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Hawkins, Richard (1560 - 1622)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1560
Death Date: 1622-04-17

Notes

On expeditions to West Indies Nov. 1582--Nov. 1583; Capt on Francis Drake's voyage to the West Indies, Spanish Main and coast of Florida 1585--6; on expeditions against the Spanish Armada 1588; to Portugal 1590; to Azores 1592; and to West Indies, Brazil and Straits of Magellan June 1593. Captured by the Spanish at San Matreo June 1594 and imprisoned at Panama and Lima; transferred to Seville, Spain 1597; transferred to prison at Madrid, Spain 1599--1602

Parents

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1603-07-23
    Vacated: 1622-04-17

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Mayor, Devon 1603 1604
MP, Devon 1604
Vice Admiral, Devon 1604 1606 -08
Vice Admiral, Devon 1607 -4 1610
Vice Admiral, England 1620 1621 Vice Admiral of a fleet sent to the Mediterranean

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Slapton Manor, Devon
  • Deptford, Kent
  • Mincing Lane House, London (city-county)
  • Plymouth, Devon
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Devon: Plymouth properties

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Sir Richard Hawkins' Musicians
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Sir Richard Hawkins' Trumpeters
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Sir Richard Hawkins' Waits

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir Richard Hawkins' Musicians Hawkins, Richard (1560 - 1622) Musicians 1
Sir Richard Hawkins' Trumpeters Hawkins, Richard (1560 - 1622) Musicians 1
Sir Richard Hawkins' Waits Hawkins, Richard (1560 - 1622) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Hawkins Town House Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Kelsey, Harry. Sir John Hawkins: Queen Elizabeth's Slave Trader. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 2003
  • Lewis, Michael. The Hawkins Dynasty: Three Generations of a Tudor Family. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1969
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Williamson, James A. Hawkins of Plymouth: A New History of Sir John Hawkins and the Other Members of his Family Prominent in Tudor England. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1969
  • Worth, R.N. History of Plymouth from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Plymouth: William Brendon & Son, 1890