Sir William Calthorpe

  General Notes:

Knight of the Bath, and Lord of the Manors of Burnham Thorpe, and Ludham, in Norfolk, Sir William is on record as High Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk in 1442, 1458 and 1469 and 1479.

In 1469 Sir William described himself as Sir William Calthorp of Ludham, a manor which he owned, as well as that of Burnham Thorpe. In 1479 he was Steward of the household of the Duke of Norfolk.

Calthorpe was made a Knight of the Bath in the Tower of London, by King Edward IV, on the Coronation of his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville on Ascension Day, 26 May 1465.

In Sir William's will, he mentions that many of his ancestors were buried in North Creake Church, Norfolk.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Marriage: to Elizabeth Grey, 1429, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.

• Marriage: to Elizabeth Stapleton, 1458, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk.

William married Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Sir Reynold Grey and Joan de Astley, in 1429 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. (Elizabeth Grey was born in 1406 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales and died in 1437 in White Friars Church, Norwich, Norfolk.)

William next married Elizabeth Stapleton, daughter of Miles Stapleton and Catherine De La Pole. (Elizabeth Stapleton died on 18 February 1505.)