John was born about 1518 in Shropshire, England, the son of William Hotchkiss / Hoskins and Jone.
He died about OCT 1559. The place is not known.
He had three marriages/partners. His first wife was Johanna, who he married in JUL 1538 in Odiham, Hampshire, England. Their four known children were John (1538->1538), Joane (c1544-c1544), John (c1544-c1544) and Robert “Roger” (c1544-c1573).
His second wife was Elizabeth, who he married in AFT OCT 1544. The place has not been found. Their five known children were Thomas (c1548-?), Margery (c1549-?), Richard (c1550-?), UNKNOWN (c1550-c1550) and Annis (c1550-?).
His third wife was Alice, who he married in ABT FEB 1550. The place has not been found. Their six known children were John (c1551-c1551), Anne (c1552-?), Annis (c1553-c1553), Alice (c1554-?), Robarte (c1554-?) and Elizabeth (c1555-c1557).
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| Burial | 5 OCT 1559 |
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Note 1
!Note: John was likely in Barford at the time of death due to the family's trade route activity and support hubs established by the merchant Hotchkiss line.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C8101545
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 321 - Court of Augmentations and Court of General Surveyors: Legal Proceedings
E 321/30 - Proceedings before the Court of Augmentations. [Described at item level]
Catalogue description Short Title: Lysolye v Spencer Plaintiff: Richard Lysolye Defendant: Thomas Spencer and...
Reference: E 321/30/95
Description:
Short Title: Lysolye v Spencer
Plaintiff: Richard Lysolye
Defendant: Thomas Spencer and John Hodgekyns
Subject: Manor in Aldsworth, Gloucestershire
Date: [1536-1554]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record[s]
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Notes: Location Aldsworth, Gloucestershire is 32.29 miles from Barford, Wawickshire, one of the locations frequented by John as his family setup trade waystations under his father William the Hawk of Byllwas.
!Source: Hampshire Marriage Registers, Vol 6 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FPHILLIMORE-MARS%2F1022164%2F1&tab=this
First name[s] John
County Hampshire
Last name Hawkins
Country England
Year 1538
Volume Hampshire Marriage Registers, Vol 6
Event date ? Jul 1538
Record set England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913
Spouse's first name[s] Johanna
Category Birth, Marriage & Death [Parish Registers]
Spouse's last name -
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Parish Odiham
Collections from England, Great Britain
Note: Spouse #1 = Johanna
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4943131
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
Catalogue description Declaration by Alice, wife of [John Horley of Knoll and daughter of Thomas Awdeley late...
Reference: E 40/4378
Description:
Declaration by Alice, wife of [John Horley of Knoll and daughter of Thomas Awdeley late of Henley-in-Arden, and of Elizabeth, his wife, daughter and heir of John Brome of Lappworth, and by Thomas Beyn. . and Hoggekyn Chylde both of Henley, concerning the possession of lands in Lappworth formerly belonging to the said John Brome. Warw.
Note: English. Injured. Fragments of two seals.
Date: [1100-1603]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record[s]
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: These locations are all clustered within about 10 miles of Barford, Warwickshire. All of these person names exist and could be the people involved. This is exactly when church records were beginning and were not yet stable, making it hard to be positive if we have the correct people, but just the existance of the names in the location makes them likely. John Brome died 1546 in Kingd Norton and would be likely to be the former land owner and father of Alice. A John Horley married another woman nearby in 1585, so someone by that name could have been Alice’s husband. An Alice Awdley died in 1604 in Mancetter, which could possibly have been her. None of this is proved, but what it does say is these names existed in this location and time. The sons of William Hotchkiss, burgess and pannarius of Salop, Hawk of Byllwas [abt 1475 - abt 1544] established a way-station in Barford by 1539 and William himself died there. From that we can give this record an estimated date of about 1550. The name given in this record is Hoggekyn Chylde. Chylde does exist as a surname, but not really at this exact location, and its use with Hoggekyn as a given name would be extremely unusual. Chylde is also used to describe the youngest child in a family and often sticks throughout their life as an identifier. That is most likely what has happened here. John, as the youngest son in the family, would have been likely to be referred to in such a manner. Of course the record date being vague, he could also have just still been a minor at the beginning of the case, but either way, it still points to John.
