Parish registers and wills can tell us of licensees of inns, public houses and beerhouses in Cople in the 18th and early 19th centuries, a time before licensing records and directories. The following people have been identified although the premises they ran are not known:

• Robert, son of Robert & Elizabeth Samuel, victualler, baptised 14th November 1718 and buried 15th July 1719;
• Robert Samwel, alekeeper, buried 31st December 1732 [administration ABP/A1732/3/2];
• John son of John & Sarah Priest, alekeeper, baptised 13th January 1744;
• Thomas Lenard, alekeeper, buried 25th December 1744;
• William Cole, innholder, buried 25th October 1769 [administration ABP/A1770/15];
• John Smith, publican, buried 3rd September 1793;
• administration of Richard Willcox [ABP/A1808/19]: 1808.