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HOPTON, OF CANON FROME.

HOPTON, The Reverend JOHN, of Canon Frome Court, in the county of Hereford,

b. 5th October, 1782, m. 3rd May, 1807, Grace-Ann, eldest
daughter of John Williams, esq. late of Wilcroft, in the
same shire, and has issue,

JOHN, some time a gentleman commoner of Brazennose
College, Oxford, now a captain in the 3rd, or Prince of
Wales's Dragoon Guards.

Richard, in holy orders, d. s. p. in July, 1835.
Conan.

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Mr. Hopton is a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, and a magistrate for the county.

Lineage.

The family of Hopton come originally from Normandy with the CONQUEROR, and settled in Shropshire.

NICHOLAS HOPTON, son, according to Gough, of William Hopton of Hopton, by the daughter and heiress of Eyton of Eyton,

and grandson of Richard Hopton of Hopton, by the daughter and heiress of Kensingford of Shropshire-is stated by Bishop Percy, to have been younger brother of Sir John Hopton. And the same authority further says, that the daughter and heir of Ey

* Gough gives these early descents as a separate pedigree; Bishop Percy connects them with the present family.

Sir Walter Hopton, of Hopton le Salop, temp. King STEPHEN

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Sir Walter Hopton, knt. Joan, daughter and heir of Robert de Cures.

Sir Walter Hopton, knt.-Isabel, daughter and heir of Henry Stanton.

Sir Peter or Piers Hopton, knt. of Stanton.

Sir Walter Hopton, knt. Joane, daughter and heir of Robert Loughbrughe.

Sir Walter Hopton I

Sir John Hopton, knt. m. Elizabeth, daughter and
co-heir of Sir John Burley, by Alice, daughter

and heiress of Walter Pembruge.

NICHOLAS, according to Bishop
Percy, the ancestor of the
Canon Frome family.

Sir Walter Hopton-Joane, daughter and heir of Thomas Young, of Sibton.

Thomas Hopton, according to some genealogists brother of Sir Walter, according to others his son, [Gough makes him his son] m. Joane, daughter and heir of Walter Mortimer.

Sir Thomas Hopton, knt. Eleanor, daughter of Sir Walter Lucy, of Newington Lucy.

Walter, d. s. p.

Elizabeth, daughter and heir

first, Sir Roger Corbett, of Morton Corbett.

secondly, Edward Tiptoft, Earl of

Worcester.

-thirdly, Sir William Stanley, knt. chamberlain to HENRY VII.

ton, (whom he calls Isabella) was the wife of this Nicholas, and not his mother. His son and heir,

WILLIAM HOPTON, of Hopton, m. Margaret, dau. and co-heir of John Hevyn, of Clivery, in Salop, and had three sons, viz.

JOHN, whose only daughter and heiress,

ELIZABETH, m. first, Sir John Perient, knt., and secondly, Andrew Noel, of Leicestershire.

RICHARD, of whom presently.

Thomas, called in some of the pedigrees, cup bearer to Prince Arthur.

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1. Maria, married to William
Whittal.

2. Margaret, unm. in 1584.
3. Isabella, unm. in 1584.

Alice, m. to William Higgins of Triple-
ton, in Herefordshire.
Katherine, m. to William Slade of
Wotton, in Salop.

Joane, m. to Ralph Mason.
The elder son,

WILLIAM HOPTON, of Hopton and Dounton in Salop, living in 1563, married Elizabeth, daughter of William Fox of Ludlow, and had eight sons, viz.

RICHARD, of Hopton, m. Anne, daugh-
ter and heir of Thomas Walker, and
had, with three other sons, who d. s. p.
GEORGE, of Hopton, living in 1623,
whom. Bridget, daughter of Sir
Edward Pitt, of Purwiard, in
Salop.

Mary, living in 1601, m. to Richard
Crompton.

Another daughter, m. to Richard
Cludde, of Orleton.

Martha, widow of James Hyet,
esq. of Sarnsfield.

Edward, of Welston, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Fox, of Grantham, in Lin

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Michael, of Canon Frome, who erected Canon Frome House, and gave the estate to his niece Elizabeth, who m. Sir Richard Hopton, of Cherbury. He m. Martha, daughter of Charles Fox, of Bromfield, in Salop, one of the council of the marches in Wales, widow of Richard Harford, of Bosbury. Michael Hopton d. in 1601, s. p. and his widow m. thirdly, James Barrowe, of Bullingham. JOHN, of whom presently. The youngest son,

JOHN HOPTON, of Southampton, was father of

ELIZABETH HOPTON, niece and devisee of Michael Hopton, of Canon Frome, m. in or before the year 1602, Sir Richard Hopton, of Rockhill and Cherbury,* high sheriff of Herefordshire in 1610, and had five sons and two daughters, viz.

