Sampson Hopkins MP (abt. 1564 - 1623)

Born about 1564 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1623 at about age 59 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Note

Visitations gives Samuel not Sampson

Early Life

Sampson was born before 1564. He was the 3rd s. of Nicholas Hopkins (admon. 29 Jan. 1566) of Coventry, draper, and his w. Eleanor.^[1]

First Marriage

He married (1) Katherine, da. of one Smart of Essex. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. ^[1]

• William
• Sampson
• John
• Katherine - married John Gayer
• Ellinor - married Thomas Vicars
• Mary - married John Hopkins

Second Marriage

He married (2) 10 Aug. 1609, Jane, da. of Richard Butts of Ham Court, Chertsey, Surr. and wid. of Robert Aylwin (admon. 21 July 1607) of Treford, Suss.^[2][3] They had 2 sons and 2 daughters. ^[1]

• Samuel died by 1634^[4]
• Richard
• Jane - married John Cave^[5]
• Ann - married Matthew Babington

Career

Sampson was a draper and a member of the Drapers Company in Coventry where he became a Freeman in 1587, warden 1594, 1596, master 1599, 1610, asst. 1607-at least 1610.^[1]

He was a Sheriff of Coventry in 1598.^[6]

In November 1605, on the occasion of the Gunpowder Plot, the nine year old Princess Elizabeth, who had been staying at Combe Abbey, was rushed to the safety of the city of Coventry where she lodged in Sampson Hopkins' Palace Yard mansion.

Sampson became an Alderman and was Mayor of Coventry in 1609.^[7]

He represented Coventry as a Member of Parliament.^[1]

Death

He died 22 January 1623.^[1] He left a will dated 5 June 1621 and published 14 January 1622/3 which gained probate 23 May 1623.^[8] In his will he mentioned

• Jane, wife
• William Hopkins, eldest son
• Sampson Hopkins, son
• John Hopkins, son
• John Gayer, son in law, fishmonger of London, married to daughter Katherine Hopkins
• Ellinor Vicars, daughter, wife of Thomas Vicars, salter of London
• Mary Hopkins, daughter, wife of John Hopkins, salter of London
• Samuel Hopkins, eldest son by now wife
• Richard Hopkins, son
• Jane Hopkins, daughter
• Ann Hopkins, daughter
• Cosen Burton and niece Elinor Burton
• Niece Mary Warner, married to Burton
• Jane Warner, Elizabeth Warner, Ann Warner 'my sister Warner's daughters'
• Thomas Warner, sister's son
• Brother Naylor
• Brother Peter Smart and wife
• Sister Howitt's daughter now married to Phipps of Killingworth
• Nephew Raph Walden and wife
• Katherine Hopkins, John Hopkins, Sampson Hopkins grandchildren
• Nephew Gilbert Walden and wife
• Nephew John Walden and wife
• Nephew Nicholas Walden and wife
• Nephew John Ripley
• Brother George Warner and nephew William Warner
• Sister Bridget Andrews
• Nephew Isaac Walden with son William and daughter Ellinor
• Nephews William Andrews, Edward Andrews, Thomas Andrews, Nicholas Andrews and wives
• Niece Ann Andrews, recently married
• Brother Samuel Naylor and wife
• Brother Richard Butts and wife, Thomas Butts and wife
• Elizabeth daughter of Richard Butts and husband Abraham Burrill
• Brother Doctor Hinton and wife

He asked that the education of John and Sampson, sons from his first wife, be supervised by his nephew Isaac Walden until they reach the age of 21 years.

Research Notes

Conflicting accounts of who Sampson's father was. Stirnet, citing Burke's Commoners, Vol IV, p. 119, states Richard Hopkins.^[9]. History of Parliaments states a Nicholas Hopkins of Coventry, draper, with a Probate Record as proof. ^[1] However a search of the Probate office database for 1550-1580 shows only a William Hopkins, Draper of Coventry, possibly the father of Richard Hopkins as listed by Stirnet.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010, HOPKINS, Sampson (by 1564-1623), of Earl Street, Coventry, Warws .History of Parliament online, Sampson Hopkins, by 1564-1623accessed 30 Jun 2022
2. ↑ Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
   FamilySearch Record: V5KS-C7H (accessed 22 December 2023)
   Samson Hopkins marriage to Jane Allwen on 10 Aug 1609 in St Mary Aldermanbury, London, England, United Kingdom.
3. ↑ The visitations of the county of Surrey : made and taken in the years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms ; 1572 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux king of arms ; and 1623 by Samuel Thompson, Windsor herald, and Augustin Vincent, Rouge croix pursuivant, marshals and deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux king of arms by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Cooke, Robert, d. 1592; Thompson, Samuel; Vincent, Augustine, ca. 1584-1626; Camden, William, 1551-1623; Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce), 1862-1933; College of Arms (Great Britain) Page 179: Butts archive.org
4. ↑ Acquittance. 10 Dec 1634. Coventry Archives & Research Centre. PA194/35/1
5. ↑ Hopkins, Jane. Coventry Archives & Research Centre. Reference: PERSONS/8/1927 CARC
6. ↑ List of sheriffs for England and Wales,from the earliest times to A.D. 1831,compiled from documents in the Public Record Office, 1963 archive.org
7. ↑ Dugdale, W. (1730). The antiquities of Warwickshire illustrated: from records, leiger-books, manuscripts, charters, evidences, tombes, and armes: beautified with maps, prospects, and portraictures. 2d ed. London: Printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman. p.151 hathitrust
8. ↑ Will of Sampson Hopkins, Draper and Alderman of Coventry, Warwickshire. 23 May 1623. PROB 11/141/569
9. ↑ Stirnet, Hopkins01

• Visitations of Cornwall: Gayer
• History of Parliament online: HOPKINS, Sampson (by 1564-1623), of Earl Street, Coventry, Warws
• Hopkins, Sampson. Coventry Person. Coventry Archives & Research Centre. PERSONS/8/1355