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John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton 1564–1637 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 May 1564

Birth Location: Haughton, Nottinghamshire

Death Date: 4 October 1637

Death Location: Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England

Father: Denzill Holles

Mother: Lady Sheffield

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The story of John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton began in 1564 in Haughton, Nottinghamshire. John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton passed away in 1637 in Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton began in 1564 in Haughton, Nottinghamshire.
  • John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton passed away in 1637 in Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England.

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John Houghton's Ancestors

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John Houghton
1564–1637
Birth Place: Haughton, Nottinghamshire
Parents
Denzill H. Holles
1536–1590
Irby (Lincolnshire) England
Lady (Eleanor Barness) Sheffield
1548–1595
Stepney Parish, London, Somerset, England, UK
Grandparents
Sir (Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Of) Sheffield
1521–1549
Butterwick, Boston Borough, Lincolnshire, England
Anne (De Vere Brock, Baroness Sheffield, of) Buterwick
1522–1571
Earls, Colne, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Oxford
1499–1526
Anne Oxford,
1501–1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Aquitaine
1442–1500
Margaret Stafford
1450–1538
Thomas )
1443–1524
Agnes Norfolk)
1480–1545

John Houghton's Timeline

2 Records

1564
1 May 1564
Birth of John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton in Haughton, Nottinghamshire
Haughton, Nottinghamshire
1637
4 October 1637
Age 73
Death of John Holles, Earl van Clare, Baron Houghton in Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England
Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 May 1564
    Event Place: Haughton, Nottinghamshire
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 October 1637
    Event Place: Nottingham, Nottingham Unitary Authority, Nottinghamshire, England
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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