John Hotham (died c.1609)

[1] He was a son of Francis Hotham and Mary, a daughter of Humphrey Hercy or Horsey of Grove, Nottinghamshire.

[2] A surviving portrait of John Hotham was formerly attributed to the artist Abraham Janssens.

Subsequently, in 1569 Anne Stanhope wrote several letters to William Cecil complaining of his failings as a husband to her daughter.

Hugh Chomely's mother, Susanna Legard, was orphaned and lived at Scorborough as a child.

[7] 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.