The Hawley Family

Edward Hawley

Father: John Hawley

Married: Elizabeth Copley

Children: Notes:
South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p153 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Stotfold.
  In the inquisition p. m. of Edward Hawley, of Stot­fold, taken 17 Oct. 4 Elizabeth, it was found that he died seised of a capital messuage in Stotfold, and 300 acres of land in Stotfold and Shippenes, held of the manor of Hamthwaite in socage, and lands in Morehouse, Barnborough, and Harlington. William his son and heir being then aged 26. From an inscription, almost perished, in the church of Hooton we learn that he was the son of John Hawley, of Harlington, and that he married Elizabeth, a daughter of sir William Copley, the first of that name at Sprotborough. William Hawley is named in the Œconomia Rokebeiorum, as having had by Catherine his wife, a daughter and coheir of Henry Rokeby, Mary, his only daughter and heir, whom sir John Stanhope took to wife.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions parts5-7 pp50-1 (William Dugdale, 1901)
Sr WILL’M COPLEY, of Sprodborough, in com. Ebor., Knt., ...  had issue ...
   Elizabeth, mar. Edward Hawley, of Stotfold (Hunter).

Death: 6 August 1561

Buried: All Saints Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire, England

Probate:
Inquisitiones Post Mortem in The genealogist New Series vol 28 p57 (H. W. Forsyth Harwood, 1912)
HAWLAYE, Edward, of Stotford, ob. 6 Aug. 23 ult.—Inq. at Pontefract 17 Oct. 4 Eliz—York—William, s. & h., aet. 26.
 
The Inquisition Post Mortem into Edward's estate was held on 17 October 1562. It was found that he died seized of a capital messuage in Stotfold, and 300 acres of land in Stotfold and Shippenes, held of the manor of Hamthwaite in socage, and lands in Morehouse, Barnborough, and Harlington.

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John Hawley

Children: Notes:
John was of Harlington, Yorkshire. He is recorded as the father of Edward Hawley in an inscription in the church at Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p153 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Stotfold.
  In the inquisition p. m. of Edward Hawley, of Stot­fold, taken 17 Oct. 4 Elizabeth, it was found that he died seised of a capital messuage in Stotfold, and 300 acres of land in Stotfold and Shippenes, held of the manor of Hamthwaite in socage, and lands in Morehouse, Barnborough, and Harlington. William his son and heir being then aged 26. From an inscription, almost perished, in the church of Hooton we learn that he was the son of John Hawley, of Harlington, and that he married Elizabeth, a daughter of sir William Copley, the first of that name at Sprotborough. William Hawley is named in the Œconomia Rokebeiorum, as having had by Catherine his wife, a daughter and coheir of Henry Rokeby, Mary, his only daughter and heir, whom sir John Stanhope took to wife.

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Margaret (Hawley) Normanvile

Father: Edward Hawley

Mother: Elizabeth (Copley) Hawley

Married: Thomas Normanvile

Thomas was the son of Hugh Normanvile and Andriana Pickering. He was of Billingley, Yorkshire.

Children: Notes:
South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p127 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Billingley.
  Thomas Normanvile was living here in 1585, when he entered the following arms and pedigree.
  PEDIGREE OF NORMANVILE OF BILLINGLEY.
ARMS. Argent, on a fess between two bars gemelles gules, three fleur-de-lis of the first, with an annulet charged with a mullet for difference.
...
HUGH NORMANVILE, of Billingley = ANDRIANA, daughter of John Pickering.
                      ︱
THOMAS NORMANVILE, of Billingley, 1585. = MARGARET, dau. of Edward Hawley, of Stodfold.
                      ︱
THOMAS, aged 19, 1585.
WILLIAM.
HENRY.
HERCY.
FRANCES.
ELIZABETH.
DOROTHY.
EDITH­.

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Mary (Hawley) Stanhope

Birth: April/May 1581

Father: William Hawley

Married: John Stanhope on 27 May 1593, in Chigwell, Essex, England
The marriage license is dated 25 May 1593.
Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Bishop of London vol 1 p207 (Joseph Lemuel Chester, 1887)
1593 May 25  John Stanhope, son of Edward Stanhope, of Gray's Inn, Esqr, & Mary Hawle, Spr, of Chigwell, co. Essex, dau. of [blank] Haule, of the City of York, Esq., decd; at Chigwell afsd.

