1400–1449
This section brings together the recorded appearances of the Holt family in the Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (1906). Each entry is drawn from contemporary legal, manorial, and ecclesiastical documents, tracing the family’s landholding, obligations, disputes, and social roles across the centuries. These chronological notes provide a documentary framework for understanding the Holts’ presence and influence within the evolving landscape of Lancashire.
1400–1449
| 1405 | Hugh de Holt and his brother William — feoffees granted them an annual rent on the death of Maud and John de Holt (p. 178). |
| 1408 | “The Holt” in Townley mentioned in connection with Margery de Holt (Vol. 6 p. 506). |
HENRY V 1413–1422
| 1414 | Balderstone lands in Castleton passed to James del Holt (son of Geoffrey del Holt) (p. 204). |
| 1419 | Balderstone settled on Henry del Holt (bastard), Elizabeth and Agnes. Henry died in 1520 without male issue (p. 204). |
HENRY VI 1422–1471
| 1424 | Greenbooths in Spotland granted to Geoffrey, son of John de Holt (p. 209). James Holt, Justice of the Peace for Lancashire, was sent with Ralph Redcliffe, also a JP, by the sheriff to keep order in a violent feud between Thomas Stanley and Sir Richard Molyneux (p. 12). |
| 1425 | James del Holt paid fines relating to final concords (Lancashire Fines p. 124). |
| 1427 | James Holt held land in Heaton Norris (p. 324). Richard de Holt acquired lands on marriage to Ellen, daughter of Henry (see Vol. 3). |
| 1428 | Robert del Holt of Chesum named in final concords (p. 131; also Lancashire Fines). |
| 1429 | Robert del Holt of Tottington complained of stolen cows. |
| 1435 | Alice, widow of Robert del Holt, named in final concords (Lancashire Fines p. 127). |
| Note: At this time there were multiple individuals named Robert del Holt. | |
| 1441 | Ralph Holt claimed two messuages, 60 acres, etc., in Bury and Middleton against Thomas, son of William Key. |
| 1445 | John Holt of the Bridge, who also held Stakehill, agreed with John Clegg regarding the marriage of his son Henry Holt to Clegg’s daughter Margery. The deed also mentions lands formerly held by Henry Holt and Margery in Bury and Middleton (p. 137). |
| 1445 | Oliver, son of John Holt of Hundersfield, charged with maltreating Alice, wife of John Clegg (p. 219). |
| 1447 | A demonstration at Fieldhouse, part of the Buckley lands, was hostile to Ralph Holt (p. 226). |
| 1448 | Hugh Holt fined and outlawed — sons Thurston and William mentioned (p. 178). |
| 1449 | Gristlehurst already held by Ralph Holt by inheritance. He was married to Ellen. The Gristlehurst Holts held large portions of monastic estates (p. 175). Ralph Holt was father of Sir Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst, who obtained large grants of the estates of Cockersand Abbey, etc., from Henry VII (p. 175). |
