William was born about 1380 in Warwickshire, England, the son of Richard Hawkins but his mother is unknown.
He died after 1446. The place is not known.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their two known children were Richard (c1420-?) and John (c1424->1479).
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes | ||
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| Birth | ABT 1380 |
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| Death | AFT 1446 |
Note 1
!Source: The National Archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/0c6a79e3-9342-4686-8a14-eeac96b7a06e
179 - East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office
DYK - ARCHIVE OF THE DYKE FAMILY OF FRANT, WALDRON AND KENT AND THE PENKHERST FAMILY OF MAYFIELD AND BUXTED
Dyke Property - Lamberhurst, Kent
Dungates and Kyngewodes
Catalogue description Grant
Reference: DYK/310
Title: Grant
Description:
Henry Astyn of Horsmonden, Kent, to William Hoggekyn of Lamberhurst, Kent
5 pieces of land called Dungates at Kynggewode in Lamberhurst, abutting E on lands of John Kynggewode, S on lands of the Abbot of Bayham, W and N on lands formerly of Robert Kynggewode
HA held lands by grant of Thomas Dungate and William Comden
Witnesses: John Waller, John Courthope, Richard Adam, William Dunbe, Ralph Clyve
Seal: on tag, red wax, 'W'
Date: 23 Jan 1420
Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office , not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: So William 1309 still had land in Sussex near the Kent boarder from his grandfather's line in 1363. Then his grandson William 1380 is granted land nearby on the Kent boarder in 1380. Both use the gg spelling, and both times we have what appears to be a Hawkins living in Warwickshire dealing with land on the Sussex Kent border.
Notes: The “Hoggekins” spellings in the Warwickshire, Sussex, and Kent records appear to represent the Hawkins family rather than a separate surname. The "gg" was most likely a misinterpretation of the secretary hand "w" in Hawkins. The line originated in Shropshire, moved into Kent in early service holdings, and later managed portions of the estate from Warwickshire, where clerks unfamiliar with the name recorded it in distorted forms that were subsequently copied into later deeds. When a later heir resettled near the Kent relatives, the inherited documentary spelling persisted even though the family locally used Hawkins. The records therefore reflect continuity of one landholding line across generations rather than separate families.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4942930
E - Records of the Exchequer, and its related bodies, with those of the Office of First Fruits and Tenths, and the Court of Augmentations
Division within E - Records of the Treasury of the Receipt
E 40 - Exchequer: Treasury of Receipt: Ancient Deeds, Series A
Catalogue description Release by Henry Astyne of Maydeston and William Hoggekyn of Lambyrherst, to Robert...
Reference: E 40/4177
Description:
Release by Henry Astyne of Maydeston and William Hoggekyn of Lambyrherst, to Robert Norbynton of Lambyrherst, of all their right in land at 'le Burne' in Lambyrherst. Kent. St. Matthew's day, 7 Henry VI
Date: 1428-1429
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Notes: The “Hoggekins” spellings in the Warwickshire, Sussex, and Kent records appear to represent the Hawkins family rather than a separate surname. The "gg" was most likely a misinterpretation of the secretary hand "w" in Hawkins. The line originated in Shropshire, moved into Kent in early service holdings, and later managed portions of the estate from Warwickshire, where clerks unfamiliar with the name recorded it in distorted forms that were subsequently copied into later deeds. When a later heir resettled near the Kent relatives, the inherited documentary spelling persisted even though the family locally used Hawkins. The records therefore reflect continuity of one landholding line across generations rather than separate families.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/baae6d91-2bbd-4da9-96d2-f6912c2fa057
179 - East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office
DYK - ARCHIVE OF THE DYKE FAMILY OF FRANT, WALDRON AND KENT AND THE PENKHERST FAMILY OF MAYFIELD AND BUXTED
Dyke Property - Lamberhurst, Kent
Dungates and Kyngewodes
Catalogue description Grant
Reference: DYK/312
Title: Grant
Description:
William Hogekyn of Lamberhurst, Kent, to John Hogekyn, his son, and Thomas Berme, son of Robert Berme of the same
Messuage, garden, 4 pieces of land in Lamberhurst, abutting S and W on lands of the Abbot and Convent of Bayham, N and E between lands of John Kynggewode, Adam Kynggewode and John Somyr, with a stream running from the messuage to a place called le Strodgate. The messuage and lands were called the Dunggate, 'ex antiquo'
Witnesses: William Sandherst, Robert Wyke, John Kynggewode, Adam Kynggewode, Robert Berme, John Hammond, Thomas Dunk'
Seal: on tag, red wax, 'R'
Date: 2 Jan 1446
Held by: East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office , not available at The National Archives
Language: English