page_title: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
hierarchical_section_title: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet
caption_attribution_description: English: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (circa July 1589 – 3 January 1645) of Scorborough Hall, near Driffield, Yorkshire, portrait by Cornelis Janssen (Source: e: The Hothams&#160;: being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: Stirling, Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pickering) See also File:The Hothams - being the chronicles of the Hothams of Scorborough and South Dalton from their hitherto unpublished family papers (1918) (14596034240).jpg
context_page_description: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet of Scorborough Hall, near Driffield, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament who was Governor of Hull in 1642 shortly before the start of the Civil War. He refused to allow King Charles I or any member of his entourage to enter the town, thereby depriving the king of access to the large arsenal contained within. Later in the Civil War he and his son John Hotham the younger were accused of treachery to the Parliamentarian cause, found guilty and executed on Tower Hill.
context_section_description: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet (circa July 1589 – 3 January 1645) of Scorborough Hall, near Driffield, Yorkshire, was an English Member of Parliament who was Governor of Hull in 1642 shortly before the start of the Civil War. He refused to allow King Charles I or any member of his entourage to enter the town, thereby depriving the king of access to the large arsenal contained within. Later in the Civil War he and his son John Hotham the younger were accused of treachery to the Parliamentarian cause, found guilty and executed on Tower Hill.
caption: Sir John Hotham, 1st Baronet, portrait by Cornelius Janssens
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