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 1618–9.[1] He represented the parliamentary constituency of Leicestershire 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.