David was born about 1430 in Shropshire, England, the son of William Hotchkiss and Elizabeth of Donwich.
He died about 1492 in Exeter, Devonshire, England.
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Note 1
!StyleName: Hotchkiss / Hopton, David, Archdeacon of Exeter [abt 1430 - abt 1492]
!Note: David Hoskins , Archdeacon of Exeter
David Hoskins, Archdeacon of Exeter, is identified as a son of William Hotchkiss and brother to Thomas , Sir John , and Meredith. Born c. 1430–1435, David entered the Church and rose to high office, dying in 1492.
Though his surname appears in records as “Hoskins” or “Hopkins,” this reflects a regional spelling shift common in Devonshire, where local clerks unfamiliar with the Marcher surname “Hotchkiss” adapted it phonetically. Within his own family, David would still have been known by the original name.
He left no descendants, but his career marks a key point in the family’s religious prominence and the linguistic transition of the surname in the south.
In 1483, David was appointed Prebendary of Beaminster Prima, linking him directly to Beaminster nearly a century before the Hoskins family appears there. This may represent the earliest documented family connection to the town.
!Source: Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FDEVWILLS%2F207589&tab=this
First name David
Additional information will; [named as Hopton in Brit. Hist. records]
Last name Hopkins
Source Nda
Sex Male
Document type Will
Occupation Archdeacon
Document form Transcript
Probate year 1492
Document references HRD-H023-2.p264 to 265
Place Exeter
Record set Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999
Original place Exeter
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
County Devon
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Country England
Collections from Great Britain, England
!Source: David Hopton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hopton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Hopton was a Canon of Windsor from 1472 to 1492.[1]
Career
He was appointed:
Clerk of the King's Closet
Prebendary of Beaminster Prima in Salisbury 1483
Prebendary of Bitton in Salisbury 1490
Rector of Bletchley 1473
He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1472 and held the canonry until 1492.
Notes
Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle