 Hoskins was an intimate of John Selden, Sir Walter Raleigh and Ben Jonson.He fought a duel with Sir Benjamin Rudyard, but they subsequently became great friends.When he was a Serjeant-at-law, and was indicted for not keeping the pavement in front of his door in good repair, he successfully defended his case arguing that the charge did not specify how he was liable, whether he owned a property at that location, whether he lived there, or even whether he had a tenant who had legally assumed such responsibilities.