Roger Hotchkiss

Personal and Family Information

Roger was born about 1480 in Shropshire, England, the son of John Hotchkiss and Margaret Heynes.

He died in AUG 1532 in Alveley, Shropshire, England.

His wife was Elizabeth. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their eight known children were John (c1502-1557), Thomas (c1503-1532), Edward (c1504-1534), Nichlas (c1505-?), William (c1508->1559), Richard (c1517-c1587), Catherine (c1519->1561) and Elizabeth (c1520-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

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Notes

Note 1

!StyleName: Hotchkiss, [Sir] Roger of Hawkswood [~1480 - ~1532]

!Note: Apparent Hawkeswood line.

!Note: Roger was never knighted, nor did he inherit the title, but was delegated authority by Sir Thomas, under an enfeoffment. His sons later inherited the estate and title from Sir Thomas after his death. During the time after Bosworth in 1485 until the posthumous pardon of his father Sir John in 1515, Sir Roger’s branch operated from Dymock, Gloucestershire. Here I picture them with lookouts in the hills watching the winding roads leading from inland England, while having multiple escape plans to either side of Bristol Channel or directly to the mouth of the River Severn, with escape ships available. Although this story was made up, it was after repeated distance measurements from records of relatives and viewing the location by Bristol Chanel and the Hotchkiss Lloyde marriages in Essex and Wales which would have provided for likely cross-channel travel.

!Note: Branch Summary – Sir Roger of Hawkeswood

 This Hotchkiss branch retained the original family manor and title in Shropshire after the death of Sir Thomas in 1554. Though Sir Thomas was the elder son and first knighted, it was Sir Roger—his younger brother—who remained in Shropshire and managed the estate at Hawkeswood. Upon Sir Thomas’s death, both the knighthood and the title “of Hawkeswood” passed to Sir Roger and his heirs, making them the custodians of the family’s ancestral seat.

 Roger’s descendants took on the role of local coordinators—overseeing landholdings, stabilizing kin affairs, and operating the brewing network that supplied inns across the southern counties. Brewing appears to have taken place at scale, possibly in the great stone barn at Hawkeswood itself, long rumored to have been converted into a full-scale beer and aleworks in a manner similar to the factory on Miss Haversham's estate in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

 By the 1700s, James Hotchkiss of Hawkeswood sold the estate and moved to Edinburgh, where he became a royal writer and married Elizabeth Cleghorn, daughter of a wealthy brewer. On 27 June 1769, James was recorded in the *Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild Brethren* as a merchant and brewer, burgess of Edinburgh and Guild Brother in right of his wife’s lineage. His sons John and Thomas carried on the brewing trade in Scotland.

 Sir Roger’s line held the title, brewed the beer, and coordinated the family’s presence in Shropshire—quietly supporting both southern expansion and industrial ventures led by other branches.

!Note: WARNING. DO NOT MIX UP THESE TWO ROGERS. This Roger is often conflated with his nephew. Sir Roger [~1480 - ~1532] and his nephew Rev Roger [~1503- ?] can’t be the same person because Sir Roger’s wife lived until 1559 and clerical marriage wasn’t legalized until 1549, under Edward VI. They lived in overlapping times and locations, so records are sometimes misassigned. A key difference: Sir Roger was married until his death, while his nephew followed a clerical career including Catholic celibacy rules, making it clear they could not be the same man.

!Note: According to the Shropshire visitation, the title of “of Hawkeswood” followed possession of the manor, not seniority or knighthood. Although Sir Thomas Hotchkiss was knighted and the eldest son of Sir John, he settled in Somerset and appears not to have retained or passed on Hawkeswood. Instead, his younger brother Roger — who remained in Shropshire — likely held the manor during his lifetime. The estate and associated status subsequently passed to Roger’s descendants, making them the recognized “Hawkeswood” line thereafter, regardless of noble rank. Roger appears to have been granted use of the manor while both brothers were alive, but after his death , the estate likely passed to his son. Upon Sir Thomas’s death in 1554, the title formally followed.

!Notes: Probate Steps for the Alveley Estate. Each step is the court calling some live person to appear.

1. Roger dies →

2. Elizabeth inherits life rights to the Alveley estate and is called in 1534 to formalize her claim.

3. William is also called in 1534 to notify him that he will inherit when his mother dies.

4. Robert [sone of William burgess and pannarius of Salop] is called in to clear up some ownership issues regarding his father William and his and Roger's common grandfather Sir John of Castle Pulverbatch and Hawkeswood, likely previous owner of the land.

