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

Family and Education
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).
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Bailiff, 1522 – 23, member of the Twenty-Four bet. June 1523 and Aug. 1524, receiver 1526 – 27, mayor 1529 – 30, warden of the bridge Oct. 1533.Exeter Freemen (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 59; Trans. Dev. Assoc. lx. 211; Exeter act bk. 1, ff. 102, 135.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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HOOKER ROBERT, (by 1466-1537)

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HONYWOOD, John (by 1466-1534 or later), of Hythe and Honywood in Postling, Kent.

Family and Education
b. by 1466, s. of Thomas Honywood of Hythe and Honywood in Postling by Thomasin Lovelace of Kingsdown. m. (1) Agnes, da. and coh. of Henry or John Martin of Graveney, 1s. 1da., 14 other ch.; (2) Alice, da. and coh. of William Barnes of Wye, wid. of Richard Woodward, 1s. 1 or 2da.Assumed to be of age in 1487 when witness to a will, Arch. Cant. xlix. 148. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxxiv), 65; (lxxv), 7, 104-5; Top. and Gen. ii. 268-9.
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Chamberlain, Hythe 1492 – 93, jurat from 1501, bailiff 1502, 1510; commr. subsidy 1514; bailiff to Yarmouth 1494.Hythe chamberlains’ accts. 1483–1509, ff. 35 seq.; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 116; LP Hen. VIII, i.

Main residences: Hythe; Honywood in Postling, Kent.
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HONYWOOD, John (by 1466-at least 1534)

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HONYCHURCH, William (by 1489-1530/31), of Tavistock, Devon and London.

Family and Education
b. by 1489, s. of Walter Honychurch of Tavistock by Marion, da. of John Fitz of Tavistock. educ. L. Inn, adm. 20 July 1503. m. by 1510, Emma, da. of John Coles of North Tawton, Devon, 3s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from education. Vis. Devon, ed. Colby, 135.
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Pens. L. Inn 1519 – 20, bencher May 1520, keeper of Black Bk. 1522, treasurer 1526 – 27, Lent reader 1528.

Commr. subsidy, Devon 1514, 1515; j.p. 1529–?d.Statutes, iii. 117, 174; LP Hen. VIII, iv.

Main residences: Tavistock, Devon; London.
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HONYCHURCH, William (by 1489-1530/31)

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HONING, William (c.1520-69), of London, Carlton Sudbourne, Suff.

Family and Education
b. c. 1520, 1st s. of Roger Honing of London by Margaret, da. and h. of Robert Owle. m. Frances, da. of Nicholas Cutler of Eye, Suff., 11s. inc. Edward 2da. suc. fa. 3 May 1541.Aged ‘31 or thereabouts’ in 1551, Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 153-4. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 96; Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 394-400; PCC 19 Coode, 31 Alenger.
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Sec. to Edmund Bonner c. 1538; clerk of signet by 1543 – d., of Privy Council 1543 – 50; commr. relief, Suff. 1550, sewers 1566; j.p. 1554 – d., q. by 1564.LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xviii; CPR, 1553, p. 359; 1563–6, p. 27; 1569–72, pp. 217–18.

Main residences: London; Carlton; Sudbourne, Suff.
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HONING, William (c.1520-69)

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HOLWEY (OLWEY), Clement (by 1469-1517), of Hythe, Kent.

Family and Education
b. by 1469, yr. s. of Clement Holwey of Hythe. m. Alice, 1s. 3da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Arch. Cant. l. 97-98.
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Jurat, Hythe 1501 – d., bailiff 1504; commr. subsidy 1514; bailiff to Yarmouth 1500.Hythe chamberlains’ accts. 1483–1509, ff. 85 seq.; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 126–7, 129, 131–2, 137–63 passim; LP Hen. VIII, i.

Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
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HOLWEY (OLWEY), Clement (by 1469-1517)

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HOLTON, Gregory (by 1508-65/71), of New Romney, Kent.

Family and Education
b. by 1508, prob. s. of Henry Holton of Essex. m. 2da.Date of birth estimated from admission as freeman. Canterbury prob. reg. C31, f. 385.
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Chamberlain, New Romney 1537 – 38, bailiff 1553 – 54, jurat by 1556–d.Romney assessment bk. 1516–22, f. 126; Cinque Ports White and Black Bks. (Kent Arch. Soc. recs. br. xix), 221, 248, 253.

Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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HOLTON, Gregory (by 1508-65/71)

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