HOPTON, Robert (c.1575-1638), of Ditcheat, Som. and Llanthony Abbey, Mon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1575, 1st s. of Sir Arthur Hopton† KB of Blythburgh, Suff. and Witham Friary, Som. and Rachel, da. of Edmund Hall† of Gretford, Lincs.; bro. of Thomas*.S.W. Bates-Harbin, Som. Members, 138; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 57; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3), iii. 11-12, 83. m. c.1594, Jane, da. and h. of Rowland Kemeys of Vaerdre, Mon., wid. of Sir Henry Jones (d. c.1591/2) of Ivy Bridge, Westminster, 2s. incl. Ralph* (1 d.v.p.), 4da. PROB 11/80, f. 204v; J. Bradney, Mon. iv. 182. suc. fa. 1607. C142/304/50. admon. 17 Sept. 1638. F. Browne, Som. Wills, vi. 52. sig. Robert Hopton.

Offices Held

Capt. of ft., Low Countries and Cadiz 1596.HMC Hatfield, vi. 205, 361.

J.p. Mon. 1598 – 1623, Som. by 1610–d.;Q. Sess. Recs. ed. E. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 41; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 349–54. capt., militia ft. Som. to 1605;Hertford Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 59. commr. subsidy, Mon. 1608, sewers, Som. 1610, 1616, 1625; SP14/31/1; C181/2, ff. 129, 245; 181/3, f. 186. surveyor, bpric. of Bath and Wells, Som. 1616–d.; P.M. Hembry, Bps. of Bath and Wells, 220. sheriff, Som. 1617–18;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 125. dep. lt. by 1624–30; SP14/178/3–4; T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, p. 317. commr. Forced Loan 1626 – 27, enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628, oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1629–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 145, 267; C181/4, f. 11.

Commr. trade 1622, 1625. Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 60.

Parlimentarian

HOPTON, Robert (c.1575-1638), of Ditcheat, Som. and Llanthony Abbey, Mon.

Main residences: Ditcheat, Som.; Llanthony Abbey, Mon.

Author

J.P.F.

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOPTON, Robert (c.1575-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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