Stephen Hawkins, Hesketh

Personal and Family Information

Hesketh was born about 1280 in Kent, England, the son of William “Walter” Hawkins, de Northwood, de Hokeswod, de Flegh, Hogekins, Hesketh and Maud [Matilda] Fitton.

He died in 1350 in Yorkshire, England.

His wife was UNKNOWN. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their six known children were William (c1302-c1362), Stephen (c1312-?), John (c1319->1363), Thomas (c1320-1377), Robert (c1322-?) and Henricus (c1324-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

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Note 1

Note: After Andrew Haukyn's death in 1321, his infant daughter Margery [aged 2½] became heir to his portion of the Preston estate in Holderness. Andrew’s brother, Stephen Haukyn, a chapman and co-tenant of the land, appears to have acted as her guardian, overseeing the estate during her minority. When Stephen died in 1350, his share of the land passed to Margery, by then age 30 and married to Robert de Wasingdon [or Wavyngdon]. This transfer confirms Stephen as Andrew’s brother and supports the likelihood that he had no children of his own.

!Note: Certain things are obvious about the origin of the Hawkins family.

1. The visitation of Kent is one of the earliest actual charts of the family’s hertage, verified by the hearalds in 1619.

To discount this record is foolish.

2. The early family was definitely connected to the Nash estate and owned it by heridity without a separate court deed.

3. Nash was originally part of the Hawkinge manner in Folkestone Hundred, and both were held under Dover Castle.

4. The name Hawkins, most assuredly came as a place name from Hawkinge and was probably altered slitghtly to the more familiar “kins”

ending meaning family. It may also have been affected by close relatives’ name of Hotchkiss.

5. Hawkinge was donated to the church by John and his son William de Flegh in 1294–1295, but Nash was not.

6. By 1271, John, father of William, was already paying a knight’s fee for Boughton, which included Nash Court, in right of Agnes and

Eleanor, younger daughters and heirs of Maud de Averenches, Barony of Folkestone, overlords of Hawkinge by knight service and ward to Dover Castle.

7. William was living at the right time to be the father of Andrew and simply by the possession of Nash, had to be his father.

8. References to "flag" at Dover Castle where likely referring to the banner representing the commander or constable of the castle.

This would very likely have been a banner bearing his personal coat of arms. During the time of Roger de Northwood's command, this would

have been the arms of Northwood. Jon and William being Northwoods, this banner would have referred to their name as well.

9. It appears that John and William were 2nd cousins of Stephen and Roger. It also appears that John was son of Nicholas de Northwood and

grandson of Ysolda de Baskerville de Northwood.

!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. In Lancashire, William's surname was known as Hesketh and he was identified as a knight. He married Mawde Fitton whose

Lancashire holdings became the basis of the Hesketh line.

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, William's 2nd son, born about 1272, was apparently put in charge of land in Warwickshire and nearby counties. He also

inherited much of Rufford in Lancashire.

2. Thomas was sent into royal service while still young. Most Lancashire properties such as Great Harwood and Rufford eventually came under his line.

3. Sir Andrew, as the first born, would be the main heir in Kent.

4. Stephen stayed with Andrew and later received York land himself. He likely received other lands which he passed to his own sons, including land in <<<<

Becconsall and Hesketh in Lancashire.

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 lands 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.

!Note: Possible early ancesters of the Hawkins name definitely need more research. The following DNA projects all show R-M269 as the most common Haplogroup, and also both have a significant portion of I-M253, my Haplogroup. They all have a similar mix and appear very closely related.

1. Hotchkiss “https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hotchkiss?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

2. Hoskins "https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hoskins?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

3. Hawkins "https://www.familytreedna.com/public/hawkins?iframe=ydna-results-overview"

!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 [in marisco boum] 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. [9.]

