William Hotchkiss

Personal and Family Information

William was born about 1552 in England, the son of Thomas Hotchkiss and UNKNOWN.

His wife was Alice Jones, who he married in 1571 in St. Dunstan in the West, London, London, England. Their four known children were john (c1574-c1637), Anna (c1579-c1605), Thomas (c1580-c1612) and Rowland (c1600-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Notes: Upton Magna to Worden about 18 miles.

!Source: www.findmypast.co.uk Record Transcription: Shropshire Baptisms

First name[s] Wyllyam

Last name Hocheky

Birth year -

Baptism year 1552

Baptism date 09 Aug 1552

Denomination Anglican

Place Shrewsbury, Holy Cross [The Abbey]

Father's first name[s] -

Mother's first name[s] -

Mother's last name -

Residence -

County Shropshire

Register type Composite

Register date range [1541]-1592

Archive reference P250/A/1/1

Page 23

Record set Shropshire Baptisms

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from Great Britain, England

!Source: www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ Parish Transcript Baptisms

Name Johes Hotchis

Father's Name Willi Hotchis <<<

Date of Baptism 8th May 1574

Place of Event Worthen, Shropshire

Event Baptism

!Source: www.findmypast.co.uk Record Transcription: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

First name[s] Rowland

Last name Hodskis

Gender Male

Birth year -

Birth place -

Baptism year 1599

Baptism date 03 Feb 1599

Place Upton Magna

County Shropshire

Country England

Father's first name[s] Willm <<<

Father's last name Hodskis

Mother's first name[s] -

Mother's last name -

Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from England, Great Britain

!Source: Transactions of the Shropshire Archealogical and Natuaral History Society, Established 1887

2nd Series, Vol. II., 1889-90. PArt I., Shrewsbury, The Square. Oswestry: Woodall, Minshall and Co.

[downloaded from Google Books and also read at the LDS Library in Salt Lake City]

In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth - List of male population of 16 to 60 capable of bearing arms in Shropshire:

1580 Trained soldiers of Shropshire:

If no other weapons they are archers

Gen’alle musters for Shrewsbury and lib’ties 10 June Elizabeth 22 [1558 + 22 = 1580] —

Mercers [cloth merchants]

-Richard Atkis

Shermen [shearer of woolen garments]

-Will’m Hotchkis

-Roger Hotchkis

Bochers [butchers]

-Thomas Hotchkis, sword & dager

Sadlers & Peinters

-Roger Hotchkis

-John Hotchkis

Those who are free of noe occupation wthin the Town [Shrewsbury]

Ward Wallie

-Wil’m Hotchkis <<<

Smethcot [a parish]

John Hotchkys, in armor a byll

1587 General Musters for the Towne of Shrewesbury and the lib’ties therof 28th April Elizabeth 29 [1558 + 29 = 1587] —

Shermen [shearer of woolen garments]

-Will’s Hotchkis

Fletchers, Boyers, Coopers & Joyners

-Roger Hotckis, a black bill

-John Hoctis

—

Court Roll of 1647-8 these names occur under Grinsell [a libertie of Castle Ward] —

-Thomas Hotchkys

!Source: http://search.shropshirehistory.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCA_X3890_4_1_1-2/

Mortgage [?Settlement]

