William Holles
Deceased Person
1471 – 1542
Who was William Holles?
Sir William Holles rose from apprenticeship to a mercer to become master warden of his company and Lord Mayor of London.
He was the son of Thomas Holles of Stoke, Coventry.
William invested his fortune in purchasing land mostly in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, but also in Staffordshire, Middlesex and Essex. This property portfolio passed down through several generations of the family and became the basis of the property owned by the Earl of Clare. He left the bulk of the estate to his grandson William.
He was a Sheriff of London in 1528 and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1539.
He left £200 in his will to pay for the Coventry Cross which was built in 1544, and taken down in 1771. A replica was unveiled in 1976.
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