I. WILLIAM, of Bishop's Frome, in Herefordshire, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Foxhall, of Shropshire, and d. 2nd April, 1647, leaving two sons,

* THOMAS HOPTON, of Rockhill, in Salop, acquired that estate in marriage with Ann, daughter and sole heir of Geoffrey, of Rockhill. He was father of

EDWARD HOPTON, of Rockhill, who m. Katherine, daughter of Sir David Lloyd, and had a son, JOHN HOPTON, of Rockhill, who m. Jane, dau. and co-heir of Thomas Corbett, and was father of HENRY HOPTON, of Rockhill, whose son EDWARD HOPTON, of Rockhill, purchased the Elizabeth, daughter of Humphrey Woolrych, esq. estate of Cherbury, at the dissolution. of Dudmaston, in Shropshire, and had issue, JOHN, his heir.

George, of Bitterley.

He m.

Edward, of London, merchant, slain by a Hopton, of Downton. He m. the daughter of Rowland Edmonds, of London, and d. s. p. Katherine, m. to- Greneway, of London. Elizabeth, m. to John Wysham, of Tedstone. The eldest son,

JOHN HOPTON, esq. of Rockhill and Cherbury, rine, daughter and heir of William Peter, and had high sheriff of Shropshire, in 1575, m. Katheby her two sons and one daughter, viz.

Thomas.

Joseph, who m. Penelope, daughter of William Burnell, of Salop.

Jane, m. first, to Richard Cresset, and se

condly, to Samuel Lawknor.

He m. secondly, Frances, daughter of - Cresset,

Richard, aged nine, in 1634.
Ralph, bapt. at Bishop Frome, 25th
April, 1639.

Elizabeth, eventual heiress, m. to
Went, esq. of Bosbury.

II. EDWARD (Sir), of whom presently.
III. Walter, d. s. p.

IV. James, of London, merchant. v. Richard, of the Inner Temple, chief justice of North Wales, temp. CHARLES II. and JAMES II. was of Gattertop, in Herefordshire. He m. Susan, daughter of Sir William Harvey, knt. and d. 28th November 1696, in his eighty-eighth year.

1. Elizabeth, m. to Thomas Jeffries, of Earls Crome, in Worcestershire. 11. Frances, also married.

The second son,

SIR EDWARD HOPTON, of Canon Frome, yeoman of the stirrup to CHARLES I. in 1634, was created a knight banneret by his Majesty, at the Restoration. He acted likewise as a deputy-lieutenant for Herefordshire, was colonel of the County militia, and gentleman pensioner in ordinary to the King. He m. 20th July, 1654, Deborah, widow of Isaac Jones, and daughter of Robert Hatton, of Thames Ditton, Surrey, sergeant-at-law, by whom, who d. 13th July, 1702, aged seventyseven, he had issue,

EDWARD, his heir.

Robert, b. 25th July, 1658, died before his father's will.

Richard, b. 18th February, 1659. Charles, b. 30th June, 1661, whose only child, Frances, m. 12th May, 1711,

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and relict of Smyth, of Morvel, porter to the council of the marches in Wales, and had by her, with two daughters, Katherine, wife of George Hockleton, of Shropshire, and Elizabeth, wife of William Littleton, of Stretton, in the same county, four sons, of whom the eldest,

WILLIAM HOPTON, esq. of Cherbury, high sheriff of Salop in 1591, m. before 12th ELIZABETH, Dorothy, daughter and heiress of John Morgan, of the county of Somerset, and had issue,

1. EDWARD, disinherited on account of his marriage with Ann, dau. of Thomas Perch, merchant, of Shrewsbury. He was father of the Rev. Morgan Hopton, rector of St. Andrew's Holborn, whose son, Edward, was of Gray's Inn, in 1661.

2. RICHARD (Sir), of Rockhill and Cherbury, who m. as in the text, ELIZABETH HOPTON, heiress of Canon Frome. 3. Joseph, m. the daughter of Walwyn, of Herefordshire.

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1. Dorothy, m. to Thomas Kerry, of Brewerston, in Salop.

2. Katherine, m. to John Shuter, esq. of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law. William Hopton settled his estate on his second son in 1599.

Roger Hereford, esq. of Sufton, in
Herefordshire.

Robert, b. 25th December, 1662.
James, d. in 1690, aged twenty-seven.

