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
Marriages/Other Unions
- Type: marriageUnion began: 1427-3-6Union ended: n.d.
- Type: marriageUnion began: 1432-3-1Union ended: n.d.
- Type: marriageUnion began: n.d.Union ended: n.d.
- Type: otherUnion began: n.d.Union ended: n.d.
Offspring
- Female offspring: Holland, Anne (1430 - 1486)
- Male offspring: Holand, Henry (1430 - 1475)
- Male offspring: Holand, William ( - )
Primary Title
- 14th Earl of Huntingdon
- Earl of Huntingdon
Titles
- 14th Earl of HuntingdonAssumed: 1415-03-29Vacated: 1447-08-05
- 3rd Duke of ExeterAssumed: 1443/4-01-06Vacated: 1447-08-05
- Knight Assumed: 1413-04-08Vacated: 1447-08-05
- Knight of the GarterAssumed: 1416-05 (installed on this date)Vacated: 1447-08-05
- Earl of HuntingdonAssumed: 1415Vacated: 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
- Coldharbour, London (city-county)Acquired: 1443/4-01Patrimony; 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 ManorAcquired: 1443-12-01Divested: 1447-08-05Granted for life
- Hertfordshire: St Albans
- Huntingdonshire
- Pembrokeshire
- Somerset: Blagdon, Lydford, and Haslebury Manors
- Wiltshire
Event Naming Patron
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
- 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.