Children: Notes:
Mary was the daughter and sole heiress of William Hawley of Stotfold, Yorkshire (Familiae minorum gentium vol 39 p988 (Joseph Hunter, 1895))

Mary received a legacy from her husband's uncle, Sir Edward Stanhope, in 1608
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/111/228 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury copy of the last will and testament, dated 28 February 1602(3) and proved 25 March 1608, of Sir Edward Stanhope (d. 10 March 1608), modern spelling transcript ©2007 Nina Green)
Item, I give to the wife of my nephew, John Stanhope, son to Sir Edward Stanhope, and my godson, one piece of plate silver and gilt of twenty ounces;

Mary was the residual legatee and sole executor of the will of her husband, Sir John Stanhope of Melwood Park, dated 30 April 1627 and proved on 30 September 1627, which is held at the National Archives PROB 11/153/40
The rest of all my goods and chattells leases moneys Bonds plate houshold goods and the residue of my personall estate unbequeathed my legacies discharges I give unto my dearely beloved and faithfull wife whom I doe freely acknowledge hath beene a speciall instrument next under god to enlarge my wordlie estate and doe make her my sole and onely Executrix of this my last will and testament the success whereof I humbly comend to gods blessing

West Riding Sessions Records: Orders, 1611-1642; Indictments, 1637-1642 (ed. John Lister, 2013)
p72
  John Box of Barnebrough, laborer, for stealing on 18th April, 1638, at Stodfold, two lambs, value 4s. each, the property of Mary, Lady Stanhope, Witness, confession. (At large. Puts himself, not guilty, nor withdraws.)
p141-2
      ROTHERHAM.
[Ind. Bk. A, fol. 85] General Sessions held at, 16th July, 1639, ...
  That the King's highway called Shippen Lane, leading between the town of Clayton and that of Hooten, is now in great decay for lack of repair, and that Lady Mary Stanhope1 of Stodfold, widow, ought to repair the same. Therefore a penalty of £10 is laid that she sufficiently repair the same before the last day of August next to come. Witn., Richard Thomson. (Barnard Marshall appeared at Doncaster 9 October, 1639, and upon his oath said the King's way was repaired.)
...
  1Widow of Sir John Stanhope, of Mellwood, in the Isle of Axholme, and of Stotfold, in the parish of Hooton-Pagnell, daughter and heiress of William Hawley, of Stotfold. She was married 25 May, 1593, and was buried at Hooton-Pagnel, 24 Jan., 1660.

The Reliquary vol 23 p90 (1883)
  NOTES FROM THE COURT ROLLS OF THE MANOR OF EPWORTH, IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN.
1641, May 12. Court of Queen Henrietta Maria. Presented “quod Maria domina Stanhope† communem parcum fregit.” Amerced 3s. 4d.
1642, April 27th, 18 Charles. Lady Stanhope amerced for having her swine “unringed.”
...
†Mary, widow of Sir John Stanhope, of Melwood Park, and daughter of William Hawley, of Stotfold, co. York. Buried at Hooton Pagnell, 24th Jan., 1660-1.

South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p153 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Stotfold.
William Hawley is named in the Œconomia Rokebeiorum, as having had by Catherine his wife, a daughter and coheir of Henry Rokeby, Mary, his only daughter and heir, whom sir John Stanhope took to wife.
  Sir John Stanhope was brother to sir Edward Stanhope, of Edlington, both influential men in these parts of the county in the reign of king James I. He had another seat at Melwood Park, in the isle of Axholme, but he probably died here, as he lies buried in the church of Hooton Paynel, where is an inscription to his memory, which has already been given. In her widowhood of thirty­-three years the wife of sir John resided here, and was buried at Hooton Jan. 24, 1660-1.

Buried: 24 January 1660(1), in the north, or Stotfold, choir, in All Saints, Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire, England
The history and antiquities of Doncaster and its vicinity pp283-4 (Edward Miller, 1804)
    HOOTON, OR HOOTON PAGNELL, PAYNELL, OR PANNELL.
  Here is only one monument, which is in the north, or Stotfold choir, with the following inscription:
    Memoriæ Sacrum Dni. Joh. Stanhop
      et Dnæ. Mariæ uxoris ejus.
Hic mortales deposuit exuvias Dni. Joh. Stanhop de Melwood Park, in insula Axholm Eques auriat. filius Dni. Edwardi ex antiqua familia Stanhoppi de Grimston, in agro Eboracensi oriundus, et cum eo jacet Dna. Maria filia et hæres Gulielmi Hawley de Stotfold, armigeri, uxor ejus charissima cui peperit 19 optime indolis liberos, ambo vixerunt fœliciter, moriebantur pie, et nunc placide quiescunt in certa spe resurrectionis sub monumento, quod Jasper Blithman de Newlathes armiger, nepos corum in gratam memoriam ultroq. consecravit Anno Dni. 1674. Morituri sequimur mortuos.
      Which may be thus rendered,
    Sacred to the memory of Lord John Stanhop,
      and Lady Mary, his wife.
Here lie deposited the mortal remains of Lord John Stanhop, of Melwood Park, in the Isle of Axholme, Knight and Bart. son of Lord Edward, of the ancient family of the Stanhopes, of Grimstone, in the county of York, and with him lies Lady Mary, daughter and heiress of Wm. Hawley, of Stotfield, Esq. his dearly beloved wife, to whom she bore nineteen children of the most amiable dispositions; they both of them lived happily, died piously, and now rest in peace, in certain hope of a resurrection, beneath this monuments which Jasper Blithman, of Newlathes, Esq. their grandson, has consecrated to them in grateful remembrance, A. D. 1674. We who are to die, must follow those who are dead.
The arms of this monument have been so often white-washed over, that they cannot be exactly made out, but the armorial ensigns of the Stanhopes are visible.

