55-909: Holles is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles (1599–1680), English statesman and writer, one of the "Five Members" (of Parliament) whose attempted arrest by King Charles I sparked the First English Civil War Denzil Holles, 3rd Baron Holles (1675–c. 1692), English noble and Member of Parliament (MP) Denzil Holles (MP) (c. 1538–1590) MP for East Retford Francis Holles, 2nd Baron Holles (1627–1690), English noble and MP Gervase Holles (1607–1675), English lawyer, antiquarian, and politician William Holles (1471?–1542), English merchant, Lord Mayor of London in 1539 William Holles (MP) (1510–1591), MP for Nottinghamshire [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
110-635: A Parliamentarian regiment which fought at Edgehill before it was nearly destroyed at Brentford in November 1642. This marked the end of Holles' military career and he became leader of the Parliamentarian 'Peace Party', those who favoured a negotiated settlement with the king. A social conservative from a wealthy family, he came to see political radicals like the Levellers and religious Independents like Oliver Cromwell as more dangerous than
165-614: A Catholic monarch when Charles' heir and younger brother James, Duke of York publicly confirmed his conversion, and for the next 18 months, a small group of peers led by Holles and Shaftesbury attacked him in the Lords. This changed in 1675, when fearing Parliament was about to enact new measures against Catholics and English Dissenters , James proposed pardons for anyone convicted under the Conventicles Act. This initially won him backing from Holles, until Charles demanded he withdraw
220-561: A bitter and disappointed father". From 1611 to 1615, Holles was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge , where he apparently became friendly with the future Charles I , followed by legal training at Gray's Inn . He spent 1618 and 1619 travelling in Europe and in 1624 was elected MP for Mitchell , close to the family's Cornish estates. He made little impact on this Parliament, which was dissolved when James I died in March 1625. Holles
275-748: A dragnet approach, in practice the nonconformist Protestants had many defenders in Parliament and were often exempted from some of these laws through the regular passage of Acts of Indemnity : in particular, the Indemnity Act 1727 relieved Nonconformists from the requirements in the Test Act 1673 and the Corporation Act 1661 that public office holders must have taken the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in an Anglican church. An exception
330-539: A head since although both Charles and Parliament supported raising troops to suppress it, neither trusted the other with their control. Holles helped John Pym draft the Grand Remonstrance , presented to Charles on 1 December 1641; this led to the creation of a separate Royalist party, headed by those like Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon who felt Parliament was now seeking too much power. Unrest culminated on 23 to 29 December with widespread riots led by
385-527: A meeting place for opposition leaders, including his long time associate Lord Shaftesbury . He urged the Lords to vote against the Conventicles Act 1670 and like many in Parliament viewed England's alliance with France and involvement in the 1672 to 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War as a betrayal of the Protestant cause. In early 1673, English politics was further destabilised by the prospect of
440-588: A peace settlement. At the same time, Royalist victories in 1643 made Charles unwilling to negotiate until the war turned against him in late 1644; Holles represented Parliament from November 1644 to January 1645 Uxbridge negotiations , but these made little progress. The New Model Army formed in April 1645 played a crucial role in defeating Charles, who surrendered in May 1646 to the Scots army outside Newark . However, it
495-498: A plot was uncovered organised by Edmund Waller , a leading moderate and cousin of John Hampden and William Waller , commander of the Western Association Army. The conspirators intended to take control of London, arrest Pym and other leaders of the 'War Party', and then negotiate with the king. Although probably aware of the plan, Holles avoided arrest, but the revelation hardened opinion within Parliament against
550-968: A prominent part in negotiations with the Scots Covenanters that led to the Treaty of London in August. The Commons enacted constitutional reforms including the Triennial Acts and the abolition of the Star Chamber , which the bishops ensured were rejected by the House of Lords ; when the Commons responded with the Bishops Exclusion Bill , they blocked that too. Unlike his colleagues, Holles opposed bishops, not for religious reasons but because he objected to their role in
