STANLEY FAMILY
I. DERBY LINE
Thomas STANLEYBorn: ABT 1045, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Married: ¿?
Children:
1. Joan STANLEY
Born: ABT 1071, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: Thomas STANLEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: William De ALDITHELEY (b. 1082, Hooton, Cheshire)
Children:
1. William STANLEY of Stoneley
Born: 1124, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William De ALDITHELEY
Mother: Joan STANLEY
Married: ¿?
Children:
Born: 1166, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY of Stoneley
Mother: ¿?
Married: ¿?
Children:
Born: ABT 1125, Leek, Staffordshire, England
Died: 1200
Notes: Adam de Stanley was born circa 1125, and he possibly was the brother (or brother in law) of Lydulph de Aldithley, who was born circa 1115. They were both thanes (the early equivalent to knights) and they held the freehold tenancies of their respective estates in Staffordshire from the Norman De Verdun family by socage, i.e. military service, which required them to defend their Overlord and his possessions. Lydulph held Aldithley and Balterley, whereas Adam held Talk on the Hill. It is unlikely that either held a surname during their actual lifetime. Surnames were introduced into England by the Normans, but they were still rare at the time of the Great Survey in 1086, when only the more important barons used them. These surnames were generally derived from their Normandy estates. The minor barons and knightly families began adopting surnames during the 12th century and these were generally derived from their new English estates.
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: ¿? 1160
Children:
2. Adam De STANLEY
3. Thomas De STANLEY
4. Richard De STANLEY
Born: ABT 1170, Hootton, Cheshire, England
Died: 1236
Father: Adam De STANLEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: ¿?
Children:
2. John De STANLEY
Born: 1215 / ABT 1220, Hooten, England
Died: 1285
Notes: Succeeded to his fathers estates. He first appeared in official
records in 1256. In 1270 he is shown as the tenant of the Manor of Stanleigh,
paying a rent of 12 pence per year to the Audleys.
Father:
William De STANLEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: ¿?
Children:
2. Benedict De STANLEY
Born: BET 1250 / 1265
Died: ABT 1311 /1324
Notes: The marriage of William to Joan has become one of Cheshire's legends. The story relates that Sir Phillip and his wife Lettice, were being entertained at a banquet given at Stourton in Cheshire. A marriage had been arranged for Joan (who was her father's heir) with the son of his wife (who was Joan's stepmother). She had no liking for that marriage, and while the festivities were at their height, she slipped out of the Hall to where William De Stanley was waiting with saddled horses. Together they galloped to Astbury where they were wed in the Church by William's uncle, John De Stanley, William saying: "Joan, I plight thee my troth to take and hold thee as my lawful wife until my life's end", and she replying, "I, Joan, take thee William, as my lawful husband". In 1284, on the death of his wife's father, William De Stanley acquired the hereditary office of Master Forester of Wirral together with the Manor of Stourton and the bailiwick of Wirral. In 1306 and 1307, he is mentioned as Hereditary Forester of Wirral. In the year 1316, by grant of Edward II, he assumed the Armorial Bearings, viz. 'Arg, on a bend asure, three Stags Head, cabossed, Or', in place of those previously borne by his ancestors. These arms are carried by his descendants to this day.
Father: Walter De STANLEY
Mother: ¿?
Married: Joan De BAUMVILLE (b. ABT 1261 - d. ABT 1326)
Children:
Born: ABT 1285, Wirral Forest, Cheshire, Enfland
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Joan De BAUMVILE
Married: Richard (Roger) HAWKSET ABT 1305, Wirral Forest, Cheshire, England
Died: 1349
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Joan De BAUMVILE
Married: ¿?
