Sir
John
Holford
Born in Holford, Cheshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Holford
and Isabel (Legh) Warren
Husband of
Margery (Brereton) Sacheverell
— married
20 Apr 1507 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Holford Esq
Died about
at about age 64
in Holford, Cheshire, England
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Biography
John Holforde[1]
Sir John Holford, Sheriff of Flintshire, Justice of the Peace for Cheshire was born in 1482 at Holford, Cheshire, England,
He was the son of Sir George Holford[1] and his wife, Isabel Leigh.[2][3][4] He was knighted in 1529-30 (21 Henry VIII).[5]
Marriage & Children
He married Margery Brereton[1] on 20 April 1507. Margery was the daughter of Rauffe Brereton, Esq,[1] and his wife, Joan.
In 1509, a deed from George Holforde knight to Rauffe Brereton, esquire, was an agreement for a marriage between John Holforde son and heir of George and Margery daughter and heir apparent of Rauffe, and the settlement included manors in the Counties of Salop [now Shropshire], Chester and Flint.[1]
They had 3 sons & 1 daughter:[2][3][4]
- Thomas, Esq
- John
- Christopher
- Alice, wife of Piers Leycester, Esq.
Death
Sir John Holford, Sheriff of Flintshire, Justice of the Peace for Cheshire died circa 1546.[2][3][4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cheshire Archives and Local Studies: DCH - Cholmondeley of Cholmondeley Estate records - 12th century-20th century: 54 - Miscellaneous deeds and papers: DCH/H68 George Holforde knight to Rauffe Brereton, esquire. Agreement for a marriage ..., http://catalogue.cheshirearchives.org.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DCH%2f54%2f67&pos=13 : accessed 26 January, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 162.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 344.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 584.
- ↑ George Ormerod. The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol. I, London, 1819, p. 495, Internet Archive
See also:
- Marlyn Lewis
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Ancestry of Obadiah and Mary Bruen, The American Genealogist (1950) Vol. 26, Page 18. "The Holford Lineage"
- Visitation of Cheshire 1580 Page 125: Holford of Holford
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Theodore Palmer
Theodore Palmer
If John Holford-7 was born in 1482, it is not possible that his mother, Margaret Isabel Leigh-16 was born in 1489.
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Mother's birth year is before her child-bearing age on one profile (1482) and the same year as John's birth under another profile (1489).
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