Robert Hawkins

Personal and Family Information

Robert was born about 1458 in Kent, England, the son of William Hawkins and Unknown.

He died about 1535. The place is not known.

His wife was Mary Bele, who he married in 1493. The place has not been found. Their two known children were Nicholas (c1495-c1534) and Stephen (c1500-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Attributes

Notes

Note 1

!Note: William is the most likely father.

!Source: Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946 https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=GBOR%2FBIL%2FSOG34%2F0664&parentid=GBPRS%2FBIL%2F00203125

?BE?ALM Richard 11470 19130

Name Richard Bele

Profession citizen butcher

Will 1483 PCC Shegge S Nicholas Shambler

Children

>>> Mary marr. 1493 Robert Hawkins hatter merchant <<<

1483 Setter Road L211

Note: The rest is best guess from the marriage date.

!Source: Yorkshire Registers & Records https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=GBOR%2FANGULINE%2FARA424%2F0623&parentid=GBOR%2FANGULINE%2FARA424%2F0623

1589.—MICHAELMAS TERM, 31 &> 32 ELIZABETH.

Plaintiffs.

* John Heild, >>> Robert Hawkyns <<<, and William Withus

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Deforciants.

Brian Stapleton, esq., and Richard Stapleton, gent., his son and heir apparent

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Nature and Situation of the Property

4 messuages with lands in Rufforthe, and common pasturage in

Rufforthe, Knapton, Moremunckton, and Hessey.

Note: Placed here as a possible record of one of Robert Hawkins’ as-yet-unidentified descendants. The 1589 Yorkshire fine references Robert Hawkyns as a co-plaintiff concerning property in Rufforth, Knapton, More Monkton, and Hessey—locations historically linked to earlier Hawkins landholding activity in Yorkshire. No direct generational link has yet been established.

!Source: Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FBIL%2F00203124&tab=this

ranscript of Robert's record

First name Robert

Record set Boyd's Inhabitants Of London & Family Units 1200-1946

Last name Hawkins

Category Census, Land & Substitutes

Year 1493 <<<

Subcategory Surveys

Person subject S

Collections from England, Great Britain

!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F69853&tab=this

First name Robert

County Kent

Last name Hakst <<< Likely bad reading of a secretary hand version of Hawkins

Country England

Year 1530

Document type Registered will

Year detail dated & proved 1530

Document reference DRb/Pwr/8.238

Status or occupation Servant baker

Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857

Residence Dartford Northfleet, Oldham

Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890

Residence county Kent, Lancashire

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Additional information Servant and baker "to the Right wurshipfull lady Prioress and convent of the Monastery of Dartforde"; also Northfleet, Kent; Oldham, Lancashire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Court Rochester Consistory Court

Collections from England, Great Britain

Note: Likely the same Robert Hawkins who married Mary Bele in London in 1493, later appearing in both Devon and Kent probate filings. The dual filings suggest he owned or managed property across regions, consistent with his status as a merchant.

!Source: Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FDEVWILLS%2F218534&tab=this

First name Robert

Source Drake

Last name Hawkins

Document type Will

Sex Male

Document form List Entry

Probate year 1535

Document references Vol. 2, f. 108v

Place Tavistock

Record set Devon Wills Index, 1163-1999

Original place Tavistock

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Devon

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from Great Britain, England

!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F42088&tab=this

First name Robert

Country England

Last name Hawkins

Document type Registered will

Year 1537

Document reference DRb/Pwr/9.257

Year detail dated 1537

Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857

Residence West Greenwich

Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890

Residence county Kent

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Additional information West Greenwich, Kent

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Court Rochester Consistory Court

Collections from England, Great Britain

County Kent

!Note: Appears in both Devon and Kent/London jurisdictions, likely due to property or executor activity spanning both regions. Treated as a single individual with dual probate entries.

!Note: While Robert is not linked to the 1589 Yorkshire property transaction involving Robert Hawkyns, the Hawkins family did hold land in Yorkshire in the 14th century.

In 1320, Andrew Haukyn of Preston in Holderness held land jointly with his brother Stephen; the estate passed to his daughter Margery and her husband Robert de Wasingdon.

Andrew’s sons, Richard and John , returned to Kent, but may have retained or later reacquired Yorkshire holdings.

The 1589 fine may reflect distant Hawkins family interests, possibly originating in this northern cadet line.