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?bap. 20 Aug. 1621, s. of Nicholas Hawkesworth of Barnsley, Yorks.Barnsley par. reg. m. Alice (bur. 17 Jan. 1679), wid. of Henry Bolt of Market Harborough, Leics. 1 da. (d.v.p.). bur. 17 May 1669.E. Carey-Hill, ‘The Hawkesworth Pprs. 1601-60’, Trans. Birmingham Arch. Soc. liv, 38-9.
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capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of William Purefoy I*, assoc. of Warws. and Staffs. 25 Apr. 1643 – 31 Mar. 1644; capt. and maj. 1 Apr. 1644 – 29 May 1647; sgt.-maj. 15 Nov. 1644 – 29 May 1647; capt. 29 May 1647 – 17 Mar. 1648, 2 June 1648–9 June 1649. Gov. Warwick Castle 7 Feb. 1649–23 Apr. 1660. Capt. of ft. 7 Feb. 1649–?‘Hawkesworth Pprs.’ 18, 19, 24, 26, 48. Col. militia ft. and maj. of horse, Warws. 9 July 1650–?55;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507; SP28/248, warrants of 23 Dec. 1652, 1654. capt. militia horse, 28 May 1655;‘Hawkesworth Pprs.’, 36. ?col. 1 Sept. 1659–60.CJ vii. 772b.

commr. assessment, Warws. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 9 Mar. 1650 – July 1652A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Warws., by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 179; C193/13/4, f. 103v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Warws. 28 Aug. 1654; oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 370. militia, Warws. and Coventry 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

estate steward, household of 2nd Baron Brooke (Robert Greville†) by 1640.Warws. RO, CR 1886/ box 411, accts. of Joseph Hawkesworth.

Parlimentarian
HAWKESWORTH, Joseph (?1621-69), of Kenilworth, Warws.
of Kenilworth, Warws.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HAWKESWORTH, Joseph (?1621-69), of Kenilworth, Warws.

Will
8 May 1670, pr. 4 July 1672.PROB11/339, f. 262.
Estates
acquired Kenilworth castle, former crown property, for £2,000, 11 Feb. 1651 (forfeit 1660). Thereafter, moved to Feckenham, Worcs., thence to Lubenham, Leics.‘Hawkesworth Pprs.’, 19, 21, 38-9.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
Presented John Smith to living of Stratford, Wilts. 1655.
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