Thomas Copeland (living 1437) was the schoolmaster at Sherborne School in the reign of Henry VI of England.
Copeland's origins are obscure, although the surname was found predominantly in Cumbria, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, then as now.
Copeland's name appears on two lists dated 1437 of subscribers to the foundation of an almshouse at Sherborne, provided for ‘Twelve pore feeble and ympotent old men and four old women’ to be cared for by a housewife whose duty was to ‘feeche in and dyght to the victaill wash wrying make beddys and al other things do’.
The licence of King Henry VI to found the Almshouse is dated 11 July 1437.
A Miserere seat in Sherborne Abbey, that has been dated to 1436-59, is carved with the representation of a round capped master flogging a boy.