Background
He married Katheren Goad (1553-1625), daughter of John Goad (alias Good), a Citizen of London and member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.
He married Katheren Goad (1553-1625), daughter of John Goad (alias Good), a Citizen of London and member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors.
He was an Alderman of the City of London and was knighted by King James I on his entry into England in 1603. He died on 2 May 1607 and was buried in Street Mary-at-Hill Church, Billingsgate, in the City of London. His funeral was marshalled and attended by the heralds.
His mural monument existed (before the church was largely destroyed in the Fire of London in 1666) on the south wall of the choir inscribed thus, as transcribed in a later edition of the Survey of London by John Stow (c1525-1605): "Here lye intombed the bodies of Sir Robert Hampson, Knt and Alderman of London, who deceased the 2d day of May 1607 in the 70 yere of his age.
They had issue nine children, whereof four are living. The said Dame Katharine deceased..".