South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p147 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Parish of Hooton Paynel.
  In the north or Stotfold quire:
... There are also the following inscriptions.
    Memoriae sacrum Dni JOHnis STANHOP
      et Dnae MARIÆ uxors ejus.
Hic mortales deposuit exuvias Dns Joes Stanhop de Melwood-park in insulâ Axholm, eques auratus, filius Dni Edwardi, ex antiquâ familiâ Stanhoppi de Grimston in agro Eboracensi oriundus. Et cum eo jacet Dona Maria, filia et haeres Gulielmi Hawley de Stotfold, Armigeri, uxor ejus charissima, cui peperit 19, optimae indolis, liberos. Ambo vixerunt fœliciter, moriebantur piè; et nunc placidè quiescunt (in certa spe beatae resurrectionis) sub hoc monumento, quod Jasper Blithman de New Lathes, armigr nepos eorum maternus, in gratam ergo eos memoriam utriusque consecravit Ano Dni l674.
   Morituri sequimur mortuos.

The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme p259 (William Brocklehurst Stonehouse, 1839)
Sir John Stanhope and his wife were buried in that part of the Church of Hooton Pagnel which is called the Stotfold Choir. Stotfold is a single house in the parish of Hooton, similar to High Melwood in the parish of Owston, a distinct lordship to itself, and one of the old gentlehommeries of England. The following inscription covers their remains.
   MEMORIÆ SACRUM DNI. JOHNES. STANHOP,
          ET DNÆ. MARIÆ UXORS. EJUS.
HIC MORTALES DEPOSUIT EXUVIAS DNS. JOES. STANHOPE, DE MELWOOD PARK, IN INSULA AXHOLME, EQUES. AURATUS, FILIUS DNI. EDWARDI EX ANTIQUA FAMILIA STANHOPI DE GRIMSTON, IN AGRO EBORACENSI ORIUNDUS. ET CUM EO JACET DONA. MARIA, FILIA ET HÆRES GULIELMI HAWBY DE STOTFOLD, ARMIGERI, UXOR EJUS CHARISSIMA, CUI PEPERIT 19 OPTIMÆ INDOLIS, LIBEROS AMBO VIXERUNT FELICITER, MORIEBANTUR PIE, ET NUNC PLACIDE QUIESCUNT IN CERTA SPE BEATÆ RESURRECTIONIS SUB HOC MONUMENTO, QUOD JASPER BLITHMAN DE NEW LATHES, ARMIGR. NEPOS EORUM MATERNUS, IN GRATAM ERGO EOS MEMORIAM UTRI USQUÆ CONSECRAVIT, ANO DMi. 1674.
    MORITURI SEQUIMUR MORITUROS.

A pair of shields carved in All Saints, Hooton Pagnell combines the arms of the Stanhope and Hawley as well as those of Blithman and Mounteney.
The Heraldry in the Churches of the West Riding of Yorkshire vol 2 p89 (James Harvey Bloom, 1892)
  1. On a tablet (two shields carved)—
  Quarterly erm. and gu. (Stanhope) imp. a fess betw. three talbots’ heads (Hawley).
  2. On a fess betw. three bears ramp. as many fleur-de-lis (Blithman) imp. a bend betw. six martlets (Mounteney).
  In M. Dni Johnis Stanhop, et Dua Mariæ uxoris ejus, filia et heres Gulielmi Hawley, de Stotfold.
  This tablet was erected by Jaspar Blithman, of New Lathes Armig. 1674.  H.D.D. II, p. 147.
  Stanhope, quarterly erm. and gu.  Hawley, gu. a fess betw. three talbots heads’ arg.  B.
  Blithman, vert. on a fess betw. three bears ramp. arg. as many fleur-de-lis of the last.  Mounteney, arg. a bend betw. six martlets gu.  B. 

