Paternal Family Tree: Holles
Around 1471 William Holles was born to Thomas Holles.
On 17th September 1499 William Holles [aged 28] admitted as Worshipful Company of Mercers.
Before 1509 William Holles [aged 37] and Elizabeth Scopham were married.
In 1510 [his son] William Holles was born to William Holles [aged 39] and [his wife] Elizabeth Scopham. He married 20th May 1535 Anne Denzell and had issue.
In 1527 William Holles [aged 56] was appointed Sheriff of London.
In 1528 William Holles [aged 57] was appointed Master of the Company of Mercers.
In 1533 William Holles [aged 62] was knighted by Henry VIII [aged 41].
On 20th May 1535 [his son] William Holles [aged 25] and [his daughter-in-law] Anne Denzell were married.
Wriothesley's Chronicle [1508-1562]. 18th October 1537. This yeare, on Sainct Edwardes dalea, at the election of the maire, the Kinges letter was sent to electe and chose Mr. Richard Gressame [aged 52]b, mercer, for maire for the yeare following, which was donne at the Kinges commandment; howbeit the Commens grudged, because he had bene alderman but one yeare; for that tyme they would have had Mr. Holes [aged 66]c, which had beene put of three yeares by the Kinges letter.
Note a. October 18th.
Note b. Father of Sir Thomas Greaham [aged 18].
Note c. Afterwards Sir William Holies, chosen Lord Major in 1539.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 13th October 1539 William Holles [aged 68] was appointed Lord Mayor of London.
On 3rd January 1540 Anne of Cleves [aged 24] arrived at Blackheath, Greenwich [Map]. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 23] carried the Sword of State. William Holles [aged 69], Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 56], Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex [aged 57], John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford [aged 69], John de Vere 16th Earl of Oxford [aged 24], Bishop Robert Parfew aka Warton and Catherine Willoughby Duchess Suffolk [aged 20] were present.
On 13th October 1542 William Holles [aged 71] died. He was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.
On 13th March 1543 [his former wife] Elizabeth Scopham died. She was buried at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate.
[his daughter] Joanna Holles was born to William Holles and Elizabeth Scopham.
[his daughter] Anna Holles was born to William Holles and Elizabeth Scopham.