Sir John de
Hotham V, son and heir of Sir John de Hotham VI and Maud Hilton was born about
1341. In 1386, he deposed in the Scrope-Grosvenor trial that he was 45 years
old and that he had been armed twenty-four years and upwards [1].
He may have had two wives, since his daughter Maud was born about 1370-5 and
his son John was born about 1386. The name of his wife or wives are not known.
Nicolas says that his wife was Winifred, daughter of Sir William Brus of
Pickering, but there is no evidence to support this identification.
He was
knighted before 22 October 1364, when John de Hotham, 'chivaler,' the younger, going beyond the seas with the king's
licence, had letters nominating William de Crauncewyk and Thomas de Beverlaco
as his attorneys [2]. In
May 1369, John de Hothum, 'chivaler'
going abroad had letters of protection and general attorney [3].
On 8 April
1372, Richard of Chesterfield, canon of the church of St. John of Beverley, and
Adam Coppendale of Beverley, son of William Coppendale, senior, granted to Sir
John de Hotham knight, an annual rent of 20 marks from all their lands in
Hessle, which they had of the gift and feoffment of Geoffrey de Hanby and which
formerly belonged to Sir John Hotham, ancestor of the present Sir John [4].
On 13 June
1373, John Hotham, knight was a witness to a charter of Robert Hansard [5].
His father
and grandfather both died before 14 August 1374, when the inquest post mortem
for Westmorland of Thomas de Thwenge was held. The jurors found that Thomas de
Thwenge had three sisters, namely Lucy, Margaret and Katherine. Lucy had issue
Marmaduke de Lumley, who had issue Robert de Lumley, now living, aged 17 years;
Margaret had issue Matilda, who had issue John de Hotham, 'chivaler,' now living, and Isabel, wife of Walter de Pedwardyn, 'chivaler,' now living; Katherine had
issue Elizabeth, wife of William Botreaux, 'chivaler.'
Thus the said Robert de Lumley, John de Hotham, ‘chivaler,’ Isabel wife of Walter Pedwardyn, "chivaler", and Elizabeth wife of
William Botreaux, ‘chivaler,’ are
kinsmen and next heirs of the said Thomas de Thwenge [6]
.
In 1375, by a
fine, Sir Simon de Heslerton, knight, and Katherine his wife settled the manors
of Wilton-in-Pykerynglyth, Marton and Sywardby near Bridlington on John de
Hotham of Scorborough and the heirs male of his body. Simon and Katherine died
shortly afterwards and the manor of Wilton came to John de Hotham [7].
At Michaelmas 1376, John de Hotham, knight sued John Trussel and Alice his wife
for the manor of Hotham. The pedigree given in this case shows that the
plaintiff was the fourth Sir John Hotham and states that "John de Hotham
of Scorborough, miles, gave the said manor to John de Hotham, his son, and
Agnes his wife and heirs, and which after the death of said John de Hotham and
Agnes, and John the son of the said John de Hotham and Agnes, ought to descend
to him (the plaintiff) as son of the said John, son of John, son of John and 'consanguineus' and heir of said John and
Agnes" [8].
In November
1378, John de Hotham, was one of the knights of the shire for Yorkshire and
attended the parliament held at Gloucester [9].
On 20 October 1382, William Chauncy of Skirpenbek knight owed £10 to John de
Hothom of Scorburgh knight [10].
On 12 December 1384, John Godard knight and Constance who was wife of Peter de
Malo Lacu the sixth knight, whom he has now taken to wife, were given
possession of two knights' fees in Hothom Crauncewyke, Esthorp and Seton held from
them by John de Hothom knight [11].
On 11 January
1386, John de Hotham, knight, was exempted for life from being put on great
assizes, perambulations, assizes, attaints, juries or recognisances and from
being made mayor, sheriff, trier of inquisitions, escheator, coroner, justice
of the peace, collector, taxer, assessor or controller of tenths, fifteenths or
other subsidies, leader, arrayer or trier of men-at-arms, hobelers or archers,
bailiff or other minister of the king, against his will [12].
