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Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst 1523–1605 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1523

Birth Location: Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 1605

Death Location: The Hurst, Lancashire, England

Father: Sir Lancashire

Mother: Lady Standish

Spouse(s): Lady GGM, Lady Westby, Dorothy Bold

Children(s): Sir domineering, Lady Holcroft, Sir Hurst, Hamlet Hurst, Ann Hurst, Sir Hamlet-Holcroft, Maria Holcroft, John Holcroft, John Holcroft, Anne Houlcroft, Mary Holcroft, Alice Holcroft\Houlcroft

The story of Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst began in 1523 in Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England. Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst married Dorothy Bold, Lady Isobel Clifton Of Westby, Lady Mary Isobel Clifton Van Westby Holcroft Of Westby M Holcroft 13Th Ggm, Mary, and had children including Alice Holcroft Houlcroft, Ann Holcroft De Hurst, Anne Houlcroft, Hamlet Holcroft De Hurst, John Holcroft, Josephus Holcroft, Lady Marjerie Holcroft, Maria Holcroft, Mary Holcroft, Sir Geoffrey Holcroft De Hurst, Sir Lt Col John Hamlet Holcroft, Sir Thomas Deholcroft Holcrofte Houlcrofte Mp Lawyer And Servant Of Cecil Family From 1550 Until Death Apparently Could Be Domineering. Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst passed away in 1605 in The Hurst, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst began in 1523 in Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England.
  • Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst married Dorothy Bold, Lady Isobel Clifton Of Westby, Lady Mary Isobel Clifton Van Westby Holcroft Of Westby M Holcroft 13Th Ggm, Mary, and had children including Alice Holcroft Houlcroft, Ann Holcroft De Hurst, Anne Houlcroft, Hamlet Holcroft De Hurst, John Holcroft, Josephus Holcroft, Lady Marjerie Holcroft, Maria Holcroft, Mary Holcroft, Sir Geoffrey Holcroft De Hurst, Sir Lt Col John Hamlet Holcroft, Sir Thomas Deholcroft Holcrofte Houlcrofte Mp Lawyer And Servant Of Cecil Family From 1550 Until Death Apparently Could Be Domineering.
  • Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst passed away in 1605 in The Hurst, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

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Sir Hurst's Ancestors

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Sir Hurst
1523–1605
Birth Place: Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir John Sandifer Holcroft, High Sheriff of Lancashire
1501–1560
Holcrafte, Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Lady (of Lancashire Anne Elizabeth) Standish
1500–1535
Standish, Lancashire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sir Hurst's Descendants

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Sir (Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de) Hurst (1523–1605) m. Lady (Mary Isobel Clifton-van Westby-Holcroft, of Westby, m. Holcroft, 13th) GGM (1528–abt 1600) m. Lady (Isobel Clifton of) Westby (1528–abt 1600) m. Dorothy Bold (1524–1559)
  1. 1. Sir (Thomas deHolcroft Holcrofte Houlcrofte MP lawyer and servant of Cecil family from 1550 until death, apparently could be) domineering 1549–1600 m. Anne (Ann Roydon Royden) Brookefilde 1559–1601
    1. 1. Elin Houlcrofte 1575–1620 m. Sir (Williamus Hugonis) Anderton 1565–1618
      1. 1. Anne Anderton 1600–
      2. 2. John Anderton 1601–
      3. 3. Richard Anderton 1598–
      4. 4. Mary Anderton 1599–
      5. 5. Catherine\Caterine (Anderson) Boyes 1595–1643
    2. 2. Nathan Holcroft –1626
  2. 2. Lady (Marjerie) Holcroft 1558–1605
  3. 3. Sir (Geoffrey Holcroft de) Hurst 1550–1640
  4. 4. Hamlet (Holcroft de) Hurst 1555–1605
  5. 5. Ann (Holcroft de) Hurst 1550–1590
  6. 6. Sir (LT. Col. John) Hamlet-Holcroft 1560–1656
  7. 7. Maria Holcroft 1559–1618
  8. 8. John Holcroft 1550–1656
  9. 9. John Holcroft 1550–1656
  10. 10. Anne Houlcroft 1550–1643
  11. 11. Mary Holcroft 1546–1595
  12. 12. Alice Holcroft\Houlcroft 1550–

Sir Hurst's Timeline

3 Records

1523
1523
Birth of Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst in Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England
Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England
1605
1605
Age 82
Death of Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst in The Hurst, Lancashire, England
The Hurst, Lancashire, England
1908
April 1908
Age 385
Sir Sheriff Hamlet Geoffrey Holcroft de Hurst was married in Warrington, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Warrington, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1523
    Event Place: Holcroft Hall, Glazebury near Culcheth, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: April 1908
    Event Place: Warrington, Lancashire, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1605
    Event Place: The Hurst, Lancashire, England

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