Family and Education
b. c. 1549, 1st s. of Edward Holland of Denton by Jane, da. of John Carrington of Carrington Hall, Cheshire. m. (1) da. of Otys Reddish of Reddish Hall, Lancs. s.p.; (2) Margaret, da. of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft Hall, wid. of John Reddish of Reddish Hall, 5da. suc. fa. 1573.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxi), 18; Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. xxxi), 95-6; Gillow, Burghley’s Map of Lancs, 58-9.
Offices Held
Servant of 4th Earl of Derby.
J.p. Lancs., sheriff 1572 – 73, 1581 – 82, 1595 – 96, dep. lt. 1589 or 90; commr. musters, Lancs. 1595 or 96; eccles. commr. province of York Nov. 1599, 1603.
Main residences: Denton Hall; Heaton Hall, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
HOLLAND, Richard (c.1549-1618)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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