Richard was born about 1562 in Plymouth, Devonshire, England, the son of John Hawkins and Katherine Gonson.
He died on 17 APR 1622 in Slapton, Devonshire, England.
His wife was Judith Hele. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their six known children were Judith (1592-?), Margaretha (1603-?), John (1604-1678), Richard (c1605-1678), Johan (1607-?) and Mary (c1609-?).
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!Source: Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins, MP https://www.geni.com/people/Admiral-Sir-Richard-Hawkins-MP/6000000002285551290?through=6000000000700865415
Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins, MP MP
Gender: Male
Birth: 1562
Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Death: April 17, 1622
Slapton, Devonshire, England
Place of Burial: Slapton, Devonshire, England
Immediate Family:
Son of Adm. Sir John Hawkins and N.N.
Husband of Judith Hele, Heiress of Poole Manor
Father of Johana Hawkins; Margaret Bigge; Capt. John Hawkins; Richard Hawkins, II; Mary Hawkins and 1 other
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Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins
ONLY known CHILD of Admiral Sir John Hawkins by ANY wife, partner, or other.
Richard Hawkins
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Sir Richard Hawkins
Born c. 1562
Died 17 April 1622
!Source: Plymouth Armada heroes: The Hawkins Family with Original Portraits, Coats of Arms, and other Illustrations by Mary W.S. Hawkins, WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, GEORGE STREET., MDCCCLXXXVIII. https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003259.pdf
A Genealogical Table of the Family of Hawkins of Devon.
First Line: William Amadas, Sergeant-at-Arms to Henry VIII married to Margaret, dau. of …. Hawkins. [Harl. 3288, Vis. Davon, 1564]
Second Line: John Hawkins, Esq., Living at Tavistock married Joan, dau. and heiress of William Amadas, Esquir, of Launceston.
[Center]
Third Line: Captain William Hawkins, R.N., Lord of the manor of Sutton Valletort; Mayor of Plymouth, 1532; M.P. for Plymouth, 1553. He established trade with the South Seas. Made three famous voyages to Brazil, and brought a native king to see Henry VIII. at Whitehall.
and wife Joan, only child and heiress, by …. Towne, of Roger Trelawny, third son of Sir John Trelawny by Blanche Pownde.
Fourth Line: [CENTER RIGHT] Admiral Sir John Hawkins b. 1532. Treasurer and Comptroller of the Navy and of Marine Causes. Port Admiral of Plymouth. Admiral in the Victory against the Armadad. M.p. for Plymouth, 1571-72. After 43 years’ service he died at sea, off Porto Rico, Nov. 12 1595. Married:
1st Wife: Katherine, dau. of Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer of the Navy, by Ursula, dau. of Anthony Hussey, Judge of the Admiralty. ob. 1591.
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Fifth Line [RIGHT] Admiral Sir Richard [the Complete Seaman.] Captain of the Swallow against the Armada. After fighting a gallant action, was taken prisoner, and dishonourably detained nine years, by the Spaniards; ransomed for £12,000. Vice-Admiral of Devon, and Privy Councillor. M.P. for Plymouth, 1602-3; Mayer of Plymouth, 1604. Lived at Poole, in Slapton. ob. 1622 of a fit while attending the Privy Council. Married Judith, dau. of …. Hele. ob. May 30, 1629. Tomb in Slapton Church.
!Source: Scurvy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scurvy
In 1593, Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins advocated drinking orange and lemon juice to prevent scurvy.[44]
!Source: Richard Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hawkins
Richard Hawkins
Portrait by an unknown artist in the
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Born c. 1562
Died 17 April 1622
London, England
Nationality English
Occupation Navy, Privateer
Title Sir
Parent Admiral Sir John Hawkins
Admiral Sir Richard Hawkins was a 17th-century English seaman, explorer and privateer. He was the son of Admiral Sir John Hawkins.