Born: Stourton, Wirral, Cheshire, England
Died: 1346, Slain during the French WarsFather: William De STANLEY
Mother: Joan De BAUMVILE
Born: ABT 1292
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Joan De BAUMVILLE
Married: Mabel HAWKSET (b. ABT 1290) ABT 1311
Children:
Born: ABT 1319, Storeton, Cheshire, England
Died: ABT 1398
Father: John De STANLEY
Mother: Mabel HAWKSKET
Married: Alice MASSEY (b. ABT 1329) ABT 1357, Timperley, Cheshire, England
Children:
1. John De STANLEY (Sir Knight Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
4. Henry De STANLEY (b. ABT 1364)
5. Alice De STANLEYBorn: ABT 1358
Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alice MASSEY
Married: Robert BROME of Brome
Children:
Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alice MASSEY
Married: Nicholas ORRELL
Children:
1. Cecily ORRELL (m. Sir Thomas Lovell of Barton Bendish)
John De STANLEY (Sir Knight Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
Born: ABT 1350 /BET 1357/62
Died: 6 Jan 1413/14, Ardee, Ireland
Buried: Jan 1413, Burscough Priory
Notes: AFT the dissulution in 1536 his remains, together with his wife's were removed to the Derby Chapel at Ormskirk.
Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alice MASSEY
Married 1: Jane LASCELLES ABT 1360
Children:
1. Robert De STANLEY
Married 2: Isabel LATHOM (b. ABT 1364 - d. 26 Oct 1414) Oct 1385
Children:
2. John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
3. Isabel STANLEY
5. Margaret STANLEY6. Henry STANLEY
7. Ralph STANLEY
Father: John De STANLEY (Sir Knight Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
Mother: Isabel LATHOM
Married: Adam IRELAND
John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
Born: ABT 1386, probably Lathom, Lancashire, England
Died: 27 Nov 1437, Anslesey, Wales
Notes: Knight of the Garter. Constable of Carnarvon, Justice of Chester. Steward of Macclesfield; Lord of Man. The house of Stanley came into possession of the Island in 1406, and as it appears to us essential to give a summary account of this little kingdom from the period of their accession, we shall proceed to do so in as concise a manner as the subject demands. In the year 1493, the Earl of Salisbury, then King of the Island, sold it, with his crown and title of King, to Sir William Le Scrope. rfhe deed of sale runs thus :— "Sir William Le Scroop bought of William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, the Isle of Man, with the title of King, and the right of being crowned with a golden crown" Sir Wm. Le Scrope, afterwards Earl of Wiltshire, was found guilty of high treason and beheaded, when Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, was granted the Island by King Henry IV, and he also having been attainted, was deprived of it by act of Parliament, and the Island was ordered to be seized for the King’s use; but seven years afterwards it was granted by the King to Sir John Stanley, his heirs and successors, under the title of King.
Father: John De STANLEY (Sir Knight Lord Lieutenant of Ireland)
Mother: Isabel LATHOM
Married: Elizabeth HARRINGTON ABT 1408
Children:
1. Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
3. Richard STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester) (b. ABT 1412 - d. ABT 1467)
4. Edward STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester) (b. ABT 1414 - d. ABT 1485)
6. Edward STANLEY7. William STANLEY
8. John (James) STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester)
Born: ABT 1410, Cheshire, England
Died: ABT 1431
Father: John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
Mother: Elizabeth HARRINGTON
Married: John WARREN (b. ABT 1408) 10 Mar 1421/22, Knowlesley, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Lawrence WARREN (Sir) (b. BET 1425/35 - d. BEF 1474)
Born: ABT 1416
Died: 26 Nov 1477, Dutton, Cheshire, England
Father: John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
Mother: Elizabeth HARRINGTON
Married 1: John WALTON
Married 2: John DUTTON (son of Piers Dutton and Elizabeth Butler) ABT 1440, Knowlesley, Lancashire, England
Born: ABT 1420, Cheshire, England
Notes: son and heir; he had by his wife, daughter and heir of Thomas Asthwaite of Asthwaite, the manor of Awsthwaite, now called Dalegarth.
Father: John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
Mother: Elizabeth HARRINGTON
Married: Constance ASTHWAITE
Children:
1. Thomas STANLEY of Asthwaite (Esq.)
Thomas STANLEY of Asthwaite (Esq.)
Notes: son and heir; he lived in the 10th of Henry VI.
Father: Nicholas STANLEY
Mother: Constance ASTHWAITEMarried: ¿?
Children:1. John STANLEY
Notes: gentleman, second son of Hall Thwaite, the county of Cumberland.
Father: Thomas STANLEY of Asthwaite (Esq.)
Mother: ¿?Married: ¿?
Children:Notes: gentleman, third son.
Father: John STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: ¿?
Children:Notes: son and heir of Asthwaite, he lived in the 38th of Henry VI.
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: ¿?
Children:1. Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite
Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite
Father: Nicholas STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: ¿?
Children:1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Father: Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite
Mother: ¿?Married: Anne HUDDLESTON (dau. of Sir Richard Huddleston)
Children:1. John STANLEY
Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Mother: Anne HUDDLESTONMarried: ¿?
Children:1. William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Father: John STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: Alice DUCKET (dau. of Sir Robert Ducket, Knt.)
Children:Father: William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Mother: Alice DUCKETMarried: ¿?
Children:1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: Margaret FLEMING (dau. of John Fleming of Rydal, Esq.)
Children:2. Son STANLEY
Died: 15 Dec 1571
Notes: third son. A goldsmith, Stanley was appointed as one of the Assay Masters of the Mint in Mar
1545, following a restructuring and expansion of the Royal Mint under
Henry VIII associated with a major effort to prop up the economy by
debasing the currency. The policy of debasement was continued by Lord
Protector Somerset early in the reign of Henry's son,
Edward VI, but
after Somerset's fall the Earl
of Warwick implemented a plan to reform the currency in an attempt
to control rampant inflation. Stanley was one of a consortium of Mint
officials appointed in 1551 to advise the government on new standards
for the coinage. Another general restructuring of the Mint in the spring
of 1552 resulted in the appointment of Thomas
Egerton as Under-Treasurer and Stanley's promotion to Comptroller.
Egerton was dismissed from office by Mary
I's government in 1555, and
from that time until 1571 control of the Tower Mint was essentially in
the hands of Thomas Stanley. On the accession of Elizabeth he was
confirmed as Comptroller of the Mint (Aug 1559) and he was formally
appointed Under-Treasurer of the Mint on 14 Jul 1561, an office he held
until his death. As head officer of the Tower Mint, Stanley supervised
the great Elizabethan recoinage which was planned from the beginning of
the reign and was carried out between Dec 1560 and Oct 1561.
Disputes between Stanley and his fellow officers, Comptroller John Bull and assay-master William Humfrey, broke out in a series of accusations and cross-accusations over the next few years that escalated to a 1565 attempt by the two men to discredit Stanley by stealing money under his control. The plot was discovered and Bull confessed, but questions about Stanley's management of the Mint continued. His inability to properly account for his funds during the reign of Queen Mary lead to confiscation of his properties on 2 Oct 1571, and he died two months later, on 15 Dec 1571. Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.) Mother: Margaret FLEMINGMarried: Joyce AINGLEY BARRET (b. ABT 1520 - d. 15 Sep 1580) (dau. of John Barrett of Aveley and Phillippa Bardfelde) (w. of Sir James Wilford) ABT 1550, Aveley, Orsett, Essex, England Children: 1. Mary STANLEY |
Medal of Thomas Stanley by Steven van Herwijck Joyce Aingley in 1566 |
Born: ABT 1550
Died: 23 Mar 1593/4
Notes: some sources says her mother was Margaret Fleming.
Father: Thomas STANLEY
Mother: Joyce AINGLEY BARRET
Married: Edward HERBERT (Sir)
Children:
1. William HERBERT (1° B. Powis)
2. George HERBERT3. Edward HERBERT
4. Elizabeth HERBERT
5. Anne HERBERT
6. Joyce HERBERT
8. Frances HERBERT
9. Jane HERBERT
10. Maria HERBERT
11. Winifred HERBERT
12. Eleanor HERBERT
Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Mother: Margaret FLEMINGMarried: ¿?
