I believe it entirely probable that our Hampton's were – for a time -- in Deerhurst, Gloucestershire, and following are some notes on the Hampton's there.    Please note that LAURENCE HAMPTON was buried there in 1612.    It is also too coincidental to know that the brasses of John and his wife "Helen" or "Elyn" who are buried in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, had a daughter named Alice, just as this John did...

The book, The Brasses of England, says: Monumental Brasses of Glouestershire, Minchinhampton:  JOHN HAMPTON , gent, 1556, and wife ELYN in shrouds, with 6 sons and 3 daughters (the eldest dame Alice), engraved circa 1510..Haines.   Position:  Rudder, in his History of Gloucestershire, 1799, records that this monument was on a flat stone in the north aisle; but it is now to be found affixed to the north wall at the west end of the church.   Thought the date on this brass in 1556, Mr. Haines in his Manual says that it was engraved about 1510 and the date 1556 subsequently added.    Most monuments represent people as they appeared in life, but John and Elyn Hampton are represented in their shrouds.   The shrouds are tied above and below the figures, which are recumbent "in an attitude of prayer,," but the head of the husband is turned a little to his left and the head of the wife is turned a little to her right; the wife being on her husband's left hand.   Below the father are six sons; and under the mother are three daughters.  The eldest son is clothes int eh garb of monk.     The eldest daughter Alice is dressed as a nun.   The other two daughters were probably young at the time of the execution of the brass, or had died young, for they are represented bareheaded with flowing hair.   Sir R. Atkyns says that John  Hampton was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in the reign of King Edward II.   Sir R. Bigland , quoted Fullers, reports that "in 1314 King Edward II, John de Hampton was sheriff of this county, and was continued for four years."  A Sir William Hampton was Sheriff of London in 1462, and Mayor in 1472.    "Amberley is a large tract of common given to poor housekeepers by the supposed benefaction of Alice Hampton, daughter of John Hampton."    The monastery of Syon was founded by Henry V in 1414.    As the monastery had the manor of Minchinhampton granted it by its founder, it is most probable that Dame Alice  Hampton was a member of that society."  

Monumental Brasses of Glouestershire, c 1510:  Minchinhampton:  JOHN HAMPTON and wife ELYN in shrouds.  Their daughter, Dame Alice, in the dress of a nun.    (have also seen the wife's names spelled "Helen"}

See the notes for Alice... who likely wasn't a nun at all...but a benefactress - apparently she never married?    

LDS IGI:    Lawrence Hampton born 1555 - father was John Hampton born in 1520. Both in Twickenham

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Deerhurst, Gloucestershire -   HOW ARE THESE HAMPTON’S RELATED?    Perhaps they aren’t?   But the presence of a Laurence Hampton is very intriging.

Volume 1 1559-1661  - Part 4 – Burials 1601-1623, 1630

DEERHURST,  BIRTHS & BURIALS:
BURIALS:   
1603  26 January Elizabeth Hampton
1604  18 April Margeret Hampton
1606  14 June Sibill Hampton wife of John Hampton
1607  17 June Anne Hampton [wife of John Hampton in BT]
1612  20 July Johne Hampton
1612  29 August Elenor Hampton
1612  14 September John Hamptone [Senior in Bishops Transcript]
1612  11 November LAURENCE HAMPTON
1613  10 November Niclas Hampton
1614  29 December Ann Hampton daughter to John Hampton
1621  19 January Margaret Hampton
1622  24 December John Hampton of Walton
1623  12 December Thomas Hampton sonn of John Hampton
1616  9 December Hugh Hampton

BAPTISMS:  
1628  23 August - Thomas ye son of Thomas Hampton
1631  9 February John Hampton
1646  Joane Hampton the daughter of John Hampton & Mary his wife
1648  Mary Hampton the daughter of John Hampton & Mary his wife
1650  Elizabeth Hampton the daughter of John & Mary his wife
1654  Thomas Hampton the son of John Hampton & Mary his wife
1656[?]  John Hampton the son of John Hampton & Mary his wife

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The IMPORTANT QUOTE:    “In 1569 the manor house at Twickenham was leased to Catherine and Barnard Hampton (which Barnard had been clerk of the Council to Edward VI, Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth).  William Hampton of Virginia may have been to the manor born."

Memorials of Twickenham - by Richard Stuteley Cobbett:    The manor house [at Twickenham] stood opposite the church. Tradition reports it to have been the residence of one of Henry VIII.'s queens. It also acquired the name of Arragon House, but the supposition that Catherine of Arragon lived in it is probably an error. Catherine of Braganza, queen of Charles II., is said to have inhabited it for a time.* It is supposed also to have been a part of Queen Catherine Parr's jointure, who may have used it during her residence at Hanworth or Hampton Court. It was leased to several persons : in 1557 William Russel had a grant of it for twenty-one years. In 1569 a new lease was granted to BARNARD HAMPTON, (who had been Clerk of the Council to King Edward VI., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth), and CATHERINE his wife. In 1583 a lease of twenty-one years was granted to John Hall. In 1603 another lease, for fifty years, commencing in 1625, was granted to Richard Breame and Robert Holland, but it was assigned in the next year to William Carey. In 1635 the house was in the occupation of Lady Walter, relict of Sir John Walter, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, who probably had resided in it also, for at his death, in 1630, he left a benefaction to the poor of Twickenham. In 1650 the house and park adjoining (the lease being then vested in John Browne, Esq.) were sold to John Walker. The survey taken in that year describes two round rooms in a brick turret, and mentions a fair hall wainscotted, in which was a screen of excellent workmanship. Subsequently the manor house was leased to Sir William Perkins; it was successively in the occupation of Mr. Scott,—"the English Can'aletto" —a celebrated painter of sea pieces and landscapes, and Mr. Marlow, another artist of equal celebrity; then for many years it was the residence of the Rev. Henry Fletcher, curate of the parish, after whose death Mr. Sandoz kept in it a seminary for boys, whom he educated on the Pestalozzian system.   The greater portion of the house was taken down a few years back. A piece of it still survives now,

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