5. Margaret appears in 1538 — likely wife of William — acting on his behalf, suggesting he’s alive but unavailable .

6. Thomas Hotchkiss c.1502–1560, Wroxeter] appraises inventory.

7. Elizabeth dies in 1559, and the remainder interest vests in William, who is called in to pass on full ownership.

!Note: Though part of the original Hawkeswood estate, the Alveley property appears to have been granted or separated to Sir Roger during his lifetime. His 1532 probate is listed under Alveley, and his widow Elizabeth was also recorded there in 1559. This indicates that Roger held Alveley as a distinct estate, either by grant, purchase, or familial arrangement. The separation was likely temporary, as his descendants later resumed use of the “of Hawkeswood” title. Alveley, Bridgnorth, UK is about 14 miles by car from Hawkswood House, Billingsley, Bridgnorth WV16 6PL, UK, but looking at the map, if you hike over the hill, it is only 3.93 miles [see map].

!Source: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Alveley

Alveley is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It contains 32 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the village of Alvley and the settlements of Coton, Kingsnordley, and Tuck Hill, and is otherwise rural. Many of the listed buildings are in the village, clustered around the church, and others are scattered through the countryside. Most of the listed buildings are country houses, smaller houses and cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, and associated structures. The other listed buildings include churches and items in and around churchyards, public houses, crosses, and a disused chapel.

Building Name Date

St Mary's Church 12th century

Kingsnordley Farm House 16th century

The Bell Inn Early 17th century

7 Centre Place 17th century

Barn, Hall Close 17th century

Beautybank 17th century

Church Cottages 17th century

Hall Close 17th century

Kingsnordley 17th century

Lake House 17th century

Three Horseshoes Inn 17th century

Elm Cottage 1672

The Chantry 1706

Pool Hall Early 18th century

16 and 17 Centre Place 18th century

141–142 Tuck Hill c. Mid 18th century

Church View 1 8th century

Chapel, Coton Hall c. 1760

Outbuilding and wall, The Bell Inn Late 18th century

19–21 Centre Place 18th or 19th century

50–53 Ivy Place 18th or 19th century

Privy and walls, The Bell Inn Late 18th or early 19th century

Walls, The Bell Inn Late 18th or early 19th century

Church Farm House Early 19th century

Coton Hall Early 19th century

Green House Early 19th century

Shropshire Farm House Early 19th century

Squirrel Inn Early 19th century

Churchyard walls 19th century

Church of Holy Innocents, Tuck Hill 1868–69

Butter Cross Undated

Churchyard Cross Undated

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012653&tab=this

First name Thome

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

Last name Holdbastey <<<< Misread of Hoedgeskey, a version of Hotchkiss

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

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

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Testamentum Thomas Hoedgeskey purgat. Laudatus momatus qu de colers imman celebrors

Perfumat in die meae ad honorem hujus humani velum modestum ... et ad expound lui

my 2nd dilectus promotus son, feoffman filius Martis, filius visionarius adorned purpura

Dio Salop and suffering provinciam fideli etose spiritus soleymous gratus swaps powerus ope

Translation:

The testament of Thomas Hoedgeskey was duly proved. He was lauded by those who honored the mighty.

It was performed on the day of my [death / dedication?], in honor of this man’s modest veil … and to expound on him

my 2nd beloved promoted son, feoffman son of Mars, visionary son adorned with purple

To God, Shropshire, and the suffering province, the faithful, the ethos, the spirit solemn, grateful swaps power with help

Note: Roger’s son who died shortly before him.

!Source: Oxfordshire Wills Index, 1516-1857 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FOXFORDWILLS%2F01016305%2F1&tab=this

First name Roger

Country England

Last name Hicks <<<< Likely written as Hawks or Hacks, common abbreiation for names starting with that sound and read as i as left side to light to see.

Archive reference 178.69

Year 1532

Archive reference 2 178.69

Details Bucknell, Oxfordshire

Number of images 2

Document type Registered Will <<<<

Record set Oxfordshire Wills Index, 1516-1857

Place Bucknell

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Court Oxford: Archdeaconry

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Oxfordshire

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Note: Registration of a will only.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012734&tab=this

First name Johis <<<< This clearly read as Roger, but was mis-read by the transcriber.

