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John was born about 1308 in Kent, England, the son of Andrew Hawkins and Joan de Nash.
He died about 1374. The place is not known.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Juliana de Otery. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. They had no known children.
His second wife was Joane, who he married in ABT 1356. The place has not been found. Their five known children were John (c1352-1422), William (c1355-1423), Rolf (c1360-?), Alice (c1362-?) and Thomas (c1365-c1462).
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John Hawkins [Hotchkiss], de Northwod, de Hoxwode, de Flegh, de Hawkinge |
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Note 1
!StyleName: Hawkins, John, I, of Nash in Kent, court sergeant-at arms [abt 1333 - 1374/80]
!Note: How the Early Hawkins Inheritance Likely Worked
John and his son William held land from Hawkeswood, Shropshire to Hawkinge, Kent and in between.
They gained more land through service at Dover Castle.
Dover Castle assigned them Hawkinge, apparently so they could prepare it for the church.
Nash was part of Hawkinge but stayed with the family.
Their land included properties in Warwickshire and Hereford and Wiltshire and Kent and apparently Huntingdonshire.
A. Children of John. In 1303 John and William went to Shropshire to clear up their interest in Hawkeswood and other land in and near Shropshire.
1. William was John's main heir aside from the following.
2. John and William sold their portion of Hawkeswood and other Shropshire land to Hugh le Mon who was also John's son and the father of the Hotchkiss line.
3. Warren who was also John's son, and father of the Hill line, was likely setup with his feoffment of nearby Neenton. The later lifetime lease in 1328 only confirmed this arrangement.
4. Simon, John's younger son, received land in Huntingdonshire.
B. Children of William
1. Also on that 1303 trip, John, Williams 2nd son, born about 1272, was apparently put in charge of land in Warwickshire and nearby counties.
2. Thomas was sent into royal service while still young.
3. Sir Andrew, as the first born, would be the main heir.
4. Stephen stayed with Andrew and later received York land himself. He likely received other lands which he passed to his own sons.
C. Children of Andrew from his first wife. Andrew's first wife likely brought York land into the family.
1. Nicholas received the main York land.
2. Henry received land in Nottinghamshire and in Norfolk.
3. Andrew II also received York land.
4. Roger came of age after Joan married Andrew. Andrew held Devon land through Joan and shared part of it with Roger.
5. Alexander received small pieces of land in Kent.
D. Children of John from his second wife Joan, who most likely brought lans from Devon and Cornwall with her dowry.
The Nash Estate became the family home after Hawkinge Manor was given to the church.
After Andrew died in 1321 Joan held Nash for her life, and was thus called Joan of Nash.
She apparently had the ability to distribute portions of the remaining property to her children as they came of age.
1. When Joan died Nash and the remaining lands, mostly in Kent and nearby counties, passed to her first son John I of Nash. <<<<
2. Margery was given a small York estate at age 2 1/2. Stephen was her guardian and added more land to her share when he died.
4. When Joan died the rest of the Devon land went to Sir Richard, alias Hankeford. He likely also received more in knight's service.
!Source: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 65 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/inquis-post-mortem/vol6/pp139-149
244. ANDREW HAUKYN of Preston in Holdernesse.
Writ. 3 July, 13 Edward II. [25 Apr 1307-1327, so 3 Jul 1320]
[YORK.] Thursday the eve of the Assumption, 14 Edward II.
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.
Margery his daughter, aged 2 1/2, is his next heir.
C. Edw. II. File 65.
Note: Included here for its info about John’s father and sister, placing him in his family, as well as showing that this was his sister's dowry and not related to him.
!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]
archive.org/details/visitationofkent00camd/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater
Additional Pedegrees. Hawkins. [Harl. 6138, fo. 45th.]
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]
!Note:
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.
!Source: https://www.thedicamillo.com/house/nash-court/
The current Nash Court house is from the 18th century.
!Source: Boughton under Blean Boughton under Blean
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
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Per WikiPedia Hawkins supposid gerus, this was discredited by the inclusion of the supposidly Fake Joan de Nash. Except Joan is well documented in the Visitation of Kent, so they are wrong.
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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, 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].
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He [John] left issue by Jane/Joan 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.
!Note: Wiltshire Inquisition Post Mortem Records – Contextual Placement
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
First name John Le
Notes Mentioned in a case. See page 194.
Last name Haukere
Source 1327-1377 covered by transcription printed by The Index Library, Chadwick-Healey Ltd.
