HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Great Grimsby, Lincs.

Family and Education

b. 9 Mar. 1607, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Frescheville Holles of White Friars, Gt. Grimsby, and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 31 Oct. 1608), da. and h. of John Kingston, merchant, of Gt. Grimsby.G. Holles, Mems. of the Holles Fam. ed. A.C. Wood (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, lv), 194, 227; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 509; E. Gillett, Hist. of Grimsby (1970), 124. educ. Grimsby g.s. (William Dalby, Herbert Hindmarsh, William Taylor);Holles, Mems. ed. Wood, 227-8. M. Temple 3 Nov. 1628;M. Temple Admiss. 121. called, 24 May 1639;MTR ii. 881. MA, Oxf. 1 Nov. 1642.Lincs. Church Notes made by Gervase Holles ed. R.E.G. Cole (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), p. vii. m. (1) 17 June 1630, Dorothy (d. 18 Jan. 1635), da. of John Kirketon of Gt. Grimsby, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 4 Dec. 1637, Elizabeth (d. 21 Mar. 1661), da. of William Molesworth of Gt. Grimsby, 4s. d.v.p.Lincs. Peds. 509; Lincs. Church Notes ed. Cole, p. ix; Reg. Bk. of St James, Gt. Grimsby 1538-1812 ed. G.S. Stephenson (Gt. Grimsby, 1889), 87, 88, 91, 124, 127, 147. suc. fa. 10 May 1630. d. 10 Feb. 1675.Lincs. Church Notes ed. Cole, p. ix.

Offices Held

Civic: mayor, Gt. Grimsby 5 Oct. 1636 – 19 Sept. 1637, 18 Sept. 1638 – 18 Sept. 1639, 1663–4.N. E. Lincs. RO, Gt. Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 1, 34; HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 290–1. Coroner, 1637–8, 1639–40.N. E. Lincs. RO, Gt. Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 21v, 64v.

Local: j.p. Notts. 19 Mar. 1641-c.1644.C231/5, p. 435. Commr. array (roy.), Lincs. 27 Dec. 1642;HMC Buccleuch, i. 528. royalist contributions, Lincs., Notts. and Rutland 2 Dec. 1649;HMC Buccleuch, i. 535–7. assessment, Lincs. 1661, 1664, 1672; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1663;SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Feb. 1664–d.C181/7, pp. 241, 544.

Military: capt. of ft. (roy.) 13 Aug. 1642–43; maj. 16 Sept. 1642–43; col. 7 Dec. 1642–43, 14 June 1649–?, 16 Jan. 1659–?; col. of horse, 16 Jan. 1659–?SP23/185, p. 946; HMC Buccleuch, i. 526, 527–8, 533, 539. Gov. (roy.) King’s Lynn 6 Apr. 1644–?HMC Buccleuch, i. 531; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 181. Col. of ft. French army, c.June 1646-c.1648.HMC Buccleuch, i. 533, 534; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 247.

Central: master of requests, 6 June 1660–d.HMC Buccleuch, i. 539–40.

Parlimentarian

HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Mansfield, Notts.

: of Great Grimsby, Lincs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Great Grimsby, Lincs.

Will

admon. 28 Feb. 1675.PROB6/50, f. 19v.

Estates

in 1645, lands and tenements in Great Grimsby worth £10 p.a. and in Burgh le Marsh, Lincs.,worth £171 12s p.a. His lands in Grimsby were charged with an annuity of £8 5s and his lands in Burgh le Marsh with an annuity of £60, which had four years yet to run in 1653.SP23/79, pp. 267-306; SP23/185, pp. 935, 943, 950. In 1661, granted an annuity of £100 as a master of requests.HMC Buccleuch, i. 540; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 496.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Newark, Notts. (c.1638-aft. 1642);SP23/185, p. 946; Holles, Mems. ed. Wood, pp. vii, viii; CCC 1056. M. Temple chambers, Vine Court, London (1639-40);MTR ii. 884, 896. Chapel Street, Westminster (1660).HMC Bath, ii. 146.

Religion

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