Alice, m. at Canon Frome, 17th April, 1683, to Nicholas Jones, esq. of Abergavenny. Deborah, m. at Canon Frome, 1st AuSir Edward d. 1st April, 1668, in his sixtygust, 1694, to John Delahay, esq. fifth year, and was buried at Stretton Gran1668-9, at Exeter House, Strand), it appears By his will (proved 8th January, that he was owner of the estate at Rockhill. His eldest son,

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son and successor,

RICHARD HOPTON, esq. of Canon Frome, who m. 29th December, 1705, being then aged twenty-one, Elizabeth, widow of William Gregory, esq. of How Caple, in Herefordshire, and daughter of Thomas Geers, serjeant-at-law, of the Marsh, in the same county, by Elizabeth, his second wife, dau. and heir of William Cope, of Icomb, in Gloucestershire, by the Lady Elizabeth Fane, daughter to the first Earl of Westmoreland. By this lady, who d. 3rd September, 1747, aged sixty-five, he had issue,

EDWARD-COPE, baptized 9th February, 1707, who m. at Worcester cathedral, 20th February, 1732, Mary, only dau. and heir of Timothy Briggenshaw, esq. of St. John's, Bedwardine, and dying vitâ patris, 24th April, 1754, aged forty-six, leaving issue,

RICHARD-COPE, successor to his grandfather.

Anne, m. Michael Clements, esq. captain R.N. of Weybridge, Surrey, and d. 11th July, 1786, aged forty-seven, leaving one son, Michael-Hopton Clements, and one daughter, Mary-Anne Clements.

Richard-Cope, bapt. 29th December,
1712, barrister-at-law, living in 1779,
m. Elizabeth Bird, widow of Dr.
Secker, and d. s. p.

Michael-Cope, bapt. 16th May, 1715,
buried 4th August, 1716.
Thomas-Cope, baptized 18th February,
1717, buried 23rd April, 1722.
William-Cope, in holy orders, baptized
21st March, 1718, rector of Stretton
and Canon Frome, m. first, Anne An-
drews, who d. 30th May, 1766, aged
forty-nine; and, secondly, Judith,
daughter of John Morton, esq. of
Callon Hill, and widow of William
Skinner, esq. He d. at Bath, 9th
April, 1801.

Michael-Cope, of Croydon, in Surrey,
bapt. 29th November, 1720, m. Mary
Jones, but died s. p. 3rd March, 1808,
in his eighty-eighth year.
Ralph-Cope, in holy orders, prebendary
of Hereford, vicar of Bishop's Frome
for nearly fifty years, and rector of
Moccas. He m. first, Anna-Maria
Huxley, who d. s. p. 18th April,
1793, and, secondly, Mary, daughter
of the Rev. Edward Poole, of Lud-
low, and widow of the Rev. Benja-
min Biddulph, of Burghill. He died
13th June, 1797, aged seventy-one.
DEBORAH, bapt. at Canon Frome, 19th
February, 1708, m. at the same place,
1st October, 1730, JOHN PARSONS,
esq. of Kemerton Court, in the county
of Gloucester, son of John Parsons,
esq. of Kemerton, and a descendant
of Conan Parsons, who possessed the
estate of Kemerton, m. 1584. By this
gentleman she had an only surviving
son,

THE REV. WILLIAM PARSONS, of
whom presently, as inheritor of
CANON FROME.

Elizabeth, d. unm. in July, 1767.
Frances, bapt. in 1716.

Mr. Hopton d. 21st February, 1764, aged eighty, was buried at Canon Frome, and s. by his grandson,

RICHARD-COPE HOPTON, esq. of Canon Frome, bapt. at Worcester cathedral, 30th June, 1738, who served the office of highsheriff of Herefordshire, in 1787. He m. Dorothy, daughter and heir of James Nelson, esq. of London, which lady d. at Canon Frome, in January, 1817, without issue. Mr. Hopton d. himself at Bath, 13th January, 1810, and was buried at Canon Frome. By will he devised the Canon Frome estates to (the son of his aunt Deborah) his first cousin,

THE REV. WILLIAM PARSONS, of Kemerton Court, in Gloucestershire, who assumed, in consequence, by sign manual, the surname and arms of HOPTON, 21st March, 1817. He m. first, Mary, daughter of Morgan Graves, esq. of Mickleton, in the county of Gloucester, and by her, who d. in 1800, has issue, JOHN, his heir.

Charles, captain 27th Regiment of Foot,
died of a wound received in Spain,
buried at Stretton Grandsome, 13th
September, 1813, unm.
Mary-Anne.

