Alexander de Denton

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷⁶⁷
Margaret de Shoresworth, was the daughter of Robert de Shoresworth. It is certain that she was the mother of Thurstan de Holand, son of Sir William, and that she is the mother of several children by Robert de Radcliffe of Radcliffe Tower, ancestor of the Radcliffes of Smithells, and that she married, ultimately, Sir Henry de Worsley of Booths. She is also been described as the grand daughter of Alexander de Denton [Langton,Chetham Society, Lanc. Funeral Cert.], and the daughter of Robert de Shoresworth and heiress of Cecily de Denton. [Whitaker, Whalley, 4th Ed. p. 319].

~A History of the Family of Holand, p. 21