Biography
He was from his earlier days familiar with ships and the sea, and in 1582 he accompanied his uncle, William Hawkins, to the West Indies. In 1585 he was captain of a galliot in Drake's expedition to the Spanish main, in 1588 he commanded a queen's ship against the Armada, and in 1590 his father's expedition at the coast of Portugal.[1]
In 1593 he purchased the galleon Dainty , a vessel originally built for his father and used by him in his expeditions, and sailed for the West Indies, the Spanish Main and the South Seas. It seems clear that his project was to prey on the oversea possessions of Spanish crown. Hawkins, however, in an account of the voyage written thirty years afterwards, maintained, and by that time perhaps had really persuaded himself, that his expedition was undertaken purely for the purpose of geographical discovery.
After visiting the coast of Brazil, the Dainty encountered a storm off the mouth of the Magellan Strait and was blown eastward. On 2 February 1594, Hawkins saw land "... about nine of the clocke in the morning, wee descried land, which bare South-West of us, which we looked not for so timely and coming neerer and neerer unto it, by the lying, wee could not conjecture what land it could be... It hath great Rivers of fresh waters; for the out-shoot of them colours the Sea ... The Land, for that it was discovered in the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth, my Sovereigne Lady and Mistris, and a Mayden Queene, and at my cost and adventure, in a perpetual memory of her chastitie, and remembrance of my endevours, I gave it the name of Hawkins Maiden land ... the Westernmost part lyeth some threescore leagues from the neerest Land of America".[2] This land is now known as the Falkland Islands.
Hawkins then sailed back to the South American mainland and passed through the Straits of Magellan, and in due course reached Valparaíso.[1]
Having plundered the town, Hawkins pushed north, and in June 1594, a year after leaving Plymouth, he arrived in the Bay of San Mateo, at the mouth of the Esmeraldas river, nowadays Ecuador, at the position 1°1′2.6″N 79°36′30.5″W. Here the Dainty was attacked by two Spanish ships. Hawkins was hopelessly outmatched, but Dainty's crew defended her with gallantry. At last, when he himself had been severely wounded, 27 of his men killed, and the Dainty was nearly sinking, he surrendered on 1 July 1594 on the promise of a safe-conduct out of the country for himself and his crew.[1][3]
Through no fault of the Spanish commander, this promise was not kept. In 1597 Hawkins was sent to Spain, and imprisoned first at Seville and subsequently at Madrid. He was released in 1602, and, returning to England, was knighted in 1603[1] and elected Mayor of Plymouth the same year.[4]
During the voyage, Hawkins made a series of observations about the efficacy of citrus fruits, specifically "sower oranges and lemmons," for successfully treating scurvy—a debilitating disease for early explorers and sailors. While James Lind is often credited with proving the benefits of citrus for curing scurvy, Hawkins, more than a century earlier, was also convinced of its benefits and wrote about it: "This is a wonderful secret of the power and wisedome of God, that hath hidden so great and unknown virtue in this fruit, to be a certaine remedie for this infirmitie"[5]
In 1604 he became Member of Parliament for Plymouth and Vice-Admiral of Devon, a post which, as the coast was swarming with pirates , was no sinecure.[1] In this role, Hawkins was more sympathetic to English pirates than to their often-Spanish victims, rarely taking pirates to trial, instead either taking the pirates' loot or selling a "discharge" to them before releasing them. Aside from a brief suspension between August 1606 and April 1607, he retained this post till 1610.[6]
In 1605, Hawkins was named in the founding charter of the Spanish Company as one of the 557 founding members.[7] In 1620 to 1621 he was vice-admiral, under Sir Robert Mansell of the fleet sent into the Mediterranean to reduce the Algerian corsairs. He died in London on 17 April 1622.[1]
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Hawkins wrote the memories of his trip under the title Voiage into the South Sea ,[1] which became the most famous adventure of the Elizabethan era,[citation needed] re-published by the Hakluyt Society in 1847,[8] and reworked in Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho! .[citation needed] He depicts the Spaniards in the Americas in a positive way, judging them as "temperate" and "gentle".[9][10]