Alice was born about 1420 in Devonshire, England, the daughter of Atwyll and Katherine.
Her husband was John Hawkins. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their four known children were George (c1457-c1529), Edmund (c1458-?), Peter (c1459-?) and John (c1466-1527).
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Note 1
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7457147
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 1/140 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor [John Morton 1486-1493 or William Warham 1504-1515]. Detailed...
Catalogue description Short title: Hawkyns v Drake. Plaintiffs: John Hawkyns and Alice, his wife, daughter of...
Reference: C 1/140/97
Description:
Short title: Hawkyns v Drake.
Plaintiffs: John Hawkyns and Alice, his wife, daughter of Katherine Atwyll, of Rewe, widow, deceased.
Defendants: ... Drake and others, executors of the said Katherine.
Subject: Money bequeathed to the said Alice. Devon
Note: Mutilated.
Date: 1486-1493, or 1504-1515
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: Could be this Drake, great-grandfather of Sir Francis Drake. It is John’s mother-in-law, Katherine Atwyll, of Rewe, widow, who was deceased. This fits perfectly with the theory that John III went with Captain John to assist him in legal matters with the Hankeford inheritance.