Year 1327-77
Archive reference TNA
Year as transcribed 1327-1377
Record set Wiltshire Social & Institutional Records 1123-1968
Record type Inquisition Post Mortem
Category Directories & Social History
Place -
Subcategory Social History
County Wiltshire
Collections from England, Great Britain
Country England
!Source: The National Archives. 168 - Somerset Heritage Centre
DD\SF - SANFORD FAMILY OF NYNEHEAD, PERSONAL AND ESTATE PAPERS
Catalogue description Quitclaim of John le Haukers & w. Juliana sister & heir of Robt. de Otery, to Walter Fouke & his his heirs
This record is held by Somerset Heritage Centre
See contact details
Reference: DD\SF/1536
Title: Quitclaim of John le Haukers & w. Juliana sister & heir of Robt. de Otery, to Walter Fouke & his his heirs
Description:
Right, etc., in all lands & tenements, rents & services which Robert de Otery had in Shirborn'
Date: 1348
Held by: Somerset Heritage Centre , not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 document
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4940261
E - Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations
Division within E - Records of the Treasury of the Receipt
E 40 - Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
Reference: E 40/1508
Description:
Demise by the prior and convent of Holy Trinity, London, to John Haukyn and Joan his wife, for their lives and for a year after the longer liver of them of the inner close with buildings and gardens, and free ingress and egress through the outer gate, which they acquired of Master Henry de Cantuar' in the parish of St. Katherine within Algate, London, at a yearly rent of 28s. Clauses specified defining the tenancy. Middx. Chapter House of the convent, the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 26 Edward III
Note: Portions of two seals
Date: 1352-1353
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Notes: Leased a nice house in the city from the church.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue 182 - West Sussex Record Office https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/32146dbc-05a6-4815-b93c-dfcef980f6cb
Add Mss 1 - 500 - Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts
Add Mss235-237 - Three deeds of Chichester
Catalogue description Quitclaim. 'Esmon' de Honston, kt., to John Wyn of Chichester
This record is held by West Sussex Record Office
Reference: Add Mss235
Title: Quitclaim. 'Esmon' de Honston, kt., to John Wyn of Chichester
Description:
Tenement in 'la Suthstrete' of Chichester called la Guldenehalle which has lately granted and leased to at perpetual fee farm of 13s. 4d. for each of the first eight years, and for 100s. a year thereafter
Warranty clause
Witnesses - John Haukere, mayor of Chichester, Nicholas Drayton and John Thadden, reeves, John Wynnegoud, Philip Cole, John Page, Roger Raketon, Walter Ovyngg', William de Boxgrave, clerk
Given at Chichester
Seal small fragment only. Common seal of city of Chichester appended for greater security, portion only fair impression
Date: 25 Mar. 1362
Held by: West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: French
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/6d1b8383-0af6-4a66-aaed-3711ed1cda92
176 - Surrey History Centre
G85 - BRAY FAMILY OF SHERE: MANORIAL AND ESTATE RECORDS AND FAMILY PAPERS, INCLUDING OF WILLIAM BRAY , ANTIQUARIAN; RECORDS OF THE GODSCHALL...
TITLE DEEDS
G85/13 - BRAY ESTATE AND COLLECTED DEEDS
Land in Shere including Longhurst, Sutton and Wolvens
Catalogue description Feoffment in fee tail; Roger Lumbard of Guildford and John Haukyn of Shere to John de Suthebrok [Southbrook] and Thomasine his wife; Lands and tenements in Gomshall, Shere, lately held by grant of John, reserving an acre above Capehulle and a rod in Sutton in Fulleres croft
Reference: G85/13/64
Title: Feoffment in fee tail; Roger Lumbard of Guildford and John Haukyn of Shere to John de Suthebrok [Southbrook] and Thomasine his wife; Lands and tenements in Gomshall, Shere, lately held by grant of John, reserving an acre above Capehulle and a rod in Sutton in Fulleres croft
Date: 27 Feb 1362
Held by: Surrey History Centre, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue 173 - Suffolk Archives - Ipswich https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/45230ba5-8604-4f82-b951-6191ad752621
HD 1538 - The Iveagh Suffolk Manuscripts
HD 1538/238 - GLEMHAM
HD 1538/238/2-25 - Evidences of title
Catalogue description Feoffment
Reference: HD 1538/238/11
Title: Feoffment
Description:
1. John, son of Bartholomew de Langgale of Aldeburgh
2. Adam le Greyne of Glemham Magna [Great Glemham] and wife Annabell
to , all his lands and tenements in Glemham Magna without exception; to hold of chief lords of fees for accustomed services. Warranty clause. Witnesses: John le Haukere, John Pinne, Alexander Frere, John Frere, John Blakelond, John Knyhttis and others. Given at Glemham Magna, Tuesday the feast of St Martin, 39 Edw.III.
