Holbech
Holbech is a Germanic name, meaning "the low brook" or "the brook in the ravine or hollow".[1]
History
[edit]This family is originary of Lincolnshire, England, from the Lordship of Holbech, which surname took during the reign of William I of England. The earliest known member is Oliver Holbech Genesiarius, father of John Holbech, who succeeded his brother in the paternal Lordship, for not having children. He spoused Dorothea de Godney, daughter of John de Godney, Lord of Godney, of whom he had Lawrence Holbech, who served in Ireland King Henry II and married a daughter of Sir John Creasy. Of this matrimony was born Sir John Holbech, who had the chart of a Knight, served Richard I and John in the fights against France and had by his wife, daughter of Sir John Branche, Lawrence Holbech, who served Henry III around the years of 1260. He consorted with Christina Weston, daughter of Sir Thomas Weston (probably Thomas Weston (MP)), of whom descended Richard Weston, 1st Earl of Portland and Lord Treasurer of King Charles I. His son Thomas Holbech succeeded in the Lordship of Holbech, and the second, Richard Holbech, married Ursula Kinston, daughter of John Kinston, Lord of Kinston, of whom he had John Holbech, who served Henry IV, and consorting with Cassandra de Erby, Lady of Hoffelyke, Lincolnshire, had Thomas Holbech. Of this Thomas Holbech and his wife Alice de Kenan was born another of the same name, who in 1435 served with value Henry V, and got married with a daughter of Richard Brearly. Of this consortium also was born a son named Thomas Holbech who, rendering great services to Edward IV, Edward V and Richard III, had an addition to the arms of the Holbech, which were: vert, five scallops argent saltire. For the addition was the shield broken, staying in the first or, chief azure charged with three lion heads torn off or, and in the second the above mentioned arms. Thomas Holbech contracted marriage with Anne Varley, daughter of Sir ... Varley, Lord of Milhas, of whom he had Edward Holbech, who lived by 1509, in the reign of Henry VII, and consorted with Juliana Portington, Lady of Portington. Their son Thomas Holbech was contemporary of Henry VIII and consorted with Mary de Harvey, daughter of John de Harvey, of whom he had William Holbech, who lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth I and married Jane Oughton, daughter of Sir Thomas Oughton, being born from the consortium Thomas Holbech, contemporary of James I and husband of Elizabeth Haylas, daughter of Sir Thomas Haylas. From this marriage was born William Holbech, who lived in the reigns of James I and Charles I and married Anne Begley, daughter of Sir Roland Begley, having for son Francis Holbech, married to a Lady of the House of Russell, of whom he had another Francis Holbech then Francisco Holbeche. This one came to Portugal in 1654 in the company of Richard Russell then Dom Ricardo Russel, his cousin, born around 1630 in Berkshire, Chaplain and Confessor to Queen Catherine of Braganza wife of Charles II, Bishop of Portalegre between 1 July 1671 and 10 September 1685 and Bishop of Viseu between 10 September 1685 and his death at the Farm of the Fontelo, in Viseu, on 15 November 1693, where he was buried at the Chapel-Major of the Viseu Cathedral, of humble condition, who left the reputation of being a man of zeal and illustration, and though a severe disciplinarian, of ready wit. He established himself in the city of Lisbon and was Consul of England, Scotland and Ireland, and it is known that was his son João Holbeche, Knight of the Order of Christ, Treasurer-Proprietor of the Treasury of the Royal Household, Secretary of the Sonships, who married leaving issue continuator of the surname. The arms of the Holbeche, with the addition of the above mentioned shield, whether in England, whether in Portugal, are: or, chief azure charged with three lion heads torn off or; crest: a pelican's head and neck, wounded gules. A Portuguese author says that in Portugal they used the arms with the addition, which in England are found registered as of Holbeach, certainly an antiquated form or variant of a branch of the family.[2]
People
[edit]Notable people with the surname include:
- Charles Holbech (1816–1901), Archdeacon of Coventry from 1873 to 1887
- David Holbache or Holbech (c. 1355–1422/3), Welsh Member of Parliament, founder of Oswestry School
- Niels Peter Holbech, Danish portrait painter
- Thomas Holbech, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University in 1677, Master of Emmanuel College from 1676 to 1680
- William Holbech (MP for City of London) (fl. 1358–1367), English Member of Parliament for City of London
- William Holbech (MP for Banbury) (1748–1812), English Member of Parliament for Banbury
- William Holbech (bishop) (1850–1930), Bishop of St Helena, earlier Archdeacon of Kimberley and Dean of Bloemfontein
- William Holbech (cricketer) (1882–1914), English cricketer, killed in the First World War
See also
[edit]- Holbæk, a town in Zealand, Denmark
- Holbeach, a town in Lincolnshire
- Holbeche House, a manor in Staffordshire
- Holbeck, a district of Leeds, Yorkshire
References
[edit]- ^ Arthur, William (2007) [1857]. An etymological dictionary of family and Christian names. With an essay on their derivation and import. Sheldon, Blakeman.
- ^ "Armorial Lusitano", Afonso Eduardo Martins Zúquete, Editorial Enciclopédia, 3rd Edition, Lisbon, 1987, pp. 274-5
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