Does not appear to be of Native American ancestry
Note: Page 144 of "Heritage History of Chester County, South Carolina, Vo l.
II", 1995, says that they had five boys and five girls.
Some sources state her surname may have been Sledge.
Served in Korea in U.S. Army - Dec. 28, 1950 - Dec. 5, 1953
Buster Junior WAIT died at the age of 23 as the result of an acc ident whi le
working on the railroad. He was caught between the couplings of two b ox cars.
His name is correct on his birth certificate, but his parents nam es are not.
Should read, M.F. (Melvin Frank WAIT) and Wauneta Pearl FINDL EY WAIT.
Lady Anne and Sir Henry had four daughters. An ancestor of Sir Henry's, S ir.
Robert de Bures, is buried at All Saints at Acton and features o ne of the
finest and most famous brass effigies in England. Anne's seco nd husband, Sir
Clement Higham, was Chief Baron of the Exchequer to Que en Mary. He was the
last Speaker of the House of Commons. By his seco nd wife, Anne Waldegrave,
he had three sons and two daughters. In his ela borate brass he is shown
kneeling at a prayer desk. His first son who di ed at a young age is shown
behind him in a shroud. His wives, Anne and An ne Monings, of Bury St.
Edmund, are represented in two separate brasses, e ach wearing identical
costumes, both kneeling at a prayer desk. Their chi ldren kneel behind their
mothers.
Anne Waldegrave's brass at Thornage is inscribed: "Heare lieth Anne la dy and
wife to Sir Clement Heigham Knight of whom mention is made in his t ome at
Barrow in Suffolke. Dissesed Aprilis 24 A.D.o 1590 aet. Suae 84"
Note per Suellen Clopton-Blanton: The 1612 Visitation of Essex does not list
her
Note: He is not listed in the Clopton Family Archives as part of this line .
Source: "The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the
United States" by Gary Boyd Roberts.
Owner of Hever Castle in Kent, 1st Baron of Hever Castle 1589
In 1560, Edward Waldegrave owned Rivers Hall in Boxted, County Essex, abo ut
seven miles northwest of Lawford Hall. An impressive wall monument in Lawford
Church features kneeling effigies, the arms of Waldegrave a nd Wilberforce,
and the following inscription: "Here resteth the bodi es of Edward Waldegrave
Esquier the yongest soone of George Waldegrave of Smalbridge Esquier he
deceased the 13 of August A.o 1584 having had one sonne and foure daughters.
A.o aetatis suae 70. Also of Iohan his wife who deceased . . . This Iohan was
the daughter of George Ackworth of Luton in the Countie of Bedford Esquier and
of Mgret his wife, which Mgret was the daughter and heire of . . . Wilborefoss
Esquier of the Bisshoprick of Duresme, of which Mgret this Iohan was heire."
Some sources put his year of birth at 1483.
Descendant of Aoife
Note: She is not listed in the Clopton Family Archives as part of this lin e.
Some sources list her as Margaret
Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants, Vol. I, Geneal
ogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1941 (1988 reprint), Page: p. 27 3;
"The Royal Descents of 500 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the U nited
States" by Gary Boyd Roberts.
Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists: The Descent from t he
Later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, and Edward II I, of
Emigrants from England and Wales to the North American Colonies befo re 1701,
English Ancestry Series, Volume 1, Second Edition, by David Fari s, New
England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Boston, MA, 1999, Pa ge: pp.
205-206
The descendants of William Clopton and Margery Waldegrave are eligib le to
belong to The Descendants of the Knights of the Garter. King Edwa rd III
founded the Knights of the Garter in 1348 as a noble fraternity con sisting of
the King, the Prince of Wales and 24 Knights Companion. This gr oup was chosen
for their chivalry and their valor at the Battle of Cre' cy in France two
years earlier.
The Society of the Friends of St. George's and Descendants of the Knigh ts of
the Garter was established in 1931 and exists to help in preservi ng St.
George's Chapel and in providing the necessary furnishings and equi pment for
this historic but living church, which is the shrine on the Ord er of the
Garter. It is the burial place of many British sovereigns. On Ju ne 19, 1999,
Edward Windsor, Earl of Wessex, and son of Queen Elizabeth, I I., married
Sophie Rhys-Jones, now the Countess of Wessex at St. George 's Chapel.
