Holand, John (1395 - 1447)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1395-03-29

Death Date: 1447-08-05

Notes

Under father’s attainder from Jan. 1400/1; restored in blood 29 March 1417; in France on military & naval campaigns from 1415; taken prisoner at the battle of Baugé 22 March 1420/1; in captivity at Anjou for five years; released and returned to England 1425 or early 1426

Parents

Father: Holand, John de (1350 - 1399/1400)

Marriages/Other Unions

Stafford, Anne ( - 1432)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1427-3-6
Union ended: n.d.
Portugal, Beatrice of ( - 1439)
Type: marriage
Union began: 1432-3-1
Union ended: n.d.
Montagu, Anne ( - 1457)
Type: marriage
Union began: n.d.
Union ended: n.d.
Not identified, ( - )
Type: other
Union began: n.d.
Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Montagu, Anne ( - 1457)
Female offspring: Holland, Anne (1430 - 1486)
From Stafford, Anne ( - 1432)
Male offspring: Holand, Henry (1430 - 1475)
From Not identified, ( - )
Male offspring: Holand, William ( - )

Primary Title

14th Earl of Huntingdon
Earl of Huntingdon

Titles

14th Earl of Huntingdon
Assumed: 1415-03-29
Vacated: 1447-08-05
3rd Duke of Exeter
Assumed: 1443/4-01-06
Vacated: 1447-08-05
Knight
Assumed: 1413-04-08
Vacated: 1447-08-05
Knight of the Garter
Assumed: 1416-05 (installed on this date)
Vacated: 1447-08-05
Earl of Huntingdon
Assumed: 1415
Vacated: 1417-08-05

General Lands Note

Livery of lands 29 March 1417; livery of mother’s lands 8 March 1425/6

Details of Offices

	Began	Ended	Notes
Vice Admiral, England	1417 -7
Constable, London	1420 -8 -20	1447 -08 -5	Granted to Holand & son in surviviorship 28 Feb. 1446/7; held jointly with son after this date
JP, Bedfordshire	1426
Privy Councillor, England	1426 -11 -24	1445 -05 probably until death
JP, Somerset	1427
JP, Cornwall	1427
JP, Hertfordshire	1427
JP, Herefordshire	1427	1428
JP, Essex	1427
JP, Devon	1427
JP, Huntingdonshire	1428	1429
JP, Somerset	1428/9
JP, Hertfordshire	1428/9
JP, Essex	1429
JP, Hertfordshire	1430/1
JP, Devon	1431
JP, Essex	1431	1435
JP, Herefordshire	1431	1433
JP, Cornwall	1431	1433
JP, Somerset	1431
JP, Huntingdonshire	1431/2
Deputy Marshal of England, England	1432 -11 -15	1436 -09 -12	During minority of John, son and heir of John, Duke of Norfolk
JP, Hertfordshire	1433
JP, Sussex	1433
JP, Bedfordshire	1434/5
JP, Surrey	1434/5	1440
Captain, Northumberland	1435 -7 -12		Held jointly with Earl of Northumberland; part of the Marches towards Scotland
Commissioner of Array, Kent	1435
Commissioner of Array, Sussex	1435
JP, Herefordshire	1435
JP, Sussex	1435	1437
JP, Hertfordshire	1435
JP, Devon	1435
Keeper, Marches towards Scotland	1435 -7 -12		Held jointly with Earl of Northumberland
Lord High Admiral, England	1435 -10 -2	1447 -08 -5	Renewed for life 14 Feb. 1445/6; held jointly with son Henry
JP, Cornwall	1435/6
JP, Herefordshire	1436/7
JP, Essex	1436/7	1438
JP, Huntingdonshire	1437
JP, Hertfordshire	1437
JP, Bedfordshire	1437
JP, Cornwall	1438
JP, Devon	1438
JP, Bedfordshire	1438/9	1440
JP, Sussex	1438/9
JP, Hertfordshire	1439
Lieut, France	1439 -3 -27	1445	Appointed for six years
JP, Sussex	1440/1	1442
JP, Essex	1440/1	1443
JP, Herefordshire	1440/1
JP, Huntingdonshire	1440/1	1443
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey	1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex	1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London	1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent	1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex	1441
JP, Cornwall	1441	1443
JP, Herefordshire	1442/3
JP, Hertfordshire	1443
JP, Bedfordshire	1443
JP, Devon	1443	1444
JP, Surrey	1443	1444
JP, Sussex	1443/4
Captain, France	1444	1447
JP, Cornwall	1444/5
JP, Hertfordshire	1445
JP, Essex	1445/6
JP, Huntingdonshire	1446

Details of Properties

Residence

Coldharbour, London (city-county)
Dartington Hall, Devon
(Performance Venue)
Coldharbour, London (city-county)
Acquired: 1443/4-01
Patrimony; held by stepfather Sir John Cornewall

Lands

Bedfordshire: Stevington Manor
Berkshire: Ardington Manor
Cheshire: Northwich Manor
Cornwall
Devon: Barnstaple
Devon: Barnstaple Castle, Manor and Town; Blackborough Bolhay; Combe Martin; Dartington; Fremington Manor and Hundred; Holsworthy; Langacre; North Lew; South Molton Manor and Hundred; Torrington; Winkleigh Manors
Flintshire: Hope & Hopedale Castle, Lordship, and Town
Hertfordshire: Berkhampstead Castle and Manor
Acquired: 1443-12-01
Divested: 1447-08-05
Granted for life
Hertfordshire: St Albans
Huntingdonshire
Pembrokeshire
Somerset: Blagdon, Lydford, and Haslebury Manors
Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type	Date	Location	Troupe
Performance	1443 - 1444	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance	1444 - 1446	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance	1444 - 1445	Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent	Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance	1445 - 1445	Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent	Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance	1447 - 1447	Chartham Manor, near Canterbury, Kent	Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s
Performance	1416 - 1416	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1425 - 1426	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1427 - 1428	Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1427 - 1428	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1428 - 1429	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1429 - 1430	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1431 - 1432	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1432 - 1432	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1435 - 1436	Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1438 - 1439	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1440 - 1441	Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s
Performance	1434 - 1434	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrels
Performance	1438 - 1438	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrels
Performance	1439 - 1439	Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon	Earl of Huntingdon's Trumpeters

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name	Patron	Troupe Type	# of events
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrels	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Minstrels	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Earl of Huntingdon's Trumpeters	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Musicians	1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1
Duke of Exeter's Minstrel/s	Holand, John (1395 - 1447)	Entertainers/Minstrels	1

Owned Venues

Venue Name	County	Type
Dartington Hall	Devon	Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VI [1422--61]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1901--11
The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
Emery, Anthony. Dartington Hall. Oxford: Clarendon P, 1970
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Stansfield, Michael. 'John Holland, Duke of Exeter and Earl of Huntingdon (d 1447) and the Costs of the Hundred Years War.'. Gloucester UK & Wolfeboro Falls USA: Alan Sutton, 1990 Profit, Piety and the Professions in Later Medieval England 103--18.