Will:
The will of Dame Mary Stanhope, Widow of Owston, Lincolnshire, dated 4 September 1658, with a codicil dated 7 September 1660, proved on 23 November 1661, is held at the National Archives PROB 11/306/329
In the Name of God Amen this ffourth day of September in the yeare of our Lord one Thousand six hundred ffitie and eight I Dame Mary Stanhope of Melwood Parke in the parish of Owston in the County of Lincoln widow widow being of sound nad perfect memory and in good health praysed bee God therefore doo make and ordayne this my last will and Testamentin mannor and forme followinge And first of all I render and give up my sinfull soule into the hands of God my faithfull Creator and of Jesus Christ my mercifull Saviour and redeemer and the holy and blessed spiritt my Comforter restinge my selfe in an assured confidence of the truth of the promises made unto mee that by the passion meritis and mediation of my deare Saviour all my sinnes originall and naturall are freely forgiven unto mee and eternal happiness purchased and prepared for mee in his everlastinge habitation rendering most humble thankes to the ffather sonne and Holy Ghost one God and three persons for all those blessings whereof I have beene made partaken both concerninge this life and that which is to come from my youth up untill now And ??? for that I have beene brought up in the bosome of the Church of God in ??? and profession of the Gospell untill the very moment that my Spiritt shall returne to God that ??? it assuredly believeing that not by my owne right??? but in and by the righteousnes of Jesus Christ my alone Saviour and Redeemer I shalbe saved As concerning my body I doe willingly returne it to the earth from whence it came when God shall please to call mee home To bee buryed in the Church of Hutton Pannoll in the County of Yorke neare to the body of my late loving husband Sr John Stanhopp constantly beleiveing that our bodyes shall rest in hope to revive at the second appearinge of my Lord Jesus Christ a glorious resurreccion And for my worldly Estate and goods I praise my God likewise for the sufficiecis of all necessaries which of his bounty and goodnes I have enjoyed and I do leave behinde mee And doe hereby advise all my children and charge them that in the feare of God they performe mutuall dutyes of naturall love and affeccon one rewards another callinge to mynde and practissing the ??? care and industry which they have had in example from both their parents and as concerninge my temporall Estate I doo make ordayne and declare this my last Will and Testament as followeth Inprimus I give and bequeath unto my eldest sonne John Stanhope Esquire the sume of Three score poundes to bee payd unto him within one yeare after my decease in case hee shall then be capable to receive the same to his owne use in respect of his delinquency But in case hee shall not then be capable to receive the same for his owne benefit for the reason aforesaid Then I give unto him instead thereof of a Legacy Diamond Ring of ffive pounds price in full satisfaccion of his filliall parte and porcion And in that case my will and mynde is the said Three score pounds shalbe equally amongst  his Children and Childrens Children my Grandchildren and great Grandchildren Item I give unto Elizabeth Stanhope my Grandchilde the the eldest daughter of my said sonne John Stanhope the summe of Tenn pounds to be payd to her within twelve months next after my decease And to Anne Stanhope another of his daughters forty shillings And I give to my Godsonne John Stanhope Grandchile of my said sonne John Stanhope Tenn pounds to bee paid at the end of five yeares next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Margarett the wife of Robert Dyndley Esquire my great Needleworke ffeild Bedd now standing in the great Chamber in my house at Melwood Parke with the Teaster Vallance and coloured stripte Curtaines thee Round Bedd Boulster Pillowes and Blanketts redd Rugge a callicoe coloured Quilte a great Chayre two lowe Stools and long Cushion belonginge and suitable to it together with a Cupboard Cloath and Livory Cupboard Item I give more unto my said daughter Margarett one paire of lynnon sheets off broad marked with ffower Pinks and with the letters I.M.S. one other payre of lynnon sheets being two Broadths and an halfe marked as aforesaid Item I give unto my said daughter Margarett one paire of pure holland Sheets of three broadthe my second suite of diapor being a long Tablecloath a square board Cloath a Cupboard cloath one dozen and a halfe of Diaper Napkins a long Towell being all marked with the said letter I M S. Item I give more unto her mu blacke silke and gould ???coate which shee now already hath my Crimson velvett petticoate layd with gold Lace and gold ffringe one payre of pure fine holland pillowbeers marked with the said Letters and one douzen of lynnon Napkins marked aforesaid Item I give unto my sonne in Lawe Robert Dindley a Diamond Ring of ffive pound price Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Dindley my Goddaughter the summe of six pounds thirteene shillings and fower pence to bee payd to her within Two yeares next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto Elizabeth Dindley one other of the daughters of the said Robert Dindley the summe of Twenty Nobles to bee payd within two yeares next after my decease if shee bee then living Item I give unto my daughter Susanna late wife of James Curtis gent deceased two milche kine to bee delivered to her within two months next after my decease Item I give more unto my said daughter Susanna a Beddstead in the blacke Bedchamber with greene Linsey wolsey Vallours and Curtainss and ffeatherbedd a Boulster a Coverlett Two blanketts the worst yealowe ??? two paire of the best ??? Sheets and one paire of lynnen pillowbeers Item I give and bequeath unto ffrancis Curtis her sonne the summe of fortye pounds to bee payd unto him within Twelve months next after my decease And to Anne Curtis her daughter the summe of Twenty Nobles to bee payd to her within two yeares next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne in Lawe George Walker Minister one ffield Bedstead with a blacke Teaster Vallaure and Curtains layd with yealowe Lace in the blacke Bedchamber with Cupboard and Cupboard cloath a ffeatherbedd a Boulster two Blanketts two pillowes a yellow coloured Rugg one paire of lynnon off broad sheets marked with fower pinks and the said three letters and one paire of lynnon sheets of two broadths marked as aforesaid Item I give unto my sonne Thomas Stanhope one downe Bedd on which hee now lyeth and the greene Rugg two stripte blanketts two pillowes and boulster my Crimson stuffe Canopy layd with silke lace and silke ffringe and the frame and knobbs belonging to it Item I give unto Grace Stanhope now his wife