HOOKER (HOKER), alias VOWELL, Robert (by 1466-1537), of Exeter, Devon.

b. by 1466, yr. s. of John Hooker alias Vowell of Exeter by 2nd w. Agnes, da. of Richard Drewell of Exeter. educ. ?Camb. 1488. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Richard Duke of Exeter, 2s. 1da.; (2) Agnes, da. of John Cort; (3) Agnes, da. of John Doble of Woodbridge, Suff., 3s. inc. John 4da. suc. Fa. by 25 Oct. 1496.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 136; PCC 10 Crumwell has been followed where there is disagreement over Hooker’s genealogy—there is confusion in many secondary works, notably the preface to J. Hoker, The description of the citie of Excester (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. xi).