On 1 December 1399. John de Hothom, 'chivaler'
of Yorkshire was a surety for Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland [13].
In April 1404 and he was one of the commissioners to levy a tax in the East
Riding and in November 1404, he was one of the collectors of a tax in the East
Riding [14].
On 15 March
1400, John de Hothom, knight presented a chaplain to Lowthorpe church [15].
On 16 February 1402, and 1 March 1404, John de Hothome of Scorborough, knight,
presented chaplains to the perpetual chantry of the Holy Trinity in Lowthorpe
church [16].
On 3 December 1405, he presented John Normanby, chaplain to the perpetual
chantry of St Nicholas within the friary of Beverley [17].
On 21 March 1408, John de Hothome, knight, presented a priest to the church of
Lowthorpe and a priest to the perpetual chantry in the church of Lowthorpe [18].
In November
1408, he was a surety for Sir Thomas Brounflete and Christopher Boynton,
regarding a grant of the manor of Newton-under-Roseberry and again stood surety
for Christopher Boynton for the same manor in March 1409 [19].
On 28 January 1414, Writs of diem clausit extremum were issued to the
escheators in Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire for John Hothome,
'chivaler' [20]. The
inquisition post mortem of John Hothome, chivaler,
for Yorkshire, was taken on 14 February at Market Weighton, the inquisition for
Westmorland at Kendal on 22 February and for Lancashire, at Lancaster on 21
March 1414. All three inquisitions found that he died on 18 January last and
that his son John was his heir and aged 28 years and upwards [21].
He also left daughters Maud and Isabel.
[1] N. Harris Nicolas, The
Controversy Between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor in the Court of
Chivalry, vol. 2, 1832, 306–7.
[2] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward III,
vol. 13: 1364–1367 (1912), 41.
[3] Thomas Carte, Catalogue Des Rolles
Gascons, Normans et Francois, vol. 2, 1743, 99.
[4] Hebditch, Yorkshire Deeds
Vol. 9, 102, No. 257.
[5] Calendar of Close Rolls, Edward III, vol.
13: 1369–1374 (1911), 580.
[6] Inq. p. m., 48 Edw. III, 1st
nos., n. 68 as cited in William Farrer and John F. Curwen, eds., Records
Relating to the Barony of Kendale, vol. 1, Cumberland and Westmorland
Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Record Series 4, 1923, 313–4.
[7] Baildon, Feet of Fines Yorks
1347-1377, 180, No. 3.
[8] Court of Common Pleas, Mich. 50
E. 3. m. 361 as cited in G. Wrottesley, Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls
(London, 1905), 129.
[9] Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II, vol.
1: 1377–1381 (1914), 221.
[10] Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II, vol.
2: 1381–1385 (1920) 216.
[11] Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 2: 1381–1385 (1920), 491.
[12] Calendar of Patent Rolls, Richard II,
vol. 3: 1385–1389 (1900), 75.
[13] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 12, Henry
IV: 1399-1405 (1931), 12.
[14]
Ibid., 262-3, 286-291.
[15] R. N. Swanson, ed., A
Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, Part
1 (York: Borthwick Institute, 1981), 59.
[16] R. N. Swanson, ed., A
Calendar of the Register of Richard Scrope Archbishop of York, 1398-1405, Part
2 (York: Borthwick Institute, 1985), 47, 50.
[17] Joan Kirby, The York Sede
Vacante Register 1405-1408: A Calendar (York: Borthwick Institute, 2002),
15.
[18] Ibid., 55.
[19] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 13, Henry
IV: 1405-1413 (1933), 131, 146.
[20] Calendar of Fine Rolls, vol. 14, Henry
V, 1413–1422 (1934), 3.
[21] Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem,
vol. 20, Nos. 65 to 67 (C 138/3/35).
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