my daughter in Lawe a legacy diamond Ring of ffive pounds price Item I give unto my Grandchilde Elizabeth Stanhope daughter of my said sonne Thomas Stanhope a diamond Ring with seaven little sparkes of diamonds which my late daughter in Lawe her mother formerly sent unto mee Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne in Lawe William Blythman Esquire my Coach and Harnesse and two bay ??? Mares and a legacy Ring of ffive pounds price Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Elizabeth Blythman his wife my yeallow sage printed ffield bedstead standing in my house at Stodfold over the dyneing Roome with the Curtaines and Vallours a ??? ffustian downe bedd and Boulster two pillowes one paire of the best blanketts a yellow Rugg a watchett taffetye Quilte and paire of holland sheets of three broadths stitched one paire of pure holland pillowebeers and one paire of lynnon pillowbeers my best suite of diaper and one dozen and an halfe of Diaper Napkins Cupboard cloath and long Towell suitable one paire of Lynnon sheets of two broadths and an halfe one payre of ??? Broad Sheets and dozen of ffine lynnon Table Napkins and lonh lynnon tablecloath and long Towell Item I give and bequeath unto her my ??? coloured Sattin petticoate imbroydered my blacke velvett Gowne with blacke bone Lace and great ??? chayre of ??? layd with yealowe and blacke silke lace one high Chayre two low stooles a Cupboard Cloath and a long Cushion all suitable and the Still ??? and potts belonging to my Closetts and Cupboards Item I give and bequeath to Mary Blythman her daughter ffive pounds to bee payd her within Twelve moneths next after my decease Item I give and bequeath unto my sonne in Lawe Mr Malartin Harris late husband of my daughter Anne now deceased a legavy Diamond Ring of ffive pounds price Item I give unto my Grandchilde Maria Sophia Harris and Ann Harris her daughters Tenn pounds a paire to bee payd to them within Two yeares next after my decease I give more to my said daughters Margarett Dindley Susanna Curtis and Elizabeth Blythman every one of them a ??? Item I give and bequeathe my wearinge Clocke or Watch to my daughter to my daughter Elizabeth Blythman Item I give unto my Cozen the wife of my beeloved kinsman and Coson John Halley of Winkefield Mannor Twenty Nobles to bee payd to him within one yeare next after my decease if shee shall survive her husband Item I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved kinsman Thomas Vincent of Barnbrough Grange in the County of Yorke Esquire ffive pounds for a legacye diamond ring Item I give and bequeath unto my welbeloved Neighbours Mr John Pindar Mrs Pindar his wife and John Pindar their sonne to every of them a ringe of Tenn shillings price and to the said John Pindar the ffather also a mourning Cloake Item I give unto Mr Daniell Woddell and his wife to eyther of them a Ring of Tenn shillings price and to their daughter Marye my Goddaughter Twenty shillings and to the said Daniel Woddell a mourning Cloake Item I give to Mr Young and his wife to either of them a ring of Tenn shillinges price Item I give unto my Goddaughter Marye Thornhill Twenty shillinges Item I give unto my Godsonne John Barnard the sonne of Thomas Barnard Tenn shillings to buy him Books withall Item I give to Marye daughter of Vincent Syddall deceased my Goddaughter Tenn shillings to bee payd within a yeare after my decease Item I give unto my servants Barnard Marshall and John Tompson either of them three pounds to bee payd within one yeare after my decease Item I give unto Margarett the wife of the said John Tompson one Beddstead in the Nursery at Stodfold with a ??? Topp and vallaure Item I give unto my good servant John Sorisant Twenty shillings to bee payd him yearely during his life at the ffeast of St Michaell the Archangell and the Annunciacion of the blessed Virgin Marye by equall porcions And also I give unto him theffeatherbedd on which hee usually lyeth the Bedstead Boulster three Coverletts and one paire of sheets Item I give unto the keepers of my Gar?? at the tyme of my death Twenty shillings Item I give unto my Chambermayde which shall serve mee at my death over and above her wages Tenn shillings and my worke day Gowne and petticoate Item I give to my then daye mayde and kitchen mayde over and above their wages six shillings eight pence a peice Item I give unto my Sheppard which shall serve mee at the tyme of my death an Ewe and a Lamb which hee shall make choyse of out of whole flocke Item I give to my choice husbandman serving at my death six shillings eight pence And to the rest of my then husbandmen ffive shillings a peice over and above their wages Item All the rest of my sheets and pillowbeers Tablecloaths Cupboard cloaths Towells and Table Napkins not yet mencioned or hereby already bequeathed I give unto my said daughters Margarett Dindley Elizabth Blythman and my Goddaughter Mary Carvile equally to bee devided amongst them And all the rest of my wearing apparrell not yet hereby bequeathed I give and bequeath unto the Children of my Grandchilde John Stanhope my great Grandchildren and to their now mother Item I give unto the poore people of the parish of Hutton Pannoll Three poiunds to bee distributed amongst them Item I give unto the poore people of the parish of Clayton fforty shillings to bee distributed amongst them Item I give to the poore people of Epworth Twenty shillings to bee distributed amongst them Item I gove to the poore people of this parish of Owston fforty shillingswhereof Tenn shillings to bee to Mr Anthony Allan the now Minister and ffive shillings to the parisg Clarke Item All the rest of my goods and Chattles whatsoever moveable and ???able and not yet hereby given or bequeathed (my debts and funerall expenses being first satifyed and payd) I doo hereby give and bequeath unto my sonne Thomas Stanhope and to my daughters Margarett Dindley and Elizabeth Blythman and to my said Grandchildren Godfrey Walker and Mary Carvile whome I doo hereby nominate and make Executors of this my present last Will and Testament provided alwaies and upon this condicion That the said William Blythman of Newlathes in the Countye of yorke Esquire and the said Elizabeth Blythman Thomas Stanhope George Walker Godfrey Walker and Mary Carvile shall by their severall Acts and deeds executed promise and release unto the said Dame Mary Stanhope upon request and tender of a Release in that behalfe made unto them joyntly or severally All their severall and ??? rightes Tytls Estate Interest clayms and demand whatsoever which they the said William and Elizabeth Blythman Thomas Stanhope George Walker Godfrey Walker and Mary Carvile have had or shall or may have unto All or any the goods and Chattles of Michaell Stanhope late sonne of Sr John Stanhope deceased by virtue of the last Will