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Biography of John Hotham 1610-1645

Paternal Family Tree: Hotham

On 16th February 1607 [his father] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 17) and [his mother] 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.

In 1610 John Hotham was born to John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 20) and Katherine Rodes.

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

On 16th July 1614 [his father] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 25) and Anne Rokeby were married.

On 27th October 1631 [his father] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 42) and [his step-mother] Katherine Bamburgh were married.

Before 21st March 1632 John Hotham (age 22) and Frances Wray (age 20) were married.

On 21st March 1632 [his son] John Hotham 2nd Baronet was born to John Hotham (age 22) and [his wife] Frances Wray (age 20).

Trial and Execution of the Hothams

Around February 1643, John Hotham (age 33) was ready to switch to the Royalist side. He considered himself a better commander than Thomas Fairfax 3rd Lord Fairfax (age 31) and resented being under his command. In February or March 1643, Hotham started negotiating with the William Cavendish 1st Duke Newcastle upon Tyne (age 50), the Royalist commander in Yorkshire at Bridlington, supposedly about a prisoner exchange. In exchange for surrendering Hull and changing sides, Hotham demanded 20,000 pounds cash, the rank of viscount for his father and the rank of baron for himself.

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In April 1643 John Hotham (age 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 (age 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 [his father] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 53).

In December 1644 Parliament decided to execute the Hothams, father and son, [his father] John Hotham 1st Baronet (age 55) and John Hotham (age 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 [his son] John (age 12) succeeded 2nd Baronet Hotham of Scorborough in Yorkshire.

Diary of Isabella Twysden 1645. 1st January 1645. The first of Janua Mr Jo: hothum (age 35) was beheaded on tower hill [Map].

Royal Ancestors of John Hotham 1610-1645

Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 16 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 21 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 17 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys

Kings England: Great x 7 Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Kings Scotland: Great x 16 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland

Kings Franks: Great x 13 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks

Kings France: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Philip IV of France

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Ancestors of John Hotham 1610-1645

Father: John Hotham 1st Baronet 6 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Stanhope

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanhope

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Stanhope

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Jerningham

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret or Mary Jerningham

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Clifton

Great x 1 Grandfather: Michael Stanhope 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bourchier Baron Fitzwarin Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Fulk Bourchier 10th Baron Fitzwarin 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Thomasine Hankford 9th Baroness Fitzwarin 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bourchier 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Dynham Baroness Fitzwarin 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Arches

GrandMother: Juliana Stanhope 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Rawson of Aveley in Essex

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Rawson

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Cooke

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Cooke

Great x 2 Grandmother: Beatrix Cooke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Belnap

John Hotham 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

GrandFather: John Rodes

Mother: Katherine Rodes