History Sections

• 1300–1399
• 1400–1449
• 1450–1499
• 1500–1549
• 1550–1599
• 1600–1649
• 1650–1699
• 1700–1749
• 1750–1799
• 1800–1899

1400–1449

This section summarises the documentary references to the Holt family found in the Victoria History of the County of Lancaster (1906). These entries reflect landholding, tenancies, and legal transactions recorded in medieval 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).