John Hotham 1st Baronet 1589-1645

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Before 1578 [his father] John Hotham of Scorborough [aged 37] and [his mother] Juliana Stanhope were married.

After 1578 [his father] John Hotham of Scorborough [aged 37] and Mary Goring [aged 23] were married.

On 10th January 1585 [his father] John Hotham of Scorborough [aged 44] and [his step-mother] Jane Legard [aged 17] were married. The difference in their ages was 27 years.

Around July 1589 John Hotham 1st Baronet was born to John Hotham of Scorborough [aged 48] and Juliana Stanhope.

In 1605 [his daughter] Frances Hotham was born to John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 15]. She married in or before 1629 Philip Stapleton.

On 16th February 1607 John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 17] and Katherine Rodes were married. She brought a dowry of 1,000 marks. They he had two sons and two daughters all of whom predeceased their father.

On 15th June 1609 [his father] John Hotham of Scorborough [aged 68] died.

In 1610 [his son] John Hotham was born to John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 20] and [his wife] Katherine Rodes. He married before 21st March 1632 Frances Wray, daughter of John Wray 2nd Baronet and Grisilla Bethell Lady Glentworth, and had issue.

Before 16th July 1614 [his wife] Katherine Rodes died. The date based on the second marriage of her husband John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 25].

On 16th July 1614 John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 25] and Anne Rokeby were married.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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On 12th May 1615 [his son] Charles Hotham was born to John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 25] in Scorborough and [his wife] Anne Rokeby.

In 1622 John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 32] was created 1st Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.

In or before 1629 [his son-in-law] Philip Stapleton [aged 25] and [his daughter] Frances Hotham [aged 23] were married.

On 27th October 1631 John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 42] and Katherine Bamburgh were married.

Before 21st March 1632 [his son] John Hotham [aged 22] and [his daughter-in-law] Frances Wray [aged 20] were married.

On 31st August 1634 [his wife] Katherine Bamburgh died.

In 1636 [his daughter] Frances Hotham [aged 31] died.

In April 1643 [his son] John Hotham [aged 33] joined his troops with the Parliamentarian forces in Lincolnshire. The bad behaviour of Hotham's troops, coupled with what appeared to be attempts by Hotham to co-opt the Parliamentarian officers, raised suspicions with then Colonel Oliver Cromwell [aged 43] and John Hutchinson, the governor of Nottingham Castle. They denounced him to the Parliamentary Committee of Safety. In summer 1643 his arrest was ordered. He fled to Nottingham then attempted to travel to Hull. He was arrested with his father John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 53].

In December 1644 Parliament decided to execute the Hothams, father and son, John Hotham 1st Baronet [aged 55] and John Hotham [aged 34].

On 1st January 1645 John Hotham was beheaded for treason by Parliamentarians at Tower Hill [Map]. His father was executed the next day.

On 2nd January 1645 John Hotham 1st Baronet was beheaded for treason by Parliamentarians; his son having been executed the previous day. His grandson John [aged 12] succeeded 2nd Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.

Diary of Isabella Twysden 1645. 2nd January 1645. The 2 of Janu Sr Jo: hothum [aged 55] (father to Mr hothum) was beheaded on tower hill [Map].

John Evelyn's Diary. 18th August 1654. Hence, we passed through a fenny but rich country to Hull [Map], situated like Calais [Map], modernly and strongly fortified with three block-houses of brick and earth. It has a good market place and harbor for ships. Famous also (or rather infamous) is this town for Hotham's refusing entrance to his Majesty. The water-house is worth seeing. And here ends the south of Yorkshire.

Royal Ancestors of John Hotham 1st Baronet 1589-1645

Kings Wessex: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 15 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 16 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings Godwinson: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Harold II of England

Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 8 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 20 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Kings Spain: Great x 12 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon

Royal Descendants of John Hotham 1st Baronet 1589-1645
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1]

Ancestors of John Hotham 1st Baronet 1589-1645

John Hotham 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanhope

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Jerningham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham

Great x 4 Grandfather: Gervase Clifton

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Finch

Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier 1st Count of Eu

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Hankford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzwarin 8th Baroness Fitzwarin 10 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Arches

mother: Juliana Stanhope 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex

Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Cooke of Lavenham in Suffolk

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Cooke

Great x 2 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap