HOLLES, Denzil (Denzell) (1598-1680)

Family and Education

b. 31 Oct. 1598, UNL, Portland (Bentinck) mss PwV 5, f. 294. 2nd s. of John Holles^† (c.1567–1637), later earl of Clare, and Anne (1576–1651), da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope,^‡ of Shelford, Notts.; bro. John Holles, later 2nd earl of Clare. educ. Christ’s, Camb. matric. June 1611, BA 1613, MA 1616; G. Inn 1615; travelled abroad 1618–19. APC 1618–19, p. 100; Thoroton Rec. Soc. xxxv. 230. m. (1) 4 June 1626, Dorothy (d. 21 June 1640), da. and h. of Sir Francis Ashley^‡, of Dorchester Friary, 4s. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 12 Mar. 1642, Jane (d. 1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shurley^‡ of Isfield, Suss., wid. of Sir Walter Covert of Slaugham, Suss. and John Freke of Cerne Abbey, Dorset, s.p.; (3) 14 Sept. 1666, Esther (d.1684), da. and coh. of Gideon Le Lou, of Colombières, Normandy, France, wid. of Jacques Richer, of Cambernon, Normandy, s.p. d. 17 Feb. 1680; will 26 July 1670–9 Mar. 1679, pr. 27 Feb. 1680. TNA, PROB 11/362.

Offices Held

Commr. cttee. of safety 1642, CJ, ii. 651. Uxbridge negotiations 1645, admiralty 1645, propositions for relief of Ireland 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, indemnity complaints 1647, compounding 1647, appeals from Oxford 1647, scandalous offences 1648, A. and O. i. 609, 612, 669, 723, 839, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1208. trade 1660 – 72, plantations 1660 – 70, appeals for prizes 1666; CSP Dom. 1666–7, pp. 17, 355. council of state 25 Feb.-31 May 1660; A. and O. ii. 1418. commr. to try regicides, 1660; State Trials, v. 986. PC 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676, 22 Apr. 1679 – d.; high steward, queen consort 1662–d.; TNA, SP29/47/116; CTB, iv. 154. amb. extraordinary to France 1662 – 66; amb. plenip. Breda 22 Mar. – 13 Sept. 1667.

Freeman, Dorchester 1628, Poole 1671; C.H. Mayo, The Municipal Records of the Borough of Dorchester, Dorset, 395, 425; Poole Archives, B17, 25. custos rot. Dorset 1641 – 42, Mar. 1660 – d.; ld. lt. Bristol 1642.

Col. of ft. (parl.) 1642. E. Peacock, Army Lists, 39.

Parlimentarian

HOLLES, Denzil (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.

Associated with: Damerham by 1635–d.;Add. 32679, ff. 3-4.; Dorchester Friary, Dorset 1635–d.;VCH Dorset, ii. 95.; Pepperharrow House, Surrey 1642–d.;VCH Surrey, iii. 51; P. Crawford, Denzil Holles 1598-1680: A Study of his Political Career, 71; PROB 11/362.; 13-14 Great Piazza, Covent Garden, Westminster 1644–52; 43 King Street, Covent Garden, Westminister 1666–d.Survey of London, xxxvi. 96; Verney ms mic. 636/23, Sir R. Verney to Mr Rider, ?Aug. 1669; Morrice, Entring Bk, ii. 221.;

HOLLIS

Author

Littleton, Charles

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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