Individual Details

William deTendring, Knt, of Tendering Hall1 died Abt. 1421 in Tendring Hall, Stokes-by-Nayland, County Suffolk, and buried The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, before the altar in the South Chapel2. He married Katherine Mylde, of Clare, Suffolk3 Aft. 1383, daughter of William Mylde, of Clare, County Suffolk. She 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 Chapel4.

After Sir Thomas' death, Dame Katherine took as her second 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 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. The Clopton Arms: ermine spot on the bend in base may be seen on the mantle of the depiction of Dame Katherine. 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.

Marriage	Aft 1383	Katherine Mylde
Death	1421	Suffolk County, England

Spouse	Katherine Mylde ( - 1403)
Child	Alice de Tendring ( - 1426)