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HOLLES, Sir John (c.1567-1637), of Haughton, Notts. and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; later of Westminster and Thurland Place, Nottingham, Notts.

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b. c. 1567, 1st s. of Denzil Holles† (d.1590) of Irby-on-Humber, Lincs. and Eleanor, da. of Edmund, 1st Bar. Sheffield, of Butterwick, Lincs.CP, iii. 247. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1579, aged 12; G. Inn 1583; Court to 1599. m. 23 May 1591, Anne (d. 18 Nov. 1651), da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope† of Shelford, Notts., 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.). suc. grandfa. Sir William Holles† 1591; Kntd. 1593; cr. Bar. Houghton 9 July 1616, earl of Clare 2 Nov. 1624. d. 4 Oct. 1637. CP, iii. 247-8; G. Holles, Mems. of Holles Fam. ed. A.C Wood (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, lv), 109, 248; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 90.
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Vol. Low Countries 1586, [I] 1593, Azores 1597. Letters of John Holles ed. P.R. Seddon (Thoroton Rec. Soc. xxxi), p. xxxiii.

J.p. Notts. by 1591 – 1615, 1617 – 27, 1628 – d., liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 1601 – 15, 1617 – at least25, 1629 – d., Mdx. and Westminster 1622 – 27, 1628–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/2047; C231/4, ff. 46, 144, 228, 259, 262; C193/13/2, ff. 42v, 52v, 87v; C181/1, f. 7; 181/2, ff. 221, 287v; 181/3, ff. 159, 266; 181/5, f. 52. sheriff, Notts. 1591–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 104. commr. musters 1595 – 97, 1605, HMC Hatfield, v. 524; APC, 1595–6, pp. 157, 389; Add. 11402, f. 106. muster-master 1595–6; T.M. Blagg, ‘Muster Roll for Newark Wapentake, 1595’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. x. 82. commr. oyer and terminer, Midlands circ. 1606 – 15, the Verge 1611 – 12, London 1624 – 26, 1629 – d., Mdx. 1624 – 25, 1629–d.; C181/2, ff. 6v, 231, 158v, 180; 181/3, ff. 131, 132, 211, 190v; 181/4, ff. 15v, 24v; 181/5, ff. 29, 57. col. militia ft. London by 1608; Lansd. 255, f. 493. commr. subsidy, Notts. 1608, 1610, 1621 – 22, 1624, Westminster 1624; SP14/31/1; Letters of John Holles, 513; C212/22/20–1, 23. commr. and collector, aid Notts. 1609; E179/283. commr. swans, Derbys. and Notts. 1614, sewers Notts. 1615, 1626, Notts., Lincs. and Yorks. 1616 – d., Leics. and Notts. 1625 – at least29, Mdx. 1627, Westminster 1634, Yorks. and Notts. 1635; C181/2, ff. 201v, 225, 255v; C181/3, ff. 162, 199v, 213; 181/4, ff. 16v, 23v, 174, 190v; 181/5, ff. 16v, 53. member, High Commission, York prov. 1620, 1625, 1628; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 173; viii. pt. 1, pp. 70, 90; SP16/123/46. commr. gaol delivery, London 1624 – 27, 1629–d., C181/3, ff. 132, 211; 181/4, f. 33v; 181/5, f. 29v. new buildings, London 1625, Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70. Forced Loan, Notts. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 43v. exacted fees 1634. C181/4, f. 159.

Gent. of privy chamber 1603–10; Harl. 6166, f. 68v; HMC Portland, ix. 129. comptroller of Household to Prince Henry 1610–12. Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for Government of Royal Household (1790), p. 329; C. Cornwallis, Life and Death of Our Late Most Incomparable and Heroique Prince, Henry Prince of Wales (1641), p. 92.

Member, embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605. HMC 4th Rep. 407.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 363.

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HOLLES, Sir John (c.1567-1637), of Haughton, Notts. and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; later of Westminster and Thurland Place, Nottingham, Notts.
Main residences: Haughton, Notts.; Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.; Westminster; Thurland Place, Nottingham, Notts.
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HOLLES, John (1595-1666), of Haughton, Notts. and Chaloner House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; later of Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster

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b. 13 June 1595, 1st s. of Sir John Holles* and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope† of Shelford, Notts.CP, iii. 247-8. bro. of Denzil*. educ. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France) 1605; Christ’s, Camb. 1611; G. Inn 1612; embassy, Paris 1614. HMC Portland, ix. 92; SO3/5; Letters of John Holles ed. P.R. Seddon (Thoroton Soc. Rec. ser. xxxi), 33-35, 51, 136; GI Admiss. m. 4 Sept. 1626, Elizabeth (d. Dec. 1683), da. and coh. of Horace, 1st Bar. Vere of Tilbury, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 14da. (6 d.v.p.); styled. Lord Houghton 2 Nov. 1624; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Clare 7 Oct. 1637. d. 2 Jan. 1666. CP, iii. 348; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 146; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 463; Nottingham UL, PwV 5, pp. 1, 298-9, Pw2, 320, 322; PROB 11/335, 370v-371.
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Commr. sewers, Notts. 1626, Yorks., Notts. and Lincs. 1629, Westminster 1660, exacted fees, Notts. 1634; C181/3, f. 199v; 181/4, ff. 16v, 159; 181/7, f. 37. j.p. liberty of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 1640–1, C181/5, ff. 164, 216. Mdx. 1652–3, C193/13/4, f. 59. 1660 – d., Notts. and Westminster 1660 – d., custos rot. Westminster 1660–d.; Perfect List of all such Persons as by Commission under the Great Seal of Eng. are now Confirmed to be Custos Rotulorum, Justices of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the Peace and Quorum (1660), pp. 31, 37; C231/7, p. 12; C193/12/3, ff. 63, 79, 129v. commr. perambulation, Sherwood Forest, Notts. 1641, oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1641, 1660 – d.; Midland circ. 1660–d.; C181/5, ff. 210, 213; 181/7, ff. 3, 14, 292, 327. bailiff, Barstelow and honour of Tickhill, Notts. 1642–?; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 261. recorder, Nottingham, Notts. 1642–d.; Recs. of Bor. of Nottingham ed. T. Baker, v. 203, 433. ld. lt. Notts. 1642; commr. Northern Assoc., Notts. 1645; A. and O. i. 2, 707. warden, Sherwood Forest 1646-at least 1654; CP, iii. 246; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 288. commr. assessment, Notts. 1657, militia 1660. A. and O. ii. 1075, 1438.

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HOLLES, John (1595-1666), of Haughton, Notts. and Chaloner House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; later of Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster
Main residences: Haughton, Notts.; Chaloner House, Clerkenwell, Mdx.; Clare House, Drury Lane, Westminster.
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