and Testament of him the said Michaell And all their right tytls estate interest clayme and demand whatsoever of in and to all and singular such Childes part and porcion as was or might have become due unto Susanna Curtis one of the duaghters of the said Sr John Stanhope And in case the said William and Elizabeth Blythman Thomas Stanhope George Walker Godfrey Walker and Mary Carvile or any of them shall refuse to seale and deliver such release upon request and tender made unto them Then my intent will an dmynde is That such of the said persons as shall soo refuse shall have noe part or benefitt of or from my personall Estate or stand and bee joynt Executors with the rest aforenamed But bee utterly debarred and excluded therefrom And my farther will and mynde is That if the said Thomas Stanhope shall dye before mee then such part and porcion of my personall Estate as should or might have become due to him by virtue of this my last will and Testament shall by my saide surviving Executors bee payd to Elizabeth daughter of the said Thomas Stanhope within one yeare next after my decease And I doo hereby give and bequeath the same accordingly And if the said Margarett Dindley shall dye before mee the said Dame Margaret Stanhope then my will and mynde is And I doo gereby Will and bequeath such parts and proporcion of my personall Estate as shall or may become due unto her the said Margarett by virtue hereof unto the ffower daughters of herthe said Margarett to bee payd unto them equally by my said surviving Executors within one yeare next after my death or to such of them as shall be then living And if the said Elizabeth Blythman shall dye before mee the said Dame Mary Stanhope Then my mynde and will is And I doo hereby give and bequeath such part and proporcion of my said personall Estate as shall or may become due to her the said Elizabeth by virtue hereof unto the Children of William Blythman of Newlathes in the County of Yorke equally to bee payd to them within one yeare next after my decease And if the said Godfrey Walker and Mary Carvile or either of them shall dye before mee then I give and bequeath unto their surviving brothers and sisters such part and proporcion of my personall estate as shall or may become due to them or either of them by theise presents In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my seale and subscribed my hand the day and yeare above written Mary Stanhope Signed sealed and subscribed in the presence of us John Pindar Antho: Allan William Thornhill Dan. Woddell Robert Jeffreson.
In the Name of God Amen
Whereas I Dame Mary Stanhope of Mellwood Parke in the parish of Owston in the Countye of Lincolne widdowe have made my last Will and Testament in writeing under my hand and seale beareing date the ffourth day of September in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred ffifty and eight And therein and thereby made Thomas Stanhope Margaret Dindley Elizabeth Blythman Godfrey Walker and Marye Carvile Executors of my said last Will and Testament And also therein and thereby have bequeathed and given many Legacyes to divers persons therein named And amongst the rest I have given unto John Stanhope Esquire my eldest sonne the sume of Three score pounds to bee payd unto him within one yeare next after my decease in case hee shalbe capable to receive the same to his owne use in respect of his delinquencye But if hee shall not then bee capable thereof to his owne benefitt for the reason aforesaid Then I did give unto him instead thereof a Legacie Diamond Ring of ffive pound price in full satisfacion of his fillial part and porcion And in that case I did give the said Three score pounds to bee equally devided amongst his Children and Childrens Children my Grandchildren and great Grandchildren Since the makeing of which my said last Will and Testament I doo now and hereby declare And it is my mynde and will that the said Legacye of Three score pounds given by my said last will unto my said sonne John Stanhope shalbe utterly voyd and of none effect And I doo hereby revoke and make voyde the same as if the same had never beene by mee given unto him his Children or Grandchildren And I doo hereby declare And my will and mynde is that if the said John Stanhope my sonne shall immediately after my decease permitt and suffer the Executors in my said last Will and Testament named To have hould occupye and enjoy the benefitt use and occupacion of the house at Mellwood wherein I now live and of the grounds ffoulds and houses there for the tyme and space of Two monethis next after my decease for removall of those goods and Chattles without the interrupcion hinderance molestation and disturbance of him the said John Stanhope or any other person or persons by from or with his consent appoyntement or Command permission or sufferance Then I doo give and bequeath unto the said John Stanhope the just and entire summe of Threescore pounds to bee pays unto him by my Executors within one yeare next after my decease But in case hee the said John Stanhope shall refuse and not permitt and suffer my said Executors to have and enjoy the said house at Mellwood the outhouses fould Feeds and grounds there Two moneths next after my decease for the removall of the said goods within doores and without and keepinge and disposall of the same without loss and damage but shall hinder and disturbe them in the peaceable enjoyment of the said houses and grounds aforesaid to their losse and damage Then I doe hereby revoke and make voyde the said gifte and legacye of Threescore pounds which I have hereby given unto him as if the same had never beene by mee given unto him And then I doe give and bequeath unto the said John Stanhope one diamond Ring of ffive pounds price and ffive shillings in money in full satisfaccion of his Childs part and porcion Item I give and bequeath unto Alice Wood of Yorke sometyme my servant the summe of ffive pounds To bee payd unto her by my Executors in my said Will named Item I give and bequeath unto all my servants which shall live with mee at my death the summe of ffive pounds more than is given them in my said last Will equally to bee devided amongst them at the discretion of my Executors in my said last will and Testament named And this I desire to bee a coddicill annexed to my last Will and Testament and to bee performed by my Executors in the same named In wittnes whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seale the seaventh day of December one thousand siz hundred and sixtye 1660 Mary Stanhope Before ythe sealinge and deliverye hereof the name Margarett Dyndley between the Third and ffourth lyne was interlyned And after sealed signed published and declared as a Coddicill to bee annexed to my last Will and Testament in the presence of us John Copley John Tompson his marke John Hudson

