Claypool (Claypole), John (Sir ) ¹

  General Notes:

Name Prefix:<NPFX> Sir
John Claypoole was c. April 13, 1595, the son of Adam C laypoole
and Dorothy Wingfield. He was knighted by Oliver Cromwell, a
long ti me friend and associate. John Claypoole married Mary
Angell in London on June 8, 1622. Mary was the daughter of
William Angell Esq. and Joanne Povey. The An gell family traces
to 1500 in Peakirk, Northamptonshire. Sir John Claypoole an d
Mary had 14 children, of whom Norton was the 13th born in 1640.
Their oldes t son John, born in 1623, married Elizabeth, daughter
of Oliver Cromwell. Her tomb marker may still be seen at
Westminster Abbey, the only Cromwell tomb not removed at the
time of the restoration. Sir John Claypoole died in 1664, and
Mary Angell on April 10th, 1661. She was buried at Northborough,
the ancestra l home of the Claypoole family, in the county of
Northamptonshire.
Source: Bruce N. Morrison
http://community-2.webtv.net/BBmorrison/PlantagenetAncestry/

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John married Mary Angell, daughter of William Esq. Angell and Joanne Povey, on 8 Jun 1622 in London, England. (Mary Angell died in 10 April 1660.)