1. CHRISTOPHER, his heir, who m. Esther, daughter of Mr. Alderman William Dobson, of Hull, and dying in the lifetime of his father, 1st January, 1684-5, left issue,

1. ROBERT, successor to his grandfather.
2. Christopher, d. s. p.

3. William, M. A. rector of Rowley, East
Riding county of York, m. a daughter
of Mr. Crofts, of Stillington, and had
(with four daughters, who all d. unm.)
an only son,

ROBERT, who s. as third baronet. 4. Henry, m. Miss Davison, daughter of Mr. Davison, of Blakiston, in Durham, and had two sons, who both d. young. He d. 22nd September, 1723.

11. Robert, m. Anne, daughter of

Hammerton,

esq. of Auckborough, in Lincolnshire, and relict of Edmund Monckton, esq. and had one son, who d. unmarried, and a daughter, Jane, m. to John Legard, esq. of Anlaby. 11. Anne, d. unm.

Sir Robert m. secondly, Jane, daughter and sole heir of Christopher Constable, esq. of Hatfield, in the county of York, relict of John Lister, esq. of Linton, but had no other issue. He d. in March, 1685, and was s. by his grandson,

11. SIR ROBERT HILDYARD, of Winestead, near Pattrington, in the county of York, M.P. for Heydon, in Yorkshire, temp. King WILLIAM and Queen ANNE. This gentleman dying unmarried 30th November, 1729, was s. by his nephew,

III. SIR ROBERT HILDYARD, M.P. for Great Bedwyn, in Lincolnshire, temp. GEORGE II., m. in 1738, MariaCatherina, only child of Henry D'Arcy, esq. of Sedbury, in Yorkshire, and had issue,

PHILIP (Sir), of Bisham, in the county of Berks, of the privy council to King HENRY VIII., who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Walter Stoner, knt. but d. s. p. in 1558, having made his halfbrother,

THOMAS (Sir), his heir.

By the second, Catherine, daughter and sole heir of John Forden, he had three other sons, William, SIR THOMAS, and Richard. This William took Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham, prisoner, and for that service had a grant from the crown of the lordship of Brangarth. The second son of the second marriage having been adopted by his half-brother Sir Philip, became, at the decease of that gentleman,

SIR THOMAS HOBY, knt. of Bisham, in the county of Berks, and was afterwards, 1566, sent ambassador to the French court. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Anthony Cook, knt. of Gidea Hall, in Essex, and had two sons,

EDWARD, his heir.

Thomas-Posthumous, m. the daughter of Arthur
Dakens, esq. of Hackness, in the county of
York.

He died in his embassy at Paris, 1566, and was buried at Bisham, where in a chapel, built on the south side of the chancel, and against the south wall, was erected from the ground a very fair raised monument, whereon were two knights in complete armour, their heads resting upon their helmets. The inscription, a long Latin epitaph, was written by Lady Hoby, a lady distinguished for learning. Sir Thomas was s. by his elder son,

SIR EDWARD HOBY, knt. whom Camden calls "that famous and worthy knight, a person to whom I owe very particular respect, and whose more than ordinary obligations are, and always will be, so much the subject of my thoughts, that I can never possibly forget them." He m. first, Margaret, dau. of Henry Cary, first Lord Hunsdon, K.G. but by her had no issue. Sir Edward espoused, secondly, Anne —, and thirdly, a daughter of Upton. By the last lady he had a son and heir,

PEREGRINE HOBY, esq. who m. Catherine, daughter of Sir William Dodington, knt. of Breamor, Hants, and had issue,

EDWARD, his heir.

JOHN.

Thomas.

Philip, whom. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Timothy
Tyrrell, knt. of Shotover.

Mary, m. to William Fleetwood, esq. of Great
Missenden, Bucks.

