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From: Chris Phillips< >
Subject: CALTHORPE of England
Date: 17 Jun 1998 10:11:46 -0700
In outline, the pedigree of the Calthorp family of Norfolk, as given
originally in Blomefield's History of Norfolk, is as follows:
[1] Sir William de Calthorp, living c.1286,
nephew and heir of Walter de Suffield, bishop of Norwich (who d.1257),
married Cecilia, daughter of Sir Philip, and sister and heir of William, de
Burnham.
[2] Walter de Calthorp, living c.1323,
married Ela, daughter and heiress of ? de Stanhowe.
[3] Sir William Calthorp, died c.1359,
married Isabella (said to have been a daughter of John Lord Lovell of
Titchmarsh).
[4] Sir Oliver Calthorp, living c.1375,
married Isabel, daughter of Sir Robert, and sister and heir of Sir
Bartholomew, Bacon of Erwarton in Suffolk.
[5] Sir William Calthorp, d.1420,
married (i) Elaenor, daughter of John Mautby,
(ii) Sibyl, only dau and heir of Sir Edmund de Omer, and relict of John
Wythe (she d.1421).
[6] (by (i)) John Calthorp, predeceased his father,
married Anne, daughter and heir of John Wythe.
[7] Sir William Calthorp, b.c.1409, d.1494,
married (i) Elizabeth, daughter of Reginald, Lord Grey de Ruthin,
(ii) Elizabeth, dau and coheir of Sir Miles Stapleton.
I have not checked the details against original sources, but the main
features appear to be supported by evidence from records (although
chronologically, it seems possible there should be another William between
generations [1] and [2]). An account of the later members of the family is
given by James Lee-Warner, 'The Calthorps of Burnham', Norfolk Archaeology
ix, 1-19 (1884). A slightly more recent book on the family, by
C.W.Carr-Calthrop, 'Notes on the Families of Calthorpe and Calthrop'
(1933), unfortunately seems to be very confused and inaccurate.
The Jane Calthorp who married Thomas Peyton does not seem to appear in the
published pedigrees, at least not as a close relative of the Sir William
Calthorp who married Elizabeth Stapleton.
The earlier history of the family seems very confused. The sources
mentioned above suggest that the first Sir William was the son of a brother
of bishop Walter de Suffield called Roger de Hales, whose father was
another Walter de Suffield. But there does not seem to be definite evidence
for this assertion. There are earlier records relating to families known as
de Calthorp, de Suffield and de Hales, but it does not seem clear to me how
(or whether) these connect together. Blomefield suggests that the bishop
was a descendant of a younger son of the earlier de Calthorp family, from
whom he bought Calthorp. This family had held Calthorp by their service as
stewards of the abbey of St Benet Hulme. But again, there does not seem to
be any explicit evidence for the connection.
I have a lot more detailed notes on file, which I'll be happy to try to
send directly by email. If anyone knows of any more recent studies of the
family, or of any evidence to clear up the confusing parts of the pedigree,
I should be most interested to hear of it.
Chris Phillips
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