Family and Education
b. Oct. 1647, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Holt (d.1675) of Stubley Hall, Rochdale by 2nd w. Catherine, da. of John Bullock of Darley, Derbys. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1664, BA 1668, MA 1670. m. 24 Feb. 1679, Dorothy (d. 5 Mar. 1719), da. of Thomas Grantham of Goltho, Lincs. and Meaux, Yorks., and coh. to her bro. Vincent, 7da. suc. bro. 1676.H. Fishwick, Rochdale, 154; Rochdale Par. Reg. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lviii), 33, 477, 483; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxv), 151; Brasenose Coll. Reg. (Oxf. Hist. Soc. lv), 212; Nonconformist Reg. ed. Turner, 43; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 423.
Offices Held
Fellow of Brasenose 1668 – 77; commr. for assessment, Lancs. 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, j.p. 1677 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., dep. lt. 1685 – 87, 1689–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Castleton Hall, Rochdale, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
HOLT, James (1647-1713)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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