Background
He was the son of Thomas Holles of Stoke, Coventry.
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William Holles
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Career
William invested his fortune in purchasing land mostly in Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, but also in Staffordshire, Middlesex and Essex. This property portfolio passed down through several generations of the family and became the basis of the property owned by the Earl of Clare. He was a Sheriff of London in 1528 and elected Lord Mayor of London in 1539.
He left £200 in his will to pay for the Coventry Cross which was built in 1544, and taken down in 1771.
A replica was unveiled in 1976.
