English: Stalls, Blythburgh, Suffolk. "At Blythburgh, Suffolk, is a foliated poppy head with a lion in front; in front of the desks and those on the opposite side of the chancel are niches containing statuettes of the apostles; these stalls were brought into the chancel from the Hopton chapel, which is said to have been founded in 1452; the Hopton arms appear on the bench end." Arms: Quarterly of 4:

• 1&4: Argent, a chevron azure a label of three points of the second each charged with five bezants (Hopton (modern)) (arms of Swillington) (Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.506, "Hopton of Suffolk"). Argent, a chevron azure being the arms of Swillington (Burke, p.990): See wikipedia w:John Hopton (died 1478). The original arms of Hopton were: Ermine, two bars sable on each three mullets argent (Metcalfe, p.43).
• 2&3: Gules, a griffin segreant argent (Ross/Roys/Royse of Wisset, Suffolk) (Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1882). The Visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey, Clarenceux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond Herald, 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk Pedigrees. Exeter: W. Pollard, p.43, pedigree of Hopton[1]). See also Burke, Sir Bernard, The General Armory, London, 1884, p.877 "Royse".

Genealogy

• Sir Thomas Hopton married the heiress of the Perte family of Yorkshire, his son and heir was:
  • Sir John Hopton, of Westwode, Suffolk, who married Anne Swillington, daughter and heiress of Sir Roger Swillington of Yorkshire, Chamberlain of the Household to John of Gaunt, by his wife the heiress of the Ross/Roys family of Wissett, Suffolk. His son and heir was:
    • John Hopton of Westwode. (Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1882). The Visitations of Suffolk made by Hervey, Clarenceux, 1561, Cooke, Clarenceux, 1577, and Raven, Richmond Herald, 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk Pedigrees. Exeter: W. Pollard, p.43, pedigree of Hopton[2])