John Hawkins

Personal and Family Information

John was born about 1466 in Kent, England, the son of John Hawkins and Alice Atwyll.

He died in 1527. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Stylename: Hawkins, Rector John [~1466-1527]

!Notes: Working Summary Hypothesis:

John Hawkins [1430–1514] was a second cousin of Captain John Hawkins and is proposed here as the father of Rector John Hawkins. It is highly plausible that John accompanied Captain John to Devon during the inheritance of the Hankeford estates — not as a formal heir, but as a trusted family supporter. Such relocations commonly involved extended kin to help secure property, manage retainers, and ensure loyalty on newly acquired lands.

He is presumed to have played a role in identifying and supporting his sons’ advancement, possibly working with Captain John to secure the son Rector John’s placement at Exeter College in 1486. Most likely the son Edmund lived in Exeter, Devon. This coordinated family effort helped establish a lasting Hawkins presence in Devonshire, both clerical and landed.

!Source: Wikipedia Extracts: Exeter College, Oxford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_College,_Oxford

The college was founded in 1314 by two brothers from Devon, Bishop Walter Stapledon and Sir Richard Stapledon, as an institution to educate clergy, and has been located on Turl Street since 1315.[5] At its foundation Exeter was popular with sons of the Devon gentry, though it has since become associated with a much broader range of notable alumni, including Raymond Raikes, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, Richard Burton, Roger Bannister, Alan Bennett, and Philip Pullman.

!Source: Wikipedia Extracts: Richard Stapledon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stapledon

Sir Richard Stapledon was an English judge and politician, the elder brother of Walter Stapledon , Bishop of Exeter. His effigy and monument survive in Exeter Cathedral. Marriage and progeny No records survive concerning the identity of Stapledon's wife. It was stated by Prince that Stapledon's progeny continued in the male line at Annery for a further two or three generations,[9] and then on the failure of the male line passed via a daughter and sole heiress, Thomasine Stapledon, to her husband Sir Richard I Hankford,[10] son of Sir William Hankford , KB, Lord Chief Justice of England.

Note: This is who Sir John Hawkins inherited from.

!Source: Britain, School And University Students https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FSCHOOLREG%2FSDE%2F131310&tab=this

First name John

Death year 1527

Last name Hicks <<<< Although this name is usually a transcription error, in this case it appears to be a church alias.

Publication title Register of the Rectors, Fellows, Scholars etc of Exeter College Oxford

Year 1486

Year range 1318-1878

Boarded year 1486

Publication year 1879

Boarded date 16 Dec 1486

Record set Britain, School And University Students

Institution Exeter College Oxford

Category Education & work

Town Oxford

Subcategory Schools & Education

County Oxfordshire

Collections from Great Britain, England, Scotland

Country England

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4949842

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 Counterpart of demise by William Malett and Alice his wife to William Rousewell and...

Reference: E 40/11083

Description:

Counterpart of demise by William Malett and Alice his wife to William Rousewell and Thomas and Henry his sons, for the term of their lives in survivorship, at 6s. 8d. rent to them and the heirs of William, of the land etc. in Bouecomb, in the parish of Bokelond, which Thomas Thachbere lately held there; attorneys to deliver seisin, William Spyryng and John Hawkyn of Bradford. Witnesses: Nicholas and Richard Bluett and Alexander Hamlyn, esquires. Somerset. 29 May, 16 Henry VII.

Note: Seals, broken and effaced

Date: 1501 May 29

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: Location is Bradford-on-Tone, Taunton, Somerset, UK

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7462973

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 1/254 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Keeper of the Great Seal. Detailed descriptions at item level

Catalogue description Short title: Hawkyns v Sylke. Plaintiffs: John Hawkyns, clerk. Defendants: William...

Reference: C 1/254/39

Description:

Short title: Hawkyns v Sylke.

Plaintiffs: John Hawkyns, clerk.

Defendants: William Sylke, doctor, and Thomas Appolton, parson of Lymston.

Subject: The benefice of Pole, otherwise Southpole, of which the patronage of the next vacancy was granted by John Dynham, knight, to complainants, who presented defendant. Devon

Note: Partly illegible.

Date: 1501-1504

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=OR%2FSSL%2FWILLS%2F00169337&tab=this

First name John

Source Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856

Last name Hicks <<<< Although this name is usually a transcription error, in this case it appears to be a church alias.

Volume title Volume 2 Register 'Mathewe' 1490-1524

Year 1503

File volume 2

Testator first name William

Abstract reference SW/2_234

Testator last name Bower

Record set Surrey & South London Wills & Probate Index, 1470-1856

Court Surrey Archdeaconry Court

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Contents SW/2_234

William Bower of St Mary Magdalen Overy Southwark 16 Dec 1500 [English]

to my daughter Mary a featherbed and bolster, my largest maser with two candlesticks; to my sister Margery a long gown of russet 'frowd' with wild cats' skins; to my sister Alice a long gown of russet lined with black; residue to my wife Alice Bowre, exec.

Overseers: William Branch

Witnesses: John Hicks, my parish priest; William Branch <<<<

Proved: 16 Mar 1502/3 to relict [DW/PA/7/2 f.86r]

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Surrey, London

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England