Arthur Hopton (1488–1555)
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Sir Arthur Hopton of Cockfield Hall in Yoxford, Suffolk was an English knight, landowner, magistrate, and Member of Parliament.
John Hopton's tomb at Blythburgh, looking through to the Hopton chapel
Cockfield Hall, Yoxford, showing the surviving Tudor work in the north wing
Blythburgh Priory
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Blythburgh Priory was a medieval monastic house of Augustinian canons, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the village of Blythburgh in Suffolk, England. Founded in the early 12th century
Arthur Hopton (1488–1555)
…south-east of the village on rising land facing south over water-meadows and pastures towards the Dunwich river. The reversion of the house and site of Blythburgh Priory was granted to him in tail male in November 1538, with marsh and watermill and various closes, together with the manors of Blythburgh and Hinton Hall…
One of the priory buildings in 2017
Two sides of the Blythburgh writing tablet