Date: 11 Nov 1365
Held by: Suffolk Archives - Ipswich, not available at The National Archives
Language: Latin
Physical description: 1 seal
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7576123
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 143 - Chancery: Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum, Henry III to Richard III
C 143/361 - Inquisitions taken as a result of applications to the Crown for licences to alienate land. Described at item level.
Catalogue description Adam de Watton, parson of the church of Lawford, John Baude of Peasenhall, and John Love...
Reference: C 143/361/9
Description:
Adam de Watton, parson of the church of Lawford, John Baude of Peasenhall, and John Love of Peasenhall to grant land in Rendham, Peasenhall, Swefling, Yoxford, and Westleton to the abbot and convent of Sibton, retaining land in Peasenhall and Rendham. Suffolk. Nicholas Gernoun, knight, Thomas de Wyngefeld, John Kenefleg, vicar of the church of Brusyerd, John le Haukere, and William Moundevile to grant land in the above places to the said abbot and convent in exchange for other land there, retaining land in thesaid places. Suffolk. 40 Edw III.
Date: 1366 Jan 25-1367 Jan 24
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue 173 - Suffolk Archives - Ipswich https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/5d22d2b3-0c30-419c-b967-bdf9b600ada1
HD 1538 - The Iveagh Suffolk Manuscripts
HD 1538/14 Vol.14 - Samford Hundred
HD 1538/14 Vol.14/fol.73 - Freston
Catalogue description Feoffment
This record is held by Suffolk Archives - Ipswich
Reference: HD 1538/14 Vol.14/fol.73/6
Title: Feoffment
Description:
1. Sir Robert Fidion of Debenham, chaplain
Walter Rode of Snapys [Snape]
2. John Perkeld of Snapys
For a certain sum of money, to , 2 pieces of land lying in Freston [Friston] and Snapys, of which l piece lies between land formerly of John Chamberleyn and common way called Bechyngweye, l head abutting on way leading from Bottonysmor to bridge of Thelsford, and other piece lies between land formerly of Bartholomew Kyng' and land of Richard Baudre, l head abutting on land formerly of Henry de Stistede; to hold of chief lords of fee for accustomed services. Warranty clause. Witnesses: William Bokele, John Hauker, John Hermegir, William Fynch jun., Robert Fynch and others. Given at Snapys on feast of St Peter in cathedra, 40 Edw.III.
Date: 22 Feb 1366
Held by: Suffolk Archives - Ipswich, not available at The National Archives
Language: Latin
Physical condition: Turn-up, seals and tags cut away
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4530297
E - Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations
Division within E - Records of the Court of Augmentations and the Augmentation Office
E 326 - Exchequer: Augmentation Office: Ancient Deeds, Series B
Catalogue description Grant by Nicholas Gernoun, knight, Thomas de Wyngefeld, John Keneflog, vicar of...
Reference: E 326/4443
Description:
Grant by Nicholas Gernoun, knight, Thomas de Wyngefeld, John Keneflog, vicar of Briusyard church [Suffolk], and John le Haukere, of Great Glemham, to Adam de Watton, parson of Lawford church, John Baude, of Peasenhall, and John Love, of land in Peasenhall, Bruisyard and Rendham [Suffolk], situated as described, in exchange for other land in the same places. Rendham, Sunday after Midsummer, 40 Edw III
Date: 1366 June 28
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue 173 - Suffolk Archives - Ipswich https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/25470b2c-9e3b-4b1e-936e-122933882f9f
HD 1538 - The Iveagh Suffolk Manuscripts
HD 1538/359 - STERNFIELD
HD 1538/359/1-5 - Evidences of title
Catalogue description Feoffment
Reference: HD 1538/359/2
Title: Feoffment
Description:
1. John de Catfeld, parson of church of Stratton juxta Buxton [Stratton Strawless ]
2. William Clere
Master John de Ely, parson of Ocle [Oakley]
Henry de Elyngham [Ellingham ]
Robert Wayte of Horsford [Nf.]
to , all lands and tenements which he has by feoffment of Robert de Benhale, kt in Stenefeld [Sternfield], Snapes [Snape], Freston, Benhale [Benhall], Farnham and elsehwere, called Gouthers. Warranty clause. Given at Norwich, Monday after feast of St Mary Magdalene, 43 Edw.III. Witnesses: Nicholas Gernoun, kt, John Haukere, Geoffrey de Coue, William Phelyp, William Mondevile, William Sparhauk, John Mondevile and others.
