| Edward
Entwistle of Entwistle Hall, Entwistle,
Lancashire, died 8th July 1545. His eldest son
Edmund was the genesis of the Foxholes branch of
the family.
Baines
(History of Lancashire Vol 3) writes,
"...Edmund Entwisle, was living at
Levensgreave, near Whitworth, in 1535, and his
heir, Richard Entwisle, of Foxholes, who married a
daughter of Arthur Asheton, of Clegg, was styled
"of Sydhall, gent," in 1581, and
"of Foxholes" in 1594, in which year he
was steward of the manor of Rochdale."
[Rochdale, now one of the 10 towns in the Greater
Manchester conurbation, is located in East
Lancashire some 10 miles north-east of Manchester
city centre - so named as being in the dale of the
River Roche]
"Richard Entwisle, the eldest son of
Richard, who died about the year 1645, married
Grace, daughter of Robert Chadwick, of Healey, and
was father of John Entwisle, living in 1665, and
then aged 32, who married Dorothy, daughter of
Robert Holt, of Castleton and Stubley, and by her
hand, in addition to Richard of Foxholes, his
heir, Bertin Entwisle, of Wigan, Vice-Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Edmund Entwisle,
D.D., Dean of Chester."
"Robert Entwisle, grandson of Richard, and
heir of Robert Entwistle of Foxholes, died
unmarried in 1787, when his estates passed by will
to his cousin, John Markland, of Manchester,
eldest surviving son of John Markland of Wigan,
and grandson of Bertin Entwisle, the
Vice-Chancellor, whose son, John Markland, in
1787, assumed the name and arms of Entwisle. His
son, John Entwistle of Foxholes, born 16th August
, 1784, was Sheriff of Lancashire in 1824, and in
January, 1835, was elected M.P. for the borough of
Rochdale..."
"...Foxholes was built by Edmund Entwisle
soon after the reformation, and for upwards of two
centuries afforded an interesting specimen
of the Elizabethan style of architecture; but, in
the year 1793 it was displaced by the present
house, erected by John Entwisle, Esq., who served
the office of high sheriff of the county palatine
of Lancaster in 1798. He was great-grandfather of
John Bertin Norreys Entwisle, the present
proprietor of Foxholes, Castleton Hall, Schofiled
Hall, Hamer Hall, and Haworth Hall."
[Robert Entwistle of Foxholes purchased
these estates from Edward Buckley in 1786
for the sum of £14,200]
There is a substantial memorial to Entwisle
members of the Foxholes branch in Rochdale
Parish Church Subsequent research has
revealed more about another member of this branch of
the family: Hugh Robert Entwistle.
On the Trafalgar Roll (compiled from awards
lists): Hugh
Entwistle, Able Seaman, Ship: Bellerphon,
74 guns, Capt. John Cooke with 27 crew killed at
Trafalgar; 123
injured. The
Bellerophon fought at the Battles of the Glorious
1st of June, The Nile and Trafalgar - see:
Hugh Robert Entwistle
and the Bellerophon If anyone has more information to add to this
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