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Richard HALKE
Abt 1562 - 1625 (~ 63 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 7 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Richard HALKE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1562 - I estimated Richard was born about 1574 based on my estimate of the date of his marriage to Alice Pemble. However, I suspect he was the Richard Halke of Hastingleigh who gave evidence in dispute over some Duchy of Lancaster land in 1609-10 when he was said to be aged about 48.
Gender Male Church Office From 1607 to 1609 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England 
Churchwarden - From Hastingleigh website, citing as souce: ATs (CCA ref: DCa/BT/92/ )
Property Abt 1609 Brabourne, Kent, England Depositions concerning three pieces of land - There seems to have been some disagreement about whether three pieces of land, Lampland, about an acre and a half, Churchland, about six and a half acres and an acre and a half of meadow called either Landsmeed or Heddenborough 'belonged' to the Church or was land William Halke or one Sampson Barrow had the right to. Ultimately it must have been part of the Duchy of Lancaster, and so a series of questions were put by representatives of both the Attorney General of the Duchy and of William Halke to a number of local people.
These deponents included Richard Halke of Hastingleigh.
(Please note: while the above is a very brief summary of what I think the case is about, I am still in the process of transcribing and getting to understand the depositions so it may be slightly wrong)
Occupation 1618 South Hill, Hastingleigh, Kent, England Yeoman - A survey of the manor in 1618 shows the details of Richard's holding, which can be found on this page on the Hastingleigh website.
Although the current South Hill farm house is a listed building, it appears to post date the time of Richard and his family.
(details on the listed building website)
Will 17 Jan 1623/24 Written - This will is of particular interest to me as my ancestor William Halke of Bircholt was executor, and things did not go smoothly.
The will of Richard Halke (c.1562 - 1624/25) Buried 31 Jan 1624/25 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England - From Hastingleigh website
Probate Inventory 20 Feb 1624/25 Probate 15 Dec 1625 Consistory Court, Canterbury, Kent, England Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
John HALKE, b. Est 1433, d. 1492, Wye, Kent, England (Age ~ 59 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Amy, b. Abt 1526, d. 16 Feb 1596/97 (Age ~ 71 years) (Mother)Person ID I17239 All Last Modified 5 May 2019
Father John HALKE, b. Abt 1520, d. 28 Mar 1604 (Age ~ 84 years) Mother Amy, b. Abt 1526, d. 16 Feb 1596/97 (Age ~ 71 years) Married - A John was clearly father of Sarah and Amy (from their baptisms).
Relationship between Thomas, Joane, William and Richard (as siblings) from wills.
That the father of the 4 siblings was also a John is from Joane's father being named in marriage register when she married (from Hastingleigh website, data transcribed from ATs) and a Court of Chancery case (1593 or 5, C 2/Eliz/D5/6, I've phototed but not yet had time to read) in which the defendants were 'John Haulke of Hastingleigh, Kent, yeoman and his son Richard Haulke' seems likely to refer to this John and his son and so agrees with the marriage entry for Joane, and more conclusively Richard refers to his father John in his will.
The age of Amy suggested on the brass in Hastingleigh Church means it was probably a different John who was the father of Sarah and Amy. I do not know which family the John who died in 1576 belonged to.
Family ID F6930 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Alice RAYNES, bur. 5 May 1647, St. Mary and St. Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone, Kent, England Married Abt 1599 - In Bill of Chancery case dated 1 Feb 1609 Richard Halke (the orator) refers to his marriage as being about ten years before, and to Alice, the daughter of Thomas Raynes. (C 2/JasI/H24/42)
Hastingleigh website shows Alice as a PEMBLE, I don't know where this is from, but it seems to be incorrect.
When he died Richard's wife was Alice, but he may have been married more than once and she need not have been mother of all (or any) of his children
Children7 children Last Modified 19 Sep 2016 Family ID F6935 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Church Office - Churchwarden - From 1607 to 1609 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England 
Property - Depositions concerning three pieces of land - Abt 1609 - Brabourne, Kent, England Child - Jane HALKE - 8 Feb 1609/10 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England Child - Amy HALKE - 1 Mar 1611/12 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England Child - Alice HALKE - 11 Aug 1615 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England Child - William HALKE - 10 Feb 1621/22 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England Buried - 31 Jan 1624/25 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Hastingleigh, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
