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Sir William Clopton 1450 – 1531 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1450

Birth Location: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Death Date: 20 February 1531

Death Location: Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Father: John CLOPTON

Mother: Alice Darcy

Spouse(s): Joan Clopton

Children(s): Elizabeth Clopton

Sir William Clopton VII was born in 1450 in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England, the child of John CLOPTON and Alice 20 Darcy. Sir William Clopton VII married Joan Marrow Clopton, and had children including Elizabeth of Long Melford, Suffolk Clopton. Sir William Clopton VII passed away in 1531 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

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Biography

  • Sir William Clopton VII was born in 1450 in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England, the child of John CLOPTON and Alice 20 Darcy.
  • Sir William Clopton VII married Joan Marrow Clopton, and had children including Elizabeth of Long Melford, Suffolk Clopton.
  • Sir William Clopton VII passed away in 1531 in Long Melford, Suffolk, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John CLOPTON
1423 – 1497
Birth Location: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
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Alice Darcy
1427 – 1454
Birth Location: Gripping, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Joan Clopton
1460 – 1490
Birth Location: Stepney, London, London, England
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Clopton
1476 – 1549
Birth Location: Long Melford, Suffolk, England
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Sir Clopton's Ancestors

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Sir Clopton
1450 – 1531
Birth Place: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Parents
John CLOPTON
1423 – 1497
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Alice (20) Darcy
1427 – 1454
Gripping, Essex, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Clopton's Descendants

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Sir (William) Clopton (1450 – 20 February 1531) m. Joan (Marrow) Clopton (1460 – 1490)
  1. 1. Elizabeth (of Long Melford, Suffolk) Clopton (1476 – 1549) m. Sir (Geoffrey Gates) Knight (1484 – 07 May 1526)
    1. 1. Elizabeth GATES (1522 – 9 Aug 1551) m. Richard Gore (31 Oct 1527 – 11 Dec 1607)
      1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth Gore) 12GGM (1533 – 9 Aug 1615) m. Sir ((William) Edmund Bartlett of) Ernley (Abt. 1540 – 1591)
        1. 1. Richard Bartlett (1575 – 25 May 1647) m. JOAN (Wiltshire) Martin (1585 – 5 Feb 1644)

Sir Clopton's Timeline

2 Records

1450
1450
Birth of Sir William Clopton VII in Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
1531
20 February 1531
Age 81
Death of Sir William Clopton VII in Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Long Melford, Suffolk, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1450
    Event Place: Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 February 1531
    Event Place: Long Melford, Suffolk, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Long Melford, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
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