Ivetta Grey of Heaton

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Ivetta Clopton (de Grey)

Also Known As: "Amitia", "Clopton"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland , England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1372 (17-26)
Clopton, Suffolk, England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir Thomas de Grey, of Heaton and Margaret de Pressene
Wife of Sir William Clopton, Kt. of Hawksted
Mother of John Clopton; William Clopton; Edmund Clopton and Walter Clopton
Sister of John Grey; Elizabeth Darcy, Lady of Chillington; Sir Thomas Grey, Kt., of Heaton; Jane Grey and Agnes D'Umfraville

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About Ivetta Grey of Heaton

Ivetta or Amelia (sp?), dau. of Thomas de Grey of Buckenham. Other names for Ivetta were Amitia Gray, Ivetta Gray and Amitia Grey.

Family

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_(chronicler)_

In about 1340/1353 Grey married Margaret de Presson,[17] the daughter and heiress of William de Presson[18] of Presson, Northumberland. They had at least one son and three daughters:

Ivetta Grey (born 1350 Wark-on-Tweed) of Heaton, who married William Clopton of Wickhambrook(d.1377), [Buckenham Castle records]

She married Sir William Clopton of Wickhambrook (d. 1376/7),[1] c.1350 Buckenham Castle, Norfolkshire.

Issue:

  • William
  • Walter m. Elizabeth
  • John
  • Edmund m. Blanche FitzEustace

14. William8 Clopton, Knt., Lord of Toppesfield Manor (Walter7, William6, Walter5, William4, Walter3, William2, Guillaume1 Peche, Lord Of Cloptunna and Dalham)25 died Bet. January 22, 1375/76 and January 14, 1376/77 in England and buried in Babwell Friary26.

He married (1) Amitia or Ivetta Grey, of Buckenham Castle27, daughter of Thomas Grey, Knt., of Buckenham Castle, Norfolk. She was born in England. Buckenham, County Norfolk, is about 8 miles southeast of Norwich. It is reported that her daughter Johane, was born at Paston, Norfolk, about 22 miles north of Norwich. None of this has been confirmed.

References

  • Information from: The Families of LOU DRAPER & CHARLIE MARTIN of Johnson and Henry Counties, Missouri" by James M McMillen, Arlington, Texas. Published in .pdf format 13 January 2010 “Sir William de Cloptone (1), of Hawksted, whose line failed after his grandchildren; he had married (1) Ivetta (Amitia), daughter of Sir Thomas Gray and (2) Mary, daughter of Sir William Cocheral.”
  • http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~clopton/norman.htm “ Children of Walter Clopton and Alice FitzHugh are: 14 i. William8 Clopton, Knt., Lord of Toppesfield Manor25, died Bet. January 22, 1375/76 and January 14, 1376/77 in England and buried in Babwell Friary26. He married (1) Amitia or Ivetta Grey, of Buckenham Castle27. He married (2) Mary Cockerell, of Toppesfield Manor, Hadleigh28.
    • 26, 27, 28. Hervy, The Visitation of Suffolk 1561, (Courtesy of Suellen (Clopton) DeLoach Blanton), p. 22, p. 22, His will was dated January 22, 1376, proved in Norwich January 14, 1377. Stated he was "William de Clopton, son of Walter de Clopton of Wykhambrok, cormorans in Wykhambroke, miles." see Cur. Ep. Norw. 1376..
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaton_Castle “ Sir Thomas Grey (d.1369), son, "The Chronicler", who wrote the English chronicle, the Scalacronica. He married Margaret de Presson,[5] the daughter and heiress of William de Presson[6] of Presson, near Carham in Northumberland.”
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_(chronicler)_ “ Sir Thomas Grey or Gray (d. before 22 October 1369) of Heaton Castle in the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey, an eminent soldier in the Anglo-Scottish wars in the reigns of Edward I and Edward II, and his wife, Agnes de Bayles. He was the author of the English chronicle, the Scalacronica. In about 1353 Grey married Margaret de Presson,[17] the daughter and heiress of William de Presson[18] of Presson, Northumberland. They had at least one son and three daughters: 1. Ivetta Grey (born 1350 Wark-on-Tweed) of Heaton, who married William Clopton of Wickhambrook(d.1377), [Buckenham Castle records], Sir Thomas Grey (1359 – 26 November 1400) of Heaton, who married Joan de Mowbray (d.1410), sister of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk,[19] and daughter of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray (d. 17 June 1368) and Elizabeth de Segrave. Elizabeth Grey (d. 11 August 1412), who married Philip Darcy, 4th Lord Darcy of Knaith (d. 24 April 1399).[20] Agnes Grey (d. 25 October 1420), who married Sir Thomas Umfraville (d. 12 February 1391).[21]
  • https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00335616&tree=LEO Not listed
  • https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Grey-42 cites
  • Parker, W. (1873). The History of Long Melford, (pp.55). Google eBook. GoogleBooks “This Sir William Clopton, Knight, son of Walter Clopton and Alice FitzHugh, married Ivetta (not Juditha, as above), daughter of Sir Thomas de Grey, Knt, of Buckenham Castle, Norfolk, as second wife. His first wife was Mary, daughter of Sir William Cockerel, Koto (not Cockwell, us above). Sir William Clopton died 1376: his will is dated that year, and was proved 14th January, 1377.”
  • Muskett, J.J. (1900). Suffolk Manorial Families, Being the County Visitations and Other Pedigrees, (Vol 1, pp.142). W. Pollard. GoogleBooks
  • https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_18... “CLOPTON, WALTER de (d. 1412?), judge, was the fourth son of Sir William de Clopton of Newnham Manor, Ashdon, Essex, by Ivetta, daughter of Sir Thomas Grey. The seat of the family was Suffolk, and Sir William de Clopton appears as commissioner of array for that county in 1359. …”
  • https://buist-keatch.org/buist/goring/17999.html cites
  • https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/6Qglm2Pwq3k/m/... “Will somewhat cryptically given by GCC as bearing the "date 22 Jan 1376, proved 14 Jan 1377" (though it's his practice to resolve pretty consistently to modern dates), Cur. Ep. Norw. 1376. Descs. are given, chart p. 78, but no more; GCC's prime interest is the line indicated in his title, viz. _The Descendants and Ancestors of William Clopton of York County, Virginia_ [1984]. The data summarized above appears p. 3.”
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey_(chronicler)_ “Thomas Grey, author of the Scalacronica, was the son of Sir Thomas Grey of Heaton (d. before 12 March 1344) and his wife Agnes de Bayles.[1]. Grey had four sisters, who according to Andy King married John de Eure, William de Felton, William Heron, and Gerard Salvayn.[2]” cites
    • 17. King, Andy (2005). "Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c.1296-c.1415". In Liddy, Christian D. (ed.). North-east England in the Later Middle Ages. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. pp. 57–74. p. 68.
  • “Heaton Castle”
  • KING, ANDY. “Scaling the Ladder: The Rise and Rise of the Grays of Heaton, c. 1296–c.1415.” In North-East England in the Later Middle Ages, edited by Christian D. Liddy and Richard H. Britnell, NED-New edition., 57–74. Boydell & Brewer, 2005. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt9qdh53.11.
  • http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/GREY4.htm#Ivetta GREY1 has wrong parents
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaton_Castle
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Ivetta Grey of Heaton's Timeline

1350
1350
Wark-on-Tweed, Northumberland , England (United Kingdom)
1356
1356
Hawstead, Suffolk, England
1360
1360
Of Clopton, Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England
1372
1372
Age 22
Clopton, Suffolk, England
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Of Topsfield Hal, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England
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Of Newenham, Ashdon, Essex, England