Sir John DE HOLAND, K.G.

Male Aft 1350 - 1399


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  • Name John DE HOLAND  [1, 2, 3
    Prefix Sir 
    Suffix K.G. 
    Death Between 09 and 10 Jan 1399  Pleshy Castle Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Birth Aft 1350  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Fact Earl of Huntingdon Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Fact Duke of Exeter Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Fact 1 Lieutenant of Ireland, Justice of Chester, Admiral of Fleet Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Burial College Church of Pleshey Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • John was killed and his head was set upon London Bridge.

      Excerpt from Blood Royal: About May 1384, John murdered "with circumstances of peculiar atrocity, a Carmelite Friar, who had charged John of Gaunt with high treason." Later, in July 1385, "he slew the Earl of Stafford's eldest son, Ralph de Stafford, in the quarrel which ensued between them" and took sanctuary. The "Complete Peerage", Stafford section, states that he killed Ralph De Stafford "in revenge for the death of his favorite esquire, who was killed in a quarrel by on of Stafford's archers." Though the king, Richard II, promised Stafford's father, Hugh De Stafford, that he would not pardon the murdered, in February 1385/1386, he did pardon Holand, his own half-brother, and returned his possessions to him. Stafford's father (who in 1378 had killed Robert Hawksley "in the quire of Westminster Abbey") in march 1386 received license to voyage overseas on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. He died at Rhodes 16 Oct 1386.
    Person ID I16680  Main Tree
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2016 

    Father Sir Thomas DE HOLAND, K.G.   d. Between 26 and 28 Dec 1360, Normandy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Joan The Fair Maid Of KENT,   b. 29 Sep 1328   d. 08 Aug 1385, Wallingford Castle, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 56 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Bef May 1340  [2
    Family ID F06716  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Of LANCASTER,   b. 21 Feb 1363/4   d. 24 Nov 1425 (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage Abt 24 Jun 1386  [1, 2
    Children 
     1. Richard DE HOLAND,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Sep 1400  [Birth]
    +2. Constance DE HOLAND,   b. abt. 1387, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Nov 1437 (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
     3. Edward DE HOLAND,   b. Dartington, Devonshire,England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     4. John DE HOLAND,   b. 1395   d. 05 Aug 1447 (Age 52 years)  [Birth]
     5. Daughter DE HOLAND  [Natural]
    Family ID F06749  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsFact - - Earl of Huntingdon Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - - Duke of Exeter Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - College Church of Pleshey Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    2. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    3. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).