He d. in May, 1678, and was s. by his son,

1. EDWARD HOBY, esq. of Bisham, in the county of Berks, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES II. 12th July, 1666. Sir Edward m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Francis Styles, esq. of Little Missenden, in the same county, and had two daughters, Elizabeth and Catherine. He d. 12th September, 1675, and was s. under the limitation by his brother,

11. SIR JOHN HOBY, of Bisham, who m. Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Long, esq. of Wiltshire, and had two sons, John, who predeceased him, and THOMAS, his successor. He d. in May, 1702, and was s. by his son,

III. SIR THOMAS HOBY, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Mill, bart. and dying 25th July, 1730, was s. by his eldest son,

JOHN HOLLAND, esq. of Wortwell, in Norfolk, father of

SIR THOMAS HOLLAND, kut. of Quiddenham, in the same county, who m. Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Knyvet, and had two sons, JOHN and Edward. He was s. by the elder,

I. JOHN HOLLAND, esq. of Quiddenham, who was created a BARONET by King CHARLES I. 15th June, 1629. Sir John m. Alathea, daughter and co-heir of John Panton, esq. of Bruinshop, in the county of Denbigh, and widow of William, Lord Sandys, of the Vine, and had issue,

THOMAS, his heir, who dying in the lifetime of his
father, left a son,

JOHN, successor to his grandfather.
Abigail, m. to Jacob, eldest son of Sir Thomas
Garrard, bart. of Norfolk, and had two daugh-
ters,

The third son,

1. NATHANIEL DANCE, esq. lord of the manor of Wittenham, Berks, M.P. for East Grinstead, took the additional surname of HOLLAND, by sign manual, and was created a BARONET 27th November, 1800. Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland m. Harriet, danghter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, bart. and widow of Thomas Dummer, esq. of Cranbury, Hants, and of Thomas Chamberlaine, esq. but d. s. p. 15th October, 1811, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED.

Arms-Per pale, azure and gules, a lion rampant regardant, ermine, between eight fleurs-de-lis, alternate, argent and or.

WILLIAM.

Francis, d. s. p.

The second son,

WILLIAM HOLLES, esq. inherited the manor of Houghton, in Nottinghamshire, and settled there. He m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of John Danzell, esq. of Danzell, in Cornwall, and was s. at his decease by his grandson,

JOHN HOLLES, esq. of Houghton (son of Danzell Holles, by Anne, sister of John Sheffield, Lord Sheffield). This gentleman was raised to the peerage in 1616, by King JAMES 1. as Baron Houghton, and made Earl of Clare in 1624. He m. Anne, daughter of Sir Thomas Stanhope, of Shelford, Notts, and had two sons, JOHN, second Earl of Clare (see BURKE'S Extinct Peerage), and

DANZELL HOLLES, who m. first, Dorothy, only daughter and heir of Sir Francis Ashley, of Dorches ter, and by that lady had one surviving son, FRANCIS. He m. secondly, Jane, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir John Shirley, of Isville, in Sussex, and thirdly, Esther, second daughter and co-heir of Gideon de Lou, lord of the manor of Columbiers, in Normandy, but had no other issue. Mr. Holles, who opposed the court in the time of CHARLES I. assisted in bringing about the Restoration, and was elevated to the peerage 20th April, 1661, as Baron Holles, of Ifield, in the county of Sussex. His lordship d. 17th February, 1679-80, and was s. by his son,

1. SIR FRANCIS HOLLES, BARONET, of Winterbourn St. Martin, in the county of Dorset, who had been so created 27th June, 1660, as second Lord Holles. His lordship m. first, Lucy, youngest daughter of Sir Robert Carr, bart. of Sleaford, in the county of Lincoln, by whom he had two daughters, who both died young. He wedded, secondly, Anne, eldest daughter and coheir of Sir Francis Pile, bart. of Compton Beauchamp, Berks, and had an only son, his successor at his decease, 1st March, 1689-90,

II. SIR DANZILL HOLLES, third Lord Holles of Ifield, who died unmarried in the nineteenth year of his age, anno 1694, when his honors, including the BARONETCY, became EXTINCT. His lordship's estates devolved upon his kinsman and heir-at-law,

John Holles, Duke of Newcastle, whose only daughter and heiress,

Lady Henrietta-Cavendish Holles, m. in 1713, Edward, Lord Harley, son and heir of Robert, Earl of Oxford, and had an only surviving child,

Lady Margaret-Cavendish Harley, who wedded William Bentinck, second Duke of Portland.

