Family and Education
b. c. 1510, s. of one Hopton by Agnes Haines. m. Dorothy, da. of Sir Christopher Willoughby of Parham, Suff., sis. of William, 1st Baron Willoughby of Parham, s.p. Kntd. 30 Sept. 1544.
Offices Held
Servant of Thomas Cromwell; knight marshal of the Household 26 Aug. 1542 – 11 May 1556, Dec. 1558–60, jt. (with Robert Hopton) marshal of the Household from 1560; surveyor of ct. of augmentations, Som. from July 1551; j.p.q. Som. from 1559.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Witham Friary, Som.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
HOPTON, Sir Ralph (c.1510-71)
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Oxford 1644
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