English: Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk. Sir William Clopton (d.1446;), of Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, son of Sir Thomas Clopton and Katherine Mylde. He fought at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and he is buried in the Kentwell aisle in Holy Trinity Church where his effigy, in full armour, is displayed.

Arms: Clopton: Sable, a bend argent cotised dancetty or; Mylde: Argent, a lion rampant sable over-all a fess chequy or and azure (or: Argent, a lion rampant sable debruised by a fess chequy or and azure)

Per https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/h/i/Michael-White-SC/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0214.html : William Clopton (1383-1446) inherited Kentwell at the age of twenty from his mother, who had owned it before she was married. He fought at the battle of Agincourt (1415) for Henry the Fifth of England against France, and started the rebuilding of the great church at Long Melford before he died in 1446. ( source) The photo shows the tomb of William Clopton in Holy Trinity Church with arms, left to right, (1) Clopton, (2) Mylde, Clopton impaling (3) Drury and (4) Francys. See also: Kentwell Estate home page The source for the article reproduced below is found here Sir William de Cloptone, Knight, of Kentwell Estate Sir William de Cloptone was the only child of Sir Thomas de Cloptone and his second wife, Dame Katherine Mylde. He married twice; his first wife being Lady Margery Drury, the daughter of Sir Roger Drury of Rougham. Sir William and Lady Margery had four daughters and one son: William Clopton; Alice Clopton who married John Harleston; Catherine Clopton who married John Denston, Squire; Margery and Anne. It is thought a plague visited the countryside and Lady Margery, her son William, and two of her daughters, Margery and Anne died in 1420. William died March 10, Lady Margery in June, and the two girls both died in October. Following the death of his first wife, he married another Margery, the daughter of Elias Francys, Esquire, of Norfolk. From this second marriage came two children: Elizabeth, who married Robert Cavendish, of Suffolk, Sargeant-at-Law; and John Clopton, Esquire. John would become the great benefactor of Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford and would begin the building of the manor house, which would one day evolve into the present day Kentwell Hall. This marriage was also brief. Lady Margery died in 1424, only four years after the death of Sir William's first wife.

Red rose which has been paid every year since 1436 for lands used by Hadleigh market.