Children:1. John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Father: Roger STANLEY
Mother: ¿?Married: Margaret SENHOUSE (dau. of Thomas Senhouse, Esq.)
Children:1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Father: John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Mother: Margaret SENHOUSEMarried: Isabel LEAKE (dau. of John Leak of Edmonton)
Children:Notes: his wife was one of the two daughters, and coheirs of Thomas Briggs of Cowmire, in the county of Westmoreland, Esq.
Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)
Mother: Isabel LEAKEMarried: Anne BRIGGS (dau. of Thomas Briggs of Cowmire, Esq.)
Children:1. John STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
John STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)
Father: Edward STANLEY
Mother: Anne BRIGGSMarried: Mercy STANLEY (chr. 1 Oct 1609, Bignor, Sussex, England) (dau. of Thomas Stanley of Lee, Esq.) 1 Apr 1630, St. Peter The Great, Chichester, Sussex, England
Children:
1. Edward STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.) (m. Isabel Curwen)
Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Born: BEF 1405/6, probably Knowlesley, Lancashire, England
Died: 11/20 Feb 1458/59, Knowlesley, Lancashire, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter. Succeeded his father in Mann and his other estates in 1432. He had been knighted some years before his father's death. In the same year he was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland for six years, and shortly afterwards Comptroller of the King's Household. During the first year of his rule in Ireland he called together a Parliament for the redress of grievances; but, being called to England by the King's command soon afterwards, that kingdom fell into great disorder, and he was obliged to return to it in 1435, when he successfully repressed a serious revolt. In 1441 he was appointed one of the Lieutenant justices of Chester, at a salary of £40 per annum. He was one of the Commissioners who treated with the Scotch for a truce in 1448, and, when it was concluded, he became one of its conservators. He also served on a commission for the custody and defence of the town and castle of Calais from 1450 to 1455. During the year 1451 he held the office of sole Judge of Chester, and in 1452 he was commissioned to treat for a new truce with Scotland. In 1456 he was summoned to the House of Peers as Baron Stanley, being made Lord Chamberlain of the King's Household, and, in the following year, one of the Council of Edward, Prince of Wales. He was again appointed one of the Ambassadors to treat with the Scotch in 1460, "but, dying the latter end of the year, the nation was deprived of this very great and valuable person, and the King of one of his best subjects... He was brave in the field, wise in the Senate, just to his Prince, an honour to his country, and an ornament to his family". He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Goushill, by whom he had issue three sons, Thomas, William, and John; and three daughters.
Father: John STANLEY (Knight Sheriff of Anglesey)
Mother: Elizabeth HARRINGTON
Married: Joan GOUSHILL (b. ABT 1401 - d. AFT 1460) (dau. of Sir Robert Goushill of Haveringham and Elizabeth Fitzalan)
Children:
1. Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)
4. Margaret STANLEY (B. Grey of Codnor)
7. Edward STANLEY (Sir)Born: ABT 1430, Stanley, Derbyshire, England
Died: ABT 1498, Clifton, Cheshire, England
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Mother: Joan GOUSHILL
Married: John SAVAGE (Sir Knight) BEF 1447, Clinton, Cheshire, England
Children:
6. Thomas SAVAGE (Archbishop of York)
8. William SAVAGE
10. Richard SAVAGE
11. Catherine SAVAGE
12. Alice SAVAGE
13. Elizabeth SAVAGE
Margaret STANLEY (B. Grey of Codnor)
Born: ABT 1436, Lathom, Lancashire, England
Died: ABT 1481
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Mother: Joan GOUSHILL
Married 1: William TROUTBECK of Dunham (Sir Knight) 23 Jan 1457, Mobberly Cheshire, England
Children:
Married 2: John BUTLER of Warrington (Sir Knight) AFT 23 Jan 1459/60, Bewsey, Lancashire, England
Children:
6. Thomas BUTLER of Warrington (Sir Knight)
Married 3: Henry GREY (7° B. Grey of Codnor) AFT 26 Feb 1462/63
Children:
8. Anne GREY
Born: ABT 1423
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Mother: Joan GOUSHILL
Married 1: Richard MOLYNEUX
Children:
3. Thomas MOLYNEUX of Sefton (Sir)
4. James MOLYNEUX
Married 2: Thomas Le STRANGE (Sir)
Died: 16 Feb 1494/5, executed
Notes: Knight of
the Garter. The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.206,note c.