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

Last name Hochyn <<<< A spelling of Hotchkiss when there were no spelling rules or official spellings.

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Stoke

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

Place Stoke, , England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County -

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Note: Summary of the 1532 Probate Register Entry for Roger Hochyn

Document Type: Entry from the Act Book of the Consistory Court of Lichfield.

Person Named: Roger Hochyn — deceased, will proved in 1532.

Latin Abbreviations:

purg[atus] = purged

prob[atus] = proved

✝ = death mark

Named Individuals Granted Authority:

John Hochyn — most likely son, possibly principal heir or executor.

Nicholas Hochyn — also granted powers; referred to as “other junior”, suggesting a younger son or secondary heir.

“Powers”:

Literal reading — not Latin, but scribal shorthand for “powers [of administration]”.

Purpose of Entry:

Administrative record summarizing the court’s probate action — not the full will.

Recommended Citation:

1532 Probate Register Entry – Roger Hochyn – Act Book, Diocese of Lichfield

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Test Roger Hochyn Purg:[atus] et prob.[atus] +[death mark] John Hochyn powers

et Powers Nichlas other Junior

==========

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012445&tab=this

First name Willi

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

Last name Hycks <<<< Likely scribal abbreviation for Hotchkiss, where Hyc stands for Hotch and ks for kis.

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

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

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Testamentum Willi Hycks purgatum de Salop. esq. † Thoma

frater et aliis junioribus fratribus mansiones

Translation

The testament of William Hycks, cleared, of Salop, esquire. † [regarding] Thomas,

brother, and other younger brothers [regarding] the mansions.

Note: These two images are linked. The second is more or less a continuation of the first. The first discusses the disposition of estates among brothers after Thomas’ death, and the second confirms an administration grant involving William and his mother Elizabeth for managing Roger’s estate—likely in coordination with or as a consequence of Thomas' passing. The transcriber thought the second was someone elses’s will.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012446&tab=this

First name Willus

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

Last name Abrahim <<<< Transcriber’s misinterpretation of eighth word as a name of a person with a will.

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish -

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

Place Fushall, , England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County -

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Quibus die et coram nobis comparuit alias Williemus de Gozeth, alias William alias de Hawks-hall, alias

Gozeths absentia, officii de sui feoffatum, et de executore Johannis, publicorum bonorum administratione.

In tenentia notarii missio testamenti de Hawks-Hall desiit, allegavit motae super Willemum.

et Willimus Goza dictus defensor, voluntate populi administratoris super praemissis judicium

innenum Christus born mist. + Pieous ex fidelibus desperunt, dict[um] my with.”

Willimus allegavit bona in notis or oblationes ad, praedectus Notatorii Sucessor or by

concessa † dict[ae] widowed uxorem venditae ad supermemoratum, et factum issued obtained by me

notarii praedictus ad supermemoratum, test[amentum] singulum obtulit secundum

On the 25th of September, Monday, on the feast of Saint Firmin ad praesentem venditionem et allegavit † †

Sunt qualia postea occupata, et Goesum dicti Johannis sub ponere missus

Johannes praescriptum alias cognominatus Gose, est et est ad Nois bequest John oblat †

praesentes dicit et coram praedente, Que es public vassallus † scriptis notary alias

Durante publicis parochialibus juramentos Thomas Hoskes, Thomas per William acceptavit quae juramenta.

and witnesseth in Junii and rent [by] Elizabeth Disowning [claim]

Translation:

On which day and before us appeared alias William of Gozeth, or William, also known as of Hawks Hall,

In absence of Gozeth [or Gozeth’s heir], the office of his feoffate, and of the executor of John, for the administration of public goods.

In the custody of the notary, the delivery of the will of Hawks-Hall had ceased; he alleged that it passed to William.

and William of Goza, said to be the defender, by the will of the people, the administrator of the judgment above

Thus was Christ once born amidst mist. And the pious, from among the faithful, despair — so says my witness

William alleged goods in the notes, or offerings for inspection, [of the] aforesaid Successor of the Notary or by the

Granted † [by the deceased through] the said widowed wife, sold to the aforementioned, and the deed issued obtained by me.

