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b. 19 Aug. 1627, only surv. s. of Hon. Denzil Holles* of Damerham, Wilts, and Dorothy, da. and h. of Sir Francis Ashley† of Dorchester Priory, Dorset.CP. educ. travelled abroad (France), Aug. 1645-Jan. 1648;P. Crawford, Denzil Holles, 1598-1680: a study of his political career (1979), 29n, 165-6. M. Temple, 9 Feb. 1648, called 28 June 1661;M. Temple Admiss. i. 145; MTR ii. 960; iii. 1164. Clare, Camb. Michaelmas 1651.Al. Cant. m. (1) 22 Aug. 1661, Lucy (d. 1667) da. of Sir Robert Carr, 2nd bt. of Sleaford, Lincs. 2da. (d.v.p.); (2) 9 June 1670, Anne (d. 1682) da. and coh. of Sir Francis Pile, 2nd bt. of Compton Beauchamp, Berks. 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); cr. bt. 27 June 1660; suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Holles, 17 Feb. 1680. d. 1 Mar. 1690.CP; PROB11/429/22.
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Local: j.p. Dorset 6 Mar. 1647 – ?Dec. 1648, 2 Mar. 1650 – aft.May 1652, by Oct. 1653–80, Mar. 1682–5; Wilts. 5 Mar. 1653–80.C193/13/4, ff. 22, 108v; C231/6, pp. 78, 176, 254; C231/8, p. 62. Commr. assessment, Dorset 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 2 Mar., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Wilts. 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 2 Mar. 1660; Westminster 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; CJ vii. 859b; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 9, 308; C181/7, pp. 9, 636. piracy, Dorset 22 May 1654;C181/6, p. 33. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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Commons 1640-1660
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HOLLES, Francis (1627-90), of Winterborne St Martin, Dorset.

Will
3 Sept. 1680, pr. 4 Mar. 1695.PROB11/429, ff. 53-9.
Estates
by his own estimate, in 1684 his income was £4,646 p.a. with £12,000 of assets, inc. timber.Crawford, Holles, 226. His estates in 1680 inc. manors of Ifield (Suss.), Aldenham (Herts.), Damerham (Wilts.), Compton Beauchamp (Berks.) and Winterborne Martin (Dorset), with properties in Dorchester, Glastonbury and St Martin-in-the-Fields.PROB11/429/22.
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