HOLLIS, GEORGE [SSNE 8424]

Surname

HOLLIS, HOLLES

First name

GEORGE

Title/rank

SERGEANT-MAJOR, SIR

Nationality

ENGLISH

Region

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, LINCOLNSHIRE

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Sir George Hollis was an officer in the Anglo-Dutch Brigade. He served from at least 1608 to 1626 in Horace Vere's regiment and fought at Juliers-Cleves in 1614. 

 

His will is held at The National Archives:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D891055

 

Sources:

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8044: Staten van Oorlog, 1608.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8297: Staten van Oorlog, 1609.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8047: Staten van Oorlog, 1610.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8045: Staten van Oorlog, 1613. 

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1242: Staten van Oorlog, 1617.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 1244; Staten van Oorlog, 1620.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Staten-Generaal, nummer toegang 1.01.02, inventarisnummer 8048; Staten van Oorlog, 1621.

Nationaal Archief, Den Haag, Raad van State, nummer toegang 1.01.19, inventarisnummer 2061; Staten van Oorlog, 1622.

Peacham, Henry, A Most True Relation of the Affaires of Cleve and Gulick... (London, 1615), unnumbered page.

Trim, David, 'Fighting 'Jacob's Wars.' The Employment of English and Welsh Mercenaries in the European Wars of Religion: France and the Netherlands, 1562-1610,' (PhD Thesis, King's College, 2002), p. 384. 

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, ANGLO-DUTCH BRIGADE

Arrived 1608-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1626-12-31, as SERGEANT-MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY