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

  
  

• 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.]

  
  

• 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.