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Sir Richard Holland

Also Known As: "Sir Richard"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Denton, Harden, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: circa 1548 (50-59)
Denton, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Thurstan Holland esq. of Denton and Joan Davenport
Husband of Anne Holland and Eleanor Holland
Father of Richard Holland; Randle Holland; Edward Holland; Ralph Holland; Margaret Holland and 2 others
Brother of Robert Holland; John Holland; Laurence Holland; Ralph Holland; Edward Holland and 3 others

Managed by: Martin Severin Eriksen
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About Richard Holland, of Denton

  • Sir Richard Holland1
  • M, #52368, b. 25 March 1493, d. April 1548
  • Father Thurstan Holland2 b. c 1470, d. 11 Oct 1508
  • Mother Jane Arderne2 b. c 1471
  • Sir Richard Holland was born on 25 March 1493 at Denton, Lancashire, England.2 He married Eleanor Harbottle, daughter of Guiscard Harbottle, Lord Beamish and Jane Willoughby, circa 1541. Sir Richard Holland died in April 1548 at of Denton, Lancashire, England, at age 55.1
  • Family Eleanor Harbottle b. 1504, d. Apr 1567
  • Citations
  • [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. IX, p. 728, notes.
  • [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC.
  • From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1742.htm#... ________________
  • Sir Richard Holland1
  • M, #991
  • Last Edited=1 Dec 2008
  • Sir Richard Holland married Eleanor Harbottle, daughter of unknown Harbottle.1
  • He lived at Denton, Lancashire, England.1
  • Child of Sir Richard Holland and Eleanor Harbottle
    • Mary Holland1 d. b 16 Nov 1570
  • Citations
  • [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 16. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p100.htm#i991 _______________
  • A history of the family of Holland of Mobberley and Knutsford in the country of Chester; by Holland, Edgar Swinton
  • https://archive.org/details/ahistoryfamilyh00hollgoog
  • https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryfamilyh00hollgoog#page/n63/mode/1up
  • Pg.29
  • THURSTAN HOLLAND (XII.) married, between 1486 and 1490, Joan, the daughter of John Arderne of Alvanley and Harden, in the county of Cheshire, Esquire; she survived her husband, and married, secondly, Sir John Warren of Poynton, Knight, who predeceased her; and thirdly, John Davenport of Davenport, Esquire.
  • We are now getting into the period when records are
  • https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryfamilyh00hollgoog#page/n64/mode/1up
  • Pg.30
  • more abundant, and from this time on it will be possible in most cases to give more exact dates of births, deaths, and marriages. Thurstan Holland had six sons by his wife Joan — Thurstan, Robert, Richard, John, Ralph, and Lawrence. Thurstan died young. ROBERT (XIII.), who was born at his mothers old home at Harden in Cheshire on the 19th August 1491,1 and baptized at Stockport, succeeded to the property on his father's death in 1508. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Asheton of Middleton, Knight, and died without issue on the 9th September 1513. He was succeeded by his brother RICHARD HOLLAND (XIV.), then under age, having been born at Denton on the 25th March 1493,2 and baptized in the Collegiate Church of Manchester. On 22nd March 1515, being still under age, his wardship and marriage were granted by the King to John Byrom, Esq. He married, first, Anne, daughter of John Fitton of Gawsworth, and had issue Richard, Ralph, and Randle, all of whom died without issue; Edward Holland, who succeeded his father, and Margaret, who died unmarried. Richard Holland married, secondly, Eleanor, daughter of Sir Ralph Harbottle3 of Beamish, co. Durham, Knight, and relict of Sir Thomas Percy, Knight, by whom he had at least two children — Richard, who was living in 1548, and Mary, who subsequently married (prior to 1567) Sir Geoffrey Poole, Knight. In addition to these children, Richard Holland, or Sir
  • https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryfamilyh00hollgoog#page/n65/mode/1up
  • Pg.31
  • Richard, as he now was, had three other sons — Henry, William, and Richard. The name of their mother is not known, but from some expressions used in Sir Richard's will it is not improbable that they may have been children by his second wife before marriage, otherwise it is unlikely that he would have requested his wife to bring up the two younger boys, and they were evidently carefully provided for by their father by special deeds of gift, as mentioned in the will.
  • .... etc.
  • https://archive.org/stream/ahistoryfamilyh00hollgoog#page/n72/mode/1up
  • Pg.34
  • Sir Richard Holland died in 1548 after making his will on the 27th May in that year ; this interesting document is printed in the Appendix.1 He was succeeded by his son, EDWARD HOLLAND (XV.), who married in 1541 Jane, daughter of John Carrington of Carrington, Esq., by whom he had numerous children. He married, secondly, in 1562, Cecily, daughter of Edmund Trafford and widow of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft, Knight, who survived him. .... etc.
  • Will of Dame Mary Fitton, née Harbottle  Written 3 April 1551 proved 30 Oct 1557, Prerogative court of Canterbury.  Daughter of Guiscard Harbottle (d 1513 at the battle of Flodden) & Jane Willoughby. Sister of Eleanor (Harbottle) Percy Holland & George Harbottle.  Eleanor married firstly to Sir Thomas Percy (d 1537), and then married (about 1541) to Richard Holland, of Denton, Lancashire, by whom she had no issue.
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Richard Holland, of Denton's Timeline

1493
March 25, 1493
Denton, Harden, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1516
1516
Denton, Lancashire, England
1518
1518
Denton, Lancashire, England
1520
1520
Denton, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)
1522
1522
Denton, Lancashire, England
1524
1524
Denton, Lancashire, England
1547
1547
Cheshire, England (United Kingdom)
1548
1548
Age 54
Denton, Lancashire, England (United Kingdom)