Richard Clopton of Fore Hall

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

Richard Clopton, Gentleman, of Fore Hall, two miles north of Long Melford at the village of Bridge Street, and of Castlyns in Groton, Suffolk, married (1) Margaret Bozun, daughter of Richard Bozun, and (2) Margery Playters, daughter of William Playters of Sotterly and his wife, Jane Jenny. Richard, who was appointed executor in his father's will in 1530 and is recorded living as late as 1558, had several children:

Mary Clopton (1), married Sir John Cordell of Melford Hall in Long Melford

William Clopton (2), son and heir

Thomasine Clopton (2), married Thomas Aldham and Thomas Kighley

Frances Clopton (2), married Martin Bowes and Henry Hutton

Elizabeth Clopton (2), married Nicholas Hobart Richard Clopton (2) Emma Clopton (2), married George Smith

Julian Clopton (2), married Thomas Rye and John Throgmorton

Mary Clopton (2), married Edward Kinge

Edward Clopton (2).

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~clopton/200men.htm

This article has stories about the lives of the early Cloptons and includes a brief genealogy of the Richard Clopton of Fore Hall line.

           -- added by Maria Edmonds-Zediker, 10/12/10

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http://sneakers.pair.com/roots/b55.htm#P659

Richard CLOPTON served as as an executor to the will of William Clopton, his father in 1530. He served as as a Church Warden in 1556. He was buried in the Church at Long Melford. Parents: Sir William CLOPTON and Thomasine KNEVET.

Spouse: Margaret PLAYTERS. Children were: William CLOPTON, Thomasine CLOPTON, Frances CLOPTON, Elizabeth CLOPTON, Richard CLOPTON, Emme CLOPTON, Julian CLOPTON, Mary CLOPTON, Edward CLOPTON.

Spouse: Margaret BOZUN. Richard CLOPTON and Margaret BOZUN were married. Children were: Mary CLOPTON.

