Walter De Clopton

• Preferred Name: Walter De Clopton^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: William de Cloptonne
  
• Alternate Name: Walter Clopton
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: L87Z-F6X
  
• Burial: in Chipley Priory (ruins), Poslingford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.1034 LONG: E0.5833
  
• Death: ABT 1337 in Kentwell Hall, Poslingford, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.1034 LONG: E0.5833
  
• Birth: ABT 1298 in Chiperley Manor, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.2751 LONG: E0.0653
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  from Collaboration :
  
  Lord of Chiperley Manor. Walter and his wife, Alice FitzHugh, were buried in the Church of the Blessed Mary, near Chipley Priory. Walter de Cloptone was the son of Sir William De Cloptone, also called De Cloptunne. He inherited from his father Chapperley Manor or the Manor of Clopton Hall in 1294. Walter was living in the time of Edward the First (1291) and died 20th Edward II (1327). His first wife was Alice FitzHugh, the daughter and coheir of Warin FitzHugh. They had two children. The son and heir, Sir William De Cloptone, Knight, Lord of Toppesfield Manor and Newenham Hall in Ashdon, County Essex; and Sir Thomas De Cloptone. Present day Clopton relatives are direct descendants of their second son, Sir Thomas De Cloptone. Alice died and Walter married a second wife, Anwett, a widow, and the daughter and heiress of Weyland. They had a son named John. Evidently Anwett and John outlived Walter. A Harleian Charter refers to Anwett, "once the wife of Walter Cloptone and her son John," (conceding) one piece of land lying in the field called Salestrefeld. "Given at Wyckhambrook on Monday next after the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord in the 11th year of the reign of Edward III, after the Conquest. It is known that Walter and Alice were buried at Chipley Priory, as was their second son, Sir. Thomas. The site is now owned by the Wheatley family. 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 The Manors of Suffolk, by W.A. Coppinger, Volume V A Brief History of Chipley Priory by Gene Carlton Clopton Contributed by : Suellen Clopton Blanton, bblanton@fast.net. Special thanks to the Wheatley Family of Chipley Abbey Farm.
  
  === !From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 ===
  !From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === Lord of Chiperley Manor. Walter and his ===
  Lord of Chiperley Manor. Walter and his wife, Alice FitzHugh, were buried in the Church of the Blessed Mary, near Chipley Priory. Walter de Cloptone was the son of Sir William De Cloptone, also called De Cloptunne. He inherited from his father Chapperley Manor or the Manor of Clopton Hall in 1294. Walter was living in the time of Edward the First (1291) and died 20th Edward II (1327). His first wife was Alice FitzHugh, the daughter and coheir of Warin FitzHugh. They had two children. The son and heir, Sir William De Cloptone, Knight, Lord of Toppesfield Manor and Newenham Hall in Ashdon, County Essex; and Sir Thomas De Cloptone. Present day Clopton relatives are direct descendants of their second son, Sir Thomas De Cloptone. Alice died and Walter married a second wife, Anwett, a widow, and the daughter and heiress of Weyland. They had a son named John. Evidently Anwett and John outlived Walter. A Harleian Charter refers to Anwett, "once the wife of Walter Cloptone and her son John," (conceding) one piece of land lying in the field called Salestrefeld. "Given at Wyckhambrook on Monday next after the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord in the 11th year of the reign of Edward III, after the Conquest. It is known that Walter and Alice were buried at Chipley Priory, as was their second son, Sir. Thomas. The site is now owned by the Wheatley family. 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 The Manors of Suffolk, by W.A. Coppinger, Volume V A Brief History of Chipley Priory by Gene Carlton Clopton Contributed by : Suellen Clopton Blanton, bblanton@fast.net. Special thanks to the Wheatley Family of Chipley Abbey Farm.
  
  === !Red book #6, sec 1, chart 100. Red book ===
  !Red book #6, sec 1, chart 100. Red book 1.
  
  === 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: Walter de Cloptone, son and heir of William de Cloptone of Wickhambrook, was living in the time of Edward the First (1291); died 20th Edward II (1327), and was buried in Chipley Priory. He bought lands in Chipley, County Suffolk. His first wife Alice was the daughter and coheir of Warin Fitzhuh, sone of Hugh de Waren, by whom he had two sons, Sir William and a second son, Sir Thomas de Cloptone.
  
  === !#697-v1-p154; !#673-v18-p184; !#1117-p2 ===
  !#697-v1-p154; !#673-v18-p184; !#1117-p252-253; !#779-v1-p137,142; !#2163-v1-p126; !#798-p213;
  
  === !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat ===
  !NOTE: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM); ; July 1996 (c), data as of 2 January 1996; ; , Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !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 !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
  
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  === Walter de Cloptone, son and heir of Wi ===
  Walter de Cloptone, son and heir of William de Cloptone of Wickhambrook, was living in the time of Edward the First (1291); died 20th Edward II (1327), and was buried in Chipley Priory. He bought his lands in Chipley, County Suffolk. His first wife Alice was the daughter and coheir of Warin Fitzhuh, son of Hugh de Waren, by whom whom he had two sons: Sir William and a second son, Sir Thomas de Cloptone.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
  
  === !#711-v13-p172; ===
  !#711-v13-p172;

• m. ABT 1319 in Kentwell, Suffolk, England

1. William d' Clopton, b. 1336 in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom     d. 1377 in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

1. Title: Walter de Clopton, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV23-LLGG : 9 September 2022), Walter de Clopton, ; Burial, , Chipley Priory; citing record ID 63398668, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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