Second son, Sir William supported the house of York in the Battle of
Blore Heath in 1459. In 1461, Edward IV made Sir William Stanley
the Chamberlain of Chester and Sheriff of Flintshire. He fought for the Yorkists
at Hexham in 1466 and was given the Lordship and Castle of Skipton in Yorkshire
which he subsequently exchanged for Chirk. He obtained additional land following
the battle of Towton. After the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 he took the news to
Queen Margaret of her son's death and then took her to Coventry.
Edward IV's successor, Richard III, courted Sir William's
support by various grants of manors and by appointing him Chief Justice for
North Wales and Chief Commissioner for Shropshire. Sir William was
suspicious of Richard because of the disappearance of the two princes and
changed his allegiance to Henry Tudor.
At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Stanley rescued
Henry at a critical moment in the battle,
struck down the King and is said to have found his crown in a thorn bush.
He handed the crown to his elder brother Thomas who put it on the head of
Henry Tudor.
Henry VII appointed Sir William
Stanley the Lord Chamberlain and Knight of the Garter and granted him
additional lands that made him the richest commoner in England. Sir William's
wealth and power inevitably attracted enemies and he was disappointed that his
services had not led to a peerage. In 1489 he became Constable of Caernarvon and
Beaumaris, and in 1490 Henry VII
gave him the Lordships of Bromfield, Chirk and the castles of Dinas Bran, Holt
and Chirk in confirmation ofearlier grants of the latter two by Richard III.
Sir William as Lord Chancellor was arbitrator in the dispute between
Sir John Stanley of Elford and his half-brother Sir Humphrey,
mentioned above. He then bought the manors of Aldford and Nether Alderley in
Cheshire from Sir John. Sir William was arrested and imprisoned in
the Tower of London in 1494, on suspicion of being involved in the rebellion of
Perkin Warbeck, who claimed
to be the younger of the "princes in the tower" and therefore heir to Edward
IV. At that time it was not known that the sons of Edward IV had both
been murdered. Although Sir William had helped put
Henry VII on the throne he was known to
have been a strong supporter of Edward IV. He was quoted as saying that
if Perkin Warbeck was the son
of Edward IV he would not fight against him. This, and his unwillingness
to confirm or deny his guilt, was sufficient to see him executed at the Tower on
16 Feb 1495.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Mother: Joan GOUSHILL
Married 1: Joan BEAUMONT (dau. of Sir John de Beaumont, 1º V. Beaumont and Elizabeth Phelip) (w. of John Lovell, 8° Lord Lovell) 1465
Married 2: Elizabeth HOPTON (C. Worcester) (dau. of Thomas Hopton and Eleanor Lucy) (w.1 of Roger Corbet - w.2 of John Tiptoft, E. Worcester) 1471, Moreton Corbet, Shropshire, England
Children:
1. Jane STANLEY
Married 3: Joyce CHARLTON
Born: ABT 1463, Holt, Denbighshire
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Elizabeth HOPTON (C. Worcester)
Married: John WARBURTON (b. 1459) (son of Sir Piers Warburton and Ellen Savage)
Children:
1. Blanche WARBURTON
2. Piers WARBURTON
3. Margaret WARBURTON
4. Ellen WARBURTON
Born: 1470
Died: 1498, Tatton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Elizabeth HOPTON (C. Worcester)
Married: Jane MASSEY (dau. and heir of Geoffrey Massy of Tatton) (m.2 Edward Pickering - m.3 Sir John Brereton)
Children:
1. Jane STANLEY
Born: 1493, Tatton, Cheshire, England
Died: 6 Apr 1570
Notes: on 10 Oct 1520 Richard Brereton, knt, and his wife, Joan, petitioned the king concerning the granting of letters patent of restitution. Jane's husband, Sir Richard Brereton, died at Islington, in Middlesex, in 1557; Geoffrey, his son and heir, was of full age.