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• 'Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq...
• Pg. 221
• 15. MARGERY WALDEGRAVE, married WILLIAM CLOPTON, Esq., of Castelyns (in Groton), Suffolk, son of 'Richard Clopton, of Fort Hall (in Long Melford), and Castelyns (in Groton), Suffolk, by his 2nd wife Margaret, daughter of William Playters, Esq'. They had four sons and six daughters. His wife Margery, was a legatee in the 1584 will of her father, Edward Waldegrave, Esq. WILLIAM CLOPTON, Esq., died testate (P.C.C. 83 Cope) 9 August 1616, and was buried at Groton, Suffolk.
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• 'Clopton Family Org.
• http://www.cloptonfamily.org/d_hist/wmmanors.html
• William Clopton, Lord of the Manors of Castelyns and Ramsden Belhous
• William Clopton was the son and heir of Richard Clopton, Gentleman, of Fore Hall and the Manor of Castelyns and his second wife, Margery Playters. William’s uncle, Francis Clopton died without issue and in his will dated February 22, 1558, proved July 7, 1559, names his "nephew William Clopton, son of my brother Richard Clopton" his heir. He married Margery Waldegrave the daughter of Edward Waldegrave, Gentleman, of Lawford Hall in Essex and Joan Acworth Bulmer.
• In light of the family’s unerring ability to irritate kings, it was probably a good thing we migrated to Virginia. With breathtaking regularity one kin or another was being hauled to the Tower of London and threatened with beheading or worse. The close connections with royalty gave the family ample opportunity to hone this questionable talent. And Edward Waldegrave and Joan Acworth Bulmer established a benchmark in this arena which has not been surpassed by any of their Clopton descendants despite the passage of centuries.
• It must be remembered that Dame Katherine Mylde Clopton married Sir William de Tendring following the death of her first husband, Sir Thomas de Cloptone. This marriage linked the Clopton family to the Howard family and thus, to the English queens Ann Boleyn, Katherine Howard, and Elizabeth I. And later Sir William Clopton’s wife, Lady Thomasine Knevet(Knyvet), would add direct lines of Royal descent. Margery Waldegrave’s family was also closely connected with the ruling houses of Europe. The Waldegraves were an ancient family. They flourished in England before the Conquest, in Northampton. Their name, of German origin was given to the parish of Waldegrave.
• Ever true to family tradition, William managed to be tossed into prison. In November 1608 he was imprisoned in the Fleet Prison in London. He became involved, possibly as a Trustee in a local land dispute. Charged with him of contempt, were two other men, Dr. John Duke of Colchester, a physician, and Mr. Brampton Gurdon of Assington a powerful local magnate. All three were of the highest rank locally and their arrest was shocking. They languished in jail until December 22, 1608 when they were released. The court adjudged that they had purged their contempt, and in the words of their counsel: They are men of good fashion and credit in the countye and good householders there.
• Contributed by :
• Suellen Clopton Blanton bblanton@fast.net
• Based on:
• Clopton, Gene Carlton, The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia. Privately Printed - Limited Edition, Phoenix Printing, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 1984.
• Fraser, Antonia, The Wives of Henry VIII, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York
• Morant’s Essex, Volumes I and II
• Wall, Barry L., Long Melford Through The Ages, East Anglian Magazine Ltd., Ipswich, Suffolk
• Woods, Martin, L.L.B., The Winthrop Papers, A Project of the Massachusetts Historical Society
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• 'Magna Carta ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
• http://books.google.com/books?id=wHZcIRMhSEMC&pg=PA224&lpg=PA224&dq...
• Pg.224
• '13. RICHARD CLOPTON, of Ford Hall (in Long Melford), Sussex, 2nd son of his father's 3rd marriage. He married (1st MARGARET BOZUN, daughter of Richard Bozun, Knt. by THomasine, daughter and heiress of James Dene. They had one daughter, Mary, wife of William Cordall, Knt., Master of the Rolls. He married (2nd) MARGERY PLAYTERS, daughter of William Playters, Esq., of Sotterley, Suffolk. They had three sons, William, Richard, Edward, and six daughters, Thomasine, Frances, Elizabeth, Emme, Julian, and Mary.
• Harvey Vis. of Suffolk 1561 1 (1866): 20-136.
  • 14. WILLIAM CLOPTON, Esq., of Castelyns (in Groton), Suffolk, son and heir. He married MARGERY WALDEGRAVE. daughter of Edward Waldegrave, Esq., of Rivers Hall (in Boxted), later of Lawford Hall, Essex, by Joan, daugher of George Acworth, Esq. [see WALDEGRAVE 13.ii for her ancestry]. They had four sons and six daughters. His wife, Margery, was a legatee in the 1584 will of her father, Edward Waldegrave, Esq. WILLIAM CLOPTON, Esq., died testate (P.C.C. 83 Cope) 9 August 1616, and was buried at Groton, Suffolk.
  • Hawley et al. Vis. of Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 & 1634 1 (H.S.P. 13) (1878): 119-122 (Waldegrave pedigree: "Margery [Walgrave] ux. William Clopton of Bretton in Essex."), 307-310 (Waldegrave pedigree: "Margery [Waldegrave] mar. to William Clopton of Castlyns in Grotton in com. Suffolk Esquier."). Harvey et al. Vis. of Norfolk 1563 & 1613 (H.S.P. 32) (1891): 295-300 (Waldegrave pedigree: "Margery [Waldegrave] ux. William Clopton of Groton in co. Suff."). Muskett Suffolk Manorial Fams. 1 (1900): 26, 144. Erwin Anc. of William Clopton (1939): 10-13, 29-30 (descent of William Clopton from King Edward I). TAG 46 (1970): 117-118. Harvey Vis. of Suffolk 1561 1 (H.S.P. n.s. 2) (1981): 20-28; 2 (H.S.P. n.s. 3) (1984): 341-346.
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