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HOLMAN, OF BANBURY.

CREATED 1st June, 1663.-EXTINCT about 1700.

Lineage.

1. JOHN HOLMAN, esq. of Banbury, in Oxfordshire, who was created a BARONET in 1663, m. Jane, daughter of Samuel Forbes, of Kew, but died without male issue about 1700, when the title became EXTINCT.

HOLTE, OF ASTON.

CREATED 25th Nov. 1612.

Lineage.

The first of this family traceable is

EXTINCT 13th March,1782.

SIR HUGH HOLTE, who m. Matilda, daughter of Sir Henry de Erdington, Lord of Erdington, and left a son and heir,

JOHN ATTE HOLTE, who m. temp. EDWARD II. Alice de Castello, daughter and at length sole heir of Sir George de Castello, and was s. by his son,

SIMON DEL HOLTE, who left by his wife, Albreda de Bermingham, two sons, JOHN and Walter. The elder, JOHN ATTE HOLTE, called senior, in respect that his son was living at the same time, 21 EDWARD III. He had also two sons, JOHN and Walter: the first of whom,

JOHN ATTE HOLTE, purchased the manor of Dudston in the 38th of the same reign for forty marks from John de Grimesarwe, and Maud de Grimesarwe in two years afterwards conveyed the manor of ASTON to the said John Atte Holte, denominated of Bermingham, as her charter, dated at Aston on Sunday next before the feast of St. Agapite the Martyr, testifies. He m. Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of William Durvassal, of Spernall, but dying childless, the estates passed to his uncle,

WALTER HOLTE, of Aston, escheator for the counties of Warwick and Leicester, temp. EDWARD III. and RICHARD 1. who m. Margery, daughter of Sir William Bagot, knt. of Bagington, and was s. by his eldest

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AUDOMAR HOLTE, was dispossessed of Aston by his uncle,

WILLIAM HOLTE, who, after great contests and an ultimate reference to the arbitration of Edward, Duke of York, and Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, appears to have retained possession thereof, having had a grant of said estate for life from King HENRY IV. This William, 12 HENRY VI. was one of the chief persons in Warwickshire, chosen to make oath for performance of divers articles concluded in the parliament then held, having the style of " William Holte, de Aston, Armiger." The grant of Aston being, however, but for life, and that estate eventually vesting in the crown, William's nephew,

JOHN HOLTE, son of Simon Holte, procured a patent, confirming it to him, with all the immunities thereunto belonging. This John was constituted escheator of the counties of Warwick and Leicester 16 HENRY VI. and was afterwards esquire of the body to the same king, who, in recompense of his fidelity, made him ranger of Sutton Chase for life. His son and heir,

WILLIAM HOLTE, esq. of Aston, m. Margaret, daughter of William Cumberford, esq. of Cumberford, in the county of Stafford, and was s. by his son,

WILLIAM HOLTE, esq. who m. a daughter of Adam Knight, esq. of Shrewsbury, and was s. by his son,

THOMAS HOLTE, esq. of Aston, a learned lawyer and justice of North Wales temp. HENRY VIII. as also in the commission of the peace and in the commission for taking the surrender of religious houses in that county. He m. Margery, eldest daughter and co-heir of William Willington, esq. of Barcheston, in the county of Warwick, who surviving him, became afterwards the wife of Sir Ambrose Cave, knt. chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, temp. ELIZABETH. His son and heir,

