John Hodgkinson

Personal and Family Information

John was born about 1460 in Yorkshire, England, the son of John Hodgkinson but his mother is unknown.

He died before 1521 in London, London, England.

His wife was Joan, who he married in ABT 1480. The place has not been found. Their only known child was John (c1485-1540).

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Note 1

!StyleName: Hotchkiss, John the Baker [~1460 - ~1518]

!Note: John the Baker’s family originating in Shropshire, he likely traveled from York to London with his father and brothers as a young man after his grandfather’s death.

Documented in Southwark as a baker from at least 1497 to 1516, acting as both witness and executor in wills—suggesting long-term residence and trusted community status.

Died in Leicestershire while likely traveling, possibly for trade or family business. Son of John Hotchkiss, merchant and coastal trader of York , he most likely learned much about the merchant trade from his father.

Sources:

Surrey & South London Wills : Witnessed will of Richard Brown in Southwark as a baker.

Surrey & South London Wills : Named as executor in the will of Richard Brandon, hosier of Bermondsey.

Leicestershire Wills & Probate : Will proved at Ratclyffe, Leicestershire — likely his place of death while traveling.

Leicestershire Wills & Probate : Probate process extending into 1521.

!Source: Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=OR%2FSSL%2FWILLS%2F00168918&tab=this

First name John

Source Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856

Last name Hopkyns

Volume title Volume 2 Register 'Mathewe' 1490-1524

Year 1497

File volume 2

Testator first name Richard

Abstract reference SW/2_167

Testator last name Brown

Record set Surrey & South London Wills & Probate Index, 1470-1856

Court Surrey Archdeaconry Court

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Contents SW/2_167

Richard Brown of St Mary Overy Southwark, barber 22 Jun 1497 [English]

to my brother John Botham of Coventry, Warwickshire, milliner my russet gown lined with black cotton; to Geoffrey Vaughan of Southwark, tailor my hawberd; to William Abell, hosier my French tawny gown furred with fox; to Richard Hayward, canon of the poor my fox fur; to Thomas Derker of London, weaver a jacket of green damask; to John Dalby my silver sp weighing an ounce and more; to my apprentice Robert Thomlynson my pouch with knives and scissors, and all my other knives and scissors with one of my best basins and one of my best chafers; if he cannot willingly serve my wife Thomas Deykes to help him find another master of my company paying my wife for the years of his apprenticeship; wife Agnes Brown, Thomas Deykes and Hugh Newton, parish priest of St Mary Overy , execs.; residue to my wife Agnes Brown

Witnesses: John Breteyn, tailor; Geoffrey Vaughan, tailor; John Hopkyns, baker of Southwark

Proved: 29 Jun 1497 to execs. [DW/PA/7/2 ff.53r-v]

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Surrey, London

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

Note: John was a witness.

!Source: Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=OR%2FSSL%2FWILLS%2F00169695&tab=this

First name John

Source Surrey & South London Will Abstracts, 1470-1856

Last name Hopkyns

Volume title Volume 2 Register 'Mathewe' 1490-1524

Year 1516

File volume 2

Testator first name Richard

Abstract reference SW/2_282

Testator last name Brandon

Record set Surrey & South London Wills & Probate Index, 1470-1856

Court Surrey Archdeaconry Court

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Contents SW/2_282

Richard Brandon of Bermondsey, hosier 19 Apr 1516

lesser part of residue to my sister Cicely Hassell and better part to my sister's daughter Margery Rotherford; Richard Ryall, brewer and John Hopkyns, baker, execs.

Witnesses: John Dromonde, priest and curate; Isbrand Jonson, shoemaker; James Smyth

Proved: 7 May 1516 [DW/PA/7/2 f.106v]

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Surrey, London

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

Note: John was an executor.

Source: Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLEICS%2FWILLS%2F00030912&tab=this

First name Johannis

Year range 1515-1526

Last name Hopkyns

Archive reference PR/I/251

Year 1518

Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

Residence Ratclyffe

Record set Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939

Death year -

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Leicestershire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

Description Wills and inventories

Note: This must involve property, debts, or commercial assets in Leicestershire.

Lived and worked in Southwark.

Did business beyond London .

!Source: Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLEICS%2FWILLS%2F00030759&tab=this

First name Johannis

Year range 1515-1526

Last name Hopkyns

Archive reference PR/I/251

Year 1521

Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland

Residence Ratclyffe

Record set Leicestershire Wills And Probate Records, 1500-1939

Death year -

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

County Leicestershire

Subcategory Wills & Probate

Country England

Collections from England, Great Britain

Description Wills and inventories

Note: This must involve property, debts, or commercial assets in Leicestershire.

Lived and worked in Southwark.

Did business beyond London .