The family of Holland, one of the most ancient and illustrious in England, derived its descent from Robert de Holand, a gallant soldier in the Scottish wars of Edward I, who obtained large territorial grants from the crown, and was summoned to parliament as a Baron, in the 8th of Edward II. His lordship joining the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, suffered decapitation in 1328. He had wedded (as stated in the text) Maude, one of the daughters and co-heirs of Alan, Lord Zouch, by whom he had with her three elder sons.