The Baronetcy of Hartopp of Freathby was created in on 3 December 1619 in the Baronetage of England for Edmund Hartopp, High Sheriff of Leicestershire

High Sheriff of Leicestershire

This is a list of High Sheriffs of Leicestershire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred...

 1618/9. He represented the parliamentary constituency of Leicestershire

Leicestershire (UK Parliament constituency)

Leicestershire was a county constituency in Leicestershire, represented in the House of Commons. It elected two Members of Parliament , traditionally called Knights of the Shire, by the bloc vote system of election, to the Parliament of England until 1707, to the Parliament of Great Britain from...

 1628/9. His grandson, the third Baronet represented the county 1679-81. The Baronetcy became extinct in 1762 when the estates passed by the female line to Cradock-Hartopp.

Hartopp of Freathby (1619)

• Sir Edward Hartopp, 1st Baronet (c.1583–1652)
• Sir Edward Hartopp, 2nd Baronet (c.1608–1658)
• Sir John Hartopp, 3rd Baronet (1637–1722)
• Sir John Hartopp, 4th Baronet (1680–1762) Extinct on his death