SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



knight.* 5 He died about 1 548, and in that year licence 

 of entry, without proof of age, was granted to Ed- 

 ward Holland, his son and heir. 86 Edward, who was 

 sheriff in 1567-8," died in 1570, holding the family 

 estates, probably with some increase, the manor and 

 lands in Denton being held of Nicholas Longford in 

 socage by a rent of 1 5 \d. m 



His son and heir, Richard Holland, twenty-four 

 ^ears of age, married Margaret one of the daughters 

 and co-heirs of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft, and 

 appears to have acquired a great addition to his 

 Heaton estates. 29 He built a house at Heaton, and 

 resided there and at Denton. 30 The former place 

 soon became the principal seat of the family, and there 

 Richard Holland died on 2 March 1618-19 holding, 

 among other estates, the manor of Denton and lands, &c., 

 in the township of Edward Mosley in socage by a rent 



of \i\d. He had no son, his heirs being his five 

 daughters or their issue, and the estates went to his 

 brother Edward. 31 Edward also died at Heaton on 

 5 May 1631, leaving a son Richard, thirty-six years 

 of age. 32 



This son was the Colonel Richard Holland who 

 was one of the chief Parliamentary leaders in the 

 county during the Civil War, being a strict Puritan ; M 

 he assisted in the defence of Manchester in 1642," 

 though he advised its surrender ; 35 he also served at 

 the taking of Preston, 36 at Nantwich, sr and at Lathom.* 8 

 He represented the county in two of Cromwell's 

 Parliaments, 1654 and 1656." He died in 1661, 

 and his only son Edward having died before him, the 

 inheritance went to a brother Henry, and then to 

 another brother, William. 40 The latter was living at 

 Heaton in 1664, when a pedigree was recorded ; 41 



25 One Richard Holland was knighted 

 during the Scottish expedition of 1544, 

 but his arms are given as ' per fesse azure 

 and gules, three fleurs de lys ' ; Metcalfe, 

 Knights, 77. 



26 Dep. Keeper' t Rep. xxxix, App. 5 54. 

 2 ? P.R.O. Lift, 73. 



18 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xiii, 20. 

 He married as his second wife Cecily, 

 widow of Sir Robert Langley of Agecroft, 

 and in 1562 settled on her the Hall of 

 Heaton, with demesne lands, for her life. 

 In 1570 he made provision for his younger 

 sons Edward and John, and granted the 

 capital messuage of Denton Hall with 

 other lands to trustees for his six daugh- 

 ters, until the sum of 1,200 marks had 

 been received. A pedigree was recorded 

 in 1567 ; Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 18. 



29 See the account of Heaton in Prest- 

 wich. The additions to the estate may 

 have been made by his father. Richard 

 Holland was sheriff of the county in 



DENTON HALL FROM THE NORTH-WEST 



1580-1 and 1595-6 ; P.R.O. List, 73. 

 He was knight of the shire in 1586 ; Pink 

 and Beaven, Part. Rep. of Lanes. 67. 



80 Booker, Denton (Chet. Soc.), 16. 



81 Lanes. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lanes, 

 and Ches.), ii, 141-7. The inquisition 

 recites a grant made by Richard in 1613, 

 whereby his brother Edward became pos- 

 sessed of the manors of Denton, Heaton, 

 Kenyon, and Sharpies, with messuages and 

 lands there and elsewhere ; partly to the 

 use of his wife Margaret her lands in- 

 cluding closes in Denton called Holland 

 Moors, Debdale, Titchetcroft, Turf Pits, 

 and Blackbent ; to his sons by her, and 

 then to Edward Holland. The heirs were 

 Robert son of Jane Dukinfield ; Maria 

 Eccleston, widow ; Frances wife of John 

 Preston ; Elizabeth wife of Arthur Alde- 

 brugh ; William son and heir of Mar- 

 garet Brereton ; all of full age, except the 

 last, who was only fourteen. 



82 Duchy of Lane. Inq. p.m. xxvii, 42 ; 



313 



the rent for the manor and lands of Den- 

 ton, held of Edward Mosley, is given as 

 15^. See also Funeral Certs. (Rec. Soc. 

 Lanes, and Ches.), 204. 

 88 Booker, op. cit. 16. 



84 Civil War Tracts (Chet. Soc.), 45,52. 



85 Ibid. 222, 333 ; his reasons were 

 that the defenders had neither powder nor 

 shot, that the auxiliaries would want to 

 return to their houses in the open dis- 

 tricts around, and that the enemy's forces 

 were increasing. 



86 Ibid. 74. 7 Ibid. 154. 



88 Ibid. 181 ; this was the first unsuc- 

 cessful siege. 



89 Pink and Beaven, op. cit. 73, 75. 



40 Booker, op. cit. 16. 



41 Dugdale, Visit. (Chet. Soc.), 146. 

 William Holland entered Brasenose Coll. 

 Oxford in 1627, and became M.A. in 

 1633; Foster, Alumni. He was fifty-two 

 years old in 1664. His succession to the 

 estates was quite unexpected. 



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