People: Holford, Robert
Surname
Holford
Forename
Robert
Sex
Male
Parish
Great Budworth
Marital Status
Married
Spouse Name
Marjorie
Occupation Status
Gentleman
Remarks
Career: Robert Holford was the third son of Thomas Holford of Holford Hall in Plumley, Cheshire.
He married Margery and they had a number of children, including 6 sons, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Owen, Matthew and Brian and at least 2 daughters named Martha and Katherine. Katherine was born about 1511.
Robert had died by 1538 because Margery, as his widow, was involved sometime between 1533 and 1538 in a lawsuit concerning land in Bosden (TNA C 1/827/17-19).
Sources:
The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580, ed. J. Paul Rylands (The Harleian Society, 18, 1882), p. 125.
The image of Holford Hall in 1883 is reproduced by kind permission of The Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire from A. Wolfgang, ‘Holford Hall’, Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, volume 66 for 1914. Available online:
https://www.hslc.org.uk/journal/vol-66-1914/
Causes
EDC 5/1/11 – mentioned in the libel; grandfather of plaintiff