Hopton, Ralph (1510 - 1571)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 1
Properties - 3
Total events naming patron - 1
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 7
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1510
Death Date: 1571-12-14

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Attended Lincoln College, Oxford University. Servant of Thomas Cromwell in the 1530s

Parents

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1544-09-30
    Vacated 1571-12-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Knight Marshal of the Household, England 1542-8-26 1556-05-11
MP, Somerset 1553-3 n.d.
MP, Somerset 1553-10 n.d.
MP, Somerset 1555 n.d. Possibly held this office in this year
Knight Marshal of the Household, England 1558-12 1560-05-20
JP, Somerset 1559 n.d.
MP, Wiltshire 1559 n.d.
Marshal of the Household, England 1560-5-20 1571-12-14 Held jointly with Robert Hopton of Yoxford, Suffolk & St. Mary Mounthaw, London
JP, Somerset 1561/2 n.d.
JP, Somerset 1564 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Witham Friary, Somerset
    (Performance Venue)
    Granted (acquired lease of portion of Witham Friary 1538)
    Acquired: 1544
    Divested: 1571-12-14

Lands

  • Berkshire: Ashbury
    Acquired: 1540-05
    Leased; other Glastonbury lands acquired 1544
  • Somerset: Ditcheat
    Acquired: 1544

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1563-1563 Guildhall, Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Sir Ralph Hopton's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Ralph Hopton's Players Hopton, Ralph (1510 - 1571) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Witham Friary Somerset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Elizabeth I [1558–78]. 7 vols. London: HMSO, 1939–82.
Collinson, John. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset. 1st ed. [1791], 1st ed. Index [1898], 1st ed. Supplement [1939]. Gloucester: Sutton, 1983.
Edgar, F.T.R. Sir Ralph Hopton: The King's Man in the West (1642–1652). Oxford: Clarendon P, 1968.
Elworthy, F[rederick] T[homas]. 'Withan Friary.' Somersetshire Archaeological & Natural History Society Proceedings 39 (1893): 1–30.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906.