Family and Education
?yr. s. of Thomas Holland of Thorpewater by his w. Thomasina Appledore; uncle of Thomas*. J.L. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 475; S.R. Blaylock, Bowhill, 26. Vivian names Richard as the second son, but he appears to have been active earlier than his putative brother John, although the latter sometimes appears above him on jury lists. m. by 28 May 1429, Margaret, Reg. Lacy, i (Canterbury and York Soc. lx), 220; CP25(1)/46/86/190. 1da. H.R. Watkin, Totnes Priory and Town, ii. 728-9; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 141.
Offices Held
Attestor, parlty. elections, Devon 1413 (May), 1421 (May), 1422, 1423, 1425, 1427, 1429, 1437, 1442.
Commr. of inquiry, Cornw., Devon June 1432, Jan. 1443 (piracy), Devon July 1438 (wastes in the priory of St. James), June 1439 (wastes in the priory of Cowick).
Main residence: Bowhill in St.Thomas by Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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