!Source: WikiTree Andrew [Hawkins] Haukyn [abt. 1280 - 1321] https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hawkins-226

Born about 1280 [uncertain] in Kent, England [uncertain]

Died 7 Jun 1321 at about age 41 in Preston, Kent, England [uncertain]

Andrew Haukyn formerly Hawkins aka Haukyn

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[spouse[s] unknown]

[children unknown]

Biography

Andrew Haukyn was a real person who is attested from several sources in the early 1300s, from which it appears that he died on 7 Jun 1321.[1][2] He lived in the village of Preston in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire, where he held a very, very small parcel of land jointly with his brother Stephen, who was a chapman. His heir at the time of his death was his 2 1/2 year old daughter Margery or Margaret, who appeared in several later writs and inquisitions associated with the property as she came of age and when her uncle Stephen died in 1350, leaving her his portion of the land, a 6/100 part of a knight's fee. Margaret was aged 30 at the time and married to a Robert de Wasingdon or Watingedon or Wavyngdon.[3]

!Note: In medieval times, a "chapman" was primarily a trader, merchant, or peddler, especially one who traveled from place to place selling goods. They were essentially itinerant hawkers or dealers who would bring their wares to market towns and villages. The term also sometimes referred to a customer or purchaser. 

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7572176

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 143/174 - Inquisitions taken as a result of applications to the Crown for licences to alienate land. Described at item level.

Catalogue description Robert Ingram of Preston to retain land in Preston in Holderness acquired from Henry le...

Reference: C 143/174/1

Description:

Robert Ingram of Preston to retain land in Preston in Holderness acquired from Henry le Taillour and Beatrice his wife, Stephen Haukyn, chapman, Alexander Haukyn, Robert Lok of Paulsfleet, Nicholas son of Andrew Haukyn, Peter Hildyerde, Laurence de Otryngham and Agnes his wife, William son of Andrew Haukyn, and John de Preston; and land in Wyton acquired from Walter de Faucumberge and John and William, sons of Robert Baudewyne. York. 17 Edw II.

Date: 1323 July 8-1324 July 7

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record[s]

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9988845

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 135 - Chancery: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series I, Edward III

C 135/102 - Detailed descriptions at item level. Items are dated by the date of the writ, but some inquests were held in succeeding regnal years. This is...

Catalogue description Stephen Haukyn: Yorkshire

Reference: C 135/102/34

Description:

Stephen Haukyn: Yorkshire

Date: 23 Edw III <<<< 1349-50

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record[s]

Closure status:

!Source: Full text of "The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;"

The Victoria history of the Counties of England, EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A., A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, VOLUME VI, THE VICTORIA HISTORY

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434620/cu31924088434620_djvu.txt#:~:text=k%20[Standish]%2C%20211%20Emmott%20[Whalley]%2C%20525%20Euxton,[p]%20115%2C%20[m]%20115%20Thorp%20[Croston]%2C%20104.

IV. 1. Stephen Hesketh. <<<<

1301: Recorded in Lancashire surveys.

Earliest clearly placed active figure in working window.

Later: Father of William [active 1349].

Confirms: Stephen -> William -> William succession.

!Source: Full text of "The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;"

The Victoria history of the Counties of England, EDITED BY WILLIAM PAGE, F.S.A., A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE, VOLUME VI, THE VICTORIA HISTORY

https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434620/cu31924088434620_djvu.txt#:~:text=k%20[Standish]%2C%20211%20Emmott%20[Whalley]%2C%20525%20Euxton,[p]%20115%2C%20[m]%20115%20Thorp%20[Croston]%2C%20104.

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There was, as appears above, a Hesketh

family also in the township, ancestors

probably of the Heskeths of Rufford.

Stephen de Hesketh occurs in 1301

[Lancs. [¢7. and Extents, i, 310]; and in

1349 William son of Stephen de Hesketh <<<< Stephen appears to be the son of William Hawkins/Hesketh.

granted all his messuages and lands in

the vill of Becconsall and Hesketh to

Henry de Beconsaw ; and William son

of William de Hesketh confirmed to <<<< Henry Beconsaw, not Hesketh.

Henry three sclions of his land in the <<<< From context this is Henry de Beconsaw - not Hesketh.

Banktield and a house with curtilage in

the vill at a rent of 4d. ; Towneley MS,

HE, Edw, III, no, 14, 15.