Additional information contributed by : Suellen Clopton Blanton bblanton@@f
ast.net
In light of the family's unerring ability to irritate kings, it was probab ly
a good thing we migrated to Virginia. With breathtaking regularity o ne kin
or another was being hauled to the Tower of London and threatened w ith
beheading or worse. The close connections with royalty gave the fami ly ample
opportunity to hone this questionable talent. And our grandparen ts, Edward
Waldegrave and Joan (Acworth) Bulmer established a benchma rk in this arena
that has not been surpassed by any of their Clopton desce ndants despite the
passage of centuries. Tempting fate, they careened abo ut the palace with
Queen Katherine Howard indulging in amorous escapades r ight underneath the
nose of the infamous Henry VIII. Had their tender nec ks not escaped the axe,
then their daughter, and our grandmother, Marger y, would not have been born.
Caution Note: The 1612 Visitation of Essex does not list her as a chi ld of
George & Anne.
Direct line of Phylis Waldgrave to Walt Disney
Phyllis WALDGRAVE
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Bridget HIGHAM
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George BURROUGH
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Nathaniel BURROUGH
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George BURROUGHS
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Hannah BURROUGH
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Thomas FOX
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Mercy FOX
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Fanny JOHNSON
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Eber CALL
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Charles CALL
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Flora CALL
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Walt DISNEY
1901-1966
This trial was held by the Court of Chivalry to determine which family, t he
Scropes or the Grosvenors, had the right to bear the arms -- azure, a b end or
(blue with a gold diagonal stripe) -- to which both families laid c laim. The
court took depositions from every available armigerous ('arm-bea ring')
gentleman it could find, asking each to testify about when and whe re he had
seen the arms displayed and who had borne them.
The resulting depositions provide a lively portrait of chivalric life in t he
late fourteenth century; many of the knights and squires (a squire bei ng one
who holds the first degree of knighthood -- many squires who testif ied were
of advanced ages) had served in the same campaigns as Chaucer's K night, and
their testimony shows that this portrait is more realistic th an it may at
first seem. The trial record is also important for our knowle dge of Chaucer,
for he was among the deponents, and his deposition provid es us with our only
autobiographical statement in a non-fictional contex t. Autobiographical
statements in the verse (such as the passages on readi ng in The House of
Fame) are always slightly suspect because of the fictio nal setting; here we
glimpse, however briefly, Chaucer without any of t he coloration of fiction.
__________
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The Controversy between Sir Richard le Scrope and Sir Robert Grosven or in the
Court of Chivalry (1385-1386)
Deposition of Sir Richard Waldegrave:
Sir Richard Waldegrave is representative of the many deponents who had be en
at some of the same places as Chaucer's Knight.
Sir Richard Waldegrave, aged forty-eight, armed twenty-five years, depos ed
that the arms Azure, a bend Or [gold], belonged to the Scropes, who we re
reputed to be of ancient lineage, as he had heard, in the lifetime of t he
Earl of Northampton.
He saw Sir Richard so armed in the expedition of the late King before Pari s,
and at the same time Sir Henry Scrope with his banner, on which were t he said
arms with a white label.
And also beyond the great sea he saw Sir William Scrope so armed, with a l
abel, in the company of the Earl of Hereford at Satalia in Turkey, at a tr
eaty which was concluded between the King of Cyprus and "le Takka," Lo rd of
Satalia, when the King of Cyprus became Lord of Satalia.
At Balyngham-hill the banner of Sir Henry was displayed; and in the expedi
tion into Caux, when the Lord of Lancaster was commander-in- chief, Sir Wi
lliam Scrope, son of the said Sir Richard, was so armed, with a label.
The Deponent could not say which of the ancestors of Sir Richard first bo re
the arms, but since this dispute he had heard that his ancestors came d irect
from the Conquest; and, before this challenge, he had been inform ed that they
were of ancient lineage; but he certainly never heard of a ny challenge or
interruption offered by Sir Robert Grosvenor, or his ances tors, to the
bearing of the arms in question.
[The arms of Sir Richard Waldegrave were, Per pale Argent and Gules.]
The Controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in t he
Court of Chivalry A.D. MCCCLXXXV-MCCCXC, ed. Sir N. Harris Nicholas, Lo ndon,
1832, pp. 377-78 [paragraphing and occasional gloss added].
Sir Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402), was speaker of the House of Commons in 1 402
WALDEGRAVE.
The surname of the Waldegrave family is derived from a place in Northampto
nshire originally written Walgrave (according to Debrett, the present fami ly
still pronounce it that way.)
As far back as 1205 a John de Waldegrave served as Sheriff of London a nd it
was a descendant, Sir Richard Waldegrave, who became Lord of the Man or of
Northolt. He was originally a Knight of Smallbridge, Suffolk, havi ng
represented that county in the House of Commons in the reigns of Edwa rd III
and Richard II. It was during the latter's. reign that he was Speak er of the
House of Commons.
