Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Edward Hopton
- Bef 1557-
Name Edward Hopton Birth of Rockhill in Greet, Shropshire, England [1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death Bef 29 May 1557 [1] Person ID I19613 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB Last Modified 22 Dec 2021
Father Henry Hopton, b. of Rockhill in Greet, Shropshire, England Family ID F11906 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Wolryche, b. of Dudmaston in Quatt, Shropshire, England d. 3 Jan 1564 Children + 1. Katherine Hopton d. Between 18 Sep 1598 and 16 Feb 1599 Family ID F11900 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 8 Dec 2018
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Notes - Gentleman usher of the chamber to Henry VIII. Steward of Richard's Castle.
"In July 1545 the king granted to Edward and his wife, Elizabeth, the house and site of the late monastery of Chirbury, Shropshire, together with its demesne lands in fields in Shirbury, Shropshire and Snead, Montgomeryshire." [Royal Ancestry, citation details below.]
- Gentleman usher of the chamber to Henry VIII. Steward of Richard's Castle.
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Sources - [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.
- [S440] The Visitation of Shropshire, 1623 by Robert Tresswell and Augustine Vincent. Edited by George Grazebook and John Paul Rylands. 2 volumes. London: The Harleian Society, 1889., place only.
- [S6176] Flora A. MacLeod, ed. "The History of Chirbury." Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 3rd Series, 6:227, 1906.
- [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013.