HOPTON, Thomas (1584/5-1638), of Westminster

b. 1584 /5, 4th s. of Sir Arthur Hopton† of Blythburgh, Suff. and Witham Friary, Som. and Rachel, da. of Edmund Hall† of Gretford, Lincs.;Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 57. bro. of Robert*. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1602, aged 18; L. Inn 1607; travelled abroad 1611. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 141. m. lic. 20 Apr. 1622 (with £80), Elizabeth, da. of William Smythe of West Ham, Essex, s.p. London Mar. Lic. ed. J. Foster, 709; PROB 11/116, f. 247. Kntd. 16 July 1633; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. d. bet. 18 July and 8 Aug. 1638. Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, vi. 52.