Family
John Hales was the son of Thomas Hales of Hales Place, Halden, Kent, and 'the daughter of Trefoy of the county of Cornwall'. He had four brothers and a sister:
- John Hales, who died without issue.
- Christopher Hales of Coventry, who married Mary Lucy, the daughter of William Lucy, esquire, and Anne Fermor, and sister of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote, Warwickshire.
- Bartholomew Hales (d.1599), esquire, of Snitterfield, Warwickshire, who married Mary Harper, the daughter of George Harper (d. 12 December 1558) by his first wife, Lucy Peckham (d. 31 July 1552), daughter of Thomas Peckham.
- Stephen Hales (d. 27 March 1574), esquire, of Newland and Exhall, Warwickshire, freeman of the Merchant Taylors’ Company in 1552, Warden in 1557, 1564 and 1565, and one of the four founders of the Merchant Taylors' School, who married firstly Amy Morison, the daughter of Thomas Morison of Chardwell, Yorkshire, and sister of Sir Richard Morison, and secondly, before 1561, Bridget Over, widow of John Nethermill, and daughter of Henry Over, who survived him.
- Mildred Hales (d.1596) who married Thomas Docwra (d.1602) of Putteridge in Offley, Hertfordshire; their son, Thomas Docwra, married Jane Peryam, the daughter of Sir William Peryam.
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