Katherine

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Personal and Family Information

Katherine was born about 1395, the daughter of unknown parents. The place is not known.

She died before 1480. The place is not known.

Her husband was Atwyll. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their only known child was Alice (c1420-?).

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
BirthABT 1395
DeathBEF 1480

Notes

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.