William de Toft

Biography

Holford Family History

http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/holford.html

Sir Peter Leicester in his book Historical Antiquities, published in 1673, gave the following family tree of the Holfords and Cholmondleys to his time. This family tree is presented as a list of successive owners of the estate. I have made a few additions in brackets.

1. William Toft, younger son of Roger de Toft, Lord of Toft, married Joan, daughter of Richard de Lostock, and sister and heir to Richard and Thomas her brothers, 1277, by whom he had issue Roger de Holford, Henry and Walter. After the death of William Toft, Joan married Thomas Vernon, about the year 1316, (if this is true she must have married William Toft while still a child, not uncommon at that time) and had issue by Thomas, Richard Vernon, from whom the Vernons of Haslington in Cheshire. And after the death of Thomas Vernon she married, William Hallum of Hallum, in Newton juxta Daresbery, in the year 1337.

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Generation Three

4. WILLIAM3 DE TOFT (Roger2, Walter1), son of (2) Roger2 DE TOFT, was born between 1166 and 1263, and died between 1277 and 1316[14].

He married in 1277[14], (AKA-8) JOAN LOSTOCK, daughter of (AKA-7) Richard and Emme (de MERTON) DE LOSTOCK. [13, 14]

Children:

• 6 i. ROGER4 DE HOLFORD, b. before 1316[14]; d. in 1330[14]; m. MARGERY LE DESPENCER.
• + 7 ii. HENRY HOLFORD, b. about 1250/1; d. about 1300/1; m. MARGERY _____.
• 8 iii. WALTER TOFT, b. about 1250/1; d. about 1300/1

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William TOFT7,37 was born about 1200. Parents: Roger TOFT and ?

Spouse: Joan De LOBSTOCK. William TOFT and Joan De LOBSTOCK were married.

Children were:

1. Henry De HOLFORD,
2. Agnes TOFT OR HOLFORD.

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William de Toft, younger son, married in 5 Edward I [1277/8], Joan Lostock, sister of Richard de Lostock-Gralam the younger, son of Richard de Lostock, from whom the Holfords of Holford descend;[1]

m. 1277/8[2] Joan de Lostock.[1]

William de Toft, married Joan, daughter of Richard de Lostock, and heiress of her two brothers, 1277/8. She brought estates at Holford in the township of Plumley, Bucklow Hundred, Cheshire, to her husband. Their second son: Henry de Holford.[4]

William and Joan had children:

1. Roger de Holford;
2. Agnes Toft[2] married four times?
   1. William III Smyth of Carrington. Issue.
   2. Walter Acton / Hapesford (d. anti. 1298/9). Issue.
   3. husband 3
   4. husband 4

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Issue:

1. Roger de Holford
2. Agnes Toft [2] m.1 William III Smyth of Carrington. Issue. m.2 Walter Acton / Hapesford (d. anti. 1298/9). Issue. m.3 _____ m.4 _____

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"William de Toft, married Joan, daughter of Ricard de Lostock, and heiress of her two brothers, 1277. She brought estates at Holford in the township of Plumley, Bucklow Hundred, Cheshire, to her husband. Their second son: Henry de Holford."

References

• "The History Of The County Palatine And City Of Chester". 2017. Google Books. Accessed March 26 2017. page 501
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 26 2017, 6:34:01 UTC
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. Ancestry of Obadiah and Mary Bruen, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 17-18. "The Holford Lineage"
• http://armidalesoftware.com/issue/full/Thaler_1075_main.html
• https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/ad8bd3e7-acbd-3e83-b...