JohnHotchkis...
John was born about 1485 in Shropshire, England, the son of Thomas Hotchkiss / Hoskins and UNKNOWN1.
He died about 1541. The place is not known.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Mary, who he married in ABT 1503. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
His second wife was Jane, who he married in ABT 1505. The place has not been found. Their twelve known children were John (c1505-?), Leaonard (c1506-?), UNKNOWN (c1508-?), Richard (c1510-1586), Lawrence (c1512-?), Alice (c1514-?), Simon (c1515-<1542), Edith (c1516-?), Jacob (c1517-?), Agnes (c1518-c1573), Jone (c1519-c1572) and William (c1520-<1563).
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| Birth | ABT 1485 |
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| Death | ABT 1541 | ||||||
| Burial | 14 NOV 1541 |
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JohnHotchkis... |
Note 1
!Stylename: Hotchkiss, John, Sr [~1485-1541]
!Note: 1539–1542 in England - Context:
This period saw major disruption from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which shuttered not just religious houses but also church-run hospitals, schools, and poor relief. The fallout from the Pilgrimage of Grace led to executions and heightened tension in the north. Combined with land seizures, Cromwell’s fall, royal instability, and sporadic disease outbreaks, the result was widespread displacement, hardship, and family fragmentation. These conditions likely explain the high rate of early deaths, remarriages, and child relocations during this time.
!Notes: John Hotchkiss, son of Sir Thomas Hotchkiss , was pivotal in establishing the family's Somerset branch in the early 16th century. Motivated by family ties to Archdeacon David Hoskins of Exeter, John migrated from the ancestral region around Shropshire or the Welsh Marches toward southwestern England. Initially marrying Mary , who likely died shortly after childbirth, he remarried soon after to Jane , with whom he had additional children, including Richard Hotchkiss . By settling at Tickenham, Somerset, John not only extended his family's geographical reach but also created a lasting legacy, with his father, Sir Thomas, eventually joining him in Tickenham, reinforcing their influence in the region.
Research Notes and Observations:
- John’s burial is the earliest record of a Hotchkiss-related surname in the Tickenham parish registers, which began in 1538, strongly indicating he was the progenitor of this Somerset line.
- His death immediately precedes several marriages recorded in the same parish, likely involving his children—particularly daughters and possibly a son—who would have needed support or alliances following their father's passing, a common pattern observed after the death of family patriarchs in this era.
- Limited surviving records obscure definitive details of John's early life. His father is plausibly identified as Sir Thomas Hotchkiss. Although direct probate confirmation is unavailable—since John predeceased Sir Thomas and thus was not mentioned in the father's later will—the alignment of dates, geography, and familial patterns supports this identification strongly.
- John’s marriage and the early death of his first wife, Mary, fit well-established historical patterns of childbirth-related mortality and subsequent remarriage.
- Due to sparse documentation, John remains the only viable male ancestor identified in the immediate area to have fathered known local descendants such as Jone. The absence of earlier parish records for Tickenham limits definitive genealogical verification.
!Note: This is the only male listed in the area who could have been Jone’s father, but no other evidence. Nearby records start about 1443, but Tickenham only started in 1538. John’s burial was the first record with a Hotchkiss related name. It was immediately followed by a number of marriages, which I am going to guess were his now unsupported daughters and son.
!Note: There were only a limitted number of known men with even a remotely similar surname available as his possible father. Richard works well, and John would have died before his father and so not appeared in his will.
!Note: Died before father’s will.
John Hotchkiss Sr
Name: John Hotchkiss Sr
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Birth: abt 1485 Shropshire, England
Death: abt 1541
Burial: 14 Nov 1541 Tickenham, Somerset, England
Father: Sir Thomas Hotchkiss / Hoskins of Upton Magna
Mother: UNKNOWN1
Other spouses: Mary
Marriage: abt 1505
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Spouse: Jane
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Birth: abt 1490
Death: abt 1547
Burial: 28 Sep 1547 Tickenham, Somerset, England
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Children
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1 M: John Hotchkiss Jr
Birth: abt 1505
Spouse: UNKNOWN
Marriage: abt 1521
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2 M: Leaonard Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1506
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3 F: UNKNOWN Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1508
Spouse: John Lloyde Sr.