In 1396 a patent was issued releasing to Sir Richard Waldegrave and other s,
all claims which the Crown might have upon Northolt manor. Sir Richa rd later
gave the manor to the King, who in turn granted it to Westminst er Abbey. Sir
Richard Waldegrave married Joan, daughter of Silvester of Bu res, Suffolk. He
died in 1401
WALDEGRAVE, the name of an English family, taken from its early residenc e,
Walgrave in Northamptonshire. Its founder was SIR RICHARD WALDEGRAV E, or
WALGRAVE, who was member of parliament for Lincolnshire in 1335; h is son, Sir
Richard Waldegrave (d. 1402), was speaker of the House of Comm ons in 1402.
One of Sir Richard's descendants was Sir Edward Waldegrave ( c. 1517-1561) of
Borley, Essex, who was. imprisoned during the reign of Ed ward VI. for his
loyalty to the princess, afterwards Queen Mary. By Ma ry he was knighted, and
he received from her the manor of Chewton in Somer set, now the residence of
Earl Waldegrave. He was a member of parliament a nd chancellor of the duchy of
Lancaster. After Mary's decease he suffer ed a reverse of fortune, and he was
a prisoner in the Tower of London wh en he died on the ist of September 1561.
Sir Edward's descendant, anoth er Sir Edward Waldegrave, was created a baronet
in 1643 for his servic es to Charles I.; and his descendant, Sir Henry
Waldegrave, Bart. (1660-16 89), was created Baron Waldegrave of Chewton in
1686. Sir Henry married He nrietta (d. 1730), daughter of King James II. and
Arabella Churchill, a nd their son was James, ist Earl Waldegrave (1684-1741).
Educated in France, James Waldegrave soon crossed over to England, and und ei
George I. he declared himself a Protestant and took his seat as Baron W
aldegrave in the House of Lords. Having become friendly with Sir Robert Wa
lpole, he was sent to Paris as ambassador extraordinary in 1725, and fr om
1727 to 1730 he was British ambassador at Vienna. In 1729 he was creat ed
Viscount Chewton and Earl Waldegrave, and in 1730 he succeeded Sir Hora tio
Walpole as ambassador in Paris, filling this post during ten very diff icult
years. He died on the i ith of April 1741. Much of his diplomatic co
rrespondence is in the British Museum.
His son JAMES, the 2nd earl (1715-1763), was perhaps the most intimate fri end
of George II., and was for a time governor of his grandson, the futu re king
George III. He was very much in evidence during the critical yea rs 1755-1757,
when the king employed him to negotiate in turn with Newcast le, Devonshire,
Pitt and Fox about the formation of a ministry. Eventuall y, in consequence of
a deadlock, Waldegrave himself was first lord of t he treasury for five days
in June 1757. He died on the 28th of April 176 3, leaving some valuable and
interesting Memoirs, which were publish ed in 1821.
His brother JOHN, the 3rd earl (1718-1784), was a soldier, who distinguish ed
himself especially at the battle of Minden and became a general in 177 2. He
was a member of parliament from 1747 to 1763. His younger son, Willi am
Waldegrave (1753-1825), entered the British navy in 1766, and after ma ny
years of service was third in command at the battle of Cape St Vince nt in
1797. In 1800 he was created an Irish peer as Baron Rad-stock, a nd in 1802 he
became an admiral. His son, George Granville, 2nd Baron Rads tock (1786-1857),
followed in his father's footsteps, and was made a vice- admiral in 1851. In
1857 his son, Granville Augustus William (b. 1833), be came 3rd Baron
Radstock.
GEORGE, 4th Earl Waldegrave (1751-1789), the eldest son of the 3rd earl, w as
a soldier and a member of parliament. His sons, GEORGE (1784-1794) a nd JOHN
JAMES (1785-1835), were the sth and 6th earls. In 1797 the 6th ea rl inherited
from Horact Walpole his famous residence, Strawberry Hill, Tw ickenham, but
his son, GEORGE EDWARD, the 7th earl (1816-1846), was oblig ed in 1842 to sell
the valuable treasures collected there. His wife, Franc es. Countess
Waldegrave (1821-1879), a daughter of the singer John Braha m, was a prominent
figure in society. He was her second husband, and aft er his death she married
George Granville Vernon Harcourt of Nuneham Par k, Oxfordshire, and later
Chichester Fortescue, Baron Carlingford.
The 7th earl was succeeded by his uncle William (1788-1859), a son of t he 4th
earl, and in 1859 William's grandson, WILLIAM FREDERICK (b. 1851 ), became the
gih earl.