Christopher Hole
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Christopher Hole (by 1511–70) was an English politician.
Life[edit]
Hole was born in Devon by 1511. By 1548, he had married Dorothy, a widow from London. They had one daughter. He inherited a messuage and some land in South Tawton, Devon, which he sold by 1523. He bought more property in the area.[1]
Career[edit]
Hole was a lawyer, mainly based in Dorset. He was a Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1545, 1547, 1554 and 1558, during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I.[1]
Death[edit]
He lived his property around South Tawton to his nephew, George Robinson, and the rest to his daughter Margaret and her husband, Stephen Brent, who were his executors.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "HOLE, Christopher (by 1511-70), of Dorchester, Dorset and London. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.