John was born about 1330 in Kent, England, the son of Alexander Hawkins but his mother is unknown.
He died after 1401. The place is not known.
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Note 1
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54 - Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library
CCA-DCc-ChAnt - DEAN AND CHAPTER ARCHIVE
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C - Chartae Antiquae C
Catalogue description Grant
Reference: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/382
Title: Grant
Description:
From: John atte Wode, of Great Chart; John Hawkyn, of Great Chart; Robert Massoun, of Great Chart To: Alexander Hanekyn, clerk, of Canterbury 1½ acres 6 perches in Great Chart. Lying with the priory's land to west, north and south, and the lands of William Bakere, the heirs of Richard Chaumpeneys, John Chelmyndenne and the donor to east. Given at Great Chart [Kent]. Witnesses: Thomas Goldwelle; William de Hawte; Thomas Sprot; John of Goldwell; Thomas of Godinton; Thomas of Worten; William Bakere Endorsed with description in 14th cent hand.
Date: 5 Feb 1375
Related material:
Registered version: CCA-DCc-Register/D, f332v
Held by: Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/382
Language: English
Physical description: 1 document
Physical condition: Parchment, 1m, 3 seals
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CCA-DCc-ChAnt - DEAN AND CHAPTER ARCHIVE
CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C - Chartae Antiquae C
Catalogue description Letters of attorney
Reference: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/383
Title: Letters of attorney
Description:
From: Alexander Hanekyn, clerk, of Canterbury Appointing Henry Clerk of Chilham as his attorney for receiving seisin from John atte Wode, John Hawkyn and Robert Massoun of Great Chart of 1½ acres 6 perches in Great Chart. Given at Canterbury. Endorsed with descriptions in 14th cent hands.
Date: 5 Feb 1375
Related material:
Registered version: CCA-DCc-Register/D, f332v
Held by: Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library, not available at The National Archives
Former reference in its original department: CCA-DCc-ChAnt/C/383
Language: English
Physical description: 1 document
Physical condition: Parchment, 1m, seal, stub of wrapping tie
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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 1/3 - Chancery pleadings addressed to various Lords Chancellor, 10 Richard II - 14 Henry IV. Detailed descriptions at item level.
Catalogue description Short title: Swelle v Haukyn. Plaintiffs: John Swelle, marshal of the King's Hall....
Reference: C 1/3/36
Description:
Short title: Swelle v Haukyn.
Plaintiffs: John Swelle, marshal of the King's Hall.
Defendants: John Haukyn, of Stalisfield .
Subject: Contempt of the chancellor's writ to cease from a suit in the court of Dover Castle. Kent
Date: 1386-1411
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
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SC - Records of various departments, arranged artificially according to type, and formerly entitled Special Collections
SC 8 - Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
Subseries within SC 8 - PETITIONS TO THE KING; TO THE KING AND COUNCIL; TO THE COUNCIL; TO THE PARLIAMENT; AND THE LIKE.
SC 8/142 - 7051-7100. Individual petitions are described , dated, and are available at item level.
Catalogue description Petitioners: John Swell, Marshal of the Household. Name: Swell, John ...
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Reference: SC 8/142/7055
Description:
Petitioners: John Swell, Marshal of the Household.
Name: Swell, John
Addressees: King.
Occupation: Marshal of the Household
Nature of request: John Swell, Marshal of the Household, states that he had previously complained about Thomas Selynger, who had removed John Clement, his servant and farmer of his manor of Derbies, from that manor, together with the petitioner's goods and money, and had imprisoned him until the King wrote to him to release him. He now says that Thomas Selynger has also removed John Erwell, his Bailiff of the same manor, and that because of this he can have no account of his goods. He asks that the Steward, Treasurer and Controller of the King's household might be appointed to do what reason demands in this matter without further delay.
Nature of endorsement: [None]
Places mentioned: Derbys , Kent.
People mentioned: Thomas Selynger; John Clement, servant of John Swell and farmer of his manor of Derbies; John Erwell, bailiff of the manor of Derbies.
Note: C 1/3/36 is a petition from the same petitioner, addressed to the Bishop of Exeter and Chancellor of England, and mentioning John Clement, concerning a writ to one John Haukyn of Stalisfield to cease his suit against the petitioner in the court of Dover castle, which John Haukyn has completely disobeyed. As the manor of Derbies or Derbies Court lay in Stalisfield parish, this matter might well be related, and as Edmund Stafford, Bishop of Exeter, was Chancellor between 1396 and 1399, and between 1401 and 1403, this petition too would seem likely to date from about then.
Date: [? c. 1390-? c. 1410]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Language: French
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: Likely events: To begin with, this is Cinq Ports, Dover Castle, where the Hawkins family has a definit in. John Swelle, marshal of the King’s Hall, was effectively a senior palace officer, not a local sheriff. His manor of Derbies Court, Stalisfield, Kent sat under the liberty of Dover Castle, which had its own admiralty-style jurisdiction called the Cinque Ports court. When John Haukyn of Stalisfield kept pressing a case there, probably debt or distraint, the Chancellor issued a supersedeas, an order to “cease your suit” until the Chancery decided who had jurisdiction. Haukyn refused, maybe because the Dover court claimed immunity from Westminster writs. Swelle complained again, hence the petition SC 8/142/7055 asking the King to have the household officers enforce the stop. If this had been an ordinary common-law suit under royal jurisdiction, the Lord Chancellor could just issue a writ of supersedeas, and the sheriff or court would be bound to stop proceedings instantly.