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William Hawley

Birth: 1535 or 1536
William was aged 26 at the IPM of his father on 17 October 1562

Father: Edward Hawley

Mother: Elizabeth (Copley) Hawley

Married: Catherine Rokeby

This marriage occurred in or before 1573, when William and Katherine "his wife", along with George Rokeby and his wife Jane, are recorded in a property transfer in Drynge.
Feet of Fines of the Tudor Period part 2 p38 (1888)
1573.—MICHAELMAS TERM. ...
Plaintiffs: William Kelde and Stephen Kelde
Deforciants: George Rokeby, gent., and Jane his wife, and William Hawley, gent., and Katherine his wife
Nature and Situation of the Property: Messuage with lands in Drynge.

Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions gives two possibilities for William's wife - in parts1-4 p246 we see Elizabeth Calverley, the daughter of Sir William Calverley and Elizabeth Sneyd, who married "William Hawley, of Stotfold" and in parts5-7 p27 he has Katherine Rokeby, daughter of Henry Rokeby of Sandal, who married "Wm. Hawley, of Stotfold". However, the Deconomia Rokebiorum, written in 1593 is explicit that "Cathrine Rokeby, one of his Co-Heirs, Married first to William Hawley, by whom she had Issue, Mary Their Daughter and Heir; married to Sr John Stanhope". Possibly Elizabeth Calverley was a first wife, or perhaps the William Hawley she married was a relative, also in Stotfold.

