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Hawkins acquired this estate in 1591 (see/349) and it was finally
sold by the Hospital in 1920. It may be significant that this
property was close to Tilbury Fort where in 1588 thousands of
troops had gathered in anticipation of a landing by the land forces
of the Spanish Armada. Elizabeth I visited her forces at Tilbury
on 8th August 1588. The other signatories or parties to deed/349
include Edward Fenton and Robert Peterson, the latter possibly
the lawyer and poet, both of whom were close acquaintances of
Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, "Lieutenant and Captain
General of the Queen's armies and companies" who had
commanded at Tilbury (DNB).
This being the case, Hawkins chose an estate close to a symbolic
bastion of England's defences against the Armada, a transaction
further secured at the time by men close to Leicester when the
latter had enjoyed the Monarclfs confidence.
This surmise leads to the further speculation that in associating
his Hospital with Tilbury, Hawkins was not only commemorating
himself as a benefactor to seamen and shipwrights but also the
victory over the Armada, making him one of the few individuals
of his age to appreciate the significance of this victory and to
mark it in any significant way.
It may be coincidence that Hawkins' ship on his last voyage in
which he died on 12th November 1595, was called the "Garland"
(Williamson 1927pp 482-489).