John Hotham (died c.1609)

John Hotham (died ) was the Member of Parliament for Scarborough in 1584 and Hedon in 1586.'HOTHAM, John (d.c.1609), of Scorborough, Yorks', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981

He was a son of Francis Hotham and Mary, a daughter of Humphrey Hercy or Horsey of Grove, Nottinghamshire. His family lands were at Scorborough in Yorkshire. The house at Scorborough burnt down in 1705.Hull History Centre: Papers of the Hotham Family of Scorborough and South Dalton

A surviving portrait of John Hotham was formerly attributed to the artist Abraham Janssens.Anna Wilhelmina Stirling, The Hothams: being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton, vol. 1 (London, 1918), frontispiece

Marriages and children Hotham was orphaned at the age of 7,A. M. W. Stirling, The Hothams: being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton, vol. 1 (London, 1918), p. 23. and became a ward. According the legal custom of the day, his wardship was purchased by Anne Stanhope, the widow of Michael Stanhope, and after a period in the household of William Cecil, he was married to her daughter Juliana. Subsequently, in 1569 Anne Stanhope wrote several letters to William Cecil complaining of his failings as a husband to her daughter. It seems that Juliana had returned to her family home and Hotham slandered her reputation. When Cecil summoned him to London, Hotham sent his excuses. They had four daughters including Elizabeth, Jane, and Juliana.Henry Ellis, Original Letters, series 2 volume 2 (London, 1827), pp. 320-8.

His second wife was Mary, a daughter of George Goring of Burton, Sussex. They had a son.

His third wife was Jane, a daughter of Richard Legard of Rysome in Holderness. They had a son and three daughters.'HOTHAM, John (d.c.1609), of Scorborough, Yorks', The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981.

Sir John Hotham was his son with Jane Legard, and was a cousin of Sir Hugh Chomeley. Hugh Chomely's mother, Susanna Legard, was orphaned and lived at Scorborough as a child.Memoirs of Sir Hugh Cholmley (1870), p. 11. The younger John Hotham was an investor in the English East India Company, who opposed Charles I at Hull but was executed by the Parliamentarians at the Tower of London in 1645.Hull History Centre: Papers of the Hotham Family of Scorborough and South Dalton

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