HOLT, William (c.1571-1637), of Gray’s Inn, London and Ashworth, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1571, 2nd s. of Robert Holt (d.1624) of Ashworth and 2nd w. Agnes.DL7/24/95; Lancs. IPMs ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvii), 437-41. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1586, aged 15; G. Inn, 1588. Al Ox.; GI Admiss. m. (1) by c.1599, Elizabeth (d. bef. 1618), at least 1s.; Lancs. RO, WCW, Will of Robert Holt, 1609. (2) by 1618, Anne, ?s.p.; APC, 1618-19, p. 257. (3) Priscilla (d. aft. 1637), da. of Sir Cotton Gargrave† of Nortell Priory, Yorks., s.p. Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 226. d. by Sept. 1637. PROB 6/16, f. 105v. sig. Will[iam] Holt.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 55. steward of Sir John Byron’s court, Rochdale, Lancs. 1609; H. Fishwick, Hist. of Par. of Rochdale, 299. j.p. Lancs. c.1620–7. Lancs. RO, QSC 4.

Reader, G. Inn 1614, bencher 1615–d. PBG Inn, i. 215; W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 370.

Parlimentarian

HOLT, William (c.1571-1637), of Gray’s Inn, London and Ashworth, Lancs.

Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Ashworth, Lancs.

Author

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HOLT, William (c.1571-1637)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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