1189 Knight Methew Del Jartye was Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1226 Pagan De Chaworth, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1257 Patrick De Chaworth, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1274 First description of Holsworthy Market and Fair were found in an inquisition taken on the death of Henry de Tracey, Lord of the Manor, who died this year.
1285 Geoffrey De Camvill was Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1308 Geoffrey De Camvil, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1314 Holsworthy Manor held of the Honour of Odocombe (in Somerset).
1325 Sir William Martin, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, and Baron of Dartington and Barnstaple, died.
1326 June 9th. Manor of Holsworthy assigned to Phillip de Columbers and his wife Eleanor.
1327 Nicholas Martin, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1340 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, born. On his death in 1399 was Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1343 Philip De Columbers and wife Eleanor, Lords of the manor of Holsworthy died.
1345 Nicholas De Audley Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy
1352 John Holland born. Later to become 1st Duke of Exeter, and Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1354 James De Audley, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1362 Robert De Vere born. Later to become Earl of Oxford, and Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1362 April 1st. Matilda (Maud), Duchess of Bavaria, died, owner of manor of Holsworthy
1386 April 1st. Death of James de Audley, owner of Holsworthy Manor in 1360.
1388 July 16th. John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, granted Manor of Holsworthy by his half-brother, Richard II. More about
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Richard II1392 Robert De Vere, Earl of Oxford, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy died
1396 May 3rd. Bishop of Lincoln granted Holsworthy Manor to John of Gaunt
1399 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died
1400 John Holland, First Duke of Exeter, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1400 March 13th. Henry IV granted the Manor of Holsworthy to the Abbey and Convent of St Mary Graces. A further grant was made in 1403.
1420 1420—1461 James Butler, 5th. Earl of Ormonde and Earl of Wiltshire was Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy.
1421 March 8th. Abbot and Convent of St Mary Graces granted a lease for ninety-nine years to Arnulph Chaggstey for the Manor of Holsworthy, and water mill called Trayers Mill (thought to be Coles Mill).
1425 John Holland (second of this name), Duke of Exeter, was Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy. The title of Duke of Exeter had been extinct, but was restored to him in 1443.
1447 John Holland, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1457 Anne, Duchess of Exeter, widow of John Holland, had taken the Manor of Holsworthy in 1449, and in a will dated this year, left it to her son, Henry Holland, Duke of Exeter.
1461 Holsworthy Manor granted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, as trustee for Anna, Duchess of Exeter.
1469 February l3th. Edward IV granted the reversion of the Manor to his consort Elizabeth, (Woodville), Queen of England, after the death of Anne, Duchess of Exeter. More about
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Edward IV1473 Henry Holland, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1475 Anne, Duchess of Exeter, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1483 Sir Thomas Saint Leger, of Annery, Monkleigh, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1485 September 20th. The King, (Henry VII), appointed Richard Selman, Yeoman of the Guard, to be Bailiff of Holsworthy and Torrington.
1487 March 22nd. Henry VII granted the Manor of Holsworthy to his mother Margaret (Beaufort), Countess of Richmond. More about
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Henry VII1509 Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died.
1525 July 22nd. Holsworthy was granted to Henry, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, by Henry VIII, his father.
1533 Henry, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, married Mary, daughter of the 3rd. Duke of Norfolk.
1536 Henry, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died, “not without suspicion of being poisoned by the late Queen and her brother, Lord Rochford”.
1539 Henry VIII granted Holsworthy to Charles (Brandon), Duke of Suffolk.
1560 Prideaux Family held the Manor of Holsworthy from this year to 1725. They resided at Soldon, which had been built by them.
1560 Queen Elizabeth presented the Manor of Holsworthy to the Rectory, and also in 1562 and 1563. More about
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Elizabeth I1581 Roger Prideaux, Lord of the Manor of Holsworthy, died. He was Sheriff of Devon in 1577, and Escheator for Devon and Cornwall in 1550.
1584 Andrew Holland sold Manor of Holsworthy to John Davie of Creedy.
1603 Sir Nicholas Prideaux presented the Manor to the Rectory, who also owned Church House and Guild House.
1621 Manor bought from Crown by Sir John Speccott.
1725 John Prideaux sold Manor to Thomas Pitt (1st.) Lord Londonderry.
1910 Manorial Rights, Market and Fair Rights sold to John Bussell Batten, William Harris and John Henry Stranger.
1913 Court Leet held at Holsworthy. The Lords of the Manor gave a dinner, and a Jury was formed. Dr Ash was Portreeve.
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