HAWKINS, Sir Richard (c.1560-1622), of Plymouth, Devon; later of Slapton, Devon

Family and Education

b. c. 1560,Aged c.34 in July 1594: R. Hawkins, Observations in his Voyage into the South Sea ed. J.A. Williamson, xli. ?illegit. s. of Sir John Hawkins† of London. H. Kelsey, Sir John Hawkins, 12. m. by 1593, Judith (d. 30 May 1629), da. of Thomas Hele of Exeter, Devon, 2s. 3da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 464, 466; M.W.S. Hawkins, Plymouth Armada Heroes, 136; PROB 11/139, ff. 442v-3. suc. fa. 1595; Kelsey, 263. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 116. d. bef. 27 Apr. 1622. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 433. sig. Richard Hawkyns.

Offices Held

Capt. RN 1585 – 86, 1588, 1590; R. Hawkins, xlvi-xlviii. v.-adm., Algiers expedition 1620–1. CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 159.

Freeman, Plymouth 1589, W. Devon RO, W46, f. 303. member, common council by 1591, mayor 1603–4; Cal. Plymouth Municipal Recs. ed. R.N. Worth, 23, 131. commr. prize goods, Dartmouth, Devon 1592; R. Hawkins, xlix. v.-adm. Devon 1603–10 (sequestered 1606–7); HCA 49/106, pkt. A, nos. 52, 76; HCA 14/39, no. 204. commr. piracy, Devon 1603 – at least07, 1619–20, C181/1, ff. 69v, 93; 181/2, ff. 52, 348; 181/3, f. 1v. j.p. 1604–d. C66/1662; C193/13/1, f. 22.

Cttee. Spanish Co. 1605; Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 101. member, Council for Virg. 1607,A. Brown, Genesis of US, 917. Africa Co. 1618. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 310.

Parlimentarian

HAWKINS, Sir Richard (c.1560-1622), of Plymouth, Devon; later of Slapton, Devon

Main residences: Plymouth, Devon; Slapton, Devon.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HAWKINS, Sir Richard (c.1560-1622)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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