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Howcutts in London |
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The earliest evidence of members of the family being present in London is almost 400 years ago. However, it was not until around 1800 that there is proof that Howcutts were living there on a long-term basis. Howcutts have resided in London continuously since then, including some who only stayed there for a relatively short portion of their lives. 1611 Richard, son of William Howcot (a fellmonger of Coventry) was apprenticed to Thomas Moore plumber of London (1). 1613 Records of a case at The Court of Requests relating to a debt owed by John Howcott to Euseby Isham state that at "Trinity Term last" John Howcott had come to the chamber of William Powers in Clements Lane (2). This is the earliest reference found to a Howcutt in London. 1615 Richard Hyde of Islington was sentenced to be whipped for stealing a wether sheep belonging to Robert Howcott of the same (3). 1619/20
John Howkett "out of Mr Waterworte's house" was buried in the body of the church at St James, Clerkenwell (4). 1621/2 The register of St James, Clerkenwell records the burial of "Mr Francis Howcott, out of Mr Waterworte's house, in ye church". Francis was the son of Robert & Katherine Howcott and was christened at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire in 1601 (5). 1627 Robert Howcott married Elizabeth Barnes at St Gregory by Saint Paul (6). 1660 Robert Howcott provided information to the House of Lords "that one Talley told him, that one Tench brought Irons to the Scaffold at the Murder of the King, and dipped his Handkerchief in the Blood of the King" (7). This relates to the execution of Charles I which took place in 1648/9. 1664 Francis, son of John & Ellinor Howcott was christened at St Sepulchre, London (8). George Howcutt married Ann Smith at St Leonard, Shoreditch. It is likely that George was also a son of William and Sarah (Allom) Howcutt of Brixworth. George & Ann were almost certainly the parents of at least five children, most of whom were christened at Christ Church Southwark. If so, the last member of that family with the Howcutt surname was their daughter-in-law Sarah, who died at Camberwell in 1888. 1804 Joseph Howcott married Elizabeth Linnett at St Dunstan, Stepney. He was probably the son of William & Sarah (Allom) Howcutt who had been christened at Brixworth in 1770. It is likely that he was the same person as Joseph Howcutt who died, aged 70, at Lambeth Workhouse in 1841. 1826 Children of Charles Howcutt christened at St Dunstan, Stepney. This is the earliest record of family in East End of London. Charles had been christened at Brampton, Huntingdonshire in 1792, a son of William & Ann (Franklin) Howcutt. His father was a son of William and Sarah (Allom) Howcutt of Brixworth. Notes (1) Records of the Plumbers' Company, London. (2) The National Archives: REQ2/295/21. (3) London Metropolitan Archives: Middlesex Sessions Records - Sessions roll 540/56,60. Gaol Delivery roll 2/48d. (4) Administration for the estate of John Hawcott of Seasbie (i.e. Shearsby) was granted at Leicester in 1620. This, along with a reference in John Waterworth's will to John Bourne of Knaptoft, which is about one mile from Shearsby, indicate that John Howkett and John Hawcott were the same person. (5) In depositions for the case Howcott v Sacheverell in 1627, John Oliver testified that Robert Howcott and his late son Francis Howcott had been lending out sums of money in London (TNA: C22/711/26). (6) From the International Genealogical Index (still to check with the original record). (7) House of Lords Journal, volume 11, 1 August 1660. (8) From International Genealogical Index (still to be checked with the original record).
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