| 1700 |
Sir John Holt
was involved in the case of Ashby vs White ( p.305
Ref Stuart England by J P Kenyon, Penguin Books Ltd,
LONDON 1978)
"This celebrated case dated back to the election of
1700, when the Tory Mayor of Lord Whartons borough
of Aylesbury struck several Whig voters off the
electoral list. Wharton financed one of them, a
cobbler named Ashby, to bring an action at the
Assizes, which he won. The mayor, White, appealed
to Queen`s Bench, which reversed the judgement 3 to
1 on the grounds that this was a matter for the House
of Commons. But the lone dissentient was the Whig
Lord Chief Justice, Holt, who held that a vote was
a species of property, and therefore came within the
cognizence of the courts. By this time it was 1703,
but Ashby (and Wharton) took the case on to the House
of Lords. . . . ."
A long story in which other objectives (such as an
argument between the 2 Houses to force a general
election) were evident, finally resulted in the
Aylesbury men being imprisoned and parliament being
dissolved by Queen Anne as necessitated by the
Triennial Act. |
| 1700 |
Richard,
younger son of the Richard who fought in the Civil war,
with brothers William (described as of York) and Thomas
came into possession of Ashworth, which they sold.
There were also sisters Elizabeth and Mary.
Mrs Grantham, mother of Dorothea Holt left £30 to the
poor of Castleton and Rochdale (p201). |
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| 1704 |
James Holt and
wife Dorothy held manors of Castleton, Naden and Marland
(p203). see also 1712 entry. |
| 1707 |
"The effect of
this long-drawn-out crisis was to increase Godolphin`s
reliance on the junto peers; it was they who defended
him in the Lords for allowing the Act of Security to
pass, it was they who framed the Aliens Act, and it
was they who dominated the Commission for the Union
Treaty - and not just Somers, Wharton, Halifax and
Sunderland, but their allies Archbishop Tenison and
Lord Chief Justice Holt." ( p.312 Ref Stuart
England by J P Kenyon, Penguin Books Ltd, LONDON 1978)
This relates to the way the union with Scotland was
achieved and the setting up of the first parliament of
Great Britain with Scots representatives. "Queen Anne
cordially hated the Junto" (perhaps because they
seemed to be always pressing for power). |
| 1708 |
James Holt
made a settlement of his lands to wife Dorothy, Vincent
Grantham and Edward Jodrell (p131). |
| 1710 |
Fine recorded
Thomas Winchley v Alexander, Edward and Willliam Holt
(vol 6 Whalley). |
| 1712 |
James Holt born 1647, Brasenose College Oxford.
(Stubley) died. His 4 daughters became co-heirs -
Frances, Elizabeth, Isabella and Mary. Mary and husband
Samuel Chetham of Turton purchased all and improved
Castleton Hall (p224).
James Holt augmented the endowment to Rochdale Grammar
School (founded in1564) by £100. Richard Holt released
Balderston Hall to his 2 sons Thomas and Richard London
merchants (HR p320) |
| 1713 |
John Holt`s son
Richard sold Balderstone Hall (p203). |
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| 1720 |
Mrs Jane Holt of
Shevington, gave £70 for woollen cloth for the poor -
previously £60 (vol 6) |
| >1721 |
Lower
Hey and Lowerplace in Rochdale was occupied by a branch of
the Holt family (possibly of Stubley) since the early
17th century (HR p 232) |
| 1724 |
Holt`s of Ashworth had
always allowed £4 to the ministers of the Church (p179). |
| 1725 |
Edward, son of
Robert Holt of Wigan, inherited land from Henry Brown
which descended by 2 daughters to General Clegg and Thomas
Case (vol.4 Wigan, p105) |
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| 1732 |
Blainscough was sold
to Richard Holt of Wigan but in1836 was the property of
George Case of Liverpool (vol 6) |
| 1737 |
Little Mitton Hall
passed to the Beaumonts on the death of Elizabeth nee
Holt his wife.(vol 6 p389) who had owned it since 1665.
There was a screen with the initials TDH thought to be
of Sir Thomas Holt and Dorothy ( Longford) his wife,
suggesting that it had been brought from Gristlehurst.
Sir Thomas Holt of Gristlehurst died in 1562 which
would place the screen about mid 16th century. |
| 1741 |
A benefaction of
£100 given by Edward Holt plus 2 other similar ones - this
may be the Holt charity earliest recorded in 1788 (p232). |
| 1745 |
The invasion did
not touch Rochdale, but Valentine Holt joined the young
pretender at Manchester and was shot in Carlisle (p189). |
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General
information:- Prestwich Church, the Langley chantry
was founded by Agnes wife of Thomas Holt (p75).
Haslem Hey was held by the Holt`s of Stubley at some
time (p135). William Holt the Jesuit was a
distinguished man in the Middleton parish- no dates
(p151). Rochdale, in 1724, was a market town with
woollen manufacturers. There was one manor and Holts
of Stubley were the principal resident family (p188).
They also claimed the manor of Naden - no dates (p207). |
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