Roger Hodgkinson / “Wode”

Personal and Family Information

Roger was born about 1455 in Lincolnshire, England, the son of John Hodgkinson but his mother is unknown.

He died about 1536. The place is not known.

His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their three known children were Humphrey (c1493-?), John (1498-c1585) and Thomas (c1500-c1543).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Attributes

Notes

Note 1

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7449404

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 1/60 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Bishop of Lincoln, Archbishop of York, as Lord Chancellor. Detailed description at item level

Catalogue description Short title: Meryng v Wode. Plaintiffs: Francis Meryng and Anne, his wife, daughter of...

Reference: C 1/60/118

Description:

Short title: Meryng v Wode.

Plaintiffs: Francis Meryng and Anne, his wife, daughter of Richard Langton, late of Lincoln, merchant.

Defendants: Roger Wode, of Lincoln, draper, alias Roger Hogekynson.

Subject: Langton's share in a ship. Lincolnshire

Date: 1475-1485

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: If Roger were to have gone with his father on his 1473 trip to Lincolnshire, that would have put him in position to take part in this case. As the only Hodgkinson recorded in Lincolnshire by this time period, John of York ~1435 - >1488 is uniquely placed as Roger’s likely father. Wode is actually better placed for an alias than might be apparent at first glance. Remember the original family place-name before Hawkins, Hotchkiss, Hill, Hodgekinson, Hawkesworth, etc., was HawkesWODE, later written Hawkeswood.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7455936

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 1/122 - Chancery pleadings addressed to the Archbishop of Canterbury as Lord Chancellor [John Morton 1486-1493 or William Warham 1504-1515].

Catalogue description Short title: Beckford v The Mayor of Lincoln. Plaintiffs: Oliver Beckford, of Lincoln,...

Reference: C 1/122/7

Description:

Short title: Beckford v The Mayor of Lincoln.

Plaintiffs: Oliver Beckford, of Lincoln, cordwainer.

Defendants: The mayor and sheriffs of Lincoln.

Subject: Imprisonment for attempting to leave the city on account of persecution by Roger Hodgekynson, mayor. Corpus cum causa. Lincolnshire

Date: 1486-1493, or 1504-1515

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/C7756786

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 King's Remembrancer

E 150 - Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Escheators' Files, Inquisitions Post Mortem, Series II, and other Inquisitions, Henry VII to Elizabeth I

Catalogue description Johnson John: Lincoln

Reference: E 150/570/3

Description:

Johnson [alias Hogekinson] John: Lincoln

Date: 28 Hen VIII. <<<< 1536/7

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Note: Likely for father’s death.