HOLT, (Warwickshire) near Studley, bel. heretofore to the Kts.-templars and hospitallers. In the R. of K. Hen. VIII. it was passed from the crown to Sir Edm. Knightley. In that of Edw. VI. it was in the possession of Henry Rishton, whose son conveyed it, in the R. of Q. Mary, to Ralph Rishton, who passed it to Sir John Southworth.