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

Family and Education

?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.

Offices Held

Military: 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.

Local: 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.

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

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

: of Kenilworth, Warws.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

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

No

Addresses

Religion

Presented John Smith to living of Stratford, Wilts. 1655.