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bap. 11 Nov. 1581, 1st s. of James Watkinson, surgeon and innkeeper, alderman of Hull 1608-18, and 1st w. Anne.Hull RO, D.745; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 280, 370, 373v; Bench Bk. 5, f. 28v; Freemens’ Reg. 1443-1645, f. 143; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 322, 371. m. (1) 20 Oct. 1605, Elizabeth (?bur. 19 May 1611), da. of Thomas Humfrey (d.1601), weighmaster of Hull by 1581-1601, wid. of John Osboldston (d.1604), weighmaster of Hull 1601-4, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p; Sculcoates (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxxiii), 20; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 69, 81, 92, 384, 393, 419, 423, 425, 428; Hull RO, BRF2/452-464, 470-1; Bench Bk. 4, ff. 276v, 353v; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 29, ff. 524v-5. (2) lic. 1611, Ann Brown of Wawne, nr. Hull, 3s. 6da; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 154; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 118, 121, 124, 127, 130, 136, 140, 143, 150. (3) by Dec. 1640, Frances, ?s.p. Borthwick, York Wills, Feb. 1640/1, Holderness deanery (Sir John Lister*). suc. fa. 1618. Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 448. admon. 3 Jan. 1655. PROB 6/31, f. 6. sig. James Watkinson.
Offices Held

Freeman, Hull 1605, chamberlain 1616–17, Hull RO, Freemen’s Reg. 1443–1645, f. 143; Bench Bk. 5, f. 24. overseer (jt.), Charity Hall, Hull 1618–19, Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5 f. 28v. sheriff 1619 – 20, alderman 1620 – 44, mayor 1623 – 24, 1637–8; Ibid. ff. 34–5v, 59, 225, 309v-10. commr. subsidy, Hull 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, piracy 1637, Poll Tax 1641, C212/22/20–23; E179/204/447, 461; 179/205/469; C181/5, p. 80; SR, v. 62, 84, 107. recvr. (jt.) billeting monies 1641, SR, v. 115. commr. Irish aid 1642, assessment 1642, Ibid. v. 141, 151. feoffee, Alderman Lister’s almshouse, Hull 1641–?d. Borthwick, York Wills, Feb. 1640/1, Holderness Deanery (Sir John Lister), ff. 6–7.

Weighmaster, Hull Woolhouse, 1605–21; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 365, 370; Bench Bk. 5, ff. 5, 7, 12, 16, 18, 22, 24, 27v, 30r-v; BRF2/473. member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1606; Hull RO, Merchants’ Soc. Reg. 1647–1706 [DSN 1]. farmer (jt.), prisage and butlerage dues, Hull 1630 – 45, Boston, Lincs. 1631–5. E112/265/428; 112/269/22.

Dep. storekeeper of ordnance, Hull by 1639 – 42, (roy.) York 1642–4. Hull RO, Bench Bk. 5, f. 251v; Roy. Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xv), 109–12.

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WATKINSON, James (1581-1654/5), of Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull and Easington, Yorks.
Main residences: Austin ward, Kingston-upon-Hull; Easington, Yorks.
Author
S.H.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

WATKINSON, James (1581-1654/5)

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