William Hotchkiss

Personal and Family Information

William was born about 1525, the son of Edward Hotchkiss and Agnes. The place is not known.

He died before 1559. The place is not known.

His wife was Annys Fantaine, who he married on 28 NOV 1549 in Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, England. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

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

https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSTAFF%2FWILLS%2F310140&tab=this

First name Edwd

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 Haken <<<< Scribes version of Hotchkiss

Piece description Original wills, administrations, inventories

Year 1534

Piece surname range H

Probate year 1534

Piece year range 1530-1540

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

Image: https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbprs%2fstaff%2f007620811%2f00030&parentid=gbprs%2fstaff%2fwills%2f310140

[Cover] Abt 1534 Edwd. Haken

The [con]tents and p[ar]cels [be]long[ing] to Edw[ard] Haken de[p]t[ed]

above the [God?] app[rai]sed & by [name] W[illia]m [Wymer?] et Rob[er]t

Glover in p[re]sence of John Morrys p[ri]mus die mens[is] Novem[b]ris a[nn]o R[egni] H[enrici] viijᵒ xxvjᵒ.

[Left column – bequests/items]

It[em] ffirst my gown app[ra]ised in the

sum[m]a of ijˢ vjᵈ –– [value in right column]

It[em] one cote app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of ijˢ ––

It[em] one gyrdyll app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of xijᵈ ––

It[em] one fyne bed app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of vˢ ––

It[em] one caldron app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of ijˢ iiijᵈ ––

It[em] a [maur?] app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of vjᵈ ––

It[em] my cobyrde & my lavb[?]e app[ra]ised

in the sum[m]a of ijˢ ––

It[em] one pott app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of iiijᵈ ––

It[em] one panne app[ra]ised in the sum[m]a of viijᵈ ––

[Right column – valuations / summary]

The somme att ma[re] is app[ra]ised

in the sum[m]a of xvijˢ of [legal?] money

[?] the whiche app[ra]ised were sett forth of goods & catt[ell] gold

in value the sum[m]a of xvijˢ iiijᵈ

Modern English version:

[Cover] About 1534 – Edward Hotchkiss [recorded as “Haken” – a scribal form]

The contents and parcels belonging to Edward Hotchkiss, deceased, above [listed] were appraised by William [Wymer?] and

Robert Glover in the presence of John Morrys, on the first day of November in the 26th year of the reign of King Henry VIII.

[Left column – items bequeathed]

First, my gown – appraised at 2 shillings, 6 pence

One coat – appraised at 2 shillings

One girdle – appraised at 12 pence

One fine bed – appraised at 5 shillings

One cauldron – appraised at 2 shillings, 4 pence

A [maur?]* – appraised at 6 pence

My cupboard and my [lavb?]* – appraised at 2 shillings

One pot – appraised at 4 pence

One pan – appraised at 8 pence

[Right column – valuation summary]

The total amount appraised comes to 17 shillings in lawful money.

Of which the appraised goods and chattels were valued at 17 shillings, 4 pence.

*Those two odd items — “maur” and “lavb” — are worth double-checking. In some probate inventories, “maur” might be a form

of “maul” [a small hammer or mallet], and “lavb” could be a shorthand for a lavatory basin or laver. The letterforms in

this hand aren’t definitive, but the values suggest small household fixtures

rather than livestock or land.

Note: “26th year of Henry VIII” = 21 Apr 1534 – 20 Apr 1535.

Note: Children listed as: John, Symon, William, Edward.

!Source: Bedfordshire Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_857643963&tab=this

First name William

Spouse's first name Annys

Last name Hopkinns

Spouse's last name Fantaine

Marriage year 1549

Record set Bedfordshire Marriages

Date 28 Nov 1549

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place Ridgmont

Subcategory Parish Marriages

County Bedfordshire

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

Note: This is a long way from Shropshire, but others of Sir Roger’s grandshildren have found their way further away, and marriages were mostly arranged at the time.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5400760

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

Short Title: Queen's Almoner v Watkins. [Cause code: SCEL-17843; SCEL-00719]. Documents:...

Reference: STAC 5/A57/27

Description:

Short Title: Queen's Almoner v Watkins.

[Cause code: SCEL-17843; SCEL-00719].

Documents: three bills.

Plaintiffs: Queen's Almoner .

Defendants: Thomas Watkins, Gye Foster, Robert Nedham and others.

County: Gloucestershire; Buckinghamshire; Shropshire [Marches of Wales].

Subject: suicides' goods; of John Madock, late of Woolaston who hanged himself on 30 May 1564, brother of Thomas Madock gent of Woolaston; and of Anne Hodgkin widow late of Hardmead, who drowned herself on 2 September 1559; and of William Llewelyn, late of Steele, who hanged himself in his house on 30 May 1565.

Date: [1559-1565]

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: Hardmead, Buckinghamshire is 7.46 miles from Ridgmont, Bedfordshire. This means William woulld have died before 1559.