Salter of Canterbury cope-maker.
1865 No. 1941. 24/2 Armoire, cope-chest, stalls.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite 163 The mediæval quadrant-shaped cope-chests.