Marriage: abt 1529
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4 M: Richard Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1510
Death: 1586 Potterne, Wiltshire, England
Spouse: Isabell
Marriage: abt 1530 abt Gloucester, England
Spouse: Yedith Gillard
Marriage: 24 May 1540 St Petrock, Exeter, Devonshire, England
Spouse: Julyan Thorner
Marriage: 10 Oct 1540 Oldbury-On-Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Elizabeth
Marriage: abt Apr 1541
Spouse: Jane Putt
Marriage: 5 Jun 1542 St Petrock, Exeter, Devonshire, England
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5 M: Lawrence Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1512
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6 F: Alice Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1514
Spouse: Thomas Thorston
Marriage: 28 Sep 1539 Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: John Venvild
Marriage: Aug 1541 Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England
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7 M: Simon Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1515
Death: bef Jul 1542
Spouse: Aleson Baker
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8 F: Edith Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1516
Spouse: Robert Harrys
Marriage: 16 Oct 1541 Wrington, Somerset, England
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9 M: Jacob Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1517
Spouse: Alicia Browne
Marriage: 14 Jan 1542 Awre With Blakeney, Gloucestershire, England
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10 F: Agnes Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1518
Death: abt 1573
Spouse: John Mathew
Marriage: 25 Nov 1540 Westminster, Middlesex, England
Spouse: John Lyll
Marriage: 8 Jun 1544 Bristol, Gloucester, England
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11 F: Jone Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1519 England
Death: abt 1572
Spouse: Johanes Parker
Marriage: 6 Jun 1539 South Weald, Essex, England
Spouse: Harry Collett
Marriage: aft 22 Aug 1540 Upper Slaughter, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Richard Hyet
Marriage: 8 Nov 1540 Westbury On Severn, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Nicholas Darke
Marriage: 19 Oct 1544 Wrington, Somerset, England
Spouse: Richard Barker
Marriage: 8 Aug 1547 Dymock, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Edmunde Gamon
Marriage: 19 Jul 1550 Dymock, Gloucestershire, England
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12 M: William Hotchkiss
Birth: abt 1520
Death: bef 1563
Spouse: Anne
Marriage: abt 1538
Spouse: Ann Crook
Marriage: 6 Jan 1553 Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, England
Spouse: Alice Gane
Marriage: 26 Apr 1559 Chewton Mendip, Somerset, England
Notes for John Hotchkiss Sr
!Stylename: Hotchkiss, John, Sr [~1485-1541]
!Note: 1539–1542 in England - Context:
This period saw major disruption from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which shuttered not just religious houses but also church-run hospitals, schools, and poor relief. The fallout from the Pilgrimage of Grace led to executions and heightened tension in the north. Combined with land seizures, Cromwell’s fall, royal instability, and sporadic disease outbreaks, the result was widespread displacement, hardship, and family fragmentation. These conditions likely explain the high rate of early deaths, remarriages, and child relocations during this time.
!Notes: John Hotchkiss, son of Sir Thomas Hotchkiss , was pivotal in establishing the family's Somerset branch in the early 16th century. Motivated by family ties to Archdeacon David Hoskins of Exeter, John migrated from the ancestral region around Shropshire or the Welsh Marches toward southwestern England. Initially marrying Mary , who likely died shortly after childbirth, he remarried soon after to Jane , with whom he had additional children, including Richard Hotchkiss . By settling at Tickenham, Somerset, John not only extended his family's geographical reach but also created a lasting legacy, with his father, Sir Thomas, eventually joining him in Tickenham, reinforcing their influence in the region.
Research Notes and Observations:
- John’s burial is the earliest record of a Hotchkiss-related surname in the Tickenham parish registers, which began in 1538, strongly indicating he was the progenitor of this Somerset line.
- His death immediately precedes several marriages recorded in the same parish, likely involving his children—particularly daughters and possibly a son—who would have needed support or alliances following their father's passing, a common pattern observed after the death of family patriarchs in this era.
- Limited surviving records obscure definitive details of John's early life. His father is plausibly identified as Sir Thomas Hotchkiss. Although direct probate confirmation is unavailable—since John predeceased Sir Thomas and thus was not mentioned in the father's later will—the alignment of dates, geography, and familial patterns supports this identification strongly.
- John’s marriage and the early death of his first wife, Mary, fit well-established historical patterns of childbirth-related mortality and subsequent remarriage.
- Due to sparse documentation, John remains the only viable male ancestor identified in the immediate area to have fathered known local descendants such as Jone. The absence of earlier parish records for Tickenham limits definitive genealogical verification.
!Note: This is the only male listed in the area who could have been Jone’s father, but no other evidence. Nearby records start about 1443, but Tickenham only started in 1538. John’s burial was the first record with a Hotchkiss related name. It was immediately followed by a number of marriages, which I am going to guess were his now unsupported daughters and son.
!Note: There were only a limitted number of known men with even a remotely similar surname available as his possible father. Richard works well, and John would have died before his father and so not appeared in his will.
!Note: Died before father’s will.
!Source: The National Archives.
21 - Kresen Kernow
AR - Arundell of Lanherne and Trerice
AR/2 - MANORIAL RECORDS
COMPOSITE RECORDS
Arundell Manorial Accounts
Severals counties
AR/2/1275 - 1319 - Dinham manors
Catalogue description Account roll [Dinham's lands] Reeves, bailiffs Devon, Cornwall and...
Reference: AR/2/1289
Description:
Account roll
[Dinham's lands]
Reeves, bailiffs
Devon, Cornwall and Somerset: account of all manors, etc., lately of John Lord Dynham, deceased; taken at Exeter.
