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

Family and Education

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.

Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian

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.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOLLES, John (1595-1666)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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