Richard [Hill] le Taillour, Howick, Hoghwyk

Personal and Family Information

Howick was born about 1529 in Sussex, England, the son of John [Hill] le Taillour, Howick, Hoghwyk but his mother is unknown.

He died about 1601 in Sussex, England.

His wife is not known. They were married, but the date and place have not been found. Their two known children were William (c1549-?) and Richard (c1565-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)

Events

Notes

Note 1

!Notes: I would propose that Warrin or one of his sons named Richard [b. ~1273] had accompanied the Hawkins along with William the Clerk [1273 - >1350, used as surname] and likely other relatives and servants from Shropshire. Warrin had obtained property in Sussex by ~1294, similar to William’s second son John. Then Richard as son of Waren had managed to serve as a witness once before they followed the Hawkins away. The Sussex property had been handled by correspondence exactly as John Hawkins’ lands had. Thus the next time a name was recorded with the property was with Richard in 1491, nearly 200 years later. Then they returned, probably for knight service in relation to Edward I’s wars of the March, where William Hawkins served as “Steward of Cheshire”. They likely stayed with William Hawkins until he and his father John Hawkins [~1222 ~1311] had settled their affairs. In 1303 it appears that John Hawkins helped his son Warrin obtain his lease at Neenton in addition to selling his part of Hawkeswode to his son Hugh. We also see that Warrin purchased Hoghwyk in Lancashire in 1303 for his sons by his second wife who were also known by the surname “le Taillour”. Howick or Hoghwyk had likely started as a variant of Hoxwode or Hawkins during that trip and been attached to both mansions. The two Richards and interim owners had likely received an income from these lands and thus been able to weather local losses better than others. The Howick/Houghwyk decline occurred inside a heavily documented recusant-associated Hesketh environment whose members were repeatedly fined, sequestered, outlawed, and stripped of estate income for being Catholic. The Heskeths survived if with much less wealth. The Hoghwyks weren’t so well off to begin with and although I haven’t found similar records, their rapid decline occurs at the same time.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue

182 - West Sussex Record Office

Add Mss 41,001 - 42,249 - Additional Manuscripts, Catalogue 40

Add Mss 41,241 - 41,247 - Deeds of properties in Wisborough Green

Catalogue description Subinfeudation for 20s

Reference: Add Mss 41,241

Title: Subinfeudation for 20s

Description:

William de Slyfhurst and wife Joan to Walter son of Richard de Wephurst and wife Joan

3.5a with a messuage and garden held of the archbishop's fee; in length N. a croft which Ellis Pytte once held; S. the way from the wood of La Tuelftrue to the land of La Hallonde; in breadth between Walter's land on one side and the wood of La Tuelftrue

To hold of William and Joan, paying 15d

Witnesses: Richard de la Churchehus', Richard de Howike, Robert de Wephurst, John de Slyfhurst, Benedict de Slyfhurst, Richard de Methewike, Richard de la Byri, William the clerk, Robert de Chelesfaude

Seal

Date: c.1260

Held by: West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

Note: c.1260 for a date implies that the individual deeds were not dated, but there was only some sort of range on the bundle of documents. 1260 is far too early for the group associated with Richard de Howike [b. >1272] and William de Clerk [b. ~1273] if they are from the family associated with Hawkeswood. That would mean a more likely date would be about 1294.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7574948

C - Records created, acquired, and inherited by Chancery, and also of the Wardrobe, Royal Household, Exchequer and various commissions

Division within C - Records of the Chancery as central secretariat

C 143 - Chancery: Inquisitions Ad Quod Damnum, Henry III to Richard III

C 143/302 - Inquisitions taken as a result of applications to the Crown for licences to alienate land. Described at item level.

Catalogue description Robert, bishop of Chichester, to grant the advowson of the church of Rustington to the...

Reference: C 143/302/6

Description:

Robert, bishop of Chichester, to grant the advowson of the church of Rustington to the abbot and convent of Sées, in exchange for woodland and rent in Slinfold, Wisborough, Rudgwick, Kirdford , Horsham, Warnham, and Billinghurst, and the homages and services of 37 tenants in Howick [in Rudgwick] and Slinfold. Sussex. The abbot and convent of Sées to appropriate the churches of Rustington and Kirdford, and half the church of Littlehampton, retaining the manors of Atherington, Eastergate, Littlehampton, and Fishbourne. Sussex. 25 Edw III.

Date: 1351 Jan 25-1352 Jan 24

Held by: The National Archives, Kew

Legal status: Public Record

Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Notes: 1. The above properties including Howkick in Rudgwick, Sussex had a total of 37 tenants, likely producing income for the property owners.