The aforesaid notary [presented] to the aforementioned, the individual will accordingly

On the 25th of September, Monday, on the feast of Saint Firmin to the present sale and alleged † †

They are such as were afterwards occupied, and Goesus was sent under the direction of the said John.

John the prescribed, otherwise known as Gose, is and is to us the bequest John offers †

The present [party] states, and before the presiding official, that he is a public vassal † [as] written in the notary’s record, otherwise.

During the public parochial oaths of Thomas Hoskes, Thomas accepted those oaths through William.

and witnesseth in Junii and rent [by] Elizabeth Disowning [claim].

Note: These two images are linked. The second is more or less a continuation of the first. The first discusses the disposition of estates, particulary Hawks Hall [Hawkeswood] among brothers after Thomas’ death, and the second confirms an administration grant involving William and his mother Elizabeth for managing Roger’s estate—likely in coordination with or as a consequence of Thomas' passing. The transcriber thought the second was someone elses’s will.

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!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F080989&tab=this

First name Roger

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

Last name Hayne <<<< A mis-read of a version of Hotchkiss.

Piece description Calendar of wills and admons.

Year 1532

Piece surname range A-L

Will year 1532

Piece year range 1494-1650

Parish Wem

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

Place Wem, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

Note: Index most likely compiled at a later date. Probate for Wem.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012498&tab=this

First name Reyer <<<< A mis-read of Roger

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

Last name Hayns <<<< A mis-read of Hochins, a version of Hotchkiss.

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish .

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

Place Wem, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Test[amentu]m Rogeri Hochins Purg:[atus] de Wem [deathmark] Elizabeth et

Johan Bradeley other juniors

Translation:

Will of Roger Hochins, proved, of Wem † Elizabeth and

John [of] Bayley, other juniors [younger descendants]

Note: Probate for Wem.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012728&tab=this

First name Johis

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

Last name Hansey <<<< A mis-read of Hugkys, a version of Hotchkiss

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532 <<<< I believe the entry says 1534

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

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

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Latin Reconstruction :

Testamentum domini test per Elizabetham Hugkys fuit et virtute et aministracione eiusdem testamenti coram me, Agn. Brygg

et admissum fuit Elizabethae, relictae dicti Rogeri, et Wyllyamo Hokkyss, filio eorum

fuit cum vi[rtute] et am[ministratio]e eiusdem test[amenti] fuit per eos admissa

anno d[omi]ni 1534 mensis Augusti coram me.

sabbato die February the repositus est reverenter prompte xvii mane february, sacrosanctae.

et pꝛiorus no Johanes execactor, Roberto Hyatt

Modern English Translation:

Testament Master Testamentum [was presented] by Elizabeth Hugkys was, by virtue and administration of the same testament before me, Agent Brygg

and administration of the same was granted to Elizabeth, relict of the said Roger, and to William Hotchkiss, their son.

With authority, administration of the said testament was admitted by them.

In the year of our Lord 1534, in the month of August, before me.

On the Sabbath day of February, he was reverently and promptly reposed on the morning of the 17th of February, in sacred memory.

And in the name of the elder [son], John, executor: Robert Hyatt.

Note: Probate for Alveley.

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

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

First name[s] Elizabeth Quibus die et coram nobis comparuit alias Willielmus de Gozeth, alias William alias de Hawks-hall, alias

Gozeths absentia, officii de suae successionis, et de executore Johannis, publicorum bonorum administratione.

In tenentia notarii missio testamenti de Hawks-Hall desiit, allegavit motae super Willelmum.

Translation:

On which day and before us appeared alias William of Gozeth, or William, also known as of Hawks Hall,

In absence of Gozeth [or Gozeth’s heir], concerning his succession of office, and of the executor of John, for the administration of public goods.

In the custody of the notary, the delivery of the will of Hawks-Hall had ceased; he alleged that it passed to William.<

Last name Hokys

Year 1534

Probate year 1534 <<<<

Parish Alveley

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 Act books, v. 1-6

Piece surname range -

Piece year range 1532-1572

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

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Latin Transcription:

“Et tunc dixit comparuit Elizabeth Hokys relicta omnib Rogeri Hokys quondm de Alfreley montis poch predict cor dno ... dni Dni ... et exhibuit fuit et probat fuit et tunc ... ... juravit de bene & fidelr administrand …”

English Translation :

"And then appeared Elizabeth Hokys, widow of the late Roger Hokys, formerly of Alveley-on-the-Hill in the parish aforesaid, before the lord [judge], and she presented [his testament], and it was proved. Then she swore to well and faithfully administer [the estate]."