Date: 23 Jul 1369
Held by: Suffolk Archives - Ipswich, not available at The National Archives
Language: Latin
Physical description: 1 seal
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/be6beb60-045c-48c6-8673-8b881331bb1b
168 - Somerset Heritage Centre
DD\SF - SANFORD FAMILY OF NYNEHEAD, PERSONAL AND ESTATE PAPERS
Catalogue description Feoffment of Wm. Somerwelle, burgess of Bristol, to lord Robt. Baillif & John Jolyf, clerks
Reference: DD\SF/1501
Title: Feoffment of Wm. Somerwelle, burgess of Bristol, to lord Robt. Baillif & John Jolyf, clerks
Description:
Messuage with cellar adjoining & appurts. in Smalstret, Bristol, betw. a ten. late of Edmund Blanket on one part & a ten. formerley of John Haukere, on the other part, & extending from the street aforead. forwards to a ten. of ad. Edmund backwards
Date: 1372
Held by: Somerset Heritage Centre , not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical description: 1 document
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7576554
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 143 - Chancery: Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum, Henry III to Richard III
C 143/383 - Inquisitions taken as a result of applications to the Crown for licences to alienate land. Described at item level.
Catalogue description John Hacston and John Haukere of Bristol to grant messuages and shops in Bristol to a...
Reference: C 143/383/10
Description:
John Hacston and John Haukere of Bristol to grant messuages and shops in Bristol to a chaplain in the chapel of the Assumption there, retaining land in Bristol. Bristol. 47 Edw III.
Date: 1373 Jan 25-1374 Jan 24
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9687893
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Petty Bag Office
C 241 - Chancery: Certificates of Statute Merchant and Statute Staple
C 241/156 - Description available at other catalogue level
Debtor: John Hawkin [Hankyn], sergeant-at-arms. Creditor: William Chisleden, the son of...
Reference: C 241/156/116
Description:
Debtor: John Hawkin [Hankyn], sergeant-at-arms.
Creditor: William Chisleden, the son of Geoffrey de Chisleden, of Wilts.
Amount: £106 13s. 4d.
Before whom: William de Walworth, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
When taken: 04/11/1373
First term: 25/12/1373
Last term: 25/12/1373
Writ to: Sheriff of Wilts
Sent by: William de Walworth, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
Endorsement: Midd', Hertf', London'; die sabbati proximo post festum Sancti Petri in Cathedra. In Cancellaria die Veneris proximo ante festum sancti Valentini.
Date: 1374 Feb 1
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Note: Likely already dead or dying.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9552182
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 131 - Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I
Subseries within C 131 - Unexecuted writs; writs detached from their lost returns; writs de liberacione
C 131/192 - Described at item level
Catalogue description Debtor: John Hawkin [Haukyn], sergeant-at-arms. Creditor: William Chisledon, the son of...
Reference: C 131/192/1
Description:
Debtor: John Hawkin [Haukyn], sergeant-at-arms.
Creditor: William Chisledon, the son of Geoffrey de Chisledon [Chiselden], of Wilts. [Thornhill Hundred].
Amount: £106 13s. 4d.
Before whom: William de Walworth, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
When taken: 04/11/1373
First term: 25/12/1373
Last term: 25/12/1373
Writ to: Sheriff of London
Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Reply of John Aubrey and John Fifhide, Sheriffs: John Hawkin was not found in the bailiwick. The writ arrived too late to be executed in the time set.
Note: Date given for return to Chancery: 10/02/1374.
Date: 1374 Feb 3
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Note: Likely already dead or dying.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9688252
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Petty Bag Office
C 241 - Chancery: Certificates of Statute Merchant and Statute Staple
C 241/159 - Description available at other catalogue level
Catalogue description Debtor: John Haukyn of Boughton under Blean {Botton subter le Bleen} of Kent. [Blean...
Reference: C 241/159/36
Description:
Debtor: John Haukyn of Boughton under Blean {Botton subter le Bleen} of Kent. [Blean Hundred]
Creditor: John Roper of Westgate next to Canterbury [Kent].
Amount: £20, of the die of the King of England.
Before whom: William Cornwall, Mayor of the Staple of Queenborough.