On 12 Apr, 1567, Jane Brereton and Alys Brereton of Tatton, widows, gave Letters of Attorney to William Massye of Denfield, gent, which appointed William to act for them in the Court of Chancery in a suit between John Hudson of London, grocer, plaintiff, and Lady Jane, defendant, concerning the manor of Tatton; Lady Jane signed her name, and Alys initialled the letter.
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Jane MASSEY
Married 1: John ASHTON of Ashton (d. 1513) (son and heir of Sir Thomas Ashton of Ashton super Mersey)
Married 2: Richard BRERETON (Sir) BEF 10 Oct 1520
Children
:3. Geoffrey (BRERETON) of Tatton (Esq.)
Born: ABT 1435
Acceded: 27 Oct 1485
Died: 29 Jul 1504, Lathom, Lancashire, England
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,pp.205-207.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)
Mother: Joan GOUSHILL
Married: Eleanor NEVILLE AFT 10 May 1457
Children:
1. George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
2. John STANLEY (b. ABT 1460)
3. Thomas STANLEY (b. ABT 1462)
4. William STANLEY (b. ABT 1462)
5. Edward STANLEY (1° B. Mounteagle)
6. Richard STANLEY (b. ABT 1464)
7. Jane STANLEY (b. ABT 1465)
8. Catherine STANLEY (b. ABT 1467)
9. Anne STANLEY (b. ABT 1469)
10. James STANLEY (Bishop of Ely)
11. Margaret STANLEY
12. Alice STANLEY (b. ABT 1475)
13. Agnes STANLEY (b. ABT 1477)
Married: Margaret BEAUFORT (C. Richmond/ C. Derby) BEF Nov 1482
Born: ABT 1473
Father: Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)
¿Married: Peter GERARD 21 Aug 1481
Children:
1. Thomas GERARD (b. ABT 1488)?
Born: ABT 1471
Died: 22 Mar 1514/5, Manchester
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)
Associated with: ¿?
Children:
Father: James STANLEY (Bishop of Ely)
Mother: ¿?Married: Margaret HONFORD (m.2 Sir Urian Brereton)
Children:
2. Anne STANLEY
Father: John STANLEY of Honfort
Mother: Margaret HONFORDMarried: Ellen (Alice) FITTON of Gawsworth
George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Born: ABT 1460
Died: 5 Dec 1497 / 4 Dec 1503, Derby House, St. Paul's Wharf, London, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)
Married: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin) BEF 26 Feb 1481/82
Children:
1. John STANLEY
2. Thomas STANLEY (2° Earl of Derby)
3. James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
4. Mary STANLEY
5. Jane STANLEY
7. Eleanor STANLEY
Born: ABT 1483
Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)
Married: Robert SHEFFIELD (Sir)
Children:
1. Edmund SHEFFIELD (1° B. Sheffield of Butterwick)
Born: BEF 1498, York, England
Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)
Married: John De HARDY (Sir Lord Mayor of London) (b. BEF 1510 - d. ABT 1543/1546) (Wurts. Vol 1--11, pp. 68, 121,231;Vol.III, pp.389--395;Vol VIII, p.2859.) ABT 1525, England
Children:
1. Michael De HARDY (Sir) (b. ABT 1530 - d. 17 Jan 1617/18) (m. Alice (Allison) Shelton)
2. John De HARDY (d. ABT 1641)
3. William De HARDY
Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)
Married: Edward STANLEYBorn: BEF 1484/5
Died: 23 May 1521, Colham Green, Middlesex, England
Buried: Syon Monastery, Middlesex, England
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)
Married: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby) 1502/07, Leicestershire, England
Children:
1. Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
2. John STANLEY
3. Anne STANLEY
4. Margaret STANLEY (C. Sussex)
7. George STANLEY
Died: 29 Jun 1528
Notes: Buried at Hillingdon, where in the chancel under the south window there is a fine brass to his memory. This is the effigy of a man in armour with a chain round his neck, supporting a tall cross, with the Arms and Quartering of Stanley. The inscription now lost from the brass is recorded as follows: "Here lies Henry Stanley, esquire, son of Thomas, late Earl of Derby and Anne, Countess of Derby, brother to Edward, Earl of Derby, which Henry deceased 29th day of Jun AD 1528".
