Individual Notes

Note for:   Owen Holland,    - BEF 15 Apr 1529         Index

Occupation:   
     Date:   1504
     Place:   High Sheriff of Anglesey

Occupation:   High Sheriff of Anglesey
     Date:   1504

Residence:   
     Place:   Berw

Will:   
     Date:   1530
     Place:   Greate Kemball, Buckinghamshire

Individual Note:
     John Holland was succeeded by his son OWEN HOLLAND, who was appointed sheriff of Anglesey for life, March 1504/5. He m. Ethelrede, daughter of Richard Hampdene of Kimble, Berks. Between 1520 and 1522, Owen succeeded in persuading his cousin, Sir John Owen, to convey to him a large part of the Berw estate, which had gone to his uncle, his mother's brother Owen (N.L.W. Carreg-lwyd Deeds, i, 2041, 2160, 2338).His name appears as a party to a lease of Berw Mills 18 Dec. 1528, but he d. before 15 April 1529 (Carreglwyd Deeds, i, 2023, 2211).

After serving as high sheriff for Anglesey in 1504 he settled in Buckinghamshire. By his will in 1530, 'Owen Holland of Greate Kemball,Bucks. Esq.,' 'bequeathed unto the passishe Churche of Saynt Martyn in Denbigh, land, where I was borne called Eglowes Vaght, a cheloischalice of parcell silver gillt unto the use of the parishioners there.' This implies that there was a Holland home at Pennant al least as far back as the time of Henry VII.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Owen Holland,    - 1 Feb 1600         Index

Occupation:   MP for Anglesey
     Date:   BET 1583 AND 1584

Occupation:   High Sheriff of Anglsey
     Date:   1591

Occupation:   High Sheriff of Anglesey
     Date:   1599

Individual Note:
     OWEN, the next heir, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Bulkeley thus establishing a connection with one of the most important families in Anglesey. It was this Owen, also, who established the Holland connection with the coalfields in the township of Ysgeifiog. In Aug.1596 he obtained from Sir Henry Bagnall, an assignment of a moiety of the township of ‘Eskyviog,’ with coal mining rights therein (Carreglwyd Deeds, i, 1750, 2109, 2113). He also took an active part in the public life of the island, being returned as M.P. for Anglesey in Nov. 1584, and serving as sheriff in 1591 and 1599. He d. 1 Feb.1600/01.



Individual Notes

Note for:   Owen Holland,   BEF 22 Feb 1646 -          Index

Baptism:   
     Date:   22 Feb 1646
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire


Individual Notes

Note for:   Owen Holland,   BEF 20 Oct 1626 - 1684         Index


Baptism:   
     Date:   20 Oct 1626
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Will:   
     Date:   13 Apr 1684
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Burial:   
     Date:   1684
     Place:   Eglwysbach, Denbighshire

Individual Note:
     Owen was born in 1626 (PR); there is no record of his death but we know from his will that he died in 1684. We know he was married twice,his first wife being Ellen Foulkes vch Humphrey who he married in 1637(PR); she died in 1660(PR). This means that he was only 11 when he married so the marriage was clearly a family arrangement and suggests that Ellen Ffoulkes was from a family of equal status, however so far we have been unable to identify her origin.

According to the PR there were six children born to Owen and Ellen,the first of these being William born in 1649 who went on to inherit Pen Y Bryn. Presumably, therefore, the marriage was not consummated until Owen was twenty one. The other children attributed to Owen and Ellen in the PR were Robert b 1651, Ellen (b1653), Gwen (b1654) and AN Other Daughter (b1657, d1657). In the Local Historians version ofthe PR there are seven Elizabeth's baptised between 1642 and 1655, and one death. This information needs double checking in case burials have been misread as baptisms, particularly as it does not agree with our independent version of the PR. Assuming the source data is accurate, it is conceivable that one of these was a daughter of Owen and Ellen, the most likely being Elizabeth born on the 28 July 1655, i.e. betweenGwen and A N Other. The birth dates of the other Elizabeths don't fit between the birth dates of the other children in this period.

During this same period Owen also appears to have had an adulterous relationship with a Jane vch John which resulted in the birth of a child John on the 18th July 1652(PR).This child died as an infant within the year of his birth i.e. between the birth of Robert andEllen.

Following the death of Ellen, Owen married a second time to Margaret Davies. In Owens will he leaves bequests to his sons Thomas, Owen, Piers and Jeffrey and his daughter Jane who he states as being his younger children, and also "preferring of his children by his now wife Margaret". There are no baptisms in the PR for the sons but this could be because they were born in the period of missing records. There is a baptism for Jane in 1666 and for another son Humphrey in 1674.Humphrey was not mentioned in the will but this may be because he was a minor, being only ten years old at the time of Owens death. He also mentions in his will his son and heir William confirming him as his eldest son.

There are no entries in the PR to indicate what happened to Owen, Pyers, Jeffrey, Elizabeth, Ellen and Gwen. A N Other died in the year of her birth (PR), there is a death for Thomas Holland in 1697 and1719. However this could have been either Thomas ap Owen or Thomas ap Robert of Pennant. As Humphrey went on to take over Bryn Y Fran itseems probable that Thomas predeceased him, and as Humphrey died in1711 we can conclude that Thomas ap Owen died in 1697 and Thomas ap Robert of Pennant in 1719.

Jane married Robert Edwards in 1701 (PR and Hayes). According to the HHE papers "Jane the first sister of William Holland married Robert Edward and had issue Hugh Robert Edward" The descendants of this marriage ultimately inherited Pen Y Bryn when the male Holland line ran out.

There is a marriage record in the register for the parish of Llanrhaedr near Denbigh for Owen Holland and Anne vch Evan on 29th June 1698. It seems highly likely that this was Owen ap Owen as no other births for an Owen have been identified within the relevant timeframe. They had a daughter Grace who was born on the 10th April 1698. As she was not entered as a Bas daughter we must assume that this was in the same reignal year but reflects the date of baptism and not the date of birth. So far there is no trace of what happened to this family.

Notes from Brian Holland