When taken: 22/04/1376
First term: 29/09/1376
Last term: 29/09/1376
Writ to: Sheriff of Kent
Sent by: John Gate, Mayor of the Staple of Queenborough
Endorsement: Kanc' Coram Rege in Cancellaria sua in Octabis Sancte Trinitatis.
Note: [Isle of Sheppey Liberty]
Date: 1377 Apr 14
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: Latin
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Note: Likely already dead or dying. Crown coin or bullion debt, i.e. something incurred in official service, not private trade.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9536561
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 131 - Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I
Subseries within C 131 - Original files of writs and returns
C 131/24 - Described at item level
Catalogue description Debtor: John Hankyn of Boughton {Botton} under Bleen of Kent. [Blean Hundred] Creditor:...
Reference: C 131/24/27
Description:
Debtor: John Hankyn of Boughton {Botton} under Bleen of Kent. [Blean Hundred]
Creditor: John Roper, of Westgate next to Canterbury.
Amount: £20.
Before whom: William Cornwall, Mayor of the Staple of Queensborough.
When taken: 22/04/1376
First term: 29/09/1376
Last term: 29/09/1376
Writ to: Sheriff of Kent
Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Henry Appulderfeld, Sheriff, replies that John Haukyn was not found in his bailiwick outside the liberty of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The bailiff of the liberty reported that he was not found there. All his lands and chattels were extended.
Note: Date for return to Chancery: 31/05/1377. M.2: Extent made at Boughton-under-Blean on 28/05/1377 before William Topclyve, bailiff of the liberty of the Archbishop of Canterbury. John Haukyn had on the day of the recognisance a messuage and a garden worth nothing after expenses, 28 acres of arable land worth after expenses and two services 60s. 8d.; 22 acres of pasture worth after expenses and two services 35s.; the crop of 6 acres sown with wheat worth 60s.; the crop of 10 acres sown with barley worth £4; the crop of 12 acres sown with peas and vetches worth 60s. <<<< from source.
Date: 1377 Apr 23
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: Likely already dead or dying. <<<< my note.
Here’s what probably happened: Toward the end of his service [around 1373–74], John was fronting royal logistics costs — paying out of pocket for crown expenses, expecting later reimbursement. That was common with sergeants-at-arms. But if he fell ill or died before repayment, those accounts stalled. Once he missed Exchequer audit, the local creditors — like John Roper of Canterbury, a merchant or moneylender with Crown ties — turned their claims into Staple bonds at Queenborough to formalize them. That transformed what had been Crown expenditure accounts into civil recognisances, still technically crown-related, but now recoverable through Chancery procedure rather than Treasury books.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9552303
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 131 - Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I
Subseries within C 131 - Unexecuted writs; writs detached from their lost returns; writs de liberacione
C 131/197 - Described at item level
Catalogue description Debtor: John Hawkin {Haukin}, sergeant-at-arms. Creditor: William Chiselden, the son of...
Reference: C 131/197/11
Description:
Debtor: John Hawkin {Haukin}, sergeant-at-arms.
Creditor: William Chiselden, the son of Geoffrey de Chiselden, of Wilts.
Amount: £106 13s. 4d.
Before whom: William de Walworth, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
When taken: 04/11/1373
First term: 25/12/1373
Last term: 25/12/1373
Writ to: Sheriff of Herts. and Essex
Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Edward Benstede, Sheriff, replies that John Hawkyn is dead. The letter patent lies in the file for 48 Edw. III.
Note: Date given for return to Chancery: 19/03/1380.
Date: 1380 Feb 5
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: It took them awhile to figure out he was dead,….
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9552303
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat
C 131 - Chancery: Extents for Debts, Series I
Subseries within C 131 - Unexecuted writs; writs detached from their lost returns; writs de liberacione
C 131/197 - Described at item level
Debtor: John Hawkin {Haukin}, sergeant-at-arms. Creditor: William Chiselden, the son of...
Reference: C 131/197/11
Description:
Debtor: John Hawkin {Haukin}, sergeant-at-arms.
Creditor: William Chiselden, the son of Geoffrey de Chiselden, of Wilts.
Amount: £106 13s. 4d.
Before whom: William de Walworth, Mayor of the Staple of Westminster.
When taken: 04/11/1373
First term: 25/12/1373
Last term: 25/12/1373
Writ to: Sheriff of Herts. and Essex
Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Edward Benstede, Sheriff, replies that John Hawkyn is dead. The letter patent lies in the file for 48 Edw. III.
Note: Date given for return to Chancery: 19/03/1380.
Date: 1380 Feb 5
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description