Note: Probate for Alveley.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F310347&tab=this

First name Roger

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

Last name Hankocks <<<< Image text hard to read appears to say “Roger Hackees”, not Hancocks.

Piece description Original wills, administrations, inventories

Year 1540

Piece surname range H

Probate year 1540-41

Piece year range 1540-1546

Inventory year 1540-41

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

Parish Wroxeter

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place Wroxeter, Shropshire, England

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Shropshire

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Country England

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Date: 25 October, likely 1535 or 1540

Thys inventory made the xxv day of October...

"This inventory [was] made the 25th day of October of the goods and chattels of Roger [surname: Hakys / Hackees / Hawkeese] late deceased, of Wroxeter."

Imprimis my wyffs ryng gylt [My wife’s gilded ring]

Item my fether bedd [Feather bed]

Item a coverlet [Bedcover]

Item a bolster [Bolster pillow]

Item ij shets [Two sheets]

Item my wooll matt [Wool-stuffed mattress]

Item ij pyllows [Two pillows]

Item my best cappe [Best cap]

Item my hatt and a candlestyck [Hat and a candlestick]

Item my best gyrdell [Best belt/girdle]

Item my cote [Coat]

Item my cote & apron [Another coat and an apron]

Item a candlestyck of iron [Iron candlestick]

Item my pann [Pan]

Item a pott of brasse with ij eares [Brass pot with two handles]

Item a posnet of brasse [Small brass cooking pot]

Item a gallypott with a cover [Covered jar likely for ointments, preserves, or medicine]

the goods appraised by me Thomas [Hodg...?], inventory of Roger Hackeese"

Inventory of Roger Hackees”

Appraiser: Most likely Thomas Hotchkiss [c.1502–1560, Wroxeter]

!Note: Inventory at Wroxeter. May have been just a room at his nephew’s home.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F081299&tab=this

First name Roger

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

Last name Hankoks <<<< Written much later than the inventory above is not secretary hand and is already misinterpreting Hackees, but badly overwritten.

Piece description Calendar of wills and admons.

Year 1541

Piece surname range A-L

Will year 1541

Piece year range 1494-1650

Parish Wroxeter

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

Place Wroxeter, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

!Note: Probate for Wroxeter. May have been just a room at his nephew’s home.

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

Place Upton Magna, Shropshire, England

First name[s] Thomas

Last name Hoggekis

Year 1552

Will year 1551-52

Probate year 1552

Parish Upton Magna

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 Original wills, administrations, inventories

Piece surname range H

Piece year range 1549-1554

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

Notes: from image:

Roger Hoggekis my brother <<<< Well after Roger’s death.

!Notes: Gose Bradeley – Hotchkiss Connection

Gose Bradeley lies about 14 miles from Hawkswood and appears closely tied to the Hotchkiss family from at least the early 1500s through the mid-1600s. The manor was originally held by Wenlock Priory in 1255 and passed through several secular hands following the Dissolution, including Easthope, Ashfield, Leveson, and Lawley. Despite these formal transfers, evidence suggests the Hotchkisses may have held practical or feoffed tenancy throughout. In Sir Roger Hotchkis’s 1532 probate hearings, both John and William are repeatedly identified “of Gose Bradeley,” indicating a substantial connection to the land. This association persists into the next century: Elizabeth, daughter of John Hotchekys of Gose Bradeley, married Thomas Gardnor in 1560, and Edward Hotchkis appears in the 1641–1642 Protestation Returns for Gosebradeley and Presthope. The enduring use of “of Gose Bradeley” points to long-term possession, likely originating in feoffment or customary tenancy, and surviving the religious and political land redistributions of the Tudor period.

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BRADELEY, formerly Goose [or West] Bradeley, was held of Wenlock priory in 1255 by Robert de

Beysin, lord of Broseley, [fn. 45] though descendants of Eadric of Wenlock, lord of Bourton in

1086, seem to have had an interest there in the late 13th century. [fn. 46] John Easthope, lord of

Easthope, had property in West Bradeley in 1427, which his feoffees conveyed in 1440 to John

Ashfield of Much Wenlock. [fn. 47] In 1443 Ashfield [d. c. 1455] held the reputed manor of

Bradeley, [fn. 48] and John Ashfield [d. 1506] held it of John Harewell, lord of Broseley.