605-742: A regiment of infantry. In August, he marched to join the main Parliamentarian army assembling at Northampton and on 23 August took part in one of the first skirmishes of the war at Southam , before joining an unsuccessful attack on Sherborne Castle in early September. At Edgehill in October, his regiment helped prevent a Parliamentarian rout, before being largely destroyed just outside London at Brentford on 9 November. Like many others, Holles had been reluctant to go to war, which divided his family; his cousin Gervase Holles served in
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#1732786847054660-470: A third time, to Esther le Lou; both marriages were childless. John Holles was a wealthy landowner with substantial estates in Nottinghamshire and Cornwall ; in 1616, he purchased a barony for the then enormous sum of £10,000 and an earldom for £5,000 in 1624. Despite this expenditure, his political career was largely unfulfilled and Denzil Holles has been described as "the angry younger son of
715-599: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles , JP , PC (31 October 1598 – 17 February 1680) was an English statesman, best remembered as one of the Five Members whose attempted arrest by Charles I in January 1642 sparked the First English Civil War . When fighting began in August, Holles raised
770-649: The Eucharist was never a part of the test in Scotland as it was in England and Ireland. The necessity for subscription to the Confession of Faith by persons holding a university office was removed in an act of 1853. The act provided that in place of subscription every person appointed to a university office was to subscribe a declaration according to the form in the act, promising not to teach any opinions opposed to
825-510: The Five Members , including Holles, but failed and left London, accompanied by Royalist MPs like Clarendon and members of the Lords; this proved a major tactical mistake, as it gave Pym majorities in both houses. With both sides preparing for hostilities, Holles was appointed to the Committee of Safety on 4 July 1642, and helped organise the Dorset militia before returning to London to raise
880-474: The House of Commons should make a declaration against transubstantiation, invocation of saints, and the sacrificial nature of the Mass . The effect of this was to exclude Catholics from both houses, and in particular the " Five Popish Lords " from the House of Lords , a change motivated largely by the alleged Popish Plot . The Lords deeply resented this interference with their membership; they delayed passage of
935-581: The Parliament of England , that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Catholics and nonconformist Protestants . The underlying principle was that only people taking communion in the established Church of England were eligible for public employment, and the severe penalties pronounced against recusants , whether Catholic or nonconformist, were affirmations of this principle. Although theoretically encompassing all who refuse to comply with Anglicanism in
990-534: The Popish Plot in 1679, when Charles sought to reach out to his opponents. During the Exclusion Crisis , a period of political turmoil triggered by attempts to exclude James from the succession, he backed Halifax , who was willing to allow him to succeed with strict limitations, rather than Shaftesbury, who wanted him removed entirely. However, by now he had largely lost his former influence, and in
1045-643: The Protestant Ascendancy . The Naturalisation and Restoration of Blood Act 1609 {Repealed by Naturalization Act 1870 } ( 7 Jas. 1 . c. 2) provided that all such as were naturalized or restored in blood should receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper . It was not, however, until the reign of Charles II that actually receiving communion in the Church of England was made a precondition for holding public office . The earliest imposition of this test
1100-663: The Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829 . Sir Robert Peel took the lead for the government in the repeal and collaborated with Anglican Church leaders. The application of the 1828 and 1829 acts to Irish acts was uncertain and so the Test Abolition Act 1867 ( 30 & 31 Vict. c. 62) repeated the 1829 repeal more explicitly. The 1661, 1672 and 1678 acts were repealed by the Promissory Oaths Act 1871 , Statute Law Revision Act 1863 , and
1155-848: The Royalists . Following victory in the First English Civil War , he led those who opposed Cromwell and his supporters, and was one of the Eleven Members suspended in June 1647. Recalled prior to the Second English Civil War in June 1648, he was excluded again by Pride's Purge in December and went into exile before being allowed home in 1654. After The Restoration of 1660, Charles II made him Baron Holles and Ambassador to France from 1663 to 1666, an appointment that proved unsuccessful. Holles gradually became part of
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#17327868470541210-628: The Whig opposition, backing the 1673 Test Act and exclusion in 1679 of the Catholic heir, James, Duke of York . He died in February 1680 and was buried in Westminster Abbey . One biographer summarised his career by saying; "...successful in almost everything he privately undertook, (he was) unsuccessful in almost everything he publicly undertook, (while) his passionate parliamentarianism
