William Hotchkiss / Hoskins

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William was born about 1481 in Shropshire, England, the son of Richard Hotchkiss / Hoskins and UNKOWN.

He died about 1559 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

His wife was Anne Manwaring / Hookes. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their eight known children were Richard (c1500-c1571), Arthur (c1502-?), Hugh (c1508-<1545), Raffe (1510-c1558), Sibilla (c1513-?), Grace (c1516-?), Edward (c1517-?) and John “Jankyne” (c1519-c1580).

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Note 1

!StyleName: Sir William Hotchkiss of Petton [1481 - 1559]

!Note: Remember at this time apprenticeship was effectively universal practice — any man who might be questioned about his employment was expected to have training in a trade. The law said that any man had to serve an apprenticeship in order to hold a craft, but what’s more the law legally forced poorer children to take apprenticeships and learn a trade under such laws as the Vagrancy Act 1547. The Statute of Artificers only legally required apprenticeship for those wishing to enter a "manual" trade or craft. While poor children could be "bound out" for free or by the parish, gentry parents paid substantial premiums [often £50 to £200] to secure prestigious apprenticeships for their sons in medicine, law, or high-level trade. It was also generally expected that most people, even gentry, would learn a trade. With the more upper class types though, these were picked for interest and hobby rather than actual work. This man was knighted. He was interested in horses and weapons. What trade made more sense to learn than smith? This was battlefield knowledge. He learned to be an armourer or weapons-focused smith with equestrian overlap.

!Source: 1566, 1582, 1634 Bedford Visitation - Hodgkis of Ampthill

[see images attached to William b abt 1481] years estimated. This means everyone on the pedigree was born and/or married by 1634.

!Source: Wiltshire Social & Institutional Records 1123-1968 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=WILTS%2FSOCIAL%2F0306322

First name William

Country England

Last name Hoskins

Source Wilts Record Society vol.28. Extents for Debts 1306-1603 by Angela Conyers

Year 1513

Archive reference TNA

Year as transcribed 1513

Record set Wiltshire Social & Institutional Records 1123-1968

Record type Legal Matters

Category Directories & Social History

Place -

Subcategory Social History

County Wiltshire

Collections from England, Great Britain

Note: There is no other William of appropriate age or similar surname recorded. Unknown if he was the debtor or debtor or even just a witness.

!Source: Shrewsbury Burgess Roll,

Shropshire archæological and parish register society,

Authors: Shrewsbury [England], Herbert Edward Forrest,

Editor: Herbert Edward Forrest,

Publisher: Printed by W.B. Walker, 1924,

Original from: the University of California,

Digitized Jun 12, 2010, 322 pages

Other possible early Hotchkiss family.

Hotchkiss.

William, of S., draper, s. John of Pulverbatch 1495

William, of S. smith, s. Richard of Ashe, Whitchurch. 1519 <<<<

Richard, of S., carpenter, s. William of Petton, husbandman. 1559.

Richard, of S., clothworker, s. Thomas, of Abbots Betton, yeoman. 1623.

!Source: Sussex, Chichester Consistory Court Wills Index, 1482-1800 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FCHICONSISTWILLS%2F00010682

First name William

Country England

Last name Hoskins

Document type Registered will

Entry year 1558

Archive reference STC I/10/44

Place West Wittering

Record set Sussex, Chichester Consistory Court Wills Index, 1482-1800

Original text Weste Witeringe, Sussex

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Court Chichester Consistory

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Sussex

Collections from England, Great Britain

Notes: This was one year before the will with the probate date. Is this an earlier will for the same person or another copy of the same will? I couldn’t find another William at the right time.

!Source: www.findmypast.co.uk Record Transcription: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

First name[s] Wm

Last name Hochekyes

Year 1559

Will year 1559

Parish Shrewsbury

County Shropshire

Country England

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Piece description Calendar of wills and admons.

Piece surname range A-L

Piece year range 1494-1650

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Collections from England, Great Britain

Note: Just the calendar at this source.

