| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Thirteenth Generation15. WILLIAM CLOPTON , armiger Lord of Castlings Manor56 was buried about 1616 in ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, GROTON, ENGLAND.57 He died on 19 August 1616 in CASTLINGS MANOR, GROTON, COUNTY SUFFOLK. He was born in LAWFORD HALL, LAWFORD, COUNTY ESSEX. Eldest son died August 19, 1616 in Castlings Manor, Groton, County Suffolk, about 10 miles southeast of Long Melford, and buried August 19,1616 at St. Bartholomew's Church, Groton, County Suffolk. He married Margery Waldegrave, of Lawford Hall in Lawford Hall, probably. The 1558 Visitation of Essex refers to William of Bretton in Essex. There is no Bretton in Essex, however, the Visitation of 1612 refers to "Castlyns in Grotton", daughter of Edward Waldegrave and Joan Acworth. She was born in Lawford Hall, Lawford, County Essex, probably, about six miles northeast of Colchester, and died Aft. 1616 in Groton, County Suffolk, about 10 miles southeast of Long Melford, buried St. Bartholomew's Church, Groton. In light of the family's unerring ability to irritate kings, it was probably a good thing we migrated to Virginia. With breathtaking regularity one kin or another was being hauled to the Tower of London and threatened with beheading or worse. The close connections with royalty gave the family ample opportunity to hone this questionable talent. And our grandparents, Edward Waldegrave and Joan (Acworth) Bulmer established a benchmark in this arena that has not been surpassed by any of their Clopton descendants despite the passage of centuries. Tempting fate, they careened about the palace with Queen Katherine Howard indulging in amorous escapades right underneath the nose of the infamous Henry VIII. Had their tender necks not escaped the axe, then their daughter, and our grandmother, Margery, would not have been born. See "Midnight Romps & Wilted Roses" WILLIAM CLOPTON , armiger Lord of Castlings Manor and MARGERY WALDEGRAVE were married about 1579 in LAWFORD HALL, LAWFORD, COUNTY ESSEX.58 MARGERY WALDEGRAVE died after 1616 in GROTON, COUNTY SUFFOLK, ENLAND. She was buried after 1616 in ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHURCH, GROTON, ENGLAND.59 She was born in LAWFORD HALL, LAWFORD, COUNTY ESSEX. Of Lawford Hall, County, Essex, England WILLIAM CLOPTON , armiger Lord of Castlings Manor and MARGERY WALDEGRAVE had the following children:
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