1265-513: The consecration thereof by any person whatsoever. The act was passed in the parliamentary session that began on 4 February 1673 ( Gregorian calendar ). The act is, however, dated 1672 in some accounts due to the Julian calendar then in force in England. One of the immediate reasons that the "Country Party" (proto-Whigs) in Parliament pushed for this was to break up the Cabal ministry — members of
1320-548: The prorogation of Parliament for more than a year was contrary to statute, and called for new Parliamentary elections to guarantee accountability. He claimed this would mitigate public concern over Charles' moves towards arbitrary government and French interference in English affairs driven by Louis XIV's desire for ' Universal monarchy '. As a result, he was dismissed from the Privy Council, before being restored during
1375-409: The surname Holles . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holles&oldid=1153769984 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
1430-668: The Court Party of powerful statement under Charles II , who had divergent religious interests — the Catholic Lord Clifford could not accept this oath which ran contrary to his beliefs, so resigned his position in government and the Cabal ministry completely unravelled by 1674. Foreign nations and their agents also had a vested interest in lobbying either way on the issue, as the leaders of the Cabal ministry (Arlington and Clifford) were allied with Catholic France against
1485-660: The Derby House Committee, dominated by Holles and his allies. In return for £400,000, the Scots handed Charles over to Parliament in February, and he was held at Holdenby House , guarded by troops under Colonel Edward Rossiter , a Presbyterian MP who later married Holles' niece Arabella. By March 1647, the New Model was owed more than £3 million in wages and Parliament ordered it to Ireland , stating only those who agreed to go would be paid. When their representatives demanded full payment for all in advance, it
1540-599: The French and Charles resorted to communicating with Louis XIV of France through other parties. He was recalled in January 1666 when France joined the Second Anglo-Dutch War as an ally of the Dutch Republic ; on 14 November, the diarist Samuel Pepys recorded "Sir George Carteret tells me...my Lord Holles had been with him and wept to think in what a condition we are fallen." In April 1667, he
1595-501: The London apprentices and as a result, bishops stopped attending the Parliament. On 30 December, John Williams , Archbishop of York, and eleven other bishops, signed a complaint, disputing the legality of any laws passed by the Lords during their exclusion. Led by Holles, the Commons argued they were inviting the king to dissolve Parliament and thus committing treason; all twelve were arrested. On 4 January 1642, Charles tried to arrest
1650-675: The Lords and the Church of England. Charles appointed Holles to the Privy Council on 5 June and made him Custos Rotulorum of Dorset , while he was also one of the thirty-four commissioners appointed to try the regicides in September and October. Created Baron Holles of Ifield in April 1661, he became a member of the Lords, then Ambassador to France in July 1663; this was not a success, since his insistence on strict protocol infuriated
1705-505: The Lords; as they were also responsible for censorship, their removal led to an explosion in the printing of pamphlets, books and sermons, often advocating radical religious and political principles. Many Presbyterians were social conservatives and in June 1641 Holles demanded restrictions to prevent "this great disorder before it came to a higher pitch and degree". The outbreak of the Irish Rebellion in October brought matters to
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1760-605: The Protestant Dutch in the Third Anglo-Dutch War ; after the fall of the Cabal ministry, the pro-Dutch First Danby ministry came to power. In addition to this, 1673 was also the year that it became public knowledge that James, Duke of York , heir to the throne, had converted to Catholicism. Initially, the act did not extend to peers , but in 1678 the act was extended by a further act ( 30 Cha. 2. St. 2 ) which required that all peers and members of
1815-518: The Royalist army, while another relative, William Holles, was killed outside Oxford in March 1644. Although not present at Brentford, contemporaries suggested the casualties suffered by his regiment were one reason Holles became a leading member of the Parliamentarian 'Peace Party'. This caused a breach with Pym, who believed Charles had to be defeated militarily since he would never voluntarily keep commitments he considered forced on him. In May 1643,
