Maud (Zouche) Holand (abt. 1290 - 1349)

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Biography

Maud la Zouche,^[1] second daughter and co-heiress of Alan la Zouche, Knt., Lord Zouche, and Eleanor de Segrave, was born about 1290 (aged 24 in 1324).^[2][3]

Maud married Robert de Holand, Knt., 1st Lord Holand^[1] "before 1309/10 (being contracted to marry in or before 1305/6)". Robert was the son and heir of Robert de Holand, Knt., by Elizabeth, daughter and co-heiress of William de Samlesbury, Knt.^[2] Robert and Maud had four sons and five daughters:^[3]

• Robert, Knt., 2nd Lord Holand, born about 1311/12, died 16 March 1372/3, married Elizabeth _____^[2][3][4]
• Thomas, K.G., Earl of Kent, married Joan of Kent^[2][3][4]
• Otes, K.G., 3rd son, died in Normandy 3 September 1359, married Joan _____^[2] (also called Otho^[4])
• Alan,^[4] killed sometime before 30 October 1339^[2]
• Isabel, mistress of Sir John de Warenne, 8th Earl of Surrey^[2]
• Margaret, married John la Warre,^[4] Knt., of Wickwar, Gloucestershire^[2][3]
• Maud, married first to John de Mowbray, Knt., 3rd Lord Mowbray, and second to Thomas de Swinnerton, Knt., 3rd Lord Swinnerton^[2]
• Elizabeth, married Henry Fitz Roger of Chewton, Somerset^[2][3]
• Eleanor, wife of Sir John Darcy, 2nd Lord Darcy of Knaith^[2]

Sir Robert de Holand, 1st Lord Holand, was executed on 7 October 1328. After her husband's death, Maud continued to accumulate properties, had some debt actions against her settled, and was active in her estate. In 1335 and again in 1336, Maud made a pilgrimage to Santiago. On return she was involved in lawsuits with her son and with another property owner, and was a legatee of John de Warenne.^[2][3]

Maud, Lady Holand, died 31 May 1349 and was buried in Brackley, Northamptonshire.^[2][3] Inquisitions Post Mortem name her son, Sir Robert de Holand, "aged 30 years and more" as her heir.^[5]

Research Notes

Robert de Holand "took sides with Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, in various contentions with the king, being pardoned in 1313 for his complicity in the death of Sir Peter de Gavaston, Earl of Cornwall... On the accession of King Edward III, Robert petitioned for the restitution of his lands, which petition was granted 23 Dec 1327."^[2][3] Robert de Holand "was captured by some adherents of his former patron, Earl Thomas, in Boreham Wood, Elstree, Hertfordshire 7 Oct. 1328, who cut off his head for his treachery."^[2][3]

Complete Peerage writes:

• "He [Robert de Holand] married, about 1311, certainly before August 1314, Maud, daughter and coheir of Alan (LA ZOUCHE), LORD ZOUCHE, with whom he acquired extensive estates, including the manor of Brackley, Northants. He died as aforesaid, 7 October 1328, and is said to have been buried in the Grey Friars' Church at Preston, Lancs, to which he had been a benefactor. At the Queen's request provision was made for the wife and children while his lands were in the King's hand. His widow, who was going on a pilgrimage to Santiago in 1336, died 31 May 1349, and was buried at Brackley."^[6]

Same person, different versions/spelling of names:

• Vivian shows Matilda as daughter and coheir of Alan Zouch of Ashby of de la Zouch married Robert Holland.^[7]

Disputed Children

• No verifiable sources have been found for son John and daughters Margery and Joan, and they have been disconnected as the children of Robert Holand and Maud Zouche. Also, a note that had been included with the Lewis source (below) said Lewis "slips in two extra unsourced daughters, Mary and thrice-wed Joan." Mary is included in MedLands, but not Richardson.

• Margery Holand
• John Holland
• Joane (Holand) Holland
• Mary de Holand, married John Tempest of Bracewell, Yorkshire^[4]

Birth Location

• The birth location datafield had her birth location as "Ashby-de-la-Zouche, Leicestershire, England" but a source to support that has not been found.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2011), vol. I, page 418 CHARLTON 5.ii.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14} Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, (2011), vol. III, pages 392-396 HOLAND 6.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9} Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), vol. III, pages 292-294, HOLAND 11.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Robert de Holand, entry in the database Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families by Charles Cawley © Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2000-2018.
5. ↑ Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem and other Analogous Documents. Vol. IX. Edward III. (London: The Hereford Times Ltd., 1916). Online at Archive.org, page 178, Item 199.
6. ↑ Cokayne, George Edward and H.A. Doubleday et. al eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. VI: Gordon to Hurstpierpoint, 2nd edition. (London, 1926). Online at FamilySearch, pages 528-531.
7. ↑ Vivian, J. L. (John Lambrick), 1830-1896, and College of Arms (Great Britain). The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Herald's Visitations of 1531, 1564, & 1620. Exeter: For the author, by H. S. Eland, 1895, p. 475. "Holland of Weare."

• Richardson, Douglas. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011). See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013). See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

• See also:

• Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), vol. II, pages 392-395; vol. III, page 416.
• Lewis, Marlyn Maud la Zouche entry in "Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors and Cousins" website accessed 5 Mar 2020.
• For additional information about early baronies, see the top-level category page Early English Feudal Baronies. Individual category pages (links below) should include information specific to the category.

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Magna Carta Project

• This profile was re-reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 18 February 2020.

• Maud la Zouche is a descendant of Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy and is in trails badged by the Magna Carta Project to the following Gateway Ancestors:

• John Baynard: badged 3 July 2021. See the trail HERE.
• Thomas Bressey (MCA I:309-313 BRESSEY): badged 22 April 2020. See the trails HERE.
• Obadiah Bruen (MCA I:331-333 BRUEN): badged 27 February 2021. See the trail HERE.
• Eltonhead Gateways (Jane, Agatha, Eleanor, Martha and Alice) (MCA II:118-123 ELTONHEAD): developed and badged in July 2020. See the trail HERE.
• Thomas Rudyard (MCA III:461-465 RUDYARD): trail was badged 29 January 2025 and can be seen HERE.
• James Taylor: badged Feb 2021. See the trail HERE.

• Maud la Zouche is also in unbadged trails (needing work) to the following Gateways:

• John Fenwick: trail to Quincy needs development. See the trail HERE.
• Mary Johanna Somerset (MCA IV:38-55 SOMERSET): trail needs development. See the trail HERE.

• See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".