Richard Hawkins / Hankeford

Richard Hawkins / Hankeford (c1332-c1400)	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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!StyleName: Hawkins / Hankeford, Sir Richard, I., of Whitstable in Kent & Milton Damerel in Devon, KB, Lord Chief Justice of England [abt 1300 - aft 1387]

!Note: Sir Richard Hawkins, son of Andrew Hawkins of Preston in Holderness and Nash in Kent, held substantial land in Whitstable and is recorded selling property there as late as 1387. Though he is not recorded with children in the Kent visitation pedigrees, a Devon Inquisition Post Mortem for "Richard Haukeford" in 1437 suggests lingering claims to his property. The 40+ year delay may reflect dower rights held by a widow, or complex inheritance proceedings. What is certain is that his estate did not vanish — it passed eventually to his brother John Hawkins I of Nash’s descendants, notably Thomas and William . William’s son, Vicar John Hawkins , is the first verified Hawkins to live and serve in Devon, firmly anchoring the line there. This makes Sir Richard’s property the likely foundation for the long-standing Devon Hawkins branch.

!Note: Hankeford and Hankessok are likely regional or scribal misreadings of Hawkins, where the "wk" is mistaken for "nk", and the Anglo-Saxon scribes substituted endings to avoid the soft "kis/kins" form. Likely unique to Wiltshire and nearby counties during the 14th–15th centuries.

Several knights of the Hawkins family were recorded as “Hankford” in official titles, particularly in Devon records. This likely stems from a scribal misreading during knighthood documentation, compounded by estate associations. Contemporary family and Kent records retain “Hawkins,” but formal documents reflect the Hankford variation due to inherited title usage. They are the same people.

!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]

!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

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.

!Source: THE HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY OF KENT CONTAINING THE ANCIENT AND PRESENT STATE OF IT, CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ; COLLECTED FROM PUBLIC RECORDS, AND OTHER AUTHORITIES: ILLUSTRATED WITH MAPS, VIEWS, ANTIQUITIES, 8cc. THE SECOND EDITION, IMPROVED, CORRECTED, AND CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT TIME. By EDWARD HASTED, Efq F. R. S. and S. A.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/The_history_and_topographical_survey_of_the_county_of_Kent_%28IA_b28772155_0008%29.pdf

This transaction likely did not involve the manor itself, which was in capite , but subinfeudated lands — i.e., parcels that had been granted to the Hawkins family as tenants or sub-tenants.

The Hawkins family held land within the manor of Northwood/Whitstable but were not lords of the manor itself. Their holdings may have been:

- A sub-feoffment, potentially dating from the early 1300s or even inherited through marriage or service — such as military service, fitting our working theory of service under Dover Castle or Northwode overlords.

Richard Hawkins’ 1387 sale shows that the family retained recognizable land in Whitstable, consistent with descent from Andrew Hawkins .

The absence of a recorded acquisition and the clear existence of their land in an established manor supports the argument that this land was retained property — likely dating back to the period when William de Hokeswod/Flegh/Hawkins gave up Hawkinge but kept Nash and Whitstable.

!Source: LANDOWNERSHIP South West Heritage Trust https://swheritage.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Norton-Fitzwarren-Landownership.pdf

Norton may have been among the lands in Somerset granted in 882 by Alfred, king of the

Saxons, to his thegn Æthelstan.9 In 1066 Norton Fitzwarren was held by Osmund, and it paid

geld for 5 hides. By 1086 it was part of the estates of the Count of Mortain and was held by

Alvred.10 This Alvred was Aluredus Pincerna, Alured or Alfred the Butler, the wealthiest of

the Count of Mortain’s tenants, with most of his land being held in south-west England.11 His

estate at Chiselborough, and presumably that of Norton, descended through the family to his

1210 John held manors including those of Norton and Chiselborough of the king, the rent for

Norton being £7 4s. 1d.13 The manor of Norton was held by him in 1212 for one knight’s fee

settlement Norton should have passed to Henry, his son by Eleanor.46 Possibly taking

advantage of the situation Richard Stapeldon gained possession of the manor and in 1393

John le Veel, presumably brother of Thomas, with some companions entered the manor by

force and expelled Stapeldon’s men and servants.47 Enquiries into the case were still ongoing

in 1397–8.48 In 1401 another assault was made on the manor, thrusting out the servants of

Richard, son of Richard Stapeldon and fixing iron bars before the gates.49 However, the Veel

family were unsuccessful in their attempts to regain the manor. >>> The younger Richard

Stapeldon died c. 1396 leaving a widow Margaret50 and a daughter Thomasine who married

Sir Richard Hankeford of Annery in Devon, son of Sir William Hankeford , Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. <<<

>>> Richard Hankeford was in possession of the manor by 1404 52 and in 1412 he held

lands in Norton, valued at £40.53 After the death of his wife Thomasine he held her estates for

life.54 On his death in 1419 his son, also Richard , inherited the Norton estate. <<< By his

first wife Elizabeth, daughter of Fulk, Lord Fitzwarren, the younger Richard inherited further

estates, Lord Fitzwarren’s son Fulk having died a minor without issue. By Elizabeth’s

daughter Thomasine the manor of Norton and the title of Lord Fitzwarren would come by

Fitzwarren, after the death of Anne, his second wife, was to his daughters by Elizabeth.56

Anne died in 1457, having remarried twice.57 Thomasine , the only surviving child

of Richard by Elizabeth,58 married, before 3 August 1437, William Bourghchier, styled ‘de

inherited his mother’s lands upon his father’s death in 1469. He married Elizabeth ,

wife and her heirs.60 After Fulk Bourchier’s death in 1479 his widow Elizabeth married

died in 1516 her heir was her son John Bourchier, Lord Fitzwarren , created Earl of

Bath in 1536.62 The manor descended with the Earls of Bath like Huntspill until the

!Source: Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FDEVWILLS%2F174545&tab=this

!Source: The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Sir Bernarf Burke, C.B. LLD., Ulster King of Arms., Published 1996.

Hankford [Exeter College;Richard Hankford, Knt., “of the blood and consanguinity of the founder.” Visit 1574]. Ar. two bends nebulèe sa.

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