Elizabeth (Samlesbury) de Holand (abt. 1253 - aft. 1311)

Born about 1253 in Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 5 Mar 1311 after about age 58 in Upholland, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Elizabeth de Samlesbury^[1]

Born about 1253 in Lancashire, England^{[citation needed]}

Parents— Elizabeth was the daughter and co-heiress of William de Samlesbury and Avina:

• William de Samlesbury, Knt., of Samlesbury and Over Darwen, Lancashire,^[2][3] eldest son and heir of Roger de Samlesbury.^[4] Roger de Samlesbury was the son of Gospatrick^[5] (Cospatrik^[6]
• Avina^[1] Notton^[7]

Husband— Elizabeth de Samlesbury married Robert de Holland,^[1] Knt., of Upholland (in Wigan), Lancashire,^[2] (Robert de Holland of Hale^[5])

married before June 15, 1292^[4]

Children

• Joane (Holland) Radclife^{[citation needed]}
• Adam Holland^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Holland, married Maud la Zouche about 1311, was born about 1270^[1] or about 1283^[2]
• William Holland^{[citation needed]}
• Margaret de Holand^[8] Tempest^{[citation needed]}
• Jane de Holand, married (1) Edmund Talbot, (2) Hugh Dutton^[9]

Died— Elizabeth was living on 5 March 1311.^[1] She died in Upholland, Lancashire, England.^{[citation needed]}

Samlesbury Charter

Records show that Robert received a charter from the Abbot of Stanlow in Samlesbury on 23 July 1292.

LIV. Carta Roberti de Holand de grangia in Samlesbury^[5]

Dat. apud Lanc. die mercurij prox. post festum sancti Marie Magdalene anno regni Regis Edwardi vicesimo

Dat. In Lancaster. next Wednesday. after the feast of Saint Marie Magdalene, in the twentieth year of the reign of King Edward^[10]

Date of charter is 23 July 1292:

• 20th year of Edward I, 1272-1307 would be 1292.^[11]
• Feast of St Mary Magdalene is 22 July (from this page).
• Wednesday after 22 July 1292 is 23 July (from this calendar page, accessed from this list^[12])

Hijs testibz, Johe de Euias, Witto de Baldreston, Henrico de eadem, Ad. de Osbaldeston, Henr. Banastre, Willo de Leuer, et alijs.

With these witnesses, John de Euias, Witto de Baldreston, Henry of the same, Ad. of Osbaldeston, Henry Banaster, Willo de Leuer, and others.^[13]

(John de Euias is probably the husband of Cecily, Elizabeth's sister)

Research Notes

Daughter, Joan, is listed as 2 generations down, by other sources. See Joan.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Charles Cawley. Earls of Kent, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 18 April 2019).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2}
   
   • Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol III, pp 292, HOLAND #11. Maud la Zouche
   • Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Royal Ancestry series, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), Vol II, pp 392-394, HOLAND #6. Maud la Zouche
3. ↑ 'The Complete Peerage names "Elizabeth da. and coh. of William de Samlesbury" as wife of Robert de Holand but does not cite the primary source on which this information is based" (from Cawley's Earls of Kent).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Farrer, William. Final Concords of the County of Lancaster...Chirographs, or Feet of Fines preserved in the Public Record Office, London, The Record Society for the Publication of Original Documents Relating to Lancashire and Cheshire (printed for The Record Society. 1899), Vol. XXXIX page 169:
   

   Lancaster, Edward I
   

   "No. 41.—At Lancaster, on the Quindene of Holy Trinity, 20 Edward I. [15th June, 1292].
   

   "Between Robert de Holand and Elyzabeth, his wife,...of the moiety of the Manor of Harewode,[1] near Boulton."

   [1] "Roger de Samlesbury and Alexander de Harwood held one carucate of land in Harwood, near Bolton-le-Moors, of Robert Grelley in 1212.... Roger de Samlesbury had issue Sir William, eldest son and heir (Cf. note to No. 161, temp. Henry III., p. 130), who had issue three daughters (1) Margery, married Robert de Hampton; (2) Cecily, married Sir John d'Ewyas; (3) Elizabeth, married Sir Robert de Holland."

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Remains, historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, Chetham Society, 1847 (Google book, pp 121-122)
6. ↑ see p 99 of Farrer, Final Concords of the County of Lancaster... (op. cit.)
7. ↑ see footnote 1, p 130, of Farrer, Final Concords of the County of Lancaster... (op. cit.)
8. ↑ Lewis, citing
   • Unknown author, Ancestry of 60 Colonists (p. 40)
   • Ronny O. Bodine, The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz (p. 102)
9. ↑ Cawley uses brackets to present uncertain information, and the entry for daughter Jane is in brackets.
10. ↑ from Google Translate; see also this G2G post
11. ↑ 1292 confirmed by this conversion page
12. ↑ Home, "Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy"
13. ↑ based on Google Translate

• Elizabeth Salmesbury, "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" (website, compiled by Mr. Marlyn Lewis, Portland, OR; accessed February 1, 2016)
• Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.