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Note for: Grimbald de Ellel, -
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Individual Note: 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. URL:http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=53274&strquery=holland euxton Date accessed: 21 June 2011.
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Note for: William Holland, - BEF 1323
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Event: Type: Alive
Date: 1346
Individual Note: In 1346-55 William de Holland was holding part of the tenement inEuxton, &c., formerly held by Robert Bussel; Feud. Aids, iii, 87. In1378 it was his heir who was chargeable; Harl. MS. 2085, fol. 421, &c.In 1356 William de Holland was custodee of the land and heir of Robertson of Roger le Spenser of Euxton; Duchy of Lanc. Assize R. 5, m. 1,9.
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 died holdingcertain lands, &c., in Euxton of Robert de Holland, which were then inthe king's hands by reason of the forfeiture; the manor, demesnelands, and watermill were held of the king as of the fee of Penworthamin socage by suit at the six weeks' court at Lancaster and at thethree weeks' court of the wapentake, and by a rent of 1lb. of cummin.Other lands were held of the master of the Hospital of St. John ofJerusalem in England by a rent of 6s. 2d. Robert, his son and heir,was eleven years of age. (fn. 17)
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.
Fn 17 reads;
Inq. p.m. 17 Edw. II, no. 54. The whole was valued at about £12 ayear. The Hospitallers' land comprised an inclosed hey, containing 30acres of waste and 30 acres of wood. In addition to his Euxton estateWilliam held lands also in Ulnes Walton, Ellel and Newsham.
The age of the heir and the remarriage of Joan, the widow, to Williamde Scargill appear from Cal. Close 1323-7, p. 361.
Sir Robert de Holland was said to hold three plough-lands in Euxton;Lansdowne MS. 559, fol. 23, quoted in Baines, Lancs. (ed. 1870), ii,692.
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 Date accessed: 26 July 2011.
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Note for: Grimbald Holland, -
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Event: Type: Alive
Date: 1301
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Note for: Richard de Holland, -
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Event: Type: Alive
Date: 1303/1304
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Note for: Robert de Holland, ABT 1312 - BEF 1339
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Individual Note: Robert son of William de Holland of Euxton appears in an Ellel plea in1332; De Banco R. 288, m. 379. In 1327 and 1332 Margery de Holland wasa contributor to the subsidy in Euxton; Lay Subs. R. 130, no. 5; Exch.Lay Subs. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), 53. Robert de Holland was in1335 exempted from serving on assizes, &c.; Cal. Pat. 1334-8, p. 110.Robert son of Roger le Spenser, a minor, in 1337-8 claimed a freetenement in Euxton and Ellel against Robert de Holland and others, thelatter asserting that the plaintiff's land was held by knights'service, and he was therefore in ward to Robert de Holland; Assize R.1424, m. 10 d.; 1425, m. 5.
Robert seems to have come to a violent end shortly afterwards, for in1339 two men were pardoned for their part in the death of Robert deHolland of Euxton; Cal. Pat. 1338-40, pp. 235-6.
From: 'Townships: Euxton', A History of the County of Lancaster:Volume 6 (1911), pp. 17-23.
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 (fn. 18) was succeeded by William, his brother, butultimately by Joan the daughter of Robert. She married William deMolyneux (who died in 1358), son of the lord of Sefton, (fn. 20) theirson Sir William de Molyneux succeeding to Euxton, in which his widowAgnes had dower after his death in 1372. (fn. 21) Down to 1729 themanor remained in the Molyneux family, (fn. 22) but was then sold,with lands in the township, and disappears from the records for nearlya century. It is stated to have been acquired by James Longworth ofLiverpool, whose descendants afterwards sold it to William InceAnderton of Euxton, (fn. 23) in whose family it has remained till thepresent time.
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.