Thomas was born about 1450 in Kent, England, the son of William Hawkins and Julyan.
He died about OCT 1541. The place is not known.
His wife was UNKNOWN, who he married in ABT 1469. The place has not been found. Their six known children were William (c1470-c1513), Robert (c1473-1530), Barnard (c1475-?), Edward (c1478-c1528), John (c1490-c1539) and Alex (c1491-?).
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| Burial | 3 OCT 1541 |
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Note 1
!Note: Thomas Hawkins [b. ~1450] was a Kentish landholder active over several decades, with properties in Lewisham, Plaistow, and Ash. His name appears in three separate Kent wills [1501, 1507, 1534], suggesting ongoing legal and property activity into old age. He likely retired to Chesham, Buckinghamshire, in the 1530s to live under the care of his grandsons John Hawkins Jr. and William Hawkins, both residents there by 1541.
His burial on 3 October 1541 in Chesham, alongside the baptism [25 Sept] and burial [3 Oct] of Thomas, son of William, supports the hypothesis that the infant was named in his honor shortly before his passing.
A transcriber note in the England Births & Baptisms index combines the child's baptism and death — however, parish register structure confirms two separate entries, one for Thomas son of William Hawkes baptized 25 Sep 1541, and the other for Thomas Hawkes buried 3 Oct 1541. This reinforces the interpretation of a generational overlap.
!Note: 1539–1542 in England - Context:
This period saw major disruption from the Dissolution of the Monasteries, which shuttered not just religious houses but also church-run hospitals, schools, and poor relief. The fallout from the Pilgrimage of Grace led to executions and heightened tension in the north. Combined with land seizures, Cromwell’s fall, royal instability, and sporadic disease outbreaks, the result was widespread displacement, hardship, and family fragmentation. These conditions likely explain the high rate of early deaths, remarriages, and child relocations during this time.
!Source: The National Archive. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/b9bce0b7-8599-43f7-bd1c-97486a9a5541
189 - Isle of Wight Record Office
JER/SEL - Seely of Brook
BOWCOMBE AND BRIGHSTONE ESTATES
JER/SEL/63-82 - SMALLER PROPERTIES AT BRIGHSTONE
FERN HILL - TITLE DEEDS
Catalogue description Quitclaim
Reference: JER/SEL/81/2
Title: Quitclaim
Description:
All lands and tenements of lying in the marsh in the parish of Brixston, I.W.
John Baron of Farnehulle, [p. Brighstone]
Thomas Baron, s. of
Joan, his wife
Witnesses: Peter Haukyn, Thomas Taylor, William Laci, Thomas Haukyn, Richard Qwyte
[ex 16M48/175]
Date: 1481 August 4
Held by: Isle of Wight Record Office, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Note: Hampshire.
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7462240
C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions
Division within C - Records of Equity Side: the Six Clerks
C 1 - Court of Chancery: Six Clerks Office: Early Pleadings and Proceedings, Richard II to Philip and Mary
C 1/239 - Chancery pleadings addressed to Henry Dean, Bishop of Salisbury as Keeper of the Great Seal. Detailed descriptions at item level
Catalogue description Short title: Shepey v Hawkyns. Plaintiffs: John [Shepey], abbot, and John Blake, monk,...
Reference: C 1/239/45
Description:
Short title: Shepey v Hawkyns.
Plaintiffs: John [Shepey], abbot, and John Blake, monk, of Faversham.
Defendants: Thomas Hawkyns, executor of Thomas, father of John Belke.
Subject: Land in Northfeld in Bocton under the Blene. Kent.
rhp
Date: 1500-1501
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Note: Location current name is Boughton under Blean. Near Faversham. Might be able to see Isle of Sheppey.
!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F42101&tab=this
First name Thomas
Document type Registered will
Last name Hawkyn
Document reference DRb/Pwr/6.40
Year 1501
Document 2 type Probate Act
Year detail dated 1501; probate 1502
Document 2 reference DRb/Pwr/6*.3
Residence Lewisham Plaistow Bromley
Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857
Residence county Kent
Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890
Additional information Lewisham; Plaistow in Bromley, Kent
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Court Rochester Consistory Court
Subcategory Wills & Probate
County Kent
Collections from England, Great Britain
Country England
!Source: Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=ORIGINS%2FKENTWILLS%2F42098&tab=this
First name Thomas
Country England
Last name Hawks
Document type Registered will
Year 1507
Document reference DRb/Pwr/6.194
Year detail dated 1507
Source West Kent Probate Index, 1434-1857
Residence Ash
Record set Kent Wills & Probate Indexes 1328-1890
Residence county Kent
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Additional information Ash, Kent
Subcategory Wills & Probate
Court Rochester Consistory Court
Collections from England, Great Britain
County Kent
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C3977806
Catalogue description PLAINTIFF: Thomas Hawkyns DEFENDANT: Katherine Pakyngham PLACE OR SUBJECT: Vexatious...
Reference: STAC 2/27/60
Description:
PLAINTIFF: Thomas Hawkyns DEFENDANT: Katherine Pakyngham PLACE OR SUBJECT: Vexatious suit against plaintiff's freedom, and ouster from premises in Bramshot COUNTY: Hants
Date: 22/04/1509-28/01/1547
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
!Source: Buckinghamshire Burial Index https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FCOA%2FBUR%2F0041134&tab=this
First name Thomas
Archive reference 375
Last name Hawkes
Document type Parish Registers
Burial year 1541
Publication Chesham 1538-1636
Burial date 03 Oct 1541
Publication year 1904
Place Chesham
Page 235
County Buckinghamshire
Record set Buckinghamshire Burial Index
Country England
Category Birth, Marriage & Death
Next of kin name Willm Hawkes
Subcategory Parish Burials
Next of kin relationship Son of
Collections from England, Great Britain
Archive College Of Arms
Image: https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=S2%2FGBOR%2FCOA%2FPAR-WL-375-CHESHAM-1538-1636%2F0129&parentid=GBPRS%2FCOA%2FBUR%2F0041134
October 1541
Thomas sonne of willm hawkes……. the third.
Note: Probably in care of his son in Buckinghamsire in old age.