'Hopton02'
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Families covered: Hopton of Canon Frome, Hopton of Cherbury, Hopton of Rockhill
| BLG1886 identifies the arms of (the later generations of) this family as "Gu., between nine crosses pattée fitchée or, a lion rampant of the second". | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Hopton of Rockhill | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Rockell (dau of Geoffrey de Rockell of Rockell or Rockhill) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Edward Hopton of Rockhill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Lloyd (dau of Sir David Lloyd ap Sir Griffith) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Hopton of Rockhill | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Corbett (dau of Thomas Corbett) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Hopton of Rockhill | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Woolrych (dau of Humphrey Woolrych of Dudmaston) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury, Sheriff of Shropshire (a 1575) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katharine Peter (dau of William Peter or Peeter) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Thomas Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joseph Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Penelope Burnell (dau of William Burnell of Salop) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Jane Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Richard Cresset | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Samuel Lawknor or Lewknor | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Frances Cresset (relict of _ Smyth of Morvel) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | William Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury, Sheriff of Salop (a 1591) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (before 1571) Dorothy Morgan (dau of John Morgan of Sytton) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Edward Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Perch (dau of Thomas Perch of Shrewsbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Morgan Hopton (b c1606, a 1659, rector of St.Andrew's Holborn) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ann Swetenham (dau of Anthony Swetenham of Somerford) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Edward Hopton of Gray's Inn (b c1634, a 1661) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sara Newton (dsp 23.09.1661, dau of Peter Newton of Heigley or Heightley) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Helen Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Burch of Newbury | |||||||||||||||
| ((3))+ | other issue - Ralph (b c1641), Jane, Sara, Ann | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Sir Richard Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury, Sheriff of Herefordshire - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1602) Elizabeth Hopton (dau of John Hopton, niece of Michael Hopton of Canon Frome) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Joseph Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Walwyn of Herefordshire | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Dorothy Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Kerry of Brewerston or Binweston (Thomas Cary of Weston) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Katherine Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Shuter of the Inner Temple | |||||||||||||||
| (E) | Katherine Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Hockleton of Hockleton, Shropshire | |||||||||||||||
| (F) | Elizabeth Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Littleton of Stretton | |||||||||||||||
| (G)+ | other issue - Simon, George, Charles | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | George Hopton of Bitterley | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Edward Hopton of London (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Edmonds (dau of Rowland Edmonds of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (4) | Katherine Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Greneway of Garaway of London | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Elizabeth Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wysham of Tedstone | |||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows the following Thomas, noting that some sources show him as son of Thomas Hopton by Anne Rockell, some generations earlier. | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Thomas Hopton of Rockhill | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Perpount or Pearpoynt of Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Edward Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Blount (dau of _ Blount of Kiderminster) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - Anna, Elizabeth | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Elizabeth Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Hopton | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Thomas Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Preisley (dau of William Preisley) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Richard Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Hubbard (dau of _ Hubbard or Hubald of Ippesley) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Thomas Hopton (a 1592) | ||||||||||||||
| ((1))+ | issue - Francis, Richard, Thomas, Robert, Anna, Elizabeth, Maria | ||||||||||||||
| (b) | John Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| (c) | Jane Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Selden of Kings Stodwin or Stodwell | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | William Hopton of Downton | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Hatton (dau of Richard Hatton) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | issue - William, Elianora | ||||||||||||||