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.209.note c.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Born: BEF 1503
Died: 1503
Buried: St. James, Garlickhithe, London
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Married: Robert CHARLTON ( b. ABT 1503) (son of William Charlton and Alice Horne) ABT 1520, Apley, Shropshire, EnglandChildren:
1. Francis CHARLTON ( b. ABT 1521) (m. Cicely Fitton)Born: ABT 1505
Died: AFT Jan 1533/34
Buried: St. Laurence Pountney, London, England
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Married: Robert RADCLIFFE (1° E. Sussex) BEF 1 Sep 1532
Children:
2. Son RADCLIFFE
Born: 10 May 1508/9, Lathom House, Omskirk, Lancanshire, England
Acceded: 1521
Died: 24 Oct 1572, Lathom House, Omskirk, Lancanshire, England
Buried: 4 Dec 1572, Ormskirk, Lancanshire, England
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)
Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)
Married 1: Catherine HOWARD (C. Derby) 1529
Married 2: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby) 21 Feb 1530
Children:
1. Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
2. Maria STANLEY (B. Stafford)
4. Jane STANLEY (B. Sutton of Dudley)
5. Anne STANLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
7. Elizabeth STANLEY (B. Morley)
9. Edward STANLEY (Sir) (d. 1609)
Married 3: Margaret BARLOW (C. Derby) (d. 19 Jan 1558 - bur. 24 Feb 1558, Ormskirk) (dau. of Ellis Barlow and Anne Redish) 1547, Lathom, Lancashire, England
Married 4: Mary COTTON (C. Derby / C. Kent) (d. 16 Nov 1580) (dau. of Sir George Cotton and Mary Onley) (m.2 Henry Grey, 6° E. Kent) BEF 1 Jan 1561/2
Died: 3 Sep 1609
Buried: 4 Sep 1609, Thornbury, Gloucester
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Edward STAFFORD (3º B. Stafford) BEF 23 Nov 1566
Children:
1. Edward STAFFORD (d. 27 Jan 1568 - bur. 1 Feb 1568 St Mary's Church, Stafford)
2. Edward STAFFORD (4° B. Stafford)
3. Dorothy STAFFORD (b. ABT 1572)
Jane STANLEY (B. Sutton of Dudley)
Born: 1540, Lathom, Lancashire, EnglandDied: Sep 1569, Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Buried: 4 Sep 1569, St Edmund's, Dudley, Staffordshire, England
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.210,note e.