Identity

Document Reference: 3890/4/1/1-2

System Reference: X3890/4/1/1-2

Details

Level: Item

Date: 30 Sep 1591

Description: 30 September 33 Elizabeth 1591

1. Edward Owen of Shrewsbury, gent.

2. John Brayne and Humfrey Leaton of Shrewsbury

Tenement and garden adjoining the tenement in the parish of St.. Chad's, Shrewsbury in Shoplach [now or late Marten Brickdale of his subtenants]; 2 gardens in Shrewsbury in Clerimond near the wall of Shrewsbury [now George Owen and Richard Taylour or thier subtenants]; 1 other garden in Shrewsbury in a street called Cleremond [Elizabeth Powell, widow]; 1 other messuage and 1 garden in Shrewsbury in Cleremond [John Morris]; another messuage or garden in Cleremond [>>> William Hodgkis <<<]; one other messuage and garden and a waste piece of land in Cleremond [now Geo Phillips] extending from the next said tenement to land of John Webbe, gent.;and all that annual rent of 6/8 issuing from all these messuages and gardens and orchards now the inheritance of Michael Lister,gent, in Shoplach extending in length from Ramulsham on the E. to land of George Church, corvisor in Shoplach on the W., to be paid annually on the feast of St..Michael and the Annunciation. And the annual rent of 6/4 annually issuing from divers houses and lands belonging to the Draper's Guild of Shrewsbury paid annually on the samedays; the annual rent of 4s from the messuages and gardens and waste lately the inheritance of Richard Wootton, gent, deed. in Shoplach, in length from lands of John Cole,gent, on E. to the highway there leading by the walls of Shrewsbury and there cornerwise from Shoplach by the highway to land of Edward Oen, paid on the same days; and also the annual rent of 12d on the send feasts, 1d from 1 house, the inheritance of Michael Lister in Ramulsham, between land of Wm Lanton, Esq. and land late of John Hoord, Esq., deed. now of Humfrey Leaton; and an annual rent of 2/8 from certain houses and gardens now the inheritance of John Reignolds in Cleremond, paid on the said feasts. To Brayne and Leaton, their heirs forever of the chief lords of the fee with a proviso that wheneverEdward Owen paid them 1d the mortgage to be void

Signed: per Edward' Owen.

Attached

Thomas Hoord sells the said tenements, gardens and rents, inter alia, to Edward Owen,gent, by the indented writing before making these writings and recognises the said tenements and gardens and rents to be the right of John Brayne and Humfrey Leaton. So this mortgage was made that the heirs of Thomas Hoord should not say in "Barra finis" that Thomas Hoord nor Edward Owen had nothing in the premises at the time of the recognisance.

Witnesses: Richard Owen, per William Spurstowe, Jhon Morries his mark.

Memo the sum of 1d was delivered to John Brayne 7 March 34 Elizabeth [1591/2] according to the tenor of this writing by Edw. Owen and thence Brayne delivered possession to Edwl Owen in the house of Brayne.

Witnesses: David lloyd, Ricahrd Spurstowe, John Morrys his mark.

X3890: MOSTYN - OWEN [1402-1973]

X3890/4: FAMILY SETTLEMENTS, MORTGAGES, WILLS

X3890/4/1: Edward Owen

X3890/4/1/1-2: Mortgage [?Settlement] [30 Sep 1591]

Note 2

!Source: www.findmypast.co.uk Record Transcription: Shropshire Baptisms

First name[s] Wyllyam

Last name Hockets <<< Correction: Hocheky

Birth year -

Baptism year 1552

Baptism date 09 Aug 1552

Denomination Anglican

Place Shrewsbury, Holy Cross [The Abbey]

Father's first name[s] -

Mother's first name[s] -

Mother's last name -

Residence -

County Shropshire

Register type Composite

Register date range [1541]-1592

Archive reference P250/A/1/1

Page 23

Record set Shropshire Baptisms

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

Collections from Great Britain, England

Notes: from image: There is definitely an Hoche then k not t and the last letter is questionable, but looking at his other letters y is my best guess as it doesn't look like any of his trailing s's.

!Source: www.findmypast.co.uk Record Transcription: Shropshire burials Transcription

First name[s] William

Last name Hodgkis

Birth year -

Death year 1598

Death date ? ? 1598

Burial year 1598

Burial date 31 Jan 1598

Burial place Newport

Denomination Anglican

County Shropshire

Archive refererence P207/A/1/1

Page 9

Register type Composite

Register date range 1569-1700

Record set Shropshire Burials

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Parish Burials

Collections from Great Britain, England