Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley 1608-1684

Before 14th January 1608 [his father] Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe [aged 22] and [his mother] Elizabeth Poulet [aged 20] were married.

On 14th January 1608 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley was born to Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe [aged 22] and Elizabeth Poulet [aged 20].

Around 16th December 1623 [his father] Henry Hawley of Wiveliscombe [aged 37] died.

On 16th December 1623 [his mother] Elizabeth Poulet [aged 35] died.

Around 1630 [his daughter] Unton Hawley was born to Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 21] and [his future wife] Jane Gibbes Baroness Hawley. She married in or before 1651 John Malet and had issue.

In 1642 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 33] was appointed Commissioner of Array for Somerset.

On 14th March 1644 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 36] was created 1st Baronet Hawley of Buckland in Somerset.

On 8th July 1645 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 37] was created 1st Baron Hawley of Donsmore by King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland [aged 44].

Before 1646 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 37] and Jane Gibbes Baroness Hawley were married. She by marriage Baroness Hawley of Donsmore.

In or before 1651 [his son-in-law] John Malet [aged 35] and [his daughter] Unton Hawley [aged 20] were married.

In 1665 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 56] was elected MP Mitchell Cornwall which seat he held until 1673.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 28th May 1665. Thence to my Lady Sandwich's [aged 40], where, to my shame, I had not been a great while before. Here, upon my telling her a story of my [his grandson-in-law] Lord Rochester's [aged 18] running away on Friday night last with [his granddaughter] Mrs. Mallett [aged 14], the great beauty and fortune of the North, who had supped at White Hall with Mrs. Stewart [aged 17], and was going home to her lodgings with her grandfather, my Lord Haly [aged 57], by coach; and was at Charing Cross [Map] seized on by both horse and foot men, and forcibly taken from him, and put into a coach with six horses, and two women provided to receive her, and carried away. Upon immediate pursuit, my Lord of Rochester (for whom the King [aged 34] had spoke to the lady often, but with no successe) was taken at Uxbridge; but the lady is not yet heard of, and the King mighty angry, and the Lord sent to the Tower [Map]. Hereupon my Lady did confess to me, as a great secret, her being concerned in this story. For if this match breaks between my Lord Rochester and her, then, by the consent of all her friends, my Lord Hinchingbrooke [aged 17] stands fair, and is invited for her. She is worth, and will be at her [his daughter] mother's [aged 35] death (who keeps but a little from her), £2500 per annum. Pray God give a good success to it! But my poor Lady, who is afeard of the sickness, and resolved to be gone into the country, is forced to stay in towne a day or two, or three about it, to see the event of it.

John Evelyn's Diary. 21st October 1671. Next morning, in company with Sir Bernard Gascoyne [aged 57], and Lord Hawley [aged 63], I came in the Treasurer's coach to Bishop Stortford, where he gave us a noble supper. The following day, to London, and so home.

In 1672 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 63] was appointed Captain of Deal Castle which position he held until 1674.

On 20th August 1681 [his daughter] Unton Hawley [aged 51] died.

On 22nd December 1684 Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley [aged 76] died. His grandson Francis [aged 11] succeeded 2nd Baron Hawley of Donsmore, 2nd Baronet Hawley of Buckland in Somerset.

[his son] Francis Hawley was born to Francis Hawley 1st Baron Hawley and Jane Gibbes Baroness Hawley. He married Gertrude Gethin and had issue.