Richard Hawkins

Personal and Family Information

Richard was born about 1435, the son of Henry Hawkins but his mother is unknown. The place is not known.

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

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Stylename: Hawkins, Parson Richard [~1435 - ?]

!Note: Likely Twin.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7438289

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 1/11 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Bath and Wells as Lord Chancellor. Detailed descriptions at item level.

Catalogue description Short title: Cotes v Haukyn. Plaintiffs: John Cotes, esq. Defendants: Richard Haukyn,...

Reference: C 1/11/155

Description:

Short title: Cotes v Haukyn.

Plaintiffs: John Cotes, esq.

Defendants: Richard Haukyn, parson of Edith Weston .

Subject: Messuages and land in Watford, enfeoffed by Margaret Metlegh, petitioner's mother. Northamptonshire

Date: 1432-1443, possibly 1467-1470

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7441987

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 1/26 - Chancery pleadings addressed to William [Wayneflete], Bishop of Winchester as Lord Chancellor. Detailed description at item level

Catalogue description Short title: Huggeford v Hawkyns. Plaintiffs: John Huggeford and Margaret his wife,...

Reference: C 1/26/533

Description:

Short title: Huggeford v Hawkyns.

Plaintiffs: John Huggeford and Margaret his wife, daughter of Nicholas Metteley.

Defendants: Sir Richard Hawkyns, parson of Edith Weston , and Sir John Watteson, parson of Rodbourn, feoffees of the said Nicholas.

Subject: Lands, etc called `the Grene' co. Berks; and lands in Watford , co. Northampton. Berkshire, Northamptonshire

Date: 1456-1460

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: The “Sir” title for parsons actually favors a younger man. Parsons called Sir X were typically: fully ordained but not “Masters”, often younger clerics, the ones put forward by landed families for managing property. A middle son born 1435 fits right in.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4457487

WARD - Records of the Court of Wards and Liveries

WARD 2 - Court of Wards and Liveries: Deeds and Evidences

Catalogue description Cancelled grant of a lease from Thomas Chawnefeylde of Kidlington on the Green , Oxfordshire, and Joan, his wife, to William Vorde and John Andrews of Kidlington on the Green, Oxfordshire, of a tenement and two messuages with fields, pasture and meadows and all their appurtenances [location specified, for annual rent of 8s. Dated at Kidlington. Witnesses: Peter Fyllow, Richard Bowle, Richard Hawkyn, Laurence Horeman, John Clyfford, Thomas Harper, Thomas Smyth, Henry Lake, Thomas Elkyn and others. Dorse: note that the deed is a forgery.

Date: 1479 Sept 29

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Language: Latin

Physical condition: Both seals missing

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: If he traveled 31 miles from Edith Weston, Rutland to Watford, Northamptonshire, an additional 34 miles, for a case, then trveling to Kidlington, Oxfordshire might not be unreasonable.