In his will dated 7 July 1656 (National Archives PROB 11/271/585), Anthony Hamond of Melwood Park refers to his "deare and beloved sister the Lady Stanhope" and "her late husband Sr John Stanhope", but Mary was definitely a Hawley, not a Hamond (confirmed by the MI on her grave "FILIA ET HÆRES GULIELMI HAWBY DE STOTFOLD, ARMIGERI" and the transcription of her marriage license "Mary Hawle, Spr, of Chigwell, co. Essex, dau. of [blank] Haule, of the City of York, Esq." Further, Sir John Stanhope's will dated 30 April 1627 (National Archives PROB 11/153/40) refers to his "brother in lawe Anthony Hamond" and "Sister in lawe Ursula Hamond". One possible explanation is that Ursula was Mary's actual sister, so born Hawley, and she married Anthony Hamond, making her John's true sister-in-law, Anthony plausibly described as John's brother-in-law, and Mary plausibly described as Anthony's sister. However, a problem with this scenario is that a summary of the IPM of William Hawley who died 25 August 1581, appears to indicate that Mary was the daughter and heiress, aged only 3 months and so could not have had a younger sister. I think more likely Mary's mother, Catherine Rokeby, married, secondly, a Hamond and had children Anthony and Ursula, both then half-siblings of Mary Hawley. This latter hypothesis is obliquely supported by the Deconomia Rokebiorum, a letter written in 1593 by Ralph Rokeby that contains a detailed view of the Rokeby family history at that time, in which he states that "Cathrine Rokeby, one of his Co-Heirs, Married first to William Hawley" which has the implication that Catherine had a second marriage, although that is not explicitly stated.

Children: Notes: William was of Stotfold, a extra-parochial manor near Hooton Pagnell, Yorkshire (The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme p259).

Œconomia Rokebiorum (Ralph Rokeby, 1887)
    TO THE READER.
THE Transcript from which this version of Œconomia is printed was made in 1712 for Richard Boylston, Apothecary, Birmingham, who was the son of Henry Boylston of Lichfield, Gent, by his wife Rhoda, daughter of George Rokeby, who possessed a copy of the book.
...
    Deconomia Rokebiorum
Written by RALPH ROKEBY, Junr of Lincolns Inn. To his very good Nephews, Thomas, William, Ralph Robert, and Ralph Rokebys. 1593.
...
p20
  Henry Rokeby the younger Son of John had Issue Cathrine Rokeby, one of his Co-Heirs, Married first to William Hawley, by whom she had Issue, Mary Their Daughter and Heir; married to Sr John Stanhope, Son to Ed Stanhope Esq one of her majtis Councell in the North. And Isabell Rokeby his Second Daughter Married George Rokeby, Father to you My Younger Nephew Ralph Rokeby.

South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p153 (Joseph Hunter, 1831)
    Stotfold.
  In the inquisition p. m. of Edward Hawley, of Stot­fold, taken 17 Oct. 4 Elizabeth, it was found that he died seised of a capital messuage in Stotfold, and 300 acres of land in Stotfold and Shippenes, held of the manor of Hamthwaite in socage, and lands in Morehouse, Barnborough, and Harlington. William his son and heir being then aged 26. From an inscription, almost perished, in the church of Hooton we learn that he was the son of John Hawley, of Harlington, and that he married Elizabeth, a daughter of sir William Copley, the first of that name at Sprotborough. William Hawley is named in the Œconomia Rokebeiorum, as having had by Catherine his wife, a daughter and coheir of Henry Rokeby, Mary, his only daughter and heir, whom sir John Stanhope took to wife.

Inquisitiones Post Mortem in The genealogist New Series vol 28 p57 (H. W. Forsyth Harwood, 1912)
HAWLEY, William, gent., ob. 25 Aug. 23 Eliz—Inq. 6 June 28 Eliz—York—Maria, d. & h., aet. 3 months.

William was the plaintiff in a case in Common Pleas in 1580, concerning trespass on his property at Harlington, in the parish of Barnbrough, Yorkshire. We see from William's father's IPM (South Yorkshire: the history and topography of the deanery of Doncaster, in the diocese and county of York vol 2 p153), that he owned property in Barnbrough and William's grandfather is stated to be "of Harlington", linking this case to our William Hawley of Stotfold. An image of the proceedings is at the Anglo-American Legal Tradition site of the University of Houston (Eliz CVP40no1373 image 1279), extracted by Vance Mead on wikitree.com
William Hawley, versus William Preston, of Harlington, yeoman, for trespass: taking goods worth 40 pounds at Harlington. These were a mattress, pair of sheets, a press, 3 bedsteads, 2 wall hangings, 2 trestle tables, a "chymney of iron", basin, a "hanging lover and a standing lover" (lotores in Latin, something to do with laundry, probable laver, a wash basin), a salting trough, a brasen (brass) mortar and pestle, a great pot, dripping pan, a spit, pair of cob irons, a dressing board, a brewing lead, a "gylefatt", "worte leades, two fast and one loose", chests, a kneading trough, a "bulting tunne", a bedstead, "a tubbe to put haver in", all belonging to William Hawley at Harlington. William Preston answers by his attorney that he is in no way culpable for the trespass.

Death: 25 August 1581

An Inquisition Post Mortem into William's estate was held on 6 June 1586, in York.
Inquisitiones Post Mortem in The genealogist New Series vol 28 p57 (H. W. Forsyth Harwood, 1912)
HAWLEY, William, gent., ob. 25 Aug. 23 Eliz—Inq. 6 June 28 Eliz—York—Maria, d. & h., aet. 3 months.

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