Mr. (Parsons) Hopton wedded, secondly, 25th August, 1801, Anne, daughter of James Poole, esq. of Homend, in Herefordshire, barrister-at-law, and has by her,

William, in holy orders,vicar of Bishop's Frome, in Herefordshire, in the commission of the peace for that county, m. 8th September, 1830, Diana-Christian, second daughter of the Rev. Charles Shuckburgh, of the Moat, in Wiltshire, and has an only surviving child,

Diana. James-Michael. Charlotte.

Elizabeth.

Catherine.

Deborah.

Mr. Hopton, retiring to his paternal estate at Kemerton, resigned in 1825 the Canon Frome property to his eldest son, and that gentleman is in consequence the present Rev. JOHN HOPTON, of Canon Frome.

Arms-Gu. between nine crosses patée fitchee or, a lion rampant of the second. Crest-On a ducal coronet a gryphon's head, holding in his mouth a bleeding hand. Estates-In the counties of Hereford and Worcester.

Seat-Canon Frome Court.

ASHBY, OF QUENBY.

ASHBY, WILLIAM-ASHBY, esq. of Quenby Hall, in the county of Leicester, b. 6th February, 1775, m. 15th July, 1797, Mary, daughter of Michael Miller, esq. of Bristol, and has issue,

SHUKBRUGH-ASHBY, twins.
William-George,

Edward-Quenby, bapt. at Hungerton.

Agnes-Eliza, bapt. at Hampstead, Middlesex.

This gentleman, whose patronymic was LATHAM, assumed the surname and arms of ASHBY only, on inheriting the estates of that family. He is in the commission of the Deace for the counties of Leicester and Derby.

Lineage.

RICHARD DE ASHBY, lord of the manors of South Croxton and Quenby, in Leicestershire, in 1297, d. in 1304, leaving by Alice, his wife, a son,

WILLIAM ASHBY, of Quenby, whose son, another

WILLIAM ASHBY, of Quenby, was assessed in 1346 (on the aid then granted for knighting Edward of Woodstock, the King's eldest son), three shillings and fourpence, for a twelfth part of one knight's fee. He was father of

THOMAS ASHBY, of Quenby, living in 1442 and 1458, who m. Catharine, daughter of William Hesilrige, of Noseley, in Leicestershire, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM ASHBY, of Quenby, living in 1489, who d. in 1514, when it was found by inquisition that he died seized of the manor of Quenby, and of lands there, and in Houghton and Newton Burdet. He left three sons; George, who d. s. p.; WILLIAM, his ultimate heir; and Robert, father of ROBERT, who succeeded eventually to Quenby. The second son,

ter of

WILLIAM ASHBY, of Quenby, m. a daughCurson, of Croxhall, in Derbyshire, and left an only daughter and heiress, ANNE ASHBY, of Quenby, who wedded George Skevington, of Skevington, in Leicestershire, but had no issue. She d. 12th May, 1536, when it was found that she was

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Joyce, m. to William Pell, of Kettleby and Rolleston, in the county of Leicester, but had no issue.

Dorothy, m. first to Parr Lane, and, secondly, to Robert Bradshaw, of Morebarne.

Elizabeth, m. to John Ward, of Carle-
ton Curlieu.

Margery, m. to Ambrose Nedham, of
Allexton.

Mr. Ashby d. 24th August, 1557, and was s. by his son,

GEORGE ASHBY, esq. of Quenby, who became possessed of Loseby, most probably by purchase, on the death of his cousin Thomas, in 1604, and served the office of sheriff in 1601. Hem. Mary, daughter of Andrew Gedney, of Enderby, in Lincolnshire, and had issue,

1. GEORGE, his heir.

II. Henry.

III. William, fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1610.

IV. Thomas.

1. Anne, m. to Gervase Teverey, of Stapleford, Notts.

11. Dorothy. III. Bridget. The eldest son,

GEORGE ASHBY, esq. of Quenby, erected in 1636, at an expense of twelve thousand pounds, the present mansion-house at Quenby, and sold the lordship of Loseby to Mr. Paramore. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of George Bennet, esq. of London, and of Welby, in the county of Lincoln, by whom (who d. 26th January, 1682, aged seventyfive), he had issue,

Robert Naunton, of Letheringham Priory,
secretary of state in 1618-20, after-
wards master of the court of wards and
liveries, m. Penelope, daughter and
heir of Sir Thomas Perrot, and left at
his decease, in 1630, an only daughter,
Penelope, m. first to Paul, Viscount

Bayning, and secondly, to Philip,
fifth Earl of Pembroke.
William Naunton, whose great grandson
William, d. s. p. in 1758.
Elizabeth Naunton, d. unm.

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