People: Holford, John

Sex

Male

Parish

Great Budworth

Marital Status

At Issue

Spouse Name

Katherine - the defamation suit at EDC 5/1/11 centred upon whether Katherine and John were married

Occupation Status

Gentleman

Remarks

John Holford was the eldest son of Robert Holford and his wife, Margery, he had at least five brothers.

The family were in dispute about their landholdings and Margery’s will and during her lifetime she expressed concern that ‘hyr sonnes shuld the one kyll the other abowt yt’.

Following Margery’s death by September 1541 a cause relating to the validity of her will was brought in the Chester Consistory Court against Phillip, Urian and Katherine Holford.

Sources 

The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, ed. J. Paul Rylands (The Harleian Society, 18, 1882), p. 125.

Depositions in the cause concerning the will of Margery Holford dec’d:
CALS EDC 2/2, pp. 394-398, 412-413.

Causes

EDC 5/1/11 – mentioned in the libel; father of plaintiff