EDWARD HOLTE, esq. of Aston, sheriff of Warwickshire 25 ELIZABETH, m. Dorothy, daughter of John Ferrers, of Tamworth Castle, and had a numerous family; of which the eldest son and heir,

I. SIR THOMAS HOLTE, of Aston, who was of full age at the death of his father, was sheriff of Warwickshire 41 ELIZABETH, and received the honour of knighthood, 18th April, 1603, from King JAMES I. in his majesty's progress from Scotland to London, and was created a BARONET 25th November, 1612. Sir Thomas m. first, Grace, daughter and co-heir of William Bradburne, esq. of Hough, in the county of Derby, and had by that lady a numerous progeny. By his second wife, Anne, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, of Pillaton Hall, he had no issue. His eldest son and heir (the only son whose issue survived),

EDWARD, one of the grooms of the bedchamber to
CHARLES I. and in attendance on the king dur-
ing the siege of Oxford, died there of a fever
before the surrender, leaving by his wife, Eliza-
beth, daughter of Dr. John King, Bishop of
London,

ROBERT, successor to his grandfather.
John, d. unm.

Grace, m. to George Hampson, esq.
Elizabeth, m. first, to Duncombe of Surrey;
and secondly, to Mr. Richbell, of London,
merchant.

Catherine, m. to Sir Edward Nevile, knt. of
Grove, Notts.

Of his daughters, Anne m. Walter Gifford, of Chillington; Catherine became the wife of Roper; and Grace m. Sir Richard Shuckburgh, knt. of Shuckburgh. Sir Thomas was a gentleman of superior education, well versed in several languages, and highly esteemed in his county. Having amply increased his

estate by his first marriage, he enclosed the park, and began, in April, 1618, the noble structure at Aston Stocklands, which Sir William Dugdale says "for beauty and state exceeds anything in those parts." He was nominated by King CHARLES I. ambassador to Spain, but by reason of his great age was excused. On the breaking out of the civil war, he heartily assisted the king with his purse; but being very old, and of a quiet disposition, remained at his seat, without following the camp, where he had the honour of a visit from the king, who slept at Aston two nights immediately before the battle of Edge Hill. His disposition to the royal cause being notorious, and his son actually in the field, his house was plundered, himself imprisoned, his estate decimated, and penalties of all kinds inflicted upon him to the full amount of £20,000. He d. in the eighty-third year of his age, A.D. 1654, and was s. by his grandson,

II. SIR ROBERT HOLTE, sheriff of Warwickshire the year of the restoration, and the following year its representative in parliament, m. first, Jane, daughter of Sir William Brereton, knt. of Brereton, in Cheshire, by whom he had an only child,

CHARLES, his successor.

He m. secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Smith, of Hough, in Cheshire, and had several children, but one only, Robert, to survive. Sir Robert died 3rd October, 1679, and was s. by his elder son,

III. SIR CHARLES HOLTE, M.P. for the county of Warwick in the first year of JAMES II. m. Anne, eldest daughter and heir of Sir John Clobery, knt. of Winchester, and dying 20th June, 1722, was s. by his eldest son,

IV. SIR CLOBERY HOLTE, who m. Barbara, daughter and heir of Thomas Lister, esq. of Whitfield, in Northamptonshire, and had two sons,

LISTER, his heir.

CHARLES, Sixth baronet.

He d. 25th July, 1729, and was s. by the elder,

V. SIR LISTER HOLTE, who m. first, in October, 1739, Lady Anne Legge, daughter of William, Earl of Dartmouth; secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir John Harpur, bart. of Calk, in the county of Derby; and thirdly, in 1754, Sarah, daughter of Samuel Newton, esq. of King's Bromley, in Staffordshire; but dying s. p. in 1769, was s. by his brother,

VI. SIR CHARLES HOLTE, M.P. for Warwickshire in 1776, who m. in 1755, Anne, daughter of Pudsey Jesson, esq. of Langley, in the same county, and had an only daughter and heir,

MARY-ELIZABETH, m. in 1775, Abraham Bracebridge, esq. of Atherston Hall, and had one son and one daughter, viz.

