John HALKE

1590 - Yes, date unknown

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• Name	John HALKE
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Baptised	25 Jan 1589/90	All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England
  	From KFHS CD 33
  Gender	Male
  Disability	Bef 1611
  	Blind
  	Mentioned in the will of his grandmother, Elizabeth Halke, (written 1611) as being blind, and she made special provision for him. His father's will (written 1599) does not mention his blindness or treat him differently to his siblings so possibly he had not lost his sight by then. Most hospitals at these time, which provided accomodation for those with illnesses or disabilities, or who simply needed help through old age, had been set up as a result of charitable donations. Many had been linked to religious communities and so not all had survived the reformation. Blind people were one of the groups regularly found in such hospitals, and so the 'if possible' in Elizabeth's will may refer more to there being a place free or not too many others requiring a place when one did come free. I am not aware of a burial or other record which might link John Halke to a hospital, but I could have missed it through it being outside the area for which I have looked at Halke records, and John being such a common name that it does not suggest a link. Information about many of the hospitals in Kent can be found in Hasted; the information on those in and around Canterbury in the 1926 edition can be found on this page. (At the time of adding this 'event' I have just purchased a copy of 'The English Hospital, 1070-1570' by Nicholas Orme and Margaret Webster (1995, ISBN  978-0300060584); this note may be event may be amended as a result of reading that - or by other reading or research)
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried	A John Hauk was buried in Petham on 12 October 1624; possibly this John, though he may have been buried in a hospital graveyard or the parish the hospital was in, if his grandmother's wish for him to be cared for in a hospital was met. The 1624 burial could be the John who I estimate was born about 1540.
  Siblings	1 brother and 3 sisters
  1. Agnes HALKE,   bap. 6 Jan 1585/86, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. John HALKE,   bap. 25 Jan 1589/90, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 3. Richard HALKE,   bap. 17 Mar 1592/93, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Priscilla VATER,  m. 1625   4. Mary HALKE,   bap. 8 Apr 1595, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Eleanor HALKE,   bap. 26 Dec 1597, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John HALKE,   b. Est 1433,   d. 1492, Wye, Kent, England  (Age ~ 59 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Abigail BRIDGE,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother)
  Person ID	I17325	All
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Christopher HALKE,   b. Bef 1559,   bur. 2 Sep 1599, All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Mother	Abigail BRIDGE,   d. Yes, date unknown Other Partners: Henry CLOAKE  m. 1605
  Married	26 Jul 1584	All Saints’ Church, Petham, Kent, England
  	From KFHS CD 33 Five children whose baptisms I have seen match the 5 named in Christopher's will, so it looks like there were no others who survived him.
  Family ID	F6957	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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