Sir James Claypoole, I

James Claypoole was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I on June 17, 1583. The son of John Claypoole and his wife who was the daughter of Thomas Metcalfe, James Claypoole was born circa 1525 at Kings Cliff, Northamptonshire, England. He was married to Joan Henson circa 1554. The Manor of Northborough and other adjoining lands were purchased by James Claypoole in 1572 for the sum of 500 pounds from John Browne, draper of London. Sir James Claypoole donated a considerable amount of money for the defense of England at the time of the Spanish Armada threat of invasion in 1588. Children of Sir James Claypoole and Joan Henson were: Ann who married John Norton in 1573; Sir John Claypoole who died in 1616; Dorothy who married Maurice Blount in 1577; Bonye born in 1567 who died young; Adam who married Dorothy Wingfield and died in 1634; Hella who died young in 1575; and Frances ( no information). The tomb monument of James Claypoole is found in the Claypoole Chapel at St. Andrews Church in Northborough. Joan Henson Claypoole died on November 14, 1598, and was also buried at St. Andrews.