Katharine Milde
1339-1403
Born: Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England
Died: Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
1339-1403
Born: Stoke Neyland, Suffolk, England
Died: Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Thomas Clopton, Knt, of Kentwell Estate, Suffolk<em><sup>29</sup></em>, died Bet. March 8, 1381/82 and October 12, 1383 in Long Melford, County Suffolk, and buried at the Church of the Blessed Mary, near Chipley Priory<em><sup>30</sup></em>.<span> </span>He married Katherine Mylde, of Clare, Suffolk<em><sup>3132</sup></em>; died Bet. February 24, 1402/03 and June 18, 1403 in Tendring Hall, Stokes-by-Nayland, County Suffolk, about 6 miles southwest of Hadleigh, and buried The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, before the altar in the South Chapel<em><sup>33</sup></em>. <span style="font-size: 9pt"><span> </span>After Sir Thomas' death, Dame Katherine took as her second husband Sir William de Tendring of Stoke-by-Nayland.<span> </span>Through this marriage she became the distant grandmother of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth I. Dame Katherine, who died in 1403, is buried at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nyland, Suffolk. Their memorial brasses are among the finest in England.<span> </span>The Clopton Arms:<span> </span>ermine spot on the bend in base may be seen on the mantle of the depiction of Dame Katherine.<span> </span>The descendants of William Clopton and his wife, Ann Booth, are direct descendants of Guillaume Peche and Alfwen, his wife, by both the Clopton-Mylde marriage and the Mylde deTendring marriage.</span>
<blockquote><p>After Sir Thomas Clopton's death, Katherine took as her husband Sir William de Tendring of Stoke-by-Nayland. Through this marriage she became the distant grandmother of three queens of England: two of the unfortunate wives of King Henry the VIII, Ann Boleyn and Catherine Howard, and Queen Elizabeth 1. Katherine is buried In the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk. Their memorial Brasses are among the finest in England. The Clopton Arms: ermine spot on the bend in base may be seen on the mantle of the depiction of Katherine. The descendents of William Clopton and his wife, Ann Booth, are direct descendents of Guillaume Pecche and Alfwen, his wife, by both the Clopton-Mylde marriage and the Mylde de Tendring marriage. See "Place of Lutons". -----------</p><p>Dau./heiress of William Wylde; m.1 Sir Thomas de Cloptone and was mother of William de Cloptone who m. Margery Francis and Margery Drury; m.2 Sir William de Tendring and was mother of Alice who m. John Howard. Inherited the large estate of Lutons and Kentwell. Katherine d. 1403, before her father William Mylde, and at her death by will "the Manor of Kentewelle Halle" passed to her eldest son William by her first husband Sir Thomas de Cloptone, "if he does not contest my will and all the lands and tenements called Lutons; a piece of silver, or covered cup with six silver shells; a bed of white worsted stained with figures of men and women, another bed and mattress; a pris napkin, with a long towell with the same workmanship; a green vestment for a chaplin; a missel; and a book called a byble; a piece of silver called a Stondynggepec (quesry, standing piece) with a cover, head of a leopard; and a chest called the great Cofre, &c." [WFT European Origins, Ped 185]<sup> </sup></p></blockquote>