1870-598: The Royalists were defeated again, he kept negotiating with Charles, who still resisted concessions. When agents intercepted communications from Charles to his supporters telling them to disregard any agreement he might make, the Army issued a "Remonstrance" claiming further talks were pointless. However, on 5 December Holles proposed continuing discussions, which Parliament passed by 129 votes to 83. This resulted in Pride's Purge
1925-587: The Scottish invasion. In March 1654, he accepted Cromwell's offer of amnesty for Presbyterian exiles and returned home to Dorset. The death of Cromwell in September 1658 and the resignation of his son Richard in May 1659 paralysed the Commonwealth government and ended with The Restoration . In April 1660, Holles was elected for Dorchester to the Convention Parliament and formed part of
1980-465: The act as long as possible, and managed to greatly weaken it by including an exemption for the future James II , effective head of the Catholic nobility, at whom it was largely aimed. In Scotland, a religious test was imposed immediately after the Reformation , and by a 1567 law no one was to be appointed to a public office or to be a notary who did not profess Calvinism . The Scottish Test Act
2035-463: The city on 7 August and demanded the removal of those viewed as leaders of the opposition. Known as the Eleven Members , Holles was top of the list and although they were not formally expelled until 26 January, he immediately escaped to Normandy . When the Second English Civil War began in April 1648, Parliament reseated the Eleven Members. Holles returned to London in August and although
2090-487: The delegation sent to The Hague to formally invite Charles to return. One suggestion is this was partly to get him out of the way, due to disagreements within the Convention over the terms; Parliamentarian moderates like Holles wanted to restore the monarchy based on the 1648 Treaty of Newport, while Royalists demanded a return to the 1630s. In the end, most of the 1641 reforms were preserved, but bishops were restored to
2145-515: The divine authority of Scripture or to the Confession of Faith, and to do nothing to the prejudice of the Church of Scotland or its doctrines and privileges. All tests were finally abolished by an act of 1889. The necessity of receiving the sacrament as a qualification for office was repealed in Ireland in 1780 and in 1828 in England and Wales . Provisions requiring the taking of oaths and declarations against transubstantiation were repealed by
2200-455: The ground lost. Holles, Sir John Eliot and seven others were prosecuted by the Star Chamber and fined; released on bail in October, Holles spent most of the next decade in obscurity. Defeat in the 1639 and 1640 Bishops' Wars forced Charles to recall Parliament and Holles was elected for Dorchester in both the Short and Long Parliaments . Shortly after the House of Commons assembled, it
2255-462: The idea. Holles then joined Shaftesbury in opposing the 1675 Test Oath Act, which required members to swear an oath of non-resistance to the Crown. He did so on the grounds Charles had no right to require such measures since they were 'contrary to law', but his demands for restrictions on the monarchy were resented by the king. In "The British Constitution Consider'd", published in 1676, Holles argued
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2310-425: The institution of monarchy prevented direct attacks on Charles, the alternative was to prosecute his 'evil counsellors'; in December, Parliament began the impeachment of Laud and Strafford, Holles' former brother-in-law. Although Holles viewed Archbishop Laud with hostility, his relationship with Strafford meant he was not involved in his prosecution and tried to prevent his execution in May 1641. Instead he played
2365-525: The next day, when MPs who had voted in favour were arrested by troops as they tried to enter the House; pre-warned, Holles once again escaped to Caen in France. In exile, Holles refused an offer from Charles II to become his Secretary of State . He did not take part in the 1651 Third English Civil War , although some of his servants were allegedly involved in helping plan a rising in London to coincide with
2420-476: The obligation of taking the oaths of supremacy and allegiance and subscribing to a declaration against transubstantiation and also of receiving the sacrament within three months after admittance to office. The oath for the Test Act 1673 was: I, N , do declare that I do believe that there is not any transubstantiation in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, or in the elements of the bread and wine , at or after
2475-477: The opinion of one biographer had become "a man out of his time." He died on 17 February 1680 and was buried at Westminster Abbey four days later. In addition to "Memoirs", which cover the period up until his first exile in 1647, he wrote a number of pamphlets. Published works include: Test Act The Test Acts were a series of penal laws originating in Restoration England , passed by
