Individual Notes

Note for: Mathew Holland, - Index

Event:
     Type:   Alive
     Date:   1245/1246

Individual Notes

Note for: Christiana de Bussell, - Index

Individual Note:
               2 DATE ABT 1250
          2 PLAC Euxton, Lancashire
          2 SOUR S3
          3 PAGE Page 15
          3 DATA
          4 TEXT Manor of Euxton about 1250, apparently through marriage with anheiress of the great landed family of the Bussells. His eldest son wasRobert, who married an heiress of the Ellels. The pedigree of theseHollands of Euxton was as follows :
Adam de Holland, = Christiana de Bussell.
living 1269. |
Robert de Holland, = Aline de EUel,
living 1306. I
William de Holland, = Elizabeth, Grimbald de Holland,
living 1323. I d. of
Robert de Holland, = Joan, William de Holland.
11 years old in 1323. I d. of
Joan Holland = Sir William de Molyneux.
Earls of Sefton.

Individual Notes

Note for: Robert Holland, - Index

Event:
     Type:   Alive
     Date:   1306

Individual Note:
     Robert de Holland of Euxton & Ellale. Living in 1303/4. One of theKing's Judges of Assize. Source William Farrer MSS, ManchesterArchive, L1/56/1/5 Pedigree Page #1.

Grimbald de Ellel was concerned in various pleadings in 1246 (fn. 21)and in 1269 his three daughters were his co-heirs, the guardianshipbeing given to Adam de Holland of Euxton. (fn. 22) The eldest Alinemarried Adam's son Robert, (fn. 23) and her third part of the manordescended to Molyneux of Sefton (fn. 24) in the same way as Euxton

From: 'Townships: Ellel', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume8 (1914), pp. 96-101.

In 1280 Muriel widow of William Rouneson claimed dower in twomessuages in Euxton against Robert son of Adam de Holland; De Banco R.36, m. 27 d. In the following year William Russel (? Bussel) of Euxtoncomplained that Robert de Holland, Richard son of Robert de Werden,and Richard son of Nicholas de Euxton had seized his cattle; ibid. 41,m. 24 d. The above-named Muriel in 1282 made a further charge againstRobert de Holland, Richard his brother and Adam de la Moor; ibid. 44,m. 42 d., 14 d.
The Hollands appear to have bought the estates of some smallerfreeholders. Thus in 1292 Robert purchased 14 acres from John de laCross of Lathom and Margery his wife; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs.and Ches.), i, 172. In 1286 and 1298 he claimed land against Thomasson of William Bushel; De Banco R. 62, m. 9 d.; 122, m. 103; 129, m.101 d. Robert also in 1287 claimed Robert son of Dene of Euxton andanother as his 'natives,' but did not appear and was nonsuited; ibid.66, m. 7. He in 1288 made a claim against Henry de Whalley concerninga messuage and 50 acres of land in Euxton, from which an annualservice of 4d. should be rendered; ibid. 72, m. 2 d. Robert de Hollandby his marriage with one of the co-heirs of Ellel added considerablyto his hereditary estates. Robert appears in various pleadings down to1306; Assize R. 408, m. 46 d.; 1299, m. 17; 420, m. 9 d. The rent of 1d. due from him to the lord of Penwortham is recorded in De LacyCompoti (Chet. Soc.), 10.15. Robert de Holland and his sons Grimbaldand William were defendants in a suit about a tenement in Ellel in1301; Assize R. 1321, m. 5 d.

From: 'Townships: Euxton', A History of the County of Lancaster:Volume 6 (1911), pp. 17-23. URL:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53061&strquery=holland euxton Date accessed: 21 June 2011.

Adam de Holland was succeeded by his son Robert, (fn. 14) and he byWilliam de Holland, (fn. 15) his son. In 1301 the king granted Robert'de Euxton' (Holland of Euxton) a charter for a market every week onTuesday, and a fair every year on the feast of St. Barnabas; also forfree warren in his demesne lands of Euxton. (fn. 16) Here as in manyother places Thomas Earl of Lancaster created a mesne manor in favourof Sir Robert de Holland, which was forfeited after the rebellion of1322. Thus in 1323 it was found that William de Holland had diedholding certain lands, &c., in Euxton of Robert de Holland, which werethen in the king's hands by reason of the forfeiture; the manor,demesne lands, and watermill were held of the king as of the fee ofPenwortham in socage by suit at the six weeks' court at Lancaster andat the three weeks' court of the wapentake, and by a rent of 1lb. ofcummin. Other lands were held of the master of the Hospital of St.John of Jerusalem in England by a rent of 6s. 2d. Robert, his son andheir, was eleven years of age. (fn. 17)

From: 'Townships: Euxton', A History of the County of Lancaster:Volume 6 (1911), pp. 17-23.

Robert de Holland, son of Sir Adam, granted to Cockersand Abbey a partof his land called Layndisholme (formerly Alexander de Church's) andreleased the canons from the payment of 1d. and four sheaves of oats,in the name of ward, due from them for certain of their lands;Chartul. iii, 782. The Abbot of Leicester complained in 1278 thatRobert de Holland and others had seized his corn in the highway atEllel; De Banco R. 23, m. 11. At the same time Robert and Alinecomplained that Roger Collan of Slene (Slyne), Juliana his wife,William dc Catherton and Ladarena his wife had thrown down theirfence; Assize R. 1238, m. 33 d. Robert son and heir of Adam de Hollandabout 1286 gave land called Appletreehead in Ellel to his son Richard;his father Adam had bought it from Thomas de Coupmanwra; Croxteth D.Cecily widow of John de Paries claimed four messuages, &c, againstRobert de Holland in 1299; De Banco R. 129, m. 55.

From: 'Townships: Ellel', A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume8 (1914), pp. 96-101.