Download or read book John Hopton: A Fifteenth Century Suffolk Gentleman written by Colin Richmond and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Richmond's book is an attempt to place a particular English gentleman in the framework of the world he knew. It opens with the story of this landless Yorkshireman's acquisition of rich properties in Suffolk, and a discussion of those estates themselves, how they were managed and their yield.