Sir Robert de Holand Knight, First lord of Upholland
- Born: Abt 1270-1283, Upholland, Lancaster, England 141,160
- Marriage: Maud la Zouche before 1309-1310 in Lancashire, England 160,767
- Died: 7 Oct 1328, Boreham Wood, Essex, England about age 57 141,767
- Buried: 1328-1329, Franciscan Priory, Preston, Lancashire, England 721
 General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition, 32:30, calls him the first Lord Holand; M.P. 1314-1321, given as husband of Maud la Zouche, father of Maud de Holand and son of Sir Robert de Holland and Elizabeth Samlesbury, daughter of William Salesbury. 160
Information about this person:
• Web Reference: Robert Holland from Britannia.
• Background Information. 141
Son of Sir Robert de Holand of Upholland, Lancashire and Elizabeth, the daughter and coheir of William de Samlesbury. His father gave him a tenement in Pemberton and Orrell in 1292. [Farrer, Lancs. Final Conc., vo. i. p. 173]
This Sir Robert de Holand became a favorite official of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, which helped him grow in importance and in wealth. He was a Commissioner in 1303, had charters of free warren in demesne lands of Upholland, Orrell and Markland in Pemberton in 1304, and a market a Hale. Later in 1307, he had a charter for free warren in Nether Kellet, and in 1315 for lands in Dalbury.
Sir Robert was knighted by 1307, and he was present at the Dunstable Tournament of 1308/09. He held many offices. He was Justice of Chester several times between 1307 and 1320, and in 1312 was Governor of Beeston Castle in Cheshire. He was summoned to Parliament in 1313 at Westminster. He was of service to the King against the Scots at Newcaste, Aug 1314 and 1316. He was summoned to parliament from 20 Jul 1315 (8 Edward II) to 15 May 1321 (14 Edward II) by writs in which he was styled Roberto de Holand. Lord of Holand.
Since his patron was the Earl of Lancaster, he inevitably took his side in the various contentions the Earl had with the King. He was pardoned in 1313 for his part in the death of Piers de Gavaston. His lands were taken by the King because of his part in these rebellions. When Edward III became king, he was forgiven and his lands returned.
Sir Robert Holand was killed by some adherents of the Earl of Lancaster because they felt he was a traitor to the Earl when he had surrender to the king during the Earl's final battle in 1312/13. His murder took place on 7 Oct 1328 in Boreham Wood, Élstree, Herts. It is said that he was buried in the Grey Friars' Church at Preston, Lancashire, which he had been a benefactor to.
About 1311 Sir Robert Holand married Maud, daughter of Alan la Zouche, Lord of Zouche, and gained extensive estates from this marriage. Although Sir Robert Holand's lands went to the King after his death, the Queen requested that provision was made for Maud and her children. Maud had plans for a pilgrimage to Santiago in 1336, died 31 May 1349, and was buried at Brackley.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, (Holand), Vol. VI, p. 528-531
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From 1307 to 1311, and also in 1312 and 1320, Sir Robert de Holand filled the office of Justice at Chester, an important position at this time. In 1308 he assisted in raising troops, probably to serve under Gaveston in the Irish war, and in 1311 he was appointed governor of Beeston Castle, an office of much responsibility and honor. [Abbrev. Rot. Orig., p. 187] In 1315 he became Governor of Liverpool Castle. [Picton's Liverpool Records, vol. i. p.9]
Sir John Holland and Sir Richard Holland, kinsmen of Sir Robert de Holland were at were at Boroughbride, as their arms appear on the roll of the battle. They surrendered, and on 16 Edward II, Sir John and Sir Richard were released on giving sureties for their good behavior. Sir Robert de Holland was attainted, and Oliver de Ingham was commanded to seize all of Robert's land in Cheshire as an adherent of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster and the King's enemy. [Abbrev. Rot. Orig., 265-295] These estates were in the King's hands for the rest of Sir Robert's life. He was at first a prisoner at Dover Castle and then transferred to York. From York, he was released on giving security for his future good behavior. *
Six years later, Oct 1328, Sir Robert was seized by a group of men lead by Sir Thomas Wither, an adherent of Henry, Earl of Lancaster. They murdered Sir Robert, sent his head to the Earl of Lancaster and his body was sent to Presten in Lancashire where it was buried in the Church of the Grey Friars.
~A History of the Family of Holland of Mobberley and Knutsford, pp.
*According to The English Medieval Ancestors of Robert Abell, pg. 142, he petitioned for, and was granted (23 Dec 1327) the return of the lands that had been seized by the King.
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Sir Robert de Holland was the first Lord of Holland and married Maud la Zouche in 1309/10. He became a favorite of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, who brouht him a baron's daughter in marriage and a summons to parliament. He was a commissioner in 1303, and in 1303, he had charters for a free warren in his demense lands of Upholland, Hlae, Orrell and Markland in Pemerton and for a market in Hale. He recieved a large territorial grant from the crown of the manors of Melburne, Newton, Osmundeston, Swarkeston, Chelardeston, Normanton and Wybeleston in 1307-1308 or in 1 Edward II, all at the Earl of Lancaster's request.
Sir Robert de Holland was knighted sometime between May 1302 and Sep 1305. He attended the Dunstable tournament of 1308/09. He served several times as Justice of Chester from Aug 1307-Oct 1309, Ded 1311-Nov 1312 and again about Feb 1319-1322. He was a member of Parliment from 1314 to 1321, and served in the military against the Scots at Newcastle in Aug 1314-1316.
On his way to London to see the Queen, he was capture in Boreham Wood, near Elstree in Herfordshire, where he was murdered.
Children of Sir Robert and Lady Maud:
Robert de Holland, d. 16 Mar 1372/73, bur. St. James Capel, Brackley; m. Elizabeth, and received most of his father's estates.
Thomas de Holland, founder of the Knights of the Gater, Earl of kent; d. Normandy 26 or 28 Dec 1366; m. cir. 1339, Joan Plantagenet of Kent, daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, who died at Wallingford Castle 7/8 Aug 1385.
Alan de Holland, d. cir. 1339 without issue
Sir Otho de Holland, founder of the Knights of the Gater
Maud de Holland, m. Sir Thomas Swynnerton, who d. Dec 1361
Isabel/Elizabeth de Holland, d. 13 Jul 1387; bur. Chewton Mendip, Somersetshire; m. by 23 May 1349, Sir Henry Ritz Roger, who d. 29 Jan 1352
(Margaret, who is placed as Robert's sister by Boyer, but other sources give her as the daughter rather than sister.)
~The English Medieval Ancestors of Robert Abell, pg. 139-140
Robert married Maud la Zouche, daughter of Alan la Zouche 1st Baron of Zouche and Eleanor de Segrave, before 1309-1310 in Lancashire, England 160,721.,767 (Maud la Zouche was born in 1289 in Ashby, Leicestershire, England,160 died on 31 May 1349 in Lancashire, England 160,721 and was buried in 1349 in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England 160,721.)
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