Individual Details

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sam/holmes/robert.html:

The name Holme/Holmes is said to be a derivative, like Hill, Dale, wood and others, from the character of the land or place of residence of the first person who bore it, and signifies a meadow surrounded by water, low, flat land, the deposit where two rivers or streams intersect.

Robert is mentioned in the will of John Reddish, esq. 1569, as a tenant, and was also mentioned in 1598 as a witness to the will of Otis Hulme of Redytch, husbandman. His will, dated 11 Aug 1602 and proved at Chester 28 Jan 1604/5 bequeathed his lands to his eldest son, Robert and his widow, Alice.

He is buried Stockport. His widow Alice is buried Collegiate Cathedral, Manchester.

Birth	Abt 1555	Reddish, Manchester, England
Baptism	18 Aug 1558	Reddish, Manchester, England
Death	13 Jan 1604/05	Stockport, Lancastershire, England
Marriage		Alice [Hulme]

Spouse	Alice [Hulme] ( - 1610)
Child	Robert Hulme (1578 - 1640)