Talk:William Holles

Haughton Hall
I'd like to suggest that it was not Sir William's second son (William) that bought Haughton Hall & estate. You quote Blagg's article Haughton Hall (1931) to support William the younger being the purchaser of the estate, but I supect that Blagg was merely quoting from Cornelius Brown's A history of Nottinghamshire (1896). It true that development of Haughton Hall as shown in Knuyff & Kip's engraving of 1699 was the work of William the younger.

I believe it was Sir William senior that bought Haughton. In support of this I would point you to the following sources:-

A)The original deed of sale dated 21.4.1537, which is held at the University of Nottingham in their Newcastle Archive (Ref. Ne D 1921) lists John Babington of Rampton as the seller and Sir William Holles, knight and alderman of London as the buyer. William the younger, as far as I know was never a London alderman and wasn't knighted until Shrove Tuesday in February 1547. B) There is Declaration of trust, dated 24.10.1539, also in the Newcastle Archive (Ref Ne D 11) between Sir William and his son William detailing what will happen to Haughton and other properties, during Sir William's lifetime. C) The atested inquisition post mortem of Sir William Holles dated 4.10.1591 (Ref Ne D 19) which found that Sir William died seized of (amongst other properties) the manor of Haughton. D)Whilst Blagg quotes from Gervase Holles's Memorials of the Holles Family, he obviously didn't read the part in which Gervase goes into great detail as to which of Sir William's sons got which parts of his estates. Gervase records that Haughton was left to William junior. Cheers Robin Kitchin 90.27.174.217 (talk) 16:32, 29 January 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.27.174.217 (talk)
 * Thank you, Robin, that sounds persuasive. However, Wikipedia has a strict policy of WP:No original research; it only aims to publish info cited in reliable sources, not creating new synthesis. I think I have dealt with the inaccuracy sufficiently by changing the article to say that the younger William developed, rather than bought, Haughton Hall. – Fayenatic  L ondon 20:23, 29 January 2016 (UTC)