HAWKINS, William (c.1495-1554/55), of Plymouth, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1495, s. of John Hawkins of Tavistock by Joan, da. of John or William Amadas of Launceston, Cornw. m. Joan, da. and h. of Roger Trelawny of Cornw., 2s. inc. John.M. Lewis, Hawkins Dynasty, 17 giving estimated date of birth. J. A. Williamson, Sir John Hawkins, 4; Trans. Dev. Assoc. xv. 246; Hasted, Kent: Hundred of Blackheath, ed. Drake, p. xxii; Vis. Lond. (Harl. Soc. cix, cx), 93; Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 229; DNB. A William Hawkins of Tavistock d. on 20 May 1534 leaving s. and h. William, aged 40 and more, C142/56/75.

Offices Held

?Commr. subsidy, Tavistock 1515, 1523, Devon 1524; receiver, Plymouth 1524 – 25, mayor 1532 – 33, 1538–9.Statutes, iii. 174; LP Hen. VIII, iii, iv; Plymouth receivers’ acct. bk. 1524–5; R. N. Worth, Plymouth, 213.

Parlimentarian

HAWKINS, William (c.1495-1554/55), of Plymouth, Devon.

Main residence: Plymouth, Devon.

Author

R.V.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

HAWKINS, William (c.1495-1554/55)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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