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| Sir Richard Hopton of Rockhill and Cherbury, Sheriff of Herefordshire - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m. (by 1602) Elizabeth Hopton (dau of John Hopton, niece of Michael Hopton of Canon Frome) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Hopton of Bishop's Frome (d 02.04.1647) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Foxhall (dau of William Foxhall of Shropshire) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Elizabeth Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Went of Bosbury | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (dsp?) - Richard (b 1625, a 1634), Ralph (bpt 25.04.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Sir Edward Hopton of Canon Frome (b c1604, d 01.04.1668) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.07.1654) Deborah Hatton (b c1625, d 13.07.1702, dau of Robert Hatton of Thames Ditton) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edward Hopton of Canon Frome (b 08.04.1655) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hannah Clarkson of London | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Richard Hopton of Canon Frome (b c1684, d 21.02.1764) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (29.12.1705) Elizabeth Geers (b c1682, d 03.09.1747, dau of Thomas Geers of the Marsh by Elizabeth Cope) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Edward Hopton (bpt 09.02.1707, dvp 24.04.1754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (20.02.1732) Mary Briggenshaw (dau of Timothy Briggenshaw of Bedwardine) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Richard Cope Hopton of Canon Frome, Sheriff of Herefordshire (bpt 30.06.1738, dsp 13.01.1810) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Dorothy Nelson (dsp 01.1817, dau of James Nelson of London) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Hopton (b c1739, d 11.07.1786) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Michael Clements of Weybridge (Captain RN) | |||||||||||||||
| (A)+ | issue (d unm) - Michael Hopton, Mary Anne | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Cope Hopton (bpt 29.12.1712, dsp after 1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bird (widow of Dr. Secker) | |||||||||||||||
| c. | William Cope Hopton (bpt 21.03.1718, d 09.04.1801, rector of Stretton and Canon Frome, 5th son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Andrews (b c1717, d 30.05.1766) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Judith Morton (dau of John Morton of Callon Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Michael Cope Hopton of Croydon (bpt 29.11.1720, dsp 03.03.1808) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Jones | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Ralph Cope Hopton (b c1726, d 13.06.1797, vicar of Bishop's Frome, prebendary of Hereford) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anna Maria Huxley (dsp 18.04.1793) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Poole (dau of Rev. Edward Poole of Ludlow) | |||||||||||||||
| f. | Deborah Hopton (bpt 19.02.1708) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.10.1730) John Parsons of Kemerton Court (son of John of Kemerton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | William Parsons of Kemerton Court, later Hopton of Canon Frome (d 1841, Rev.) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1781) Mary Graves (d 1800, dau of Morgan Graves of Mickleton) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Hopton of Canon Frome (b 05.10.1782, d 11.1870, prebendary of Hereford) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (03.05.1807) Grace Ann Williams (d 01.10.1839, dau of John Williams of Wilcroft) | |||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - Charles (d unm 13.09.1813, Captain), Mary Anne | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (25.08.1801) Anne Poole (dau of James Poole of Homend) | |||||||||||||||
| (D)+ | other issue - William (vicar of Bishop's Frome), James Michael, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Catherine, Deborah | ||||||||||||||
| g. | Frances Hopton (bpt 1716) probably the Frances (d 10.04.1797) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir James Hereford of Sufton (b 22.10.1713, dsp 23.06.1786) | |||||||||||||||
| h.+ | other issue - Michael Cope (bpt 16.05.1715, bur 04.08.1716), Thomas Cope (bpt 18.02.1717, bur 23.04.1722), Elizabeth (d unm 07.1767) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Charles Hopton (b 30.06.1661, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Frances Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (12.05.1711) Roger Hereford of Sufton | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Alice Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.04.1683) Nicholas Jones of Abergavenny | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Sir James Morgan of Abergavenny, 4th Bart (dsp before 1727) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Deborah Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.08.1694) John Delahay | |||||||||||||||
| E.+ | other issue - Robert (b 25.07.1658, dvp), Richard (b 18.02.1659), Robert (b 25.12.1662), James (b c1663, d 1690) | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Richard Hopton of the Inner Temple (b c1608, d 28.11.1696, chief justice of North Wales) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Susan Harvey (dau of Sir William Harvey) | |||||||||||||||
| 4. | Elizabeth Hopton | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Jeffries of Earls Crome | |||||||||||||||
| 5. | Frances Hopton possibly the Frances (d before 1703) who married ... | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Coke of Lower Moor, etc. (bur 09.02.1690-1, vicar of Bosbury) | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Walter (dsp), James of London | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Commoners (vol 4, 'Hopton of Canon Frome', p173+ in note), Visitation (Shropshire, 1623, 'Hopton of Hopton and of Canon Frome, co. Hereford')
(2) For lower section : Commoners (vol 4, 'Hopton of Canon Frome', p173+) with support from BLG1886 ('Hopton of Canon Frome')
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