John Hawkins

John was born about 1410, the son of John Hawkins but his mother is unknown. The place is not known.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

John Hawkins (c1410-?)	John Hawkins (c1365->1427)	John Hawkins (c1325->1349)	Nicholas Hawkins (c1285-?)
		John Hawkins (c1325->1349)

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!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/9499600e-73ae-4eef-b9e7-643b2a239834

Catalogue description Grant: John Hawkyns alias Kempston of Bedford to Lord John Cornewayle, knight , John Cornewayle the Bastard of Fawnhope, esquire, and Baldwin Seyntgeorge. -- A chief tenement with three tenements adjoining, one croft and 5 acres of arable land lying dispersed in the Town and Fields of Bedford; whereof the said chief tenement with 2 tenements adjoining on the N. side and the other tenement on the S. side, with gardens, curtilages, hedges, ditches and other appurtenances, lying in the parish of St John, Bedford, between the tenement of Ellen Muryell on S. and that of the Abbess of Elstow on N., extending from the croft of Reginald Loryng on W. to the King's highway on E.; the croft with its hedges and ditches lies in the same parish on the W. side of the King's highway leadingfrom SeyntJohnstret to SeyntLenenards, and extends from the way called Bodynhoweye to the close of the Master and Brethren of the House of St Leonard; 3 acres lie together in the same parish next Pytecroft on one side and the land of the Abbess of Elstow on the other, abutting S. with hedges and ditches to le Bodynhoweye and N. at the other head; and the 2 acres lie together in the same furlong between the land of John Hunte on E. and that of the Prior of Cauldwell on W. Which lands and tenements the grantor had of the grant and feoffment of John Feron. Witnesses: Wm. Hunte , Thos. Davy and Andrew Rolleman , Rob. Wasselyn, John Frepurs, Thos. Bole, John Kent, John Adam.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C5888886

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Catalogue description Quitclaim by Thomas Carter of Beston to John Hawkyn of Thornecote, John Pertecell of the...

Quitclaim by Thomas Carter of Beston to John Hawkyn of Thornecote, John Pertecell of the same, and John Saltewell of Yekewell, of his right in la. land in the fields of Beston, ½a. on Clayehyll abutting on 'le Dene,' and on 'Clayehyllehede,' and ½a. on 'le Hoo.' 18 August, 13 Edward IV.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7451694

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

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 Sheriffs of London. Plaintiffs: John Hawkyns and Thomas...

Subject: Arrest at `the Swan' in Thamys Street on a feigned action of trespass by John Maryot. Corpus cum causa. Cambridgeshire, London

Note: Two vistors from Cambrigeshire falsley arrested at The Old Swan Inn, Upper Thames Street. Dutton-in-Cambridgeshire.

!Source: Old Swan Inn, Upper Thames Street https://knowyourlondon.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/old-swan-inn-upper-thames-street/

Above: Agas Map c1561 showing the earliest representation of the Old Swan Inn. The name is written along the street beside which it stands.

Places of interest come ‘thick and fast’ at this point on the Agas map. This is the story of the Old Swan Inn. On the Agas map, the building is not named but the words ‘The olde swanne’ are shown in the street beside it. There are very few visual representations for this old inn which was one of the most well-known in the City of London. It was mainly called ‘Old Swan Inn’ but it is also named as ‘Old Swan Tavern’. The name ‘Tavern’ is given in Lillywhite . Harben calls the establishment ‘Old Swan Inn’ .

The inn stood next to Old Swan Stairs which were at the southern end of Old Swan Lane. The earliest mention was in the 1360s. About 1632 it was described as ‘The Swan in Thames Street that doe sell Rhenish Wine’ – which is German wine. The inn was destroyed on Sunday 2 September 1666 in the Great Fire and later rebuilt.

From 1716 the inn was the starting point on the Thames for the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race. The race was instituted by the Irish actor Thomas Doggett. It is the oldest sculling race in the world. Men who are just out of their apprenticeship as watermen compete to row from opposite the site of the Old Swan Inn to Chelsea where there was another inn called the Old White Swan . The course is a distance of four and a half miles . The prize is a red coat with a large badge on the left sleeve. The race, which takes place in July or August, depending on the tides, is organised by the Fishmongers’ Company who are the trustees of Doggett’s will.

Above: Panorama of London, 1770. The inn is shown just west of Fishmongers’ Hall which is, in turn, is to the west of Old London Bridge. Notice the river stairs beside the tavern — called Old Swan Stairs.

The inn is known to have still been in existence in 1764 but how much later it stood on the site is not clear. It is unlikely that it was in existence much later than 1800. Taking its name from the inn, there was an Old Swan Pier which was first mentioned in 1875 and was well used by paddle steamers into the early 1900s.

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Yes, you are quite correct. The building is described sometimes as an inn and sometimes as a tavern.

Gregory, in the 2nd paragraph, Adrian did mention its being burnt: “The inn was destroyed on Sunday 2 September 1666 in the Great Fire and later rebuilt.”

John Hawkins

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