Arrears, fixed rents, revenues of the manor, farm of mill, sale of days' work, external receipts, increases of rent, perquisites of court, farm of barton lands, payments, allowances and failures of rent, respites, etc., given in full under the respective manors.
membrane 1. Hemyok hundred ; Doneckeney ; Langfordelester.
membrane 2. Donterton ; Bodardell ; Cardynham manor .
membrane 3. Wodehuysh ; Ilstyngton .
membrane 4. Kyngyscarsewill .
membrane 5. Haytorre hundred ; Wrey ; Matteforde Dynham ; Southebroke ; casual revenues in Wrey .
membrane 6. Whitehethfeld ; Offewille ; Buddelegh ; Fenneotery ; Nutonpopleford ; Sidmouth .
membrane 7. Nuttewill ; Herpford .
membrane 8. Bowode; Corston Dynham ; Bokelond Dynham .
membrane 9. Hemyok manor ; Clehidon .
membrane 10. Hertylond Bidell ; Hertylond Castell .
membrane 11. Hertylond Boterysbery ; Hurton ; Hertylond hundred .
Matteford Dynham [in Alphington parish: compare Richard Northlegh in that parish in 1524, various 16th- and 17th-century subsidies, etc., published by Tom Stoate , Subsidies, p. 66]
Date: 1524, Michaelmas
Held by: Kresen Kernow , not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Notes: Likely Relatives:
John Hochkyn, reeve, Cardynham manor — Cornwall
William Hillyng, farmer, Fenneotery — Devon
Richard Haukyne, reeve, Bokelond Dynham - Somerset
all for Dinham's lands reeves and bailiffs in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset in 1524
!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860
https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F081052&tab=this
First name John
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 Handeley
Piece description Calendar of wills and admons.
Year 1534
Piece surname range A-L
Will year 1534
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
Image: https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fstaff%2f007620811%2f00040&parentid=gbprs%2fstaff%2fwills%2f310143Transcription:
In dei nomine Amen +domini. Anno domini one millisimo quingentesimo and triginta tertio de duo decimo mensis
Ego, Johannes Hachkys, ego compos mentis et sanae memorie, facio testamentum meum in dio nomine, inspectis
I bequeath my soll to almight god & to hys blesed maiden Mary & to all the holy company of s[aints]
& my body to buryd yn the chyrchyarde of Wroxetor. Item I bequeth to the church of Wroxeter vi.
Item I bequeth to my daghter Jone £9 5s. I bequeth the resydue of my goodes my body buryed & my
payed to against wiffe's for two sons acadamy. the Sum equaly to be divided betwynst them. & Item & make myne ag-
[ag]reed my wiffe bequethed & my | Son. Also I wyll that yt be so recorded y' my testament that my sonynlaw jo-
[Jo]hannes Loyd acquiesces to plege to Wyllyam Hoskys for vjxx & viij d to pay at Ascension day the next day year
regressed & the same day forfeyted. Item the same John aforementioned & geven the no' go lyst agaynst for as
regards royalties. Item as concerns to all these feoffees the noted easementes against for d-
[D]idycate my gostly father's & other chattels regarding with many other the day & the yere
above sayd.
Translation:
In the name of God Amen + Lord. In the year of the Lord one thousand five hundred and on the thirty-third of the twelfth month
I, Johannes Hachkys, am of sound mind and with sound memory, I make my testament in the name of God, having observed....
[the rest is old English.]
Note: Likley will registration only. William is likely his uncle William Hotchkiss, burgess and pannarius of Salop [abt 1475 - abt 1545].
!Source: Somerset Burial Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSOMERSET%2FBUR%2F001720790
First name John
Page 70
Last name Hoskings
Archive Somerset Archives
Death year -
Archive reference D/P/TICK 2/1/1
Burial year 1541
Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Burial date 14 Nov 1541
Year range 1538-1812
Denomination Anglican
Record set Somerset Burial Index
Place Tickenham
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
County Somerset
Subcategory Parish Burials
Country England
Collections from England, Great Britain
Document type Parish records
!Source: Devon Marriages And Banns https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FDEV%2FMAR%2F96653%2F1&tab=this
First name Richard
Spouse's age -
Last name Hincks <<<< I read this as Hawks
County Devon
Birth year -
Country England
Age -
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Marriage year 1541
Archive reference 2946A/PR/1/1
Marriage date 05 Jun 1541
Record set Devon Marriages And Banns
Place Exeter, St Petrock
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Denomination Anglican
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Spouse's first name Jane
Collections from England, Great Britain
Spouse's last name Putt
Image: https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=GBPRS%2FDEV%2F007119329%2F00120&parentid=GBPRS%2FDEV%2FMAR%2F96653%2F1
June — The vth of June Annu diu 1541 Richard Hawks and Jane Putt were married.If they told me it was Hwwks, I would have believed that….