Hugh Clopton
Sir Hugh Clopton (c. 1440 – 15 September 1496) was a Lord Mayor of London, a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and a benefactor of his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
Sir Hugh Clopton | |
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Arms of Clopton of Clopton, in the parish of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire: Per pale or and gules, a cross patée fitchée counterchanged. As seen on the monument to George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (1555–1629), and his wife Joyce Clopton (died 1637) in the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon | |
| Lord Mayor of London | |
| In office 1491–1492 | |
| Preceded by | John Matthew |
| Succeeded by | William Martyn |
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| Born | 1430 Clopton House, Warwickshire, England |
| Died | 15 September 1500 St Margaret Lothbury, London, England |
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