Hollands

The early Hollands – or Holands

Feb 5, 2024

buildings, genealogy

annulment, barons Holland, Borehamwood, Cheshire, Cheshire risings, County of St. Pol, Duchy of Brittany, Edward II, Edward III, Edward the Black Prince, Hale, Henry II, Henry VI, Hollands, House of Lancaster, House of York, Ireland family, Joan of Kent, Lancashire, Lancashire Assizes, Lovells, Matthew Holland, maud de la zouche, Mitford sisters, Mortimers, murder, Parliament, Robert Holand, secret marriage, Sir John Egerton, Thomas Holland, Thomas of Lancaster, Thurstan Holland, Upholland, Wigan

Upholland is a village in Lancashire, about 4 miles from Wigan and these days only just outside Greater Manchester. It was formerly the HQ of the Lancashire gentry family of Holland. (Up until the 15th Century, it was often, if not invariably, spelt ‘Holand’, but I will stick with the modern spelling for consistency.) The…
ANNE OF YORK – DUCHESS OF EXETER – SISTER TO KINGS

Jan 14, 2024

battles, buildings, genealogy, law, Science, sources, travel

1475 invasion of France, Anne Holland, Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, annulment, Austin Friars, Bishop of Ely’s Chapel, canon law, Cicely Neville, Clare Priory, consanguinity, divorce, Edward IV, executions, Fotheringhay, George Manners baron de Ros, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Hollands, inheritance, John Holland, Lancastrians, Luton Guild Book, memorial brass, mtDNA line, mysteries, Richard Duke of York, Richard III, royal marriages, Sir Thomas St. Leger, St. george’s Chapel, Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset, Tower of London, Towton, Wakefield, wills

Reblogged from sparkypus.com Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hathe funde within thys College a Chauntre with too prestys sy’gyng for eu’more. On whose soule god haue mercy. The wych Anne duchess…
Why was Maud Francis her father’s heir when she had elder brothers?

Sep 26, 2023

genealogy, law, religion

Agnes Champneis, Countess of Salisbury, Hollands, illegitimacy, John Osterle, Lancashire, Lord Mayors of London, Margaret Holland, Maud Francis, MPs, primogeniture, Sir Adam Francis

The thrice-married Maud Francis, who eventually became Countess of Salisbury, was undoubtedly the heir of her father, the extremely wealthy Sir Adam Francis (1325-75), at one time Lord Mayor of London. Yet she had no fewer than three elder brothers, born to the same mother, so how could this be? The answer is, dear Reader,…
The White Hart of Richard II

Jun 21, 2023

anniversaries, buildings, heraldry, religion

Cheshire archers, Herne, Hollands, livery badges, pub signs, Richard II, Westminster Abbey, white hart

This image of the Muniments Room in Westminster Abbey shows the White Hart of King Richard II, still standing there 623 years after his death. A remarkable survival. The White Hart was King Richard’s livery badge which he circulated to his supporters in the 1390s. It possibly derived from his mother’s cognizance of the…
More Lancastrian propaganda – about an earlier Richard and Henry….

Jul 15, 2021

anniversaries, battles, Book Reviews, buildings, sources

“Tudor” propaganda, executions, Froissart, Henry IV, Henry VII, Hollands, Joan of Kent, John Ball, John Ferrour, Lancastrian propaganda, Marie Louise Bruce, Mile End, Peasants’ Revolt, Richard II, Richard III, Tower of London, usurpation, Wat Tyler

How many of you have books on your shelves that you’ve had for years but have yet to read? I’m guilty of that, I fear. However, today I grabbed a book at random, to read while my car, name of Iggy, underwent his first MOT. When I arrived and was seated, I discovered that the…
The Traitor’s Arms?

Feb 2, 2021

anniversaries, battles, buildings, heraldry, law, religion, sources

“Defiance”, “Loveday”, Act of Accord, Agnes Sorel, allegory, Angevin bloodline, Arma Reversata, Ashperton, Ashperton monument, attainder, Blore Heath, Book of Hours, Calais, carvings, Catherine de Roet, Catherine de Valois, Charles VII, chivalry, Chrimes, Christmas, College of Heralds, Cornish rebellion, coronations, Courtauld Institute of Art, Coventry, crowns, Dunstable Chronicle, Earls of Salisbury, Edmund Crouchback, Edmund Duke of Somerset, Edward Hall, Edward IV, Edward of Lancaster, Edward the Black Prince, Elizabeth I, executions, First Battle of St. Albans, fleuur-de-lys, Fox-Davies, France, French College of Arms, Garter stalls, Gascony, Geoffrey Fisher, Great Seal, Hanseatic fleet, Helen Maurer, helmets, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry IV, Henry VI, Hereford Cathedral, Herefordshire, Hicks, high treason, Historia Anglorum, Hollands, Hon y soit qui mal y pense, House of York, Hugh Despencer, Hugh Despencer the Younger, Humphrey of Gloucester, Ian Mortimer, insanity, inverted arms, Ireland, Jack Cade, Jacques de Saint-George, James II, James VI/I, Jeanne d’Arc, Joan “Beaufort”, John of Bedford, John of Gaunt, Lancastrians, lions, livery collars, Lord of Misrule, Lord Protector of the Realm, Mary de Bohun, Matthew Parris, mortimer claim, Mortimer’s Cross, Nigel Saul, Nikolaus Pevsner, Normans, Northampton, Old St. Paul’s, Order of the Crescent, Order of the Garter, Owain Tudor, Parliament of Devils, Plantagenets, plaster mouldings, propaganda, Ralph Earl of Westmorland, Ralph Griffiths, renaissance, Rene d’Anjou, Restoration, reversed arms, Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick, Richard Duke of York, Richard of Salisbury, Rose Troup, Sandwich, Seine, Shakespeare, shields. royal arms, Sir Andrew Trollope, Sir Ralph Grey, squirrel, Staffords, stonemasons, swan badge, Switzerland, symbolism, the Beauforts., tombstones, tournaments, Treaty of Troyes, Tres Rich Heures, Warwick the Kingmaker, Westminster Abbey, Wigmore, William Duke of Suffolk, William Grandison, William Neville Lord Fauconberg, Windsor Castle, Woolhope Club

In 1840 workmen carrying out repairs to St Bartholomew’s Church, Ashperton, Herefordshire were collecting stones from the ruins of a nearby manor house when they discovered a heavy stone plaque, carved with an elaborate coat of arms, among the rubble. The stone was taken to the church for safekeeping and has hung on the wall…
The Holand Dukes rose against Richard III? Wrong!….

Nov 4, 2016

travel

Anne of Exeter, Anne St. Leger, Champernownes, Dartington Hall, Henry Holland Duke of Exeter, Henry IV, Hollands, Ian Emery, John Holland, Richard II, Richard III, Sir Thomas St. Leger, Thomas Holland

For those of you who do not know, I am very fond of Dartington Hall. I read all I can about it, and its history, originally because of an intention to write about its creator, the first Holand Duke of Exeter, but now because I just plain love the place as well. These Holand Dukes…