!Source: Warwickshire Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FWARWICKSHIRE%2FBUR%2F000449062&tab=this
Record set Warwickshire Burials
Page 12
First name Joane
Burial date 05 Oct 1544
Last name Hopkins
Archive Warwickshire County Record Office
Burial year 1544
Archive reference DR0048/1
Death year -
Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Denomination Anglican
Records year range 1538-1631
County Warwickshire
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Country England
Subcategory Parish Burials
Place Barford
Collections from England, Great Britain
Document type Parish registers
Note: Spouse #1 = Joane
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7501614
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks
C 1 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary
C 1/1351 - Detailed description at item level
Catalogue description Short title: Fyssher v Hodgekyns. Plaintiffs: John FYSSHER and Elizabeth his wife....
Reference: C 1/1351/67-68
Description:
Short title: Fyssher v Hodgekyns.
Plaintiffs: John FYSSHER and Elizabeth his wife.
Defendants: John HODGEKYNS and Elizabeth his wife, late the wife of Thomas Bedforde of Coventry.
Subject: Expenses and labour of the said Elizabeth Fyssher in treating a disease of the said Bedforde. Warwickshire
Date: 1553-1555
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: 1. Location Bedford, Bedfordshire is 17.61 miles from All Saints Church, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. A second interpretation of this would have Her being treated while still married to her late husband while her married name was Bedford, but in Coventry, Warwickshire. This also fits well, although the John would have had to go just a bit further, 49.59 miles, for his emergency wife after Johanna apparently died a few months after childbirth, leaving him with an infant and several young children.
2. Spouse #2 = Elizabeth
!Source: Warwickshire Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_21906761346&tab=this
First name[s] Jo <<< Shorthand for John
County Warwickshire
Last name Hopkins
Country England
Birth year -
Source Warwickshire Burial Index 1538-1900
Death year 1559
Record set Warwickshire Burials
Burial year 1559
Category Birth, Marriage & Death [Parish Registers]
Burial date 05 Oct 1559
Subcategory Parish Burials
Residence -
Collections from England, Great Britain
Place Barford
!Source: Warwickshire Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FWARWICKSHIRE%2FBUR%2F000449106&tab=this
Record set Warwickshire Burials
Page 14
First name[s] Jo <<< Shorthand for John
Burial date 06 Oct 1559
Last name Hopkins
Archive Warwickshire County Record Office
Burial year 1559
Archive reference DR0048/1
Death year -
Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials
Denomination Anglican
Records year range 1538-1631
County Warwickshire
Category Birth, Marriage & Death [Parish Registers]
Country England
Subcategory Parish Burials
Place Barford
Collections from England, Great Britain
Document type Parish registers
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5380125
STAC - Records of the Court of Star Chamber and of other courts
STAC 5 - Court of Star Chamber: Proceedings, Elizabeth I
Subseries within STAC 5 - A plaintiffs
Catalogue description Short Title: Queen's Almoner v Rawlings. [Cause code: SCEL-00046]. Documents: bill,...
Reference: STAC 5/A20/39
Description:
Short Title: Queen's Almoner v Rawlings.
[Cause code: SCEL-00046].
Documents: bill, answer/s.
Plaintiffs: Queen's Almoner.
Defendants: William Rawlings, Richard Fletcher and others.
County: Buckinghamshire.
Subject: suicide's goods; withholding debts due to [John ?] Hodgkins, who killed himself.
Regnal year: 1 Eliz I.
Date: 1558 Nov 17-1559 Nov 16
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Notes: Matching criteria:
1. Time - dies exactly in the window
2. Geography - Bedfordshire touching Buckinghamshire
3. Movement - Shropshire - Bedfordsshire - Warwickshire
4. Life condition - collapsing household
5. Estate condition - likely messy
6. Record type match - debts owed to him + Crown involvement
7. No other John matches time and location test.
!Source: Bedfordshire Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=XAUTO%2FFHS%2FBEDFORDSHIRE%2FBUR%2F00251760&tab=this
First name Alice <<<<
Description All Saints
Last name Hawkins <<<< scribal mix-up for Hotchkiss as both surnames in area and even used by an Alice.
Denomination Anglican
Death year 1560
Repository Bedfordshire Archives
Year of burial 1560
Document reference Parish Register
Burial date 31 Jan 1560
Indexno 875729
Place Houghton Regis, All Saints
Record set Bedfordshire Burials
Status Widow <<<< John Hotchkiss buried 5 Oct 1559
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
County Bedfordshire
Subcategory Parish Burials
Country England
Collections from Great Britain, England
Note: Spouse #3 = Alice, widow.