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petuated, and to make their lives in every way truly noble and 
worthy. The arms of the wife or wives, whenever the information 
with respect to them could be correctly ascertained, has been given 
in order that the shields might have a more personal character. 
1. Sir John Hawkins, Sa. on a base harry wavy of four 
org. and az., a lion pass, or, in chief three bezants (in 1571 an 
augmentation was granted by Robert Cook, Clarenceux ; viz.) ; on 
a canton or, an escallop betw. two palmers' staves of the first This 
noted Plymouth hero, though not so well-known to fame as Sir 
Francis Drake, is equally deserving; but after the exhaustive 
paper read before the Devonshire Association 1 by Mr. R. N. 
Worth, it is quite needless to say much here. His grandfather 
was John Hawkins, of Tavistock, whose wife was Joan, daughter 
of William Amadas, of Tavistock or Launceston. By this lady he 
had issue, inter alia, William Hawkins, of Plymouth, who married 
Mary, daughter of William Trelawny, and by her was father of Sir 
John Hawkins. 
The earliest entry in the existing registers of St. Andrew is the 
baptism, 10th May, 1581, of Francis, son of Mr. William 
Hawkynges. This William Hawkynges was a brother of Sir 
John. Sir John Hawkins was twice married, first to Katherine 
Gunson, and secondly to Margaret Vaughan. The family appear 
to have spread, and we find several variations of the arms ; as, for 
instance, on a slab in Saltash Church, which commemorates 
Gertrude, wife of Captain Edward Hawkins, r.n. She died 21st 
June, 1823, and he died 30th April, 1829, the arms being Sa. on 
the sea in base vert a lion pass, coward, over its head five annulets ; 
crest, a Moor's head, side face, couped below the shoulder, vested. 
This variation of the coat of Hawkins is worth noting. It is not 
given by Sir J. B. Burke, though the coat assigned by the last- 
named to John Adair Hawkins, of Lewer, county Dorset, is 
somewhat like it. It may also be noted that Sir J. B. Burke gives 
for Hawkins, of Devonshire, Az. a chev. erm. betw. three odkslips 
or, being the coat of Amadas. 
2. Sir Francis Drake, Sa. a fess wavy betw. two estoils (called 
in the grant pole-stars) arg.: imp. Arg. three rams pass, sa.; 
Sydenham. Sir Francis Drake, like Sir John Hawkins, is too 
1 Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. xv. (1883), pp. 246-285. 
