Sir William Hopton, Kt.

• Sir William Hopton, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk1,2,3,4,5,6,7
• M, #19965, b. circa 1428, d. 7 February 1485
• Father Sir John Hopton, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk8,9 b. c 1405, d. 10 Nov 1478
• Mother Margaret Saville8,9 b. c 1410, d. b 17 Dec 1451
• Sir William Hopton, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk Called Sir Wittin Hopton by some. He was born circa 1428 at of Swillington, Yorkshire, England. He married Margaret Wentworth, daughter of Roger Wentworth, Esq. and Margery le Despenser, circa April 1451; They had 1 son (Sir George) and 3 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir Philip Booth; Agnes, wife of Sir Robert Clere; & Audrey).2,3,5,6 Sir William Hopton, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk died on 7 February 1485 at of Westwood, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England.2
• Family Margaret Wentworth b. c 1430, d. 20 Apr 1478
• Children
  • Margaret Hopton+2,10,5,11 b. c 1452, d. b 20 May 1535
  • Agnes (Anne) Hopton+2,4,5,7 b. c 1454, d. 23 Jan 1506
• Citations
• [S6162] Unknown author, Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 1619; Some Descendants of Charlemagne by von Redlich, p. 166.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 401.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 236.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 354.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 313.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 217.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 368.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 400-401.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 312.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 89.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 683.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p665.htm#i... _____________________
• Name Sir William Hopton [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14]
• Born Abt 1428 of, Swillington, Yorkshire, England
• Died 7 Feb 1484-1485 [8, 19, 20]
• Father Sir John Hopton, b. Cal 1405, of, Swillington, Yorkshire, England d. 10 Nov 1478 (Age ~ 73 years)
• Mother Margaret Savile, b. Abt 1410, d. Bef 17 Dec 1451 (Age ~ 41 years)
• Family Margaret Wentworth, b. Abt 1430, d. 20 Apr 1478 (Age ~ 48 years)
• Married Abt Apr 1451 [12]
• Children
  • 1. Anne Hopton, b. Abt 1455, d. 23 Jan 1505-1506 (Age ~ 51 years)
  • 2. Margaret Hopton
  • 3. Sir George Hopton, b. 1461, of, Swillington, Yorkshire, England d. 6 Jul 1490, of, Westwood, Suffolk, England (Age 29 years)
  • 4. Audrey Hopton
• Sources
• [S88] #542 Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire (1874), Foster, Joseph, (2 volumes in 12. London: W. Wilfred Head, 1874), FHL book Q 942.74 D2f; FHL microfilm 924,024., vol. 1 pt. 4 Pedigree of Wentworth of Woodhouse.
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• "Sir William Hopton, of Swillington, and of Westwood; Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk 1466-7 and 1479-80; Treasurer of the Household to Edward IV; a member of Richard III's Privy Council; d. 7 February 1484."
• [S35] #240 Collins's Peerage of England, Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical, Greatly Augmented, and Continued to the Present Time (1812), Brydges, Sir Egerton,, (9 volumes. London: [T. Bensley], 1812), FHL book 942 D22be., vol. 6 p. 201.
• [S152] #1853 [1439-1509] History of Parliament 1439-1509 (1936-), Wedgwood, Josiah Clement in collaboration with Anne D. Holt, (The History of Parliament [Series]. London: H.M.S.O., c1936- http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org NOTE: Online biographies do not give page numbers.), FHL book 942 D3hp., p. 190.
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• [S303] #1784 The Visitation of Norfolk, Made and Taken by William Hervey, Anno 1563, Enlarged with Another Visitacion [Sic] Made by Clarenceux Cook: with Many Other Descents, and Also the Vissitation [Sic] Made by John Raven, Anno 1613 (1891), Rye, Walter, (The Publications of the Harleian Society: Visitations, volume 32. London: [Harleian Society], 1891), FHL book 942 B4h; FHL microfilm 162,058., vol. 2 p. 266.
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• [S302] #12690 Genealogical memoirs of the extinct family of Chester of Chicheley : their ancestors and descenda, Waters, Robert Edmond Chester, (London : Robson, 1878. 2 v. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1963-1982), FHL microfilm 990151 Items 1 - 2., vol. 1 p. 206.
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• [S171] #709 History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster (1836), Baines, Sir Edward, (4 volumes. London: Fisher, 1836), FHL book 942.72 H2ba; FHL microfilms 994,035 item 3 and 547,582., vol. 3 Booth pedigree chart facing p. 113.
• [S29] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 items 6-9., vol. 2 p. 516.
• [S29] #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, Watney, Vernon James, (4 volumes. Oxford: John Johnson, 1928), FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 items 6-9., vol. 2 p. 442.
• [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 2 p. 401.
• [S23] Magna Carta Ancestry: A study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Richardson, Douglas, (Kimball G. Everingham, editor. 2nd edition, 2011), vol. 2 p. 400.
• From: https://histfam.familysearch.org//getperson.php?personID=I536&tree=... ______________________
• Margaret WENTWORTH
• Born: ABT 1430, Nettlestead, Suffolk, England
• Father: Roger WENTWORTH of Nettlestead (Sir)
• Mother: Margery (Margaret) DESPENCER (B. Ros of Hamlake)