Probate date was 9 November 1559.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D946334

PROB - Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Division within PROB - Wills and Letters of Administration

PROB 11 - Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers

PROB 11/41 - Name of Register: Noodes. Quire numbers: 40-77

Catalogue description Will of William Hodgekyn of West Firle, Sussex

Reference: PROB 11/41/299

Description: Will of William Hodgekyn of West Firle, Sussex

Date: 14 November 1558

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Image: Available on website.

Transcription: Left margin: T[estament] William Hodgekyn

In the name of god amen. The xith day of August in the yere of

our lord god a thousand five hundred fifty and eight I Willm Hodgkyn of the

parish of West Firles in Sussex being Sick in bodie and of hole mynde and goode

Remembrance thanks be to god ordeyne and make this my last will and testamente

in mind and form folowinge. fswsf [a flourish] I bequeath my soule to almighte god to the most

blessed virgyn and mother of god synt marye and to the holy companye of heaven

and my bodie to be buried in the churche yard of west fffirles w[ith] durge and masses and all

other ordynange [of] funeralle and I bequeath to St Thomas Donn[a]y[tion]s Shrine of west fyrle XVIs

to be rationed of William Colwile and to be bestowed for my sowle each of my bussall

and monthes mynde and othewise after his owne direction. Item I bequeath my Payment

to my followes and that to be debyndd to theym and distributed by the fornamed St Thomas

Seems as he knows hopfully my mynde therein and the rest at his will and discretion. Item

I bequeath to Anthonye the Butler my house and go to youre for hyn' fourtie shillings.

I bequeath to mr George Baye my dagger w' dag yn hatte and my other dagger to

William Thomas. Item I give and bequeath to my Cussen dwelling in Lambeth Alise

[_________] all the remaynder of my goods money and dette that any man owe to me and

I make her my executore and she to pay all my dette and futher bequeathe that any

bodie can lawfully demand before valyid[ p]ament be made to her of my former bequeath

these being witnesses mr Thomas Toose gentilman, Sir Thomas Jeems vicar of

west Firles, Willm Colbronde.

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Latin:

Probatum fuit supra scriptu[m] testamentu[m] coram d[omi]no apud London quarto decimo die

mensis novembris Anno d[omi]ni millesimo quingentsimo quinquagesimo octavo

Alicia Boden executrice in h[u]i[usm]o[di] testamento nom[in]at[a] as approbatu[m] ut insinuatu[m] to Domissage

fuit administratio omn[ium] et sing[u]lore[um] bonore[um] et prefat[a]e executori de Boden ac de pleno et

fideli inventario veernon [verorum] de vero de pleno compte willen et Jurat.

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Translation to English:

Proved was [the] above written will before [the] Lord at London [on the] fourteenth day

[of the] month of November [in the] year [one] thousand five hundred and fifty-eighth

Alice Boden, executrix in this same will, named as approved and registered to [The] Household-matters

was administered of all and sundry goods and aforesaid executor of Boden and of [a] full and

faithful inventory [of the] true-goods of true and full account of the will and oath.

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People:

William Hodgekyn - testator

William Colwile - Possibly a priest. Placed in charge of St Thomas fund.

Anthonye - the butler.

George Baye - receives dagger #1.

William Thomas - receives dager #2.

Alicia Boden - Executrice. Cousin living in Lambeth. Unknown.

Mr Thomas Toose gentilman - wittness [could be Hookes]

Sir Thoma Jeems - witness. Vicar of West Firles.

William Colbronde - witness.

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Notes: 1. “ordynange funeralle” = the full set of appointed or customary funeral rites and observances and equipment.

2. Catholic churches have little niches or shrines with statues of saints with donation boxes for the saints. There is

no St Thomas church in West Firle, only St Peter's, but he has Catholic dirges and masses during the time of Queen Mary.

This is most likely St Thomas Becket - The Martyr of Canterbury. He was an English Archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral

in 1170 after a dispute with King Henry II.

- Patron Saint of: Diocesan clergy, priests, and deacons who serve in local parishes.

- Symbolism: He is a protector of those who defend the Church against political or royal interference.

- Historical Context: His cult was heavily promoted during the reign of Queen Mary I as a symbol of resistance to royal supremacy.