William de Clopton II

• Preferred Name: William de Clopton II^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: ABT 1216 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.2459 LONG: E0.7112
  
• FSID: G3MT-889
  
• Birth: ABT 1170 in Clopton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.1397 LONG: E0.2381
  
• Notes:

  === !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
  !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
  
  === Sir William De Cloptunne lived during t ===
  Sir William De Cloptunne lived during the reigns of Richard the First (1189-1154) and the early reign of Henry III (1216-1272). He had two sons: Walter De Cloptone (Cloptunne) of Wickhambrook and Richard De Cloptone (Cloptunne). The ruins of a small priory are located on the land granted to the Cloptons after the conquest in 1066. In the early 1100's, there was a great push by the Catholic Church to establish places of worship in England. The great Norman lords of England demonstrated their piety and devotion by erecting cathedrals, monasteries and priories. The exact date of the foundation of this priory is not known, however, the earliest records pertaining to it are of the year 1235. It seems very likely the priory was built much earlier than this as the stones may have come from Caen, Normandy. Only a few beautifully carved stones remain from the original building. Gene Carlton Clopton's A Brief History of Chipley Priory states: "The style of the moulding is typical of the beautiful work done by the East Anglian school of Anglo-Saxon masons. Their work was strongly influenced by ideas imported from Norman architectural developments in France to which they added their own flair for creativity to ease the stern and austere effects common in much of Norman design." Chipley Priory, which was originally knows as The Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary, belonged to the Augustinian Canons (also, Canons Regular) during pre-reformation times. Canons are members of a religious group living according to a canon, or rules. The Augustinian Canons following rules based on the love of God and neighbor, respect for authority, care of the sick, and self-discipline. They were known as the Black Canons because of their black robes. The person in charge of a priory was called a prior. If the priory was subject to a resident abbot, the house was then called an abbey or monastery. It is almost certain Sir William De Cloptunne is buried there and possibly his ancestors. In addition to the Cloptons Roger the Norman who died in 1363 and his wife, Joan, date of death not known, are buried at Chipley. In June of 1990, a small monument was erected at Chipley Priory on a small plot of land which the Wheatley family, current owners of the site, generously sold to the Clopton Family Association of America for that purpose. The monument, designed by John Burton, consists of a brass plaque mounted on a monolith of limestone giving a brief history of the site and the names of those known to have been buried at the Priory. The Clopton family transferred the family center to Long Melford before 1400, and by 1455 the buildings were in a ruinous state. The priory was annexed to the College of Stoke-by-Clare in 1468. A large part of the original structure seems to have been incorporated into the farmhouse, which now occupies the site. The Wheatley's recently discovered numerous human bones when digging a new garden beside their farmhouse. They re-interred the bones in the garden. They also discovered a chapel bell and stone sarcophagus, which have been placed at Poslingford Church. A lead coffin known to have once been on the site and used as a watering trough for many years has been lost. Based on : Articles Originally Appearing in the August 1989 and 1990 Issues of the Clopton Family Newsletter by Isabel Lancaster (Clopton) Steiner and James M McMillen, mcmillen@arlington.net The Ancestors and Descendants of William Clopton of York County, Virginia, Compiled by Gene Carlton Clopton, Phoenix Printing, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia This page is for the immigrant William Clopton. We are providing a listing of the Surety Baron ancestors of William Clopton. By clicking on the Surety Baron's name, you will be linked to the page of the Baron. List of Surety Baron Ancestors: WILLIAM D'ALBINI: Lord of Belvoir Castle ROGER BIGOD: Earl of Norfolk HUGH BIGOD: The Earl of Norfolk's heir RICHARD DE CLARE: Earl of Hertford GILBERT DE CLARE: The Earl of Hertford's heir JOHN FITZROB ERT: Lord of Warkworth Castle, Northumberland JOHN DE LACIE: Lord of Halton Castle, Cheshire SAIRE DE QUINCEY: Earl of Winchester ROBERT DE ROOS: Lord of Hamlake Castle, Yorkshire SOURCE: http://www.gencircles.com/users/lamb2u2/1/data/1899
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === William de Cloptunne, sone of Walter d ===
  William de Cloptunne, sone of Walter de Cloptunne, lived in the time of Richard the First, King John and the early part of the reign of Henry VI. Up to this tome the surname was constantly written with the letter or vowel U in the last syllable, which afterwards, as in other names of like nature, was changed into O.
  
  === SOURCE: Ancestral File (TM)-ver. 4.17 16 ===
  SOURCE: Ancestral File (TM)-ver. 4.17 16 Mar 1997 SOURCE: Cindy Richardson E-mail: cyntrich@earthlink.net 17 March 2001 Notes from Cindy: William de Cloptunne, sone of Walter de Cloptunne, lived in the time of Richard the First, King John and the early part of the reign of Henry VI. Up to this time the surname was constantly written with the letter or vowel U in the lasy syllable, which afterwards, as in other names of like nature, was changed into O.
  
  === !#1117-p252; !#779-v1-p142; !#2163-v1-p1 ===
  !#1117-p252; !#779-v1-p142; !#2163-v1-p126; !#697-p154;

• m. 1195 in Suffolk, England

1. Walter de Clopton II, b. ABT 1210 in Wickhambrook, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom     d. ABT 1238 in Clopton, Suffolk, England

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