• Married: William HOPTON (Sir) (son of John Hopton and Margaret Savile) BEF 1452
• Children:
  • 1. Margaret HOPTON (m. Phillip Booth)
  • 2. George HOPTON (Sir) (m. Thomasine Southill)
  • 3. Arthur HOPTON
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WENTWORTH.htm#Margaret WENTWORTH3 __________________________
• Margery (Margaret) le Despencer, de jure suo jure 3rd Baroness le Despenser (1387 creation), was the daughter and heiress of Philip le Despencer, 2nd Baron le Despencer. She was born about 1397 in Nettlestead, Suffolk, England, and married John de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros. He died without heirs, and she married secondly Roger Wentworth of Nettlestead, Esq. (d.1452), son of John Wentworth of North Elmsall.
• Issue
  • Sir Philip Wentworth married Hon. Mary Clifford, daughter of John Clifford, 7th Baron de Clifford and Lady Elizabeth Percy. His son, Henry Wentworth, was the maternal grandfather to Jane Seymour, third consort of King Henry VIII, and ancestor to the Barons Wentworth.
  • Henry Wentworth of Codham Hall married firstly to Elizabeth Howard, daughter of Henry Howard of Teringhampton;[1] and secondly to Joan FitzSymonds, daughter of Robert FitzSymonds. He had issue by both wives.
  • Agnes Wentworth married Sir Robert Constable; they had six sons which included Sir Marmaduke Constable and seven daughters including Agnes Constable, wife of Sir William Tyrwhitt.[2]
  • Margaret Wentworth married Sir William Hopton and had issue.
  • Anne Wentworth married John Calthorpe.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_le_Despencer __________________________
• The Wentworth genealogy, comprising the origin of the name, the family in England, and a particular account of Elder William Wentworth, the emigrant, and of his descendants (1870)
• http://www.archive.org/stream/wentworthgenealo01inwent#page/n170/mo...
• 2. Sir Roger Wentworth, who married Margery, relict of John Lord de Roos (who died without issue, 22 March, 1421-2). She was daughter and heir of Philip le Despencer, of Nettlestead,* County Suffolk, by Elizabeth his wife, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Tiptoft, of Nettlestead, and relict of William Scrope, Earl of Wiltshire. Sir Roger settled at Nettlestead, and died before his wife. Lady Margery died 20 April 1478. Her Will was dated 30 August, 1477, and proved 28 May 1478. He was settled at Nettlestead, and became ancestor of the Barons Wentworth of Nettlestead and the Earl of Cleveland. His direct line terminated in Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace. He was also the ancestor of the Wentworths of Gosfield, in the county of Essex, members of which family were scattered over the kingdom, especially in the counties of Bucks, Oxford, and Dorset. From Lady Anne Wentworth, who married John, Lord Lovelace, was descended Anna Isabel (born 1794, and died 16 May, 1860), daughter and heir of Sir Ralph Milbanke and grand daughter of Sir Edward Noel, Baronet, Lord Wentworth. She married, in 1815, the celebrated poet, Lord Byron, whose name was George Gordon, and left an only child, Ada, who married Earl Lovelace, and died, in 1852, leaving children.
• *Sir Roger had the following issue:
  • 1. Sir Philip, of whom hereafter.
  • 2. Henry Wentworth, Esq., of Codham Hall, County Essex, the first of the family who settled in that county. He died 22 March, 1482-3, having had two wives. by the 2d, Jane, daughter of Henry Fitz Lewes, who survived him, he had no issue. By his first wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry Howard( 2d son of Sir John Howard, by Mary, daughter of Sir Henry Hussey, of Co. Sussex, Kt.,) he had, with other issue, Sir Roger Wentworth, of Codham Hall, aforesaid, Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1499, and died 9 August 1539, who married Anne, only daughter and heir of Humphrey Tyrrell, Esq., of Little Warley, Co. Essex. She died 28 August, 1534, leaving, with other issue, Sir John Wentworth, Kt., of Gosfield, Co. Essex, born 1494, died 15 September, 1567; he married Anne, daughter of John Bettenham, Esq., of Pluckley, Co. Kent, who was buried at Gosfield, Co. Essex, 30 November, 1595. They had two daughters. One of them, Anne, married three times: 1st. Sir Hugh Rich, 2d son of Lord Chancellor Rich, who died 1 November 1554; 2d. Henry Fitzallen, Lord Maltravers, who died in 1556; and 3d. Wm. Deane, Esq. Lady Maltravers was buried in Gosfield Church, 10 January, 1580-1. The other daughter of Sir John and Lady Anne Wentworth, viz., Mary, was married at Gosfield, 9 February, 1545-6, to Sir Thos. Wentworth, Kt., 2d Baron of Nettlestead. She died without issue, and evidently shortly after her marriage. (See forward to number 19 of this note for further account of her husband.)
  • 3. Thomas, a priest, one of his mother's executors.
  • 4. Elizabeth, who married Sir John Calthorpe.
  • 5. Margaret, who married Sir William Hopton, Kt.
  • 6 Agnes, who married Sir Robert Constable, Kt.
• The direct line was continued by .... etc. ___________________________
• Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire (1874) Vol. 2 Pg.n258
• http://www.archive.org/details/pedigreesofcount02fost
• Pedigree Chart -
  • Pedigree of Wentworth, of Elmsall, Bretton and Baron Wentworth, of Nettlested.
• http://www.archive.org/stream/pedigreesofcount02fost#page/n266/mode...
• SEE DOCUMENTS OR SOURCES for IMAGES __________________

Name: SIR WILLIAM HOPTON

Sex: M

Change Date: 5 MAR 2002 at 13:21:25

Father: JOHN HOPTON

Mother: MARGARET SAVILLE

Marriage 1 MARGARET WENTWORTH

Children

MARGARET HOPTON

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