Dyonice

Personal and Family Information

Dyonice was born about 1490, the daughter of unknown parents. The place is not known.

She died about NOV 1539. The place is not known.

Her husband was John Hawkins, who she married on 6 JUL 1538 in West Buckland, Somerset, England. Their only known child was Andrew (c1539-?).

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Note: Posthumous Baptism and Sussex Connections

Andrew was born in Somerset around September 1539, shortly after the death of his father, John Hawkins, in January 1539 [Gregorian] / 1538 [Julian] in Staffordshire. His mother, Dyonice, died two months later from complications of childbirth.

 John, a clothier of Kentish origin, had business ties across Sussex and Surrey, appearing in Midhurst as early as 1531 in a registered will — an indication of active local presence, not mere travel.

 The baptism of Andrew took place on 15 February 1540 [Julian] in Rye, Sussex, a coastal town along familiar trading routes. It likely reflects an emergency relocation to relatives or trade contacts near Kent.

 John and Dyonice’s eldest daughter Anne, mentioned in her grandmother Agnes Hakyns’s 1537 will as recipient of her “best gowne and kyrtyll,” would have been about 20 at the time and plausibly assumed responsibility for her infant brother.

 This baptism, timed after both parents' deaths and held in a neighboring county with known family connections, exemplifies the flexible kinship strategies typical of the merchant class during times of upheaval.

!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: Somerset Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FM%2F290067566%2F3&tab=this

First name Dyonice

Spouse's first name John

Last name -

Spouse's last name Hopkinge

Sex Female

Event type Marriages

Marriage year 1538

Record set Somerset Marriages

Marriage date 06 JUL 1538

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place West Buckland

Subcategory Parish Marriages

County Somerset

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

!Source: Somerset Marriages https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSOMERSET%2FMAR%2F001384531%2F2&tab=this

First name Dyonice

Document type Parish records

Last name -

Event type Marriages

Sex Female

Archive Somerset Archives

Marriage year 1538

Archive reference W BU 2/1/1

Marriage date 06 Jul 1538

Register type Baptisms, marriages & burials

Denomination Anglican

Register year range 1538-1702

Place West Buckland

Record set Somerset Marriages

County Somerset

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Country England

Subcategory Parish Marriages

Spouse's first name John

Collections from England, Great Britain

Spouse's last name Hopkinge

!Source: England Marriages 1538-1973 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_850402578%2F2&tab=this

First name Dyonice

Country England

Last name -

Spouse's first name John

Name note -

Spouse's last name Hopkinge

Marriage year 1538

Spouse's age -

Marriage date 1538

Record set England Marriages 1538-1973

Residence Allington, Dorset, England

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Marriage place Allington

Subcategory Parish Marriages

County Dorset

Collections from England, Great Britain

!Source: Somerset Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FSOMERSET%2FBUR%2F002946726&tab=this

First name Dyonice

Document type Parish records

Last name Hopkins

Archive Somerset Archives

Burial year 1539

Archive reference W BU 2/1/1

Burial date 10 Nov 1539

Event type Baptisms, marriages & burials

Denomination Anglican

Year range 1538-1702

Place West Buckland

Record set Somerset Burials

County Somerset

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Country England

Subcategory Parish Burials

Relative's relationship Wyfe of

Collections from England, Great Britain

Relative's name John Hopkins