Thomas was born about 1450 in Kent, England, the son of William Hawkins and Julyan.
His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their three known children were Robert (c1473-1530), Edward (c1480-?) and John (c1490-c1539).
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Note 1
!Note: Thomas Hawkins [b. ~1450] was a Kentish landholder active over several decades, with properties in Lewisham, Plaistow, and Ash. Thomas appears in several Kent legal and probate records between 1481 and 1507, including wills registered in 1501 and 1507 and a Chancery case concerning land in Boughton under Blean, suggesting ongoing legal and property activity into old age.
!Source: The National Archive. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b9bce0b7-8599-43f7-bd1c-97486a9a5541
189 - Isle of Wight Record Office
JER/SEL - Seely of Brook
BOWCOMBE AND BRIGHSTONE ESTATES
JER/SEL/63-82 - SMALLER PROPERTIES AT BRIGHSTONE
FERN HILL - TITLE DEEDS
Catalogue description Quitclaimx
Reference: JER/SEL/81/2
Title: Quitclaim
Description:
All lands and tenements of lying in the marsh in the parish of Brixston, I.W.
John Baron of Farnehulle, [p. Brighstone]
Thomas Baron, s. of
Joan, his wife
Witnesses: Peter Haukyn, Thomas Taylor, William Laci, Thomas Haukyn, Richard Qwyte
[ex 16M48/175]
Date: 1481 August 4
Held by: Isle of Wight Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Hampshire.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7462240
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 1/239 - Chancery pleadings addressed to Henry Dean, Bishop of Salisbury as Keeper of the Great Seal. Detailed descriptions at item level
Catalogue description Short title: Shepey v Hawkyns. Plaintiffs: John [Shepey], abbot, and John Blake, monk,...
Reference: C 1/239/45
Description:
Short title: Shepey v Hawkyns.
Plaintiffs: John [Shepey], abbot, and John Blake, monk, of Faversham.
Defendants: Thomas Hawkyns, executor of Thomas, father of John Belke.
Subject: Land in Northfeld in Bocton under the Blene. Kent.
rhp
Date: 1500-1501
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: Location current name is Boughton under Blean. Near Faversham. Might be able to see Isle of Sheppey.
!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F42101&tab=this
First name Thomas
Document type Registered will
Last name Hawkyn
Document reference DRb/Pwr/6.40
Year 1501
Document 2 type Probate Act
Year detail dated 1501; probate 1502
Document 2 reference DRb/Pwr/6*.3
Residence Lewisham Plaistow Bromley
Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857
Residence county Kent
Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890
Additional information Lewisham; Plaistow in Bromley, Kent
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Court Rochester Consistory Court
Subcategory Wills & Probate
County Kent
Collections from England, Great Britain
Country England
!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F42098&tab=this
First name Thomas
Country England
Last name Hawks
Document type Registered will
Year 1507
Document reference DRb/Pwr/6.194
Year detail dated 1507
Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857
Residence Ash
Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890
Residence county Kent
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Additional information Ash, Kent
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Court Rochester Consistory Court
Collections from England, Great Britain
County Kent