Publications
I am, My Dear Sir, A Selection of Letters mainly to and by John Hawkins 1761-1841 of Bignor Park and Trewithen, Cornwall, by Francis W. Steer, published 1959 (Chichester: Moore & Tillyer) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Hawkins Papers, by Francis William Steer, published 1962 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Letters of John Hawkins and Samuel and Daniel Lysons, 1812-1830, edited by Francis W. Steer, published 1966 (Chichester: West Sussex County Council) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5600] & The Keep [LIB/501833] & West Sussex Libraries
with special reference to the Roman Villa at Bignor
Memories of Aunt Bess, by George Pelling, published December 1978 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 3 no. 7, article, pp.198-203) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7967] & The Keep [LIB/501255] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Aunt Bess' memories led the author to successfully build two family trees, one of Eliza Hawkins (1820-1897) and John Boxall (1819-1899), and Samuel Passifull (1822- ) and Mary Ann Cuddington (1829- ).
A tale of smugglers & murder, by Tony Harris, published March 2004 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 16 no. 1, article, pp.26-27) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508834] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The case of Dick Hawkins murdered in January 1747/8 by two members of the Hawkhurst Gang and the escape by Hawkins' father-in-law John Cockerell and brother-in-law, also called John Cockerell