2530-603: Was England, it received not so dishonourable a blow". In 1628 , he was elected for Dorchester , where his father-in-law had significant influence. He played a prominent role in organising support for the Petition of Right and on 2 March 1629 was one of those who famously forced the Speaker to continue sitting, thus preventing Charles dissolving Parliament. A week later Charles dissolved Parliament, ushering in eleven years of Personal Rule , in which he attempted to regain all
2585-493: Was a Presbyterian and like many Puritans strongly objected to the pro-Spanish policy pursued by Charles I and his favourite, Buckingham ; his elder brother John was the son-in-law of English Protestant mercenary Horace Vere , and served with him in the Eighty Years War , as did his younger brother Francis. After the disastrous Isle of Ré expedition in 1627, Holles wrote to Thomas Wentworth that "since England
2640-423: Was at Oxbridge , where nonconformists and Catholics could not matriculate (Oxford) or graduate (Cambridge) until 1871. Similar laws were introduced in Scotland with respect to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland and also in Ireland , where the minority Anglican Church of Ireland had penal laws set up in its favour to allow the Anglo-Irish minority to maintain control of land, law and politics as part of
2695-522: Was by the Corporation Act 1661 requiring that, besides taking the Oath of Supremacy , all members of corporations were, within one year after election, to receive the sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the rites of the Church of England. The Corporation Act 1661 was followed by the Test Act 1673 ( 25 Cha. 2 . c. 2) (the long title of which is "An act for preventing dangers which may happen from popish recusants"). This act enforced upon all persons filling any office, civil, military or religious,
2750-662: Was constantly counter-productive". Born on 31 October 1598, Denzil Holles was the second surviving son of John Holles, 1st Earl of Clare (c. 1564–1637) and his wife Anne Stanhope (1576–1651). He had four siblings who lived into adulthood; Arabella (1594–1631), who married Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford , John Holles, 2nd Earl of Clare (1595–1666), Francis (1604–1622) and Eleanore (died 1681). In 1626, Holles married Dorothy Ashley; before her death in 1640, they had four children, of whom only Francis (1627–1690) survived into adulthood. He remarried Jane Shirley in 1642, then six months after her death in March 1666, he married for
2805-484: Was disbanded but the army refused to comply. In early June, the Army Council removed Charles from Holdenby House and presented him with their terms for a political settlement, which he rejected. Backed by the Presbyterian-dominated London Militia , the moderate majority in Parliament now demanded he be invited to London for further discussions. Fearing he was going to be restored without significant concessions, soldiers commanded by Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax entered
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#17327868470542860-401: Was dominated by religious Independents like Oliver Cromwell whom Holles violently opposed, while many members belonged to radical political groups such as the Levellers . As a result, Presbyterians in both England and Scotland viewed the New Model as more dangerous than the Royalists. The Committee for Both Kingdoms which had directed the war was dissolved in January 1647 and replaced by
2915-550: Was part of the English delegation sent to negotiate the Treaty of Breda with the Dutch; talks dragged on until the humiliation of the Dutch Raid on the Medway in June led Clarendon to instruct him to agree to terms in order "to calm people's minds" and "free the king from a burden...he is finding hard to bear". Despite having been against the war, Clarendon was sentenced to exile for its failure, an act Pepys described as "mighty poor I think, and so doth everyone else". Holles argued against it and his house in Convent Garden became
2970-447: Was passed in 1681 but rescinded in 1690. Later attempts to exclude Scotland from the English Test Acts were rejected by the Parliament of Scotland . In 1707, anyone bearing office in any university, college or school in Scotland was to profess and subscribe to the Confession of Faith . All persons were to be free of any oath or test contrary to or inconsistent with the Protestant religion and Presbyterian Church government. The reception of
3025-459: Was presented with the Root and Branch petition , signed by 15,000 Londoners; they demanded the expulsion of bishops and an end to " Catholic practices " in the Church of England . Many viewed these as signs Charles was about to sign an alliance with Catholic Spain , including the French and Venetian ambassadors; this made ending his control over policy vital not just for England but the European Protestant cause in general. Since respect for
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