. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE. Whitaker of Holme. Sable three mascles argent. HOLME" became the property of the Whitaker family about the 15th century,"^ and has continued to descend regularly till the present ;' A settle- ment of ten messuages, &c., was made in ; William Whitaker died in 1641 hold- ing the capital messuage called Holme, with 34. acres of land, and other messuages called Thieveley, Grimshaw and Backclough with 42 acres. The whole was held of the king as of his castle of Clith- eroe
. The Victoria history of the county of Lancaster;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF LANCASHIRE. Whitaker of Holme. Sable three mascles argent. HOLME" became the property of the Whitaker family about the 15th century,"^ and has continued to descend regularly till the present ;' A settle- ment of ten messuages, &c., was made in ; William Whitaker died in 1641 hold- ing the capital messuage called Holme, with 34. acres of land, and other messuages called Thieveley, Grimshaw and Backclough with 42 acres. The whole was held of the king as of his castle of Clith- eroe in socage by a rent of 23/. 7J<2'. Thomas ^^'£^ son and heir of William was ten years ; Two of the family attained distinction. Dr. William Whitaker, a younger son of Thomas Whitaker, who died in 159;, was one of the leading Protestant divines in the time of Elizabeth. Through Lord Burghley's influence he became Master of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 15S6, having been Regiu.^ Professor in the university since 1580, and was made canon of Canterbury in 1585, in which year he died. He publishL-J numerous works, including a reply to Bcllarminc, and left others in manuscript ; all are of the extreme Calvinistic school in doctrine, and though he conformed to the queen's authority in matters of ceremonial he was favourable to the ; Dr. Thomas Dunham Whitaker, the often quoted author of the History ofWhalky, has been noticed in the accounts of the churches of Bhckburn and Whal- , of which he was vicar. He died in I 82 I, and was buried in the chapel at ; The Holme is a picturesque two-story stone- built house, with stone-slated roofs, standing amidst beautiful scenery in the vale of Cliviger, facin? south. The plan follows the usual type of central hall and pro;ecting end-wings, but in the course of time and as the result of rebuildings and altera- tions has lost most of its original features, though retaining many of the characteris
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