John Hawkins

John Hawkins (c1333->1374)	Andrew Hawkins (c1270-<1321)	William [Hawkins], de Northwood, de Hokeswod, de Flegh (c1245-c1327)	John [Hotchkiss / Hawkins], de Northwod, de Hoxwode, de Flegh (c1225-<1310)



	Joan de Nash (c1287-?)

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!Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 65 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp139-149

Preston. A messuage, 1/2a. and 1r. land, and a toft and 6a. land, 2a. 1r. meadow, and pasture for a fat beast in the ox marsh held jointly with Stephen Haukyn his brother who survives, and the heirs of the said Andrew, of the king in chief, as of the honour of Albemarle, by knight’s service.

!Source: The visitation of Kent : taken in the years 1619-1621, page 202, by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux., edited Robert Hovenden, F.S.A., London 1989. [Public Library of Boston]

Arms. — Quarterly : 1 and 4, Argent, on a saUire sable five fleur-de-lis or ; 2 and 3,

Azure, a chevron, between three demi-lions couped or, Hammes. Chest. — On a mount vert a hind lodged or.

Andrew Hawkins had a faire estate within the libertie of Holdernes Inq. 17 E. 3.

Son: Richard Hawkins sold diuerse lands in Whitstable to John Bedell A^ 20 R. 2. [1387]

Son: John Hawkins had lands at Boughton in Kent as appeareth by a release from John Langnath & Thomas Hayte to the same John Hawkins & Joane his wife A" 4 et 7" Rici. 2 [1374]

Andrew Hawkins was not just a lone figure in Holderness — he likely originated from Kent, where his family's real roots and ambitions were.

The Holderness connection was commercial — likely a Chapman trade base, not the family seat. It was owned jointly by Stephen Hawkins, a chapman or merchant and Andrew.

- His sons Richard [Whitstable] and John [Boughton and called of Nash] having land in Kent proves the family's center of gravity was Nash/Boughton.

- Andrew’s daughter receiving northern land [York/Holderness] as dowry explains why it left the male line — it wasn’t core, and it served a new purpose.

- Joan de Nash was likely a marriage alliance into a landed Kent family, and Nash Court came in that way.

This retroactively makes sense of how and why Nash became the center of Hawkins identity — not just where they lived, but where they ascended into the gentry.

!Source: Parishes: Boughton under the Blean https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol7/pp2-19

Citation: Edward Hasted, 'Parishes: Boughton under the Blean', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 7, British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-kent/vol7/pp2-19 [accessed 14 April 2025].

Nash is in Boughton under the Blean in Kent, Blean is a forest on the hill to the east.

The mansion of Nash, the paddock of which adjoins the north side of the London road, near the above streamlets, is situated on the knole of a hill; it is a large handsome building, having a fine prospect eastward over the adjoining country, terminated by the Boughton hills.

References Sir Thomas Hawkins of Nash Court, Boughton, and his wife, Ann , daughter of Cameron-Fleming-Fido and Cyriac Pettyt of Colkyns, also in Boughton. His eldest son Sir Thomas the poet and translator Sir Thomas Hawkins was baptised on 20 July 1575 at Boughton under Blean.

!Source: A Hawkins Genealogy Volume 2, Record of the Descendants of Robert Hawkins of Charleston, Massachusets, by Ralph Clymer Hawkins, photocopy from original at New England Historic Genealogical Society, 101 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116, appears dated June 1973.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://archive.org/download/hawkinsgenealogy02hawk/hawkinsgenealogy02hawk.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwii9ObSudGMAxWxODQIHXgMKLw4HhAWegQIHBAB&usg=AOvVaw3srpGPSvgAVMqYgkacIPAs

Unfortunately, this was discredited by the inclusion of the Fake Joan de Nash, and fake ownership of an estate called Nash in York. The rest “may” be right, assuming his sons died before him as they seem to match real documentation aside from refrences to Nash in York.

The first of them that I find mention of, is Andrew Hawkins, who had a fair estate in the Liberty of Holdness in the co. of York, as appears by an inquisition taken anno 17 Edward III [1343-4], and left issue by his wife [Fake wife and estate was here, see below], two sons, Richard, and John, the latter of whom purchased divers lands in Boughton in the beggining of the reign of King Richard II [1367-1399].

He [John] left issue by Jane his wife, two sons, >>> Thomas <<< who was living in the beginning of King Henry IV’s reign [1399-1413], and

John, who was of Nash and had lands of the gift of William Makenade and Margery his wife, who was daughter and heir of Robert Hanes, and brought her husband such lands as Peter Hanes sold to William Makenade above mentioned. He died at the beginning of K. Henry VIth reign [1422-1461 and 1470-1471, and left issue william Hawkins, who resided at Nash- the 12th year of King Edward IV [1442-1487 so 1454].

Note: Picked birth year so that he was of age for the above mentioned inquisiton in 1343-4.

This individual is associated with a Wiltshire Inquisition Post Mortem record dated between 1242 and 1377. The names and dates align closely with John and William Hawkins , who were responsible for the 1294–1295 donation of the Manor of Hawkinge and Flegis Court to St. Radegund’s Abbey. They retained the adjacent Nash Court estate, which became the long-term seat of the Hawkins family in Kent.

The Wiltshire entries strongly suggest that William and John le Haukere were the same individuals involved in that donation — likely appearing in these records due to ongoing legal obligations, land transactions, or ecclesiastical claims tied to the Abbey and its holdings.

Wiltshire, bordering Kent, was within the geographic sphere of Folkestone barony interests. These records may reflect transitional property holdings or residual duties related to the Kent estates, especially as such matters often spanned decades. The presence of Thomas le Haukere may represent either a close kin or administrative witness tied to the same affairs.

This reinforces the identification of this individual as part of the core Hawkins line descending from the Hotchkiss / Hokeswod family of Shropshire.

!Source: Wiltshire Social & Institutional Records 1123-1968 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=WILTS%2FSOCIAL%2F0006784&tab=this

Source 1327-1377 covered by transcription printed by The Index Library, Chadwick-Healey Ltd.

John Hawkins

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