'Holles1'
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Families covered: Holles of Clare, Holles of Grimsby, Holles of Houghton (Haughton), Holles of Irby, Holles of Newcastle
| John Holles of Stoke | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Holles of Stoke (a 1463) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir William Holles, Lord Mayor of London (d 1542) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Scopham (d 1543-4, dau of George or John Scopham) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Thomas Holles of Flitcham, Norfolk (b c1512, a 1543) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | William Holles | ||||||||||||||
| (1) | Edward Holles | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Katherine Holles probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Chauncy of Shibdame | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Sir William Holles of Houghton or Haughton and Irby-on-Humber (b c1502, d 18.01.1590-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Anne Denzell (dau of John Denzell of Denzell or Denzill, serjeant-at-law) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Denzill Holles of Irby (dvp 12.04.1590) | ||||||||||||||
| BE1883 identifies Denzill's wife Anne, sister of John, Lord Sheffield, but TCP (Clare) & Maddison identify her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Sheffield (dau of Edmund Sheffield, 1st Lord of Butterwicke) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Holles of Houghton, 1st Earl of Clare (b 05.1564, d 04.10.1637) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (23.05.1591) Anne Stanhope (b c02.1576, d 18.11.1651, dau of Sir Thomas Stanhope of Shelford) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (b 13.06.1595, d 02.01.1665) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.09.1626) Elizabeth Vere (b 1623, d 12.1683, dau of General Sir Horatio Vere, Lord Tilbury) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | John Holles (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Gilbert Holles, 3rd Earl of Clare (b 24.04.1633, d 16.01.1689) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (09.07.1655) Grace Pierrepont (07.1702, dau of William Pierrepont of Thoresby) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Holles, 4th Earl of Clare, Duke of Newcastle (b 09.01.1661/2, d 15.07.1711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (01.03.1689/90) Margaret Cavendish (b 22.10.1661, d 24.12.1716, dau of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Henrietta Cavendish Holles (b 11.02.1693/4, d 09.12.1755) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (31.08.1713) Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford (b 02.06.1689, d 16.06.1741) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Elizabeth Holles (d 09.11.1725) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1676) Christopher Vane, 1st Lord Barnard of Barnard Castle (bpt 21.05.1653, d 28.10.1723) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Mary Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hugh Boscawen | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Grace Holles (d 13.09.1700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (21.05.1686) Thomas Pelham, 1st Lord of Laughton (b c1650, d 23.02.1711-2) | |||||||||||||||
| Both of their sons became Prime Minister, the younger (Henry) before the elder (Thomas). Thomas took the name Pelham-Holles and became 1st Duke of Newcastle of a new creation. | |||||||||||||||
| (e)+ | other issue - William, Denzell (d unm), Ann | ||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Anne Holles (d 10.1707) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edward, Lord Clinton (dvp 21.04.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Elizabeth Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Wentworth FitzGerald, 17th Earl of Kildare (b 1634, d 05.03.1664) | |||||||||||||||
| (v) | Arabella Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Edward Rossiter of Somerley | |||||||||||||||
| (vi) | Susan Holles (b c1641, d by 05.1710) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c07.1663) Sir John Lort, Bart of Stackpole Court (b by 1637, d by 1673) | |||||||||||||||
| (vii) | Diana Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Bridges of Keynsham | |||||||||||||||
| (viii) | Penelope Holles (dsp bur 07.08.1684) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (13.04.1667) Sir James Langham, Bart of Cottesbroke (b 1620, d 22.08.1699) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Denzill Holles, 1st Lord of Ifield (b 31.10.1599, d 17.02.1679-80) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (04.06.1626) Dorothy Ashley (d 21.06.1640, dau of Francis Ashley of Dorchester by Anne, dau/coheir of Bernard Samwayes of Toller Fratrum) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Sir Francis Holles, Bart of Winterbourne St. Martin, 2nd Lord of Ifield (b 19.08.1627, d 01.03.1689-90) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c08.1661) Lucy Carr (b c1636, d 15.09.1667, dau of Sir Robert Carr, 2nd Bart of Sleford) | |||||||||||||||
| (a)+ | 2 daughters (d young) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c06.1670) Anne Pile (dau of Sir Francis Pile, Bart of Compton Beauchamp) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Denzill Holles, 3rd Lord of Ifield (b 26.04.1675, d unm 24.01.1694) | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Jane Holles (d infant) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (16.03.1641/2) Jane Shirley (bpt 03.01.1596/7, bur 25.04.1666, dau of Sir John Shirley or Shurley of Isville (Ifield) by Jane Shirley, widow of Sir Walter Covert then John Freake) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. (14.09.1666) Esther de Lou (d 1683-4, dau of Gideon de Lou of Columbiers, widow of Jacques Richer of Cambernon) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Eleanore Holles (a 1677) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Oliver FitzWilliam, Earl of Tyrconnel (dsp 04.1667) | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Arabella Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (b 13.04.1593, d 12.05.1641) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sir George Holles (bpt 01.09.1577, d unm bur 23.05.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Frances Holles probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Francis Coke of Trusley (b 1561, d 1639) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Sir Gervase Holles (bur 07.03.1627-8) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Frances Freschville (dau of Peter Freschville of Staveley by Elizabeth, dau of Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Freschville Holles, Mayor of Grimsby (bur 12.05.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (20.11.1600) Elizabeth Kingston (d 31.10.1608, dau of John Kingston of Grismby) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Gervase Holles, Mayor of Grimsby (bpt 13.03.1606-7, d 1674, 2nd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (17.06.1630) Dorothy Kirton (d 18.01.1634-5, dau of John Kirton of Grimsby) | |||||||||||||||
| (i)+ | issue - George (bpt 25.06.1633, bur 11.08.1635), Elizabeth (b 08.11.1631, a 1647), Frances (d 18.01.1634-5) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (04.12.1637) Elizabeth Molesworth (dau of Lt. Col. William Molesworth) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Sir Freschville Holles (b 08.16.1642, dsp 28.05.1672, Captain) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c11.1662) Jane Lewis (dau of Richard Lewis, son of John of Marr) | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue - William (bpt 11.10.1638, bur 15.12.1638), Strafford (d 1647) | ||||||||||||||
| (B)+ | other issue - John (bpt 13.0.1602, bur 12.04.1607), Anne (bpt 23.10.1608, bur 26.10.1608) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Lacon (bur 11.08.1619, dau of Herbert Lacon of Humberstone) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Francis Holles of Mansfield | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Long (dau of James Long) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William Holles (dsp Newark 1643) | ||||||||||||||
| (3) | Margaret Holles | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Gertrude Holles | ||||||||||||||
| m. Walter Stanley of West Bromwich | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Jane (Grosvenor ?) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Francis Holles of Yoxall and Garton (dsp 05/6.1543) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Heneage (a 1543, dau of John Heneage of Hainton) | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Anne Holles (d before 12.1541) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Whiddon (probably not Whaddon) | |||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue (a 1541) - Edward of West Thurrock, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): TCP (Clare), BE1883 (Holles of Houghton, Clare and Newcastle), BE1883 (Holles of Ifield), Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees (1906, Holles of Irby-on-Humber and Grimsby)
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