2. This record has no people but only identifies the location of the Sussex manor. Fernhurst Gate, Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancaster, UK is 1.53 miles Ormskirk, UK and 9.3 miles from Croston. However, there is a Fernhurst in Sussex 12.51 miles from a manor also named Howicke, located in Rudgwick. Up to this date the only Howickes I have referenced there are named Richard - one in about 1260 and one in 1595.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/26eb6032-bcc3-42fe-b078-e2139cdac305

182 - West Sussex Record Office

Ep - DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER: EPISCOPAL RECORDS

Ep/I - The Diocese and Archdeaconry of Chichester

Ep/I/11 - DEPOSITION BOOKS

Catalogue description DEPOSITION BOOK

Reference: Ep/I/11/7

Title: DEPOSITION BOOK

Description:

[…]

[Next case] f118. Ex pte Tribe and Shotter v. James Challen. Date: 1595/6. <<<<

Parish: Fernhurst. Cause: church rate boundary dispute.

f118. Dep. Thomas Farnden husbandman of Fernhurst, Hants. Lived Fernhurst 30 years. Born Haslemere Surrey. Age 40. Wit.mk.

f119. Dep. Walter Skidmore husbandman of Fernhurst, Sx. Lived Fernhurst 30 years. Born Sorchinfield , Herefords. Age 60. Wit.mk.

f119v. Dep. Richard Howicke hunbandman of Fernhurst. Born Fernhurst. Age 66. Wit.mk. <<<<

f120v. Dep. William Shotter turner of Fernhurst. Born Fernhurst. Age 79. Wit.mk.

f121. Dep. William Boxall husbandman of Fernhurst. Lived Fernhurst Surrey 25 years. Before lived Lodsworth 6 years. Before lived Frensham Surrey 7 years. Born Fernhurst. Age 79. Wit.mk.

f122. Dep. John Heyward bellows maker of Fernhurst. Born Fernhurst. Age 65. Wit.mk.

f122v. Dep. Thomas Wakeford husbandman of Fernhurst. Born Fernhurst. Age 50. Wit.mk.

[…]

Contd. at f36 volume 8

Date: July 1592-May 1597

Held by: West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

Physical description: 182 ff

Note: Fernhurst Gate, Aughton, Ormskirk, UK is 1.53 miles Ormskirk, UK and 9.3 miles from Croston. However, there is a Fernhurst in Sussex 12.51 miles from a manor also named Howicke, located in Rudgwick. Up to this date the only Howickes I have referenced there are named Richard.

!Source: The National Archives' catalogue https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/7c793586-332a-4ebb-9afd-9505fdab0f01

182 - West Sussex Record Office

Ep - DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER: EPISCOPAL RECORDS

Ep/I - The Diocese and Archdeaconry of Chichester

Ep/I/11 - DEPOSITION BOOKS

Catalogue description DEPOSITION BOOK

Reference: Ep/I/11/15

Title: DEPOSITION BOOK

Description:

[…]

.245 Deponents

Richard Howicke, Senior, of Fernhurst, Yeoman, where he had always lived and was Born. Aged about 60 years.

Witness: mark

[…]

Date: May 1631-Dec. 1636

Held by: West Sussex Record Office, not available at The National Archives

Language: English

Physical description: 302 ff

Note: Thi seems to be a repeat of the previous deposition data at a later date. Thus it is not able to be used to estimate birth years and such.

!Source: England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=R_953854874&tab=this

First name Sara

Father's first name -

Last name Hoghwick

Father's last name -

Sex Female

Mother's first name -

Baptism year 1552

Record set England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975

Baptism date 17 Jan 1552

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place Croston

Subcategory Parish Baptisms

County Lancashire

Collections from England, Great Britain

Country England

Note: Thomas Hoghwyk [~1448 - >1517] was recorded regarding Croston, so is taken as her great-grandfather. Records get very skimpy about this time, as it appears that The Howicks had sold or lost the Howick mansion in Lancashire. H/owever, they did have other property.

!Source: Sussex Burials https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=FS%2FSUSSEX%2F1465706%2FBUR%2F0531325&tab=this

First name Richard

Country England

Last name Howick

Register type Baptisms, Marriages, Burials

Sex Male

Register year range 1547-1722

Burial year 1601

Record set Sussex Burials

Burial date 01 Jan 1601

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Place Fernhurst

Subcategory Parish Burials

County Sussex

Collections from Great Britain, England

!Source: Sussex, Chichester Consistory Court Wills Index, 1482-1800 https://www.findmypast.com/transcript?id=GBOR%2FOR%2FCHICONSISTWILLS%2F00010726&tab=this

First name Richard

Country England

Last name Howick

Document type Registered will

Entry year 1603

Archive reference STC I/15/160

Place Fernhurst

Record set Sussex, Chichester Consistory Court Wills Index, 1482-1800

Original text Farnhurst, Sussex

Category Birth, Marriage & Death

Court Chichester Consistory

Subcategory Wills & Probate

County Sussex

Collections from England, Great Britain

Note 2

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