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Elizabeth HOPTON

Elizabeth HOPTON[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female Abt 1427 - 1498  (~ 71 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth HOPTON  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Born Abt 1427  Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch ID LB92-PQ5 
    LifeSketch   [11
    The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580 
    Parents
    • Thomas HOPTON, Knight (AFN: 9HFQ-37) (B. 1388) & Eleanor LUCY (ca. 1407-ca. 1460)
    TitleOfNobility   [11
    Countess of Worcester 
    Name Elizabeth HOPTON  [11
    _UID 4408D7188C1649C6BB80C19D7910CF634008 
    Died 22 Jun 1498  Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Buried 1 Jul 1498  Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I7263  Carney Wehofer Feb 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Nov 2022 

    Father Thomas HOPTON,   b. Abt 1399, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1445, Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Mother Eleanor LUCY,   b. Abt 1407, Wapenham, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1460  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married 1425  Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 8
    Family ID F3714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sir Roger CORBET, of morton,   b. Abt 1414, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1467, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married Abt 1445  Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12
    Children 
     1. Jane CORBET,   b. 1445, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1492, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     2. Sir Richard CORBET, Sr.,   b. Abt 1448, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Dec 1493, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years)
     3. Mary CORBET,   b. Abt 1448, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elizabeth CORBET,   b. 1450, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Anna CORBET,   b. Abt 1450, Moreton Corbet, Wem, Shropshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Roger CORBET, Jr.,   b. Abt 1452, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Robert CORBET,   b. Abt 1453, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1477  (Age ~ 25 years)
     8. John CORBET,   b. Abt 1454, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F3664  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 William STANLEY, Viscount Of Chamberlain,   b. 1427, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1494-1495, Tower Of London, Middlesex, England (Beheaded) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married Bef Nov 1452  <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13
    Children 
     1. Jane STANLEY,   b. Abt 1463, <, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England> Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1525  (Age ~ 62 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3666  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 John II TIPTOFT, Earl Of Worcester,   b. 8 May 1427, Great Eversden, Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1470, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England (Beheaded) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married Abt Sep 1467  <, Great Eversden, Cambridge, England> Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 9, 13, 14
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F3665  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He [John Tiptoft] married, 3rdly, circa September 1467, at Ludlow, Salop, Elizabeth, widow of Sir Roger CORBET, of Moreton Corbet, Salop (died shortly before 16 June 1467), sister and heir of Walter HOPTON, of Hopton, Salop, daughter of Thomas HOPTON, of the same, by Eleanor, sister and (in her issue) coheir of Sir William Lucy, of Newington, Kent, and Richard's Castle, co. Hereford, daughter of Sir Walter Lucy, of the same. He died intestate 18 October 1470, aged 43, and was buried in the Church of the Black Friars by Ludgate. M.I. there. Effigy (with two of his wives) and monument in Ely Cathedral. His widow married, 3rdly, before 7 December 1471, as his 2nd wife, Sir William STANLEY, K.G. (younger brother of Thomas, 1st EARL OF DERBY), who was found guilty of treason for his support of Perkin Warbeck and beheaded, 16 February 1494/5, on Tower Hill. She died 22 June 1498. [Complete Peerage XII/2:842-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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