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Edward SUTTON (4° B. Sutton of Dudley) ABT 1566/1567
Children:
1. Edward SUTTON (5º B. Sutton of Dudley)
Anne STANLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)
Born: ABT 1542
Died: 22 Sep 1602
Buried: St. Colomb Major
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.210,note e. On 10 Feb 1549, she married Charles, 8th baron Stourton. She was probably the Lady Stourton at court in 1558/9, although she was a prominent recusant, as were all her children. Her second husband was Sir John Arundell of Lanherne. Although Lady Stourton lived a Chideock Castle in Dorset after her second husband’s death, she maintained contact with Catholics in London, including Father John Cornelius, who had been the Arundells’ family priest since 1583. In 1594, an informant’s report led to Cornelius’s arrest and that of all those who had harbored him. The men were executed, but Lady Stourton was only detained briefly and then released. In 1601, she was indicted at the Dorset assizes. She petitioned the Queen, and Elizabeth ordered the case against Lady Stourton dismissed. Two of her daughters, Dorothy and Gertrude Arundell, were co-founders of the English Benedictine convent in Brussels.Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married 1: Charles STOURTON (8° B. Stourton of Stourton) 10 Feb 1548/9, Derbyshire, England
Children:
1. John STOURTON (9º B. Stourton of Stourton)
2. Edward STOURTON (10º B. Stourton of Stourton)
3. Charles STOURTON
Married 2: John ARUNDELL of Lanherne
Children:
7. John ARUNDELL
Born: ABT 1543
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Thomas KNYVETT of Buckenham (Sir) 4 Mar 1565, settlement
Children:
1. Thomas KNYVETT of Buckenham (Sir)
2. Son KNYVETT
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.210,note e. She married Henry Parker, Baron Morley, before 1555. She was a lady of honor in 1558/9 and Queen Elizabeth visited her house in Allington Morley, Great Hallighbury, in 1561. But Lady Morley was also a recusant. In 1570, her husband left England in secret and went into exile. He wanted his wife and children to join him abroad, but the English government refused permission for them to leave. On Palm Sunday 1574, she and her son Edward were two of those taken into custody when fifty-three people were rounded up at illegal Catholic services in London. Twenty-three of them had been meeting in her house near Aldgate. In 1576, Lady Morley was reunited with her husband in Maestricht.
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Henry PARKER (2° B. Morley) BEF 1555
Children:
1. Alice PARKER
2. Mary PARKER
3. Edward PARKER (3º B. Morley)
4. Anne PARKER
Born: ABT 1538
Died: AFT 1567
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married 1: John JERMYN
Married 2: Nicholas POYNTZ (Sir Knight)
Children:
1. Edward POYNTZ (d. AFT 1618)
2. Anne POYNTZ
3. Hugh POYNTZ4. Robert POYNTZ
Died: 1576
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Margaret VERNON
Children:
Born: ABT 1563 Died: 1632 Notes: of Tong Castle. The Vernons held Stackpole until the death of Sir George Vernon in 1565. He too left two daughters, one of whom, Margaret, married Thomas Stanley, second son of Edward, Earl of Derby. After Thomas' death in 1576, Stackpole was divided between their son Edward and the widowed Margaret, who took a second husband, William Mather. It is doubtful whether Edward, whose main residence was Tong Castle in Shropshire, ever resided at Stackpole for any considerable period of time. In 1597 he demised his lands in Stackpole to William Ingleby, and there is every possibility that he was leasing them out before then. A family arrangement was made whereby Edward was to inherit half of the joint property of William and Margaret Mather upon his mother's death, and the other half after the death of his step-father, which occurred on 30 Nov 1607. As an outlying property situated far from his other estates Stackpole was of little interest to him, so a year later he disposed of it to Roger Lort, who had for some time been both an agent and a tenant of his mother in the Stackpole district. |
Father: Thomas STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Margaret VERNON
Married: Lucy PERCY
Children:
3. Petronella STANLEY
Father:
Edward
STANLEY (Sir) Mother: Lucy PERCY Married: Kenelm DIGBY Children: 1. Kenelm DIGBY (b. 1621) 2. John DIGBY (b. ABT 1623) 3. George DIGBY (b. 1626) 4. Edward DIGBY (b. 1628) |
Father: Edward STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Lucy PERCY
Married: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Bt)
Children:
1. Edward FORTESCUE
Born: ABT Sep 1531
Christened: 4 Oct 1531
Acceded: 1572
Died: 25 Sep 1593, Lathon
Buried: 4 Dec 1593, Ormskirk
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
Married: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby) 7 Feb 1554/55, Royal Chapel, Whitehall, London
Children:
2. Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby)
3. William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)
Associated with: Jane HALSALL
7. Henry STANLEY
8. Thomas STANLEY
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Jane HALSALL
Married: Cuthbert HALSALL (d. 1632)
Born: ABT 1568
Died: 1636
Notes: her husband was through his mother, Catherine Tudor of Berain, a great-grandson of Sir Roland de Velleville, bastard son of King