PEVEREL, Adelise (b. ABT 1069, d. 27 MAY 1156)
Given Name: Adelise
Given Name: William de
Given Name: Emma
Given Name: Osbern
Given Name: Herfast de
Given Name: Herbastus de
Given Name: Mrs. Herbastus
Given Name: Ida de
Given Name: Artaud de
Given Name: Giraud de
Given Name: Raymonde
Given Name: Artaud de
Given Name: Richard
Note: From the time he was a boy, Sir Richard became his father's constantcompanion and was brought up to a sea life. Both his father and unclewere renowned seamen, then owning 30 good sailing ships.
In June 1593 he sailed from Plymouth in the "Dainty" with two smallervessels, which parted company before reaching the Pacific. In Februaryhe sighted what he called Hawkins Mainland, probably the FalklandIslands, which had been discovered two years previously by John Davis.After burning four ships at Valparaiso, Hawkins continued up the coastuntil he met six Spanish warships off Callao. He overcame them but onJune 22, when north of Paita, he was wounded and forced to surrenderafter a fight lasting three days with two more Spanish ships. He wasimprisoned at Lima and then from 1597 till 1602 in Spain, at whichdate his ransom of 3,000 pounds was paid. On his return he wasknighted and elected mayor and MP for Plymouth. In 1608, after fiveyears as vice-admiral of Devon, he was arrested and fined forcondoning piracy. In 1620 he sailed as second in command of anineffective espedition against the Algerine corsairs.
HisObservations in His Voyage Into the South Seas was printed in 1622,having been written about 1603.
Given Name: Lady Judith
Given Name: John
Note: Kinsman, probably cousin of Sir Frances Drake. Leader of ships againstArmada. Many good articles and web sites on this man and his son, SirRichard Hawkins. Also spelled Hawkyns.
A Trelawney ancestor of Sir John Hawkins had the name MatildaMynwenyke and was described in the Visitation of Cornwall. The motherof Sir Frances Drake was named Mylwayne. Could this be a common name?If so they may be fourth cousins, or more distant.
Sir John Hawkins, second son of William and Joan (Trelawny)Hawkins, was born at Plymouth, England in 1532. Sir John was one ofthe most distinguished men of his time. He was the patriarch of thegreat sea dogs of Elizabeth's reign - Forbisher, Drake, Gilbert,Candish, Raleigh and others who later made voyages of discovery, butwere boys when he was a man of mark. He made mathematics andnavigation his study, and soon began to make good use of his skill andconcern.
He sailed on his first long voyage in October, 1562.
About 1557, Sir John married Katherine Gonson. She was thedaughter of Benjamin Gonson, Treasurer of the Navy, the son of WilliamGonson, Treasurer of the Navy before him.
In 1573 Benjamin Gonson resigned in favor of his son-in-law, Sir JohnHawkins, who held the office of Treasurer of the Navy until his deathin 1595, a period of 22 years.
Dame Katherine died after a lingering illnes the first week ofJuly, 1591. By the special permission of her husband she executed awill on June 23, 1591. She was buried in the St. Nicholas Church,Deptford. Sir John and Dame Katherine had one son, Sir RichardHawkins. (Ref: Dame Katherine's will, pages 71-72 - PAH. Will provedOctober 16, 1591 at Rochester.)
Sir John Hawkins married (2nd) Margaret Vaughn, daughter ofCharles and Elizabeth
(Baskerville) Vaughn, of Hergest. (Margaret's father, Sir JamesBaskerville and wife lived at Eardisley Castle, Hereford County.)Margaret died in 1619. No children by this marriage. (Ref: HawkinsFamily -PHA.)
Sir John Hawkins died at sea off Puerto Rico on November 12,1595. He was buried at sea. In accordance with his will a monument wascreated to his memory in the Church of St. Dunstan's-in-the-East, inwhich parish he had resided for 30 years. (Ref: Volume 25 ofDictionary of National Biography, pages 227-228, Hackluytss PrincipalNavigators, Vol. 3, and page 65, PAH)
Given Name: Judith
Given Name: Philip
Given Name: Thomas
Given Name: Elizabeth
Given Name: Thomas
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