Family and Education
s. and h. (poss. illegit.) of Robert Holme (d.1396), of York, mercer, by Beatrice Forden (fl. 1396); nephew of Thomas Holme. m. (1) Agnes (d. by Nov. 1400), 1s. 1da. at least 2 other ch. d.v.p.; (2) by Aug. 1423, Joan (d. by Feb. 1428); (3) by July 1430, Margaret, da. and coh. of John Kenlay (d.1430), of York by his w. Agnes (d.1433).Borthwick Inst. York, York registry wills, i. ff. 100v-3v; ii. f. 632; iii. ff. 48, 365-6v; CPL, vii. 305; Surtees Soc. clxxxvi. 81, 102-3, 149-51. Holme had at least four children, two of whom predeceased him. His surviving son and daughter must have been born before he married his third wife, Margaret, but it is otherwise impossible to establish who was the mother of each child (York registry wills, iii. ff. 365v-6v).
Offices Held
Sheriff, York Mich. 1398–9; member of the council of 24 by c. 1410; mayor 3 Feb. 1413–14; member of the council of 12 by Sept. 1416-aft. Apr. 1424.
Commr. of inquiry, York July 1415 (holdings of John Skelton).
Parlimentarian
Main residence: York.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
HOLME, Robert I (-d.1433)
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Oxford 1644
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