Richard Hotchkiss / Hodgkins

Personal and Family Information

Richard was born about 1456 in Shropshire, England, the son of Richard Hotchkiss / Hodgkins but his mother is unknown.

He died in 1532 in Walsall, Staffordshire, England.

His wife was Margery. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their six known children were Henry (c1476-?), Vincent (c1478-?), William (c1480-1532), John (c1483-?), Clement (c1485-?) and Thomas (c1487-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Note: Richard Hotchkiss , born ~1456 and died 1532 in Walsall, Staffordshire, was the husband of Margery and patriarch of a well-documented Hotchkiss line. His 1532 probate in Walsall confirms both his death and final residence, aligning with the presence of his widow Alice and granddaughter Susan in the same parish. This final probate entry completes a multi-location estate trail—linking Everdon, Steventon, and West Bromwich—and secures Richard’s role as the founding figure of the Northamptonshire-Staffordshire Hotchkiss branch.

!Note: Farthingstone and Daventry are just 4 miles apart; the 1519 and 1523 records likely reflect Richard's death and delayed probate or related filings.

!Source: Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FP%2F395029986%2F1&tab=this

First name Richard

Folio or page 365

Last name Hopkyns

Microform 1

Birth year -

Reference Archdeaconry Court of Northampton:Wills, Administrations and inventories, and accounts

Year 1519

Number 783

Place Farthingstone

Record set Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index

Country England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Series 1ST

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Type Will

Collections from Great Britain, England

Book or box A

!Source: Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FP%2F395029979%2F1&tab=this

First name John

Folio or page 10

Last name Hopkyns

Microform 2

Birth year -

Reference Archdeaconry Court of Northampton:Wills, Administrations and inventories, and accounts

Year 1521

Number 32

Place Farthingstone

Record set Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index

Country England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Series 1ST

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Type Will

Collections from Great Britain, England

Book or box B

!Source: Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FP%2F395029276%2F1&tab=this

First name Richard

Book or box B

Last name Hodgekyns

Folio or page 157

Birth year -

Microform 2

Year 1523

Reference Archdeaconry Court of Northampton:Wills, Administrations and inventories, and accounts

Place Daventry

Number 490

Country England

Record set Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index

Notes Drayton

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Series 1ST

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Type Will

Collections from Great Britain, England

!Source: Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FP%2F395027625%2F1&tab=this

First name John

Folio or page 74

Last name Hawkyns

Microform 3

Birth year -

Reference Archdeaconry Court of Northampton:Wills, Administrations and inventories, and accounts

Year 1527

Number 197

Place Strixton

Record set Northamptonshire And Rutland Probate Index

Country England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Series 1ST

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Type Will

Collections from Great Britain, England

Book or box D

!Source: Surrey Lay Subsidies 1524-1645 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSURREY-LAY%2F000629&tab=this

First name Richard

Full entry

1102. Richmond

Richard FORM, W £1

Thomas COUPER, W £1

Robert NEVELL, W £1

Lawrence ..., W £1

Miles WIFF, G £2

John GOFF, W £1

Hugh SHURLOK, W £1

John BADCOKE, W £1

Robert FARENTON?, G £4

Ralph FRENCHE, G £6

David FLOD, W £1

Peter BAILY, W £1

John CREW, G £4

John HUGH, W £1

Geoffrey LAND, W £1

Thomas BRADLEY, G £3

John FELDE, W £1

John DRAPER, W £1

? Richard HADCROSE, L £4

Maud GARARD, G £2

Robert SURGEON, G £2

John PYKERYNG, G £2

John WITLOKE, G £2

Thomas BYNGATE, W £1

Thomas MONDAY, G £2

Elizabeth KIRFOTT, G £2

... THOROGOD, G £2

Henry GOLD, G £2

John PERKAS, W £1

Matthew CLIDORE, W £3 6/8

John WELSH, G £2

Robert MASON, G £2

Peter HOO, W £1

Walter WIFF, G £2

William ..., G £4

Henry TAILLOR, W £1

John LOVELL, G £4

John ELYS, G £3

John MYLYNEKE, W £1

John LEGE, W £1

Thomas LAVLES, W £2

John COSYN, W £1

Richard SHEPARD, W £1

William MELTON, W £2

Robert LOVELL, W £1

David TAILLOR, W £1

George HOLWELL, W £1

William THOROGOD, .. £1

Edward BRAMPTON, W £1

John BYNGATE, W £1

John PALMER, W £2

Edward WARDE, W £1

Nicholas BAYNBRIG, W £1

Richard HARDKNES, W £1 <<< This is most likely a misreading of secretary hand for Hochkins

Reynold DOWNES, W £1

George PORTER, W £1

John BLAKMAN, W £1

William CLEIST?, W £1

John BROWNE, W £1

Robert GROVE, W £1

execs. of John RICARD?, G £2

-

Total: £2 8/-

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Last name Hardknes <<< This is most likely a misreading of secretary hand for Hochkins

Archive reference E 179/184/147

Year 1525

Archive The National Archives

Parish Richmond

Record set Surrey Lay Subsidies 1524-1645

Hundred Kingston

Category Census, Land & Substitutes

County Surrey

Subcategory Land & Estates

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

!Source: Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield And Coventry Wills And Probate 1521-1860 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F012453&tab=this

First name Ricus

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 Hopkyns

Piece description Act books, v. 1-6

Year 1532

Piece surname range -

Probate year 1532

Piece year range 1532-1572

Parish Walsall

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

Place Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Staffordshire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain