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May 9. 1468. Westminster.
To the escheator in Salop and the march of Wales adjacent. Order in presence of the next friends of Richard son and heir of Roger Corbet of Moreton knight, or of his attorneys, to assign dower to John earl of Worcester and Elizabeth his wife late wife of the said Roger: as for a fine paid in the hanaper the king has pardoned the trespass of the said earl in taking her to wife, and her trespass in marrying him without his license.

Source: 'Close Rolls, Edward IV: 1468-1469', in Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward IV: Volume 2, 1468-1476, ed. W H B Bird and K H Ledward (London, 1953), pp. 1-6. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-close-rolls/edw4/vol2/pp1-6 [accessed 9 September 2017].

Inquisitions Post Mortem for Elizabeth late the wife of William Stanley, knight. She died 22 June last [1498]. One Robert Corbet, esquire, is her cousin [grandson] and heir, viz. son and heir of the said Richard Corbet, her son and heir. The said Robert Corbet is son and heir of the said Richard of his body begotten, and is also cousin [grandson] and heir of the said Roger, viz. son of the said Richard, son of the said Roger, and he is aged 21 and more.

http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I22572&tree=... Elizabeth Hopton[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]

Abt 1420 - 1498Birth  Abt 1420  of, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England   Gender  Female  Died  22 Jun 1498  [10, 17]  Person ID  I22572  Europe: Royal and Noble Houses (predominantly England and France)Last Modified  16 Feb 2009   Father  Sir Thomas Hopton, Knight,   b. Abt 1402, of, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England   Mother  Eleanor Lucy,   b. Abt 1405, of, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England ,   d. 1461/1462  Family ID  F10648  Group Sheet Family 1  Sir Roger Corbet, Knight,   b. Abt 1419, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England ,   d. 8 Jun 1467  Married  STATUS: 1st marriage for wife. Children   1. Elizabeth Corbet,   b. Abt 1438, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown

2. Mary (Maria) Corbet, b. Abt 1440, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown

3. Roger Corbet, b. Abt 1442, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown

4. Jane (Joan) Corbet, b. Abt 1444, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown

5. Anne Corbet, b. Abt 1446, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown

6. Sir Richard Corbet, Knight, b. Cal 1448, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. 6 Dec 1492

7. John Corbet, b. Abt 1450, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Yes, date unknown

8. Robert Corbet, b. Abt 1452, of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England , d. Aft 1477

Last Modified  12 Mar 2007  Family ID  F14389  Group Sheet Family 2  John Tibetot, Earl of Worcester,   b. 8 May 1427, Great Eversden, Cambridgeshire, England ,   d. 18 Oct 1470, Tower Hill, Stepney, Middlesex, England   Married  1468  of, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England   Children  

1. Edward Tiptoft, Count of Worcester, b. Abt 1468, of, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England , d. 1485

Last Modified  13 Jan 2008  Family ID  F10647  Group Sheet Family 3  Sir William Stanley, Lord Chamberlain,   b. Abt 1430, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England ,   d. 16 Feb 1494-1495, of, Ridley, Cheshire, England   Children  

1. William Stanley, b. Abt 1450, Holt, Cheshire, England , d. 1498

2. Jane Stanley, b. Abt 1462, of, Holt Castle, Flint, Wls & of Weever, Cheshire, England , d. Abt 1525

Last Modified  13 Aug 2008  Family ID  F14687  Group Sheet

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'Hopton01' Index links to: Lead / Letter Families covered: Hopton of Heyton, Hopton of Hopton

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	  Sir Walter Hopton of Hopton (a temp King Stephen who r. 1135-1154)  1.	Sir Henry Hopton of Hopton

	A.	Sir Walter Hopton

	m. Joan de Cures (dau of Robert de Cures) 

	i.	Sir Walter Hopton

	m. Isabel Stanton (dau of Henry Stanton or Staunton) 

	a.	Sir Peter Hopton of Stanton  	(1)	Sir Walter Hopton

	m. Joan Loughbrughe (dau of Robert Loughbrughe or Longbrughe) 

	Visitation shows 3 successive generations called Sir Walter Hopton. We follow Commoners in showing just 2. 

	(A)	Sir Walter Hopton

	(i)	Sir John Hopton 

	Visitation shows 2 successive generations called Sir John Hopton, the first married to Alice Strange, the second to Elizabeth Burley. Commoners shows just one Sir John, married to Elizabeth Burley. Somewhat arbitrarily, we presume that there was just one Sir John, married twice as follows. 

	m1. Alice Strange (dau of Lord Strange) 

	m2. Elizabeth Burley (dau of Sir John Burley) 	(a)	Sir Walter Hopton

	m. Joan Young (dau of Thomas Young or Yong of Sibton) 

	((1))	Thomas Hopton 

	Commoners notes that some genealogists show Thomas as brother rather than son of Sir Walter. 

	m. Joan Mortimer (dau of Walter Mortimer) 

	((A))	Sir Thomas Hopton of Hopton 

	m. Eleanor Lucy (dau of Sir Walter Lucy of Newington Lucy (by Ellenor, dau/heir of Sir Warren Archdeacon) son of Sir William)

	((i))	Walter Hopton of Hopton (dsp) 

	((ii))	Elizabeth Hopton (d 22.06.1498)

	m1. Sir Roger Corbett of Moreton Corbett (d 1467/8) 

	m2. (c09.1467) Edward Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester (b 1427, d 1470)

	m3. Sir William Stanley (d 1494/5, chamberlain to Henry VII) 

	(ii)	Nicholas Hopton see note @@ below 

Richard Hopton of Hopton m. _ Kensingford of Shropshire 1. William Hopton of Hopton

	m. _ Eyton (dau of _ Eyton of Eyton) 

	@@ Commoners reports that Bishop Percy reports that the following Nicholas was the same person as the Nicholas shown above as younger brother of Sir Walter Hopton but Commoners also reports that Gough shows Nicholas as son of William son of Richard, which is as given by Visitation (Shropshire) and, as inserts from Blakeway's 'Shropshire Pedigrees', by Visitation (Herefordshire). We provisionally follow the Visitations. 