CHARLES-HOLTE BRACEBRIDGE, esq. of Atherstone Hall. (See BURKE'S Commoners, vol. i. p. 270.)

Mary-Holte Bracebridge, m. in 1803, to her cousin, Walter-Henry Bracebridge, esq. of Morville, House, Warwickshire.

Sir Charles died 13th March, 1782, when the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Under the will of Sir Lister Holte, who died in 1769, the manors of Brereton and Aston were settled on his brother Sir Charles for his life, with remainder to his issue male; remainder to H. Legge, esq. and his issue male; remainder to L. Bagot, Bishop of Norwich, and his issue male; remainder to W. Digby, esq. and his issue male; and lastly, remainder to the right heirs of the said Sir Lister Holte. Sir Charles left only one daughter, and the estates thus in reversion were estimated at about £800,000 in fee. In 1817, an act of parliament was obtained for the dismemberment of the estates, to satisfy the claims

of the assignees and mortgagees of Abraham Brace bridge, esq. and other family claims, as well as to indemnify Mr. Legge and Mr. Digby (both being without heirs male) for the resignation of their respective interests. Under this act the estates have been sold.

Arms-Az. two bars, and in chief a cross formée fitchée, or.

HOOK, OF FLANCHFORD.

CREATED 22nd July, 1662.-EXTINCT in July, 1712. Lineage.

1. THOMAS HOok, esq. son of Thomas Hook, esq. by Mary, his wife, daughter of Nicholas Hele, esq. acquired the estate of Flanchford, in Surrey, from the Heles, and was created a BARONET in 1662. He died about 1678, and was s. by son,

11. SIR HELE HOOK, who resided at Tangier Park, Hants. He m. Hester Underhill, but by her, who m. secondly, Dr. Richard Lilly, had no issue to survive him. He died at Kensington in July, 1712, when the BARONETCY became EXTINCT.

WILLIAM HORTON, of Firth House, in Barkisland, in the parish of Halifax, married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Hanson, of Tooth Hill, in the same parish (her will bears date 16th July, 1660), and had issue, 1. WILLIAM, of Firth House, Barkisland, and afterwards, having purchased the estate 15 CHARLES 1. of Howroyd, m. Elizabeth (whose will is dated 13th July, 1670), daughter of Thomas Geldhill, of Barkisland, and had (with three daughters, Elizabeth, m. to William Batte, esq. of Okewell, in Yorkshire; Sarah, m. to Alexander Butterworth, of Belfield, in Lancashire; and Judith, d. unm.) two sons,

1. THOMAS, of Barkisland Hall, b. in 1651,
his will is dated 20th December, 1698,
died 2nd January following, buried at
Eland; by Elverida, his wife, daughter
of John Thornhill, esq. he left three
daughters, viz.

ELIZABETH, M. to Richard Bold, esq.
of Bold, in Lancashire.
SUSAN, m. to Richard Beaumont, esq.
of Whitley, in Yorkshire.
ANNE, d. s. p.

2. William, of Howroyd, d. 19th February,
1715-16; m. Mary, fourth daughter of
Sir Richard Musgrave, bart. of Hayton
Castle, in Cumberland, and had two

Elkanah, barrister-at-law, of Thornton Hall, near Bradford, in Yorkshire, b. 31st August, 1659, d. s. p. at Sowerby, where he was buried 28th January, 1728-9.

Thomas, M. D. b. 26th November, 1660; d. in London, and was buried in St. Thomas's Church, Southwark, in 1693-4. He m. a daughter of Dr. Watmough, of London, a physician, but had no issue.

Sarah, d. 4th September, 1670.

Martha, m. to John Gill, esq. of Car House, in Yorkshire.