Ashfield was succeeded by his son Christopher, [fn. 49] who sold Bradeley to John Leveson in 1544.

[fn. 50] A year later Leveson sold it to Richard Lawley, purchaser of Bourton and Callaughton.

[fn. 51] The estate descended thereafter with Bourton. [fn. 52] A connexion with Broseley remained

in 1620. [fn. 53] Still reputed a manor in 1799, [fn. 54] Bradeley seems later to have been

absorbed into Bourton manor. [fn. 55]

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In 1281 a rent of 24s. in Bradeley was given to Limebrook priory [Herefs.] by Sir Reynold of Lee,

[fn. 56] and the priory seems to have retained it until its surrender in 1539. [fn. 57]

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The chapel of the HOLY TRINITY, Bourton, so dedicated by 1897, [fn. 18] was never assigned a

separate district. Bradeley people were baptized there by the 14th century, [fn. 19] a wedding was

allowed in 1538, [fn. 20] and burials were made by 1673, [fn. 21] but no baptism or burial

registers were kept until 1841 [fn. 22] and there was no licence for weddings until 1955. [fn. 23]

A service of Our Lady, endowed with land at Bradeley, was said to have existed before the

Reformation. [fn. 24]

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A 'parson' was mentioned in 1556, [fn. 25] but the separate benefice dated from 1770 when

endowments of £200 each were provided by the Revd. Francis Southern, Sir Robert Lawley, and Queen

Anne's Bounty. In 1771 Queen Anne's Bounty gave £400 more to meet the Southern and Lawley

benefactions, [fn. 26] and that year the living was recorded as a perpetual curacy in the vicar's

gift. [fn. 27] Its value was £40 in 1793. [fn. 28] Queen Anne's Bounty gave another £200 in 1826.

[fn. 29] In 1851 the endowment included Black House farm [in Bettws-y-crwyn] [fn. 30] worth £50 a

year, while £6 a year came from the Bounty. [fn. 31] The vicar himself held the curacy 1788-1833

and 1870- 1926. [fn. 32] R. H. G. More, minister of Shipton, [fn. 33] served the cure unpaid

1833-69 [fn. 34] assigning the income to an assistant curate, [fn. 35] a practice adopted by the

vicar after 1870 [fn. 36] but discontinued before 1898. [fn. 37]

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In 1716 there was a weekly service, with sermon. [fn. 38] In 1851 there were two Sunday services

in summer and one in winter. Morning attendance averaged 95 adults, afternoon 25. [fn. 39]

Congregations at the end of the 19th century 'represented all classes'. [fn. 40]

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The small plain chapel stands on a hill above the village. It is built of sandstone and limestone

rubble and has a chancel with north vestry and a nave with south porch, north aisle, and

timber-clad west bell turret. [fn. 41] The nave seems from its south doorway [integral with the

nave plinth] to have been built in the 12th century. The plain cylindrical font seems contemporary

with it. The upper part of the nave south wall was rebuilt later in the Middle Ages; there was

formerly a square-headed window east of the porch. [fn. 42] The porch is later than the rebuilt

south wall. The chancel was heightened, probably in the later Middle Ages; there was a late 13th-

or early 14th-century square-headed window, since blocked, in its south wall, and the head of

another remains in the east wall over a 19th-century gothic window. In 1844 a Norman aisle was

added to the nave at Lady Lawley's expense, [fn. 43] presumably with the chancel arch and two nave

windows, which are in the same style. A north vestry was added to the chancel later in the

century.

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A large ornate wooden pulpit dates from the later 16th or earlier 17th century, and panels of the

same period are used in the 19th-century reading desk, lectern, and dado. The communion rail is

earlier 18th-century. There were two bells in 1552; [fn. 44] four new ones were cast by Thomas

Rudhall in 1770. [fn. 45] The plate consisted in 1961 of a silver chalice, paten, and flagon, all

dated 1774, and a silver paten of 1885. [fn. 46] The funeral hatchment of Lord Wenlock [d. 1834]

hangs in the aisle. The pews are of 1844 [fn. 47] and so, probably, is the west gallery, which has

a stair from the aisle. The only stained glass, in the chancel east window, was dedicated in 1955.

[fn. 48] The communion table dates from c. 1972. [fn. 49]