William Hotchkiss

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William was born about 1508, the son of Roger Hotchkiss and Elizabeth. The place is not known.

He died after 1559 in Alveley, Shropshire, England.

He had three marriages/partners. His first wife was Anne, who he married in ABT 1539. The place has not been found. Their only known child was Johane (c1540-?).

His second wife was Margaret, who he married in ABT 1541. The place has not been found. Their two known children were Elizabeth (c1542-?) and Agnes (c1544-?).

His third wife was Elisabethe Budge, who he married in 1552 in Dymock, Gloucestershire, England. They had no known children.

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Note 1

!Stylename: Hotchkiss, William of Alveley [~1521 - ]

!Notes: Clothworkers’ Company apprenticeships typically began around age 14

So a birth in ~1521 means William could have been apprenticed around 1535

He’d then be freeman by ~1542, making him active just in time to:

Be established by the 1550s when his daughters are mentioned

Fit the timeline of his sister Catherine’s marriage

As a younger son of Sir Roger, he wouldn’t have the main estate of Hawkeswood, though he did indeed inherit land, making trade the expected path

!Notes: Probate Steps for the Alveley Estate. Each step is the court calling some live person to appear.

1. Roger dies →

2. Elizabeth inherits life rights to the Alveley estate and is called in 1534 to formalize her claim.

3. William is also called in 1534 to notify him that he will inherit when his mother dies.

4. Robert [sone of William burgess and pannarius of Salop] is called in to clear up some ownership issues regarding his father William and his and Roger's common grandfather Sir John of Castle Pulverbatch and Hawkeswood, likely previous owner of the land.

5. Margaret appears in 1538 — likely wife of William — acting on his behalf, suggesting he’s alive but unavailable .

6. Thomas Hotchkiss c.1502–1560, Wroxeter] appraises inventory.

7. Elizabeth dies in 1559, and the remainder interest vests in William, who is called in to pass n full ownership.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012446&tab=this

First name Willus

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Last name Abrahim <<<< Transcriber’s misinterpretation of eighth word as a name of a person with a will.

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish -

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Fushall, , England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County -

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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Image: Attached. https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2F007620604%2F00012&parentid=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012445

Quibus die et coram nobis comparuit alias Williemus de Gozeth, alias William alias de Hawks-hall, alias

Gozeths absentia, officii de sui feoffatum, et de executore Johannis, publicorum bonorum administratione.

In tenentia notarii missio testamenti de Hawks-Hall desiit, allegavit motae super Willemum.

et Willimus Goza dictus defensor, voluntate populi administratoris super praemissis judicium

innenum Christus born mist. + Pieous ex fidelibus desperunt, dict[um] my with.”

Willimus allegavit bona in notis or oblationes ad, praedectus Notatorii Sucessor or by

concessa † dict[ae] widowed uxorem venditae ad supermemoratum, et factum issued obtained by me

notarii praedictus ad supermemoratum, test[amentum] singulum obtulit secundum

On the 25th of September, Monday, on the feast of Saint Firmin ad praesentem venditionem et allegavit † †

Sunt qualia postea occupata, et Goesum dicti Johannis sub ponere missus

Johannes praescriptum alias cognominatus Gose, est et est ad Nois bequest John oblat †

praesentes dicit et coram praedente, Que es public vassallus † scriptis notary alias

Durante publicis parochialibus juramentos Thomas Hoskes, Thomas per William acceptavit quae juramenta.

and witnesseth in Junii and rent [by] Elizabeth Disowning [claim]

Translation:

On which day and before us appeared alias William of Gozeth, or William, also known as of Hawks Hall,

In absence of Gozeth [or Gozeth’s heir], the office of his feoffate, and of the executor of John, for the administration of public goods.

In the custody of the notary, the delivery of the will of Hawks-Hall had ceased; he alleged that it passed to William.

and William of Goza, said to be the defender, by the will of the people, the administrator of the judgment above

Thus was Christ once born amidst mist. And the pious, from among the faithful, despair — so says my witness

William alleged goods in the notes, or offerings for inspection, [of the] aforesaid Successor of the Notary or by the

Granted † [by the deceased through] the said widowed wife, sold to the aforementioned, and the deed issued obtained by me.

The aforesaid notary [presented] to the aforementioned, the individual will accordingly

On the 25th of September, Monday, on the feast of Saint Firmin to the present sale and alleged † †

They are such as were afterwards occupied, and Goesus was sent under the direction of the said John.

John the prescribed, otherwise known as Gose, is and is to us the bequest John offers †

The present [party] states, and before the presiding official, that he is a public vassal † [as] written in the notary’s record, otherwise.

During the public parochial oaths of Thomas Hoskes, Thomas accepted those oaths through William.

and witnesseth in Junii and rent [by] Elizabeth Disowning [claim].

Note: These two images are linked. The second is more or less a continuation of the first. The first discusses the disposition of estates, particulary Hawks Hall [Hawkeswood] among brothers after Thomas’ death, and the second confirms an administration grant involving William and his mother Elizabeth for managing Roger’s estate—likely in coordination with or as a consequence of Thomas' passing. The transcriber thought the second was someone elses’s will.

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F013326&tab=this

First name Willmus

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Last name Hoppkyns

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1534

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1534

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F013334&tab=this

First name Willmus

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Last name Hoppkyns

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1534

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1534

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F014558&tab=this

First name Willym

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Last name Hythkyns

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1538

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1538

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

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!Source: Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946 https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=GBOR%2FBIL%2FSOG28%2F0072&parentid=GBPRS%2FBIL%2F00151754

COOK Richard 1535, 13645

Name Richard Cook of S Mary Abchurch

Wife Cahterine Hawkins

Profession citizen draper free 1528 by John Swan warder 1552, 1558

bro Henry, bro Robert clothworker, sis Margaret wife of Hugh Fisher

died 1559 Sep 7 buried 6 Mary Abchurch

Will 1559 PCC 46 Chaymary

Children

John ? cit draper 1569 March 13 free by John Brand

Henry

Richard

William died as an orphan

Clare ?marr 1574 John Donken

Sence ?marr 1571 John Smith

—

dated 1559 Sep 5 proved 1559 Oct 12

will wife Catherine

Chn John, Henry, Richard, William, Clare, Sence

m in law Elizabeth Miller

Henry Pearson = Elizabeth Cook sis of RC

sorry = Agnes

bro Henry Cook dev his chn

bro Robert Cook CLO

sis Margaret=Hugh Fisher

bro in law William Hawkins das Elizabeth & Agnes

Edward & wife

Nicholas Lacy CLO

Owen Cloun DR

John Branch DR

Chn's uncle Richard Hawkins

Corporations record Rep 18 fd 108

1560 May 27 widow Catherine = Anthony Cage Bp London ML

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F024343&tab=this

First name - <<< Elizabeth

Series description Registered wills and original wills, administrations and inventories, 1494-1860, and, act books, 1532-1638 for Diocese of Lichfield Episcopal Consistory Court

Last name Hugekies <<< Hochkiss

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1559

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1559

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Alveley

Record set Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860

Place Alveley, Shropshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Shropshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

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Transcription:

Testm adm fuit addum tener Wyllyam Hochkiss filio et

excori dicte Elizabethe Hochkiss defuncte coram ...

Expanded :

Testamentum admissum fuit admodum tenere Wyllyam Hochkiss, filio et executori dictae Elizabethe Hugekies defunctae coram ...

English Translation:

The testament was duly admitted to the very worthy William Hochkiss, son and executor of the said Elizabeth Hugekies, deceased, before...