- From Genealogy of the HUTCHINSON fAMILY OF YORKSHIRE (1868), pp. 8-9:
"VI. Thomas Hutchinson, Esquire, who was the second son of Anthony by his second wife Isabel. He became by purchase, some time in the reign of Henry VIII., proprietor of the principal portion of the township of Owthorpe, in the county of Nottingham, the remaining portion of which, with other lordships and manors in the same vicinity, afterwards came into the possession of his descendants. He owned also a considerable estate at Cropwell Butler, a few miles northward, and another at Golston Bassett, a few miles eastward from Owthorpe. He appears also to have had property at Tollerton, and at Ruddington, both in the vicinity of, and westward from Owthorpe. The lordship of Owthorpe alone contained 1600 acres of land.
Although in the St. George pedigree this Thomas is described as of Owthorpe, his actual residence, and that of the three succeeding generations, was at Cropwell Butler. It was Sir Thomas Hutchinson,
the fourth in direct descent, who first built and occupied the mansion at Owthorpe, of which, as well as of that at Cropwell Butler, no trace remains at the present day.
Unfortunately, the Parish Registers of Gropwell Butler prior to the year 1684 were long since destroyed. Those of Owthorpe are also missing prior to the year 1731. No facts in reference to the family can therefore be obtained from these sources, and the chief authorities from which the particulars in this statement are drawn, are Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, the Life of Col. John Hutchinson by his widow, and the wills of some members of the family.
This Thomas Hutchinson is said by St. George to have married the daughter and heir of Mr. Drax, of Kinoulton in the county of Nottingham. This name should undoubtedly be Drake, that of a good family in Kinoulton, although not proprietors of the lordship. The precise dates of their deaths cannot be ascertained, as I have been unable to discover the will of either. It is certain, however, that he was living as late as the 9th of October, 1550, on which day he proved the will of his son William. This will is dated on the 11th of the preceding June, and from the fact that the testator does not mention his mother in it, it is probable that she was then dead. The issue of this marriage were as follows
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1. William.
2. John.
3. Lawrence (of whom hereafter).
The St. George pedigree mentions only the first two of these children, but I have discovered abundant evidence to establish the identity of the third. The will of the father, if in existence, or the Parish Registers of Cropwell Butler, would have doubtless at once established the fact, but the other testimony is direct and ample. The omission by St. George is not extraordinary, as his chief object was to trace the descent of the direct representatives living in his time, viz., from the eldest son. He only mentions the name of the second son, with that of his wife, while I have been able to follow that branch to its extinction. It is not strange, therefore, that he omitted the third son altogether, and it is quite probable that there was even a fourth son named Robert."
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