	A.	Nicholas Hopton of Hopton 	Commoners reports that Bishop Percy shows the heiress of Eyton as wife of Nicholas rather than his mother. 

	i.	William Hopton of Hopton

	m. Margaret Hevyn (dau of John Hevyn of Clivery) 

	Visitation (Shropshire) shows 2 sons John, the first dsp, presumably died young, the 2nd being younger than Richard. We provisionally follow Commoners which shows the John, father of Elizabeth, as older than Richard. 

	a.	John Hopton of Hopton

	(1)	Elizabeth Hopton  	m1. Sir John Perient 

	m2. Andrew Noel of Leicestershire (a 1548) 

	b.	Richard Hopton of Hopton

	m. Joane Langford (dau of John Langford) 

	(1)	William Hopton of Hopton and Dounton (a 1563) 

	m. Elizabeth Fox (dau of William Fox of Ludlow) 

	(A)	Richard Hopton of Hopton

	m. Anne Walker (b 1549, dau of Thomas Walker of Stratton) 

	(i)	George Hopton of Hopton (a 1623, 2nd son)

	m. Bridget Pitt (dau of Sir Edward Pitt of Purwiard) 

	(a)	Maria Hopton (a 1623) 

	(ii)	Mary Hopton (a 1601) 

	m. Richard Crompton 

	(iii)	Maria (?) Hopton

	m. Richard or Edward Cludde of Orleton 

	(iv)	Martha Hopton  	m. James Hyet of Sarnsfield 

	(v)+	other issue (dsp) - Francis, Thomas, Arthur 

	(B)	Edward Hopton of Welston 

	m. Elizabeth Fox (dau of John Fox of Grantham) 

	(i)+	issue - William, Richard, Dorothy 

	(C)	George Hopton of Dounton (dsp, 4th son) 

	m. Jane Mainwaring (dau of Humphrey Mainwaring of Cheshire) 

	(D)	Michael Hopton of Canon Frome (dsp 1601, 7th son) 

	m. Martha Fox (dau of Charles Fox of Bromfield)

	(E)	John Hopton

	(i)	Elizabeth Hopton of Canon Frome

	m. (by 1602) Sir Richard Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury, Sheriff of Herefordshire 

	(ii)	daughter

	(F)	Anne Hopton

	m. Richard Byshope of Moore, Salop 

	(G)+	other issue - Thomas (a 1566, dsp), Charles (dsp), Edmond (dsp), William, Francis (dsp) 

	(2)	John Hopton of Heyton 

	m. Elizabeth Sharpe (dau of Thomas Sharpe) 

	(A)	Thomas Hopton of Heyton (a 1584) 

	m. Elizabeth Bough (dau of John Bough) 

	(i)	Maria Hopton 

	m. William Whittal 

	(ii)+	Francis (dsp), John, Francis, Thomas, Richard, Margaret (a 1584), Isabella (a 1584) 

	(B)	Elizabeth Hopton

	m. William Parker 

	(C)	Anne Hopton

	m. Andrew Kirby or Kerby 

	(D)	Margaret Hopton

	m. William Gardner or Gardiner 

	(E)	Dionesia Hopton

	m. Richard Becham  	(F)	Mary Hopton

	m. Edward Southwell 

	(G)+	2 sons

	(3)	Alice Hopton

	m. William Higgins of Tripleton 

	(A)+	issue - John, Richard, John, William 

	(4)	Katherine Hopton

	m. William Slade of Wotton 

	(A)	Katherin Slade

	m. Francis Cresset 

	(B)+	other issue - Thomas, John

	(5)	Joane Hopton

	m. Ralph Mason or Marston 

	c.+	other issue - John (dsp), Thomas, Edward, William, Alice, Margery, Isabel  Main source(s): (1) For upper section : Commoners (iv, Hopton of Canon Frome), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Hopton of Stanton)  (2) For lower section : Commoners (iv, Hopton of Canon Frome), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, Hopton of Hopton and of Canon Frome, co. Hereford), Visitation (Herefordshire, 1569, Hopton) 

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HOPTON CASTLE. 

SIR HENRY RIPLEY, BART.

IN 1268 Walter de Hopton was SherifF of Shropshire. He was a Judge of the Exchequer, and was the first of the name associated with Shropshire. Hopton was held as a knight's fee in the Fitzalan's Barony of Clun. In 1337 and in 1364 Hoptons were Knights of the Shire, and in 1430 Thomas Hopton was SherifF, His daughter and heiress married Sir Roger Corbet, of Morton, and in the family of Corbet the castle remained till Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Robert Corbet, of Moreton, married Sir Henry Wallop, Sheriff in 1606.

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