Ricardus Hotchkiss / Hawkesworth / de Hawkesgarth

Personal and Family Information

Ricardus was born about 1330 in Shropshire, England, the son of Adam [Hotchkiss], de Hawkesgarth, de Hawkesworth but his mother is unknown.

He died in Yorkshire, England. The date is not known.

His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their four known children were Alice (c1350-c1430), Thomas (c1360-1447), Ricardus (c1363-?) and John (c1373-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

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Note 1

!Stylename: Hotchkiss / Hawkesworth, Ricardus de Haukesgarth I [~1330 - ?]

!Note: Edmond starts the York “de Haukesgarth” or "Hawkesworth" surname line with its many variations.

When Hugh le Mon de Hokeswod's grandson, Adam Hotchkiss de Haukesgarth made his way to York, he hadn’t yet adopted the Hotchkiss name. Instead, he used "de Hawkeswood" —

which the scribes of York stylized into a variety of poetic woodland names:

Haukesgarth – "hawk’s protected grove"

Haukeswell – "hawk’s woodland spring"

Hawkesworth – "hawk’s wooded farmstead"

Hawkeswold – "hawk’s windy wood": open, highland woodland — chilly, windswept, and exactly where you’d expect a hawk to rule the skies.

The use of the estate-based surname and the generational fit both support the theory that Edmond was the brother of Roger, the first actual bearer of the Hotchkiss

surname. Both came from Hawkeswood. The earliest freeman entries in York date to 1335–1347. His probate represents one of the earliest confirmed uses of the

Hawksworth name in Yorkshire, marking a key point in the scribal evolution from Hawkeswood to Hawksworth as a distinct surname.

!Source: City Of York Apprentices And Freemen 1272-1930

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FYORKS%2FFREEMEN%2F0077853&tab=this

First name Ricardus

Document type Admission Register of Freemen of the City of York

Last name De Haukesgarth

Year range 1346-1347

Occupation -

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Event year 1346-47

Record set City Of York Apprentices And Freemen 1272-1930

Place York

Category Education & work

County Yorkshire

Subcategory Apprentices

Country England

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