George was born about 1452, the son of John Hawkins and Margaret Clerk. The place is not known.
He died about 1485 in Cambridge, England.
He had two marriages/partners. His first wife was Johanne, who he married in ABT 1481. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
His second wife was Alice, who he married in ABT 1485. The place has not been found. They had no known children.
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Note 1
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7451915
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 1/66 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Lincoln as Lord Chancellor. Detailed descriptions at item level.
Catalogue description Short title: Hawkyns v The Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge. Plaintiffs: George Hawkyns....
Reference: C 1/66/295
Description:
Short title: Hawkyns v The Mayor and Bailiffs of Cambridge.
Plaintiffs: George Hawkyns.
Defendants: The mayor and bailiffs of Cambridge.
Subject: Action brought by Richard Thynkness for the unpaid balance of the price of `a pake of whitis, callid stokbredis.' Certiorari. Cambridgeshire
Date: 1475-1480, or 1483-1485
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Notes: A “pake of whitis” = a pack of white cloths, probably bundled bleached woolen broadcloths or stock-sheets.
“Stockbreds” were: bleached, medium-fine, fairly standardized cloths, often used as a kind of cheaper broadcloth substitute. It was purely commercial merchandise, sold in packs or bales.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7451617
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 1/65 - Chancery pleadings addressed to John Bishop of Lincoln as Lord Chancellor. Detailed description at item level
Catalogue description Short title: Haukyns v Wyghton. Plaintiffs: George Haukyns and Johanne, his wife,...
Reference: C 1/65/166
Description:
Short title: Haukyns v Wyghton.
Plaintiffs: George Haukyns and Johanne, his wife, previously the wife of Thomas Ruggewyn.
Defendants: John Wyghton.
Subject: Booths in Sterebriggez Fair beside Cambridge. Cambridgeshire
Date: 1483-1485
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: They were dropping like flies. 1485 was Bosworth and the sweating sickness.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7453583
The National Archives' catalogue
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 1/74 - Chancery pleadings in English, addressed to the Lord Chancellor . Detailed descriptions...
Catalogue description Short title: Wynter v Slyfeld. Plaintiffs: John Wynter and Alice, his wife, previously...
Reference: C 1/74/88
Description:
Short title: Wynter v Slyfeld.
Plaintiffs: John Wynter and Alice, his wife, previously the wife of George Hawkyn.
Defendants: Thomas Slyfeld and Richard Bard.
Subject: Tenement in Dorking. Surrey
Date: 1386-1486
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: They were dropping like flies. 1485 was Bosworth and the sweating sickness.