Thomas was born about 1450 in Buckinghamshire, England, the son of William Hawkins but his mother is unknown.
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 four known children were William (c1470-c1513), Barnard (c1475-?), Edward (c1478-c1528) and Alexa (c1491-?).
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| Event | Date | Details | Source | Multimedia | Notes | ||
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| Birth | ABT 1450 |
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| Death | ABT OCT 1541 | ||||||
| Burial | 3 OCT 1541 |
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| Residence | 1501 |
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Note 1
!Note: 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 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
Note: Location = Bramshott in Hampshire. Date would then be 1509-1541.
!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. <<<<
!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/766a223d-0801-4b90-8b99-ed5802abce3f
8 - Buckinghamshire Archives
D-U - Archives of the Great Linford and Lathbury estates
TITLE DEEDS
Great Linford
PROPERTIES PURCHASED BY NAPIER
Catalogue description Feoffment
Reference: D-U/1/46/1
Title: Feoffment
Description:
Robert Malyns of G.L., John Kyrnell of Newport Pagnell and Robert Chaimbour of the same to
Richard Prentys of G.L. and Joan his wife
2 tenements, close, 2 crofts, toft, grove [grava], 32½a. 1r. arable, 5 half virgates, ½r. and half a swath of meadow and 2a. pasture together with all lands in the Leyfield pertaining to the said tenements, all in the town and fields of G.L., whereof one tenement is called Wattys and the other Teobaldys with a close thereto adjoining, one croft lies on the lower side of the town between the highway and a close of the lord and the other croft lies between the highway and a croft of the lord called Claycroft and bounds on Heryngesclosse and the said grove is called Hoggekynnesgrove and the said toft lies between the highway and a close called Pygnotys and of the said lands ½a. lies on Mylleway between lands of the said Richard Prentys and the bank, ½a. on Beynhill between land of the Lord and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. on Foxholys between land of the said Richard and land of William Mulsho, ½a. on the said Beynhill beside land of Thomas Hull, 1r. on Shorte Endes between land of the lord and land of the said Richard, 1½a. lie together on Crofteland between land of the lord and land of Richard Yorle, ½a. on Dreyneste between land of William Syward and land of John Mulsho, 1r. on Whyteston between land called Lyndfords and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. on Porthyll between land of the said R.P. and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. on Sevenarcris between land of the lord and land of William Syward, ½a. lies beyond the way between land of the lord and land of Thomas Smyth, ½a. lies below Beynhill between land of the said R.P. and land of John Byssetor and bounds on James hadlond, ½a. beyond Waye End between land of Richard Heryng and land of Thomas Smyth, 1a. on Grymgrove between land of the lord and land of Richard Heryng, 1a. lies together on Blakelond between land of the lord and land of the said R.P., 1½a. lie together on Stonymod between land of the lord and land of Thomas Smyth, ½a. on Calcotetnngys between land of the lord and land of the said R.P., ½a. on Fulwellehyll between land called Welshys and land of Thomas Smyth, 1a. in the same furlong beside the Comyn Balke, ½a. bounds on Calcotebrook between lands of the said R.P. on either side, ½a. on Longepenylond beside land of Henry Shrove, ½a. at Sekylhammys between land of the said R.P. and land of Richard Heryng, 1a. at Downehead between land of the lord and land called Fants, ½a. in the same furlong beside land of the lord, 1a. on Langehegge and it is a headland to the lord's piece, ½a. at Hacketlane between land of the said Robert Malyns and land of the said R.P., ½a. bounding on Ley Heggys between lands of the lord on both sides, ½a. on Long Neyldehyll between land of the lord and land called Fants, ½a. on Dunsted between land of the lord and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. on Worseway between land of the Lord King and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. between a way called Hachetwaye and land called Potents, ½a. bounding on Nerehambrook between land of the Lord King and land of William Mulsho, 1a. on Short Neyldehyll between land called Welshys and land of the said R.M., 1a. at Grenysende between land of the said R.P. and land called Lyndfords, ½a. below Ley Strete between land of Thomas Smyth and land called Welshys, ½a. bounds on Mallnsmede between land of the lord and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. on Longeneyldehyll between land called Welshys and land of John Chelery, 1r. on Rolowe beside land of the said R.P., ½a. on Lytlowe between land of Richard Heryng and land of John Smyth, ½a. in the same furlong between land called Welshys and land called Lyndfords, 2r. lying together on Westhyll between land of Richard Heryng and land of William Mulsho, ½a. on Rowlowe between land called Lyndfords and land of Richard Heryng, 1r. on Heddyche beside land called Welshys, ½a. on Peysefurlong between land called Welshys and land of John Chelery, ½a. on Bradeherse between land of the Lord King and land called Fants, 2r. lying together on Rowlowe between land of Thomas Smyth and land called Lyndfords, 1r. on Westehyll between land of the lord and land of the church, ½a. on Breychesfurlong between land called Lynfords and land called Bayworth, ½a. on Ly Waye between land of the lord and land of William Syward, 1a. lying together [on] Nethyr Ryggewaye between land of the lord and land of R.M., ½a. bounding on Nerehambrook beside land of the lord, 1a. lying together on Neyldehyll between land of the lord and of Richard Cowper, 1r. between Ly Waye and Rygewaye between land of R.P. and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. bounds on Nerehambrook beside land called Lyndfords, ½a. on Shortneyldehyll between land of the lord and land called Welshys, 1r. in the same furlong between land called Pagottys and land of R.P., ½a. bounding on Holl Brook between land of Richard Heryng and land of John Mulsho, ½a. in the same furlong between land of William Mulsho and land of Richard Heryng, ½a. at Banlond between land of the Rector and land called Welshys; the said 5 half yards lie dispersed [in the meadows] of Linford as happens by lot; the said ½r. lies in the "Grete Dole" of Richard Heryng and the said half swath in Astmede as happens by lot "in the Fyrste dole" of the lord's meadow; the said 2a. pasture lie separated abutting on Calcotebrook of which ½a. lies between land of the lord and land of John Syward, ½a. between lands of the lord on either side, ½a. in the same place between land of the lord and land of William Smyth of Wolverton, ½a. between land of John Syward and land called Bayworth; all which tenements, close, crofts, toft, grove, meadow, pasture and land the donors lately had among other lands and tenements by the gift and feoffment of Roger Hunt late of G.L.
Witnesses: Thomas Page, John Fyssher, William Nicoll, John Syward, John Chelery, jun.
At Linford
Date: 7 May 17 Edw. IV [1477]
Held by: Buckinghamshire Archives, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Physical condition: Fragments of 2 seals, third seal missing
Notes: This Hoggekynnesgrove reference likely refers to land prviously held by this Hawkins family and referenced by the Hoggekynnes spelling.