HOLLES, John (1595-1666) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 13 June 1595, 1st s. of Sir John Holles^† (later earl of Clare) and Anne Stanhope (d. 18 Nov. 1651), da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope^‡ of Shelford, Notts.; bro. Denzil Holles, Bar. Holles. educ. travelled abroad (France and Low Countries) 1605, 1615–16; HMC Portland, ix. 92–94, 98, 110, 129–31, 144–5. Christ’s, Camb. 1611–12; Thoroton Soc. Rec. Ser. xxxi. 33–35; UNL, Portland mss PwV 5, p. 197. G. Inn Feb. 1612. m. 4 Sept. 1626, Elizabeth (d. Dec. 1683), da. and coh. of Horace Vere^†, Bar. Vere of Tilbury, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 14da. (6 d.v.p.). Portland mss PwV 5, pp. 1, 298–9; Pw2 320, 322; TNA, PROB 11/335. d. 2 Jan. 1666; will 12 Aug. 1659, pr. 30 May 1666. PROB 11/320.

Offices Held

Commr. northern assoc. Notts. 1645, militia. Notts. 1660; A. and O. i. 707; ii. 1438. bailiff, Barstelow and honour of Tickhill, Notts. 1642–?; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 261. recorder, Nottingham 1642–d.; Recs. of Borough of Nottingham, v. 203; CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 198. ld. lt. (parliamentarian) Notts. 1642 – 43; warden, Sherwood Forest Mar. 1646-at least 1654; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 288. custos rot. Westminster 1660–d. TNA, C231/7, p. 12.

Parlimentarian

HOLLES, John (1595-1666), of Haughton, Notts. and Chaloner House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; later of Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster

Associated with: Haughton, Notts.; Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Handley, Stuart

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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