’ s ▁Ser je ant ▁ 1 7 1 4 , ▁which ▁office ▁he ▁held ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁He ▁was ▁kn ight ed ▁ 7 ▁June ▁ 1 7 1 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 7 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁locally ▁hon ou rable ▁position ▁of ▁Deput y - Rec order , ▁and ▁by ▁ 1 7 1 0 / 1 3 ▁Rec order ▁of ▁Bar n st ap le . ▁ ▁Mar riage ▁& ▁pro gen y ▁In ▁ 1 6 8 6 ▁he ▁married ▁Elizabeth ▁Sto kes ▁( d . ▁ 1 7 3 1 ), ▁daughter ▁of ▁Thomas ▁Sto kes ▁of ▁Ot ter ton , ▁Dev on , ▁by ▁whom ▁he ▁had ▁ 2 ▁sons , ▁who ▁both ▁died ▁without ▁issue , ▁and ▁ 1 ▁daughter : ▁ ▁Nicholas ▁III ▁Ho oper , ▁who ▁re built ▁R ale igh ▁House ▁on ▁an ▁adjacent ▁site ▁slightly ▁higher ▁up ▁the ▁hill , ▁which ▁building ▁surv ives ▁today . ▁He ▁died ▁without ▁pro gen y . ▁Elizabeth ▁Ho oper ▁( d . 1 7 2 6 ), ▁he ir ▁to ▁her ▁brother ▁Nicholas ▁III ▁Ho oper , ▁who ▁in ▁ 1 7 1 3 ▁married ▁John ▁Bass ett ▁( 1 6 8 3 - 1 7 2 1 ), ▁of ▁ ▁He anton ▁P unch ardon ▁and ▁Um ber le igh , ▁Dev on , ▁MP ▁for ▁Bar n st ap le ▁ 1 7 1 8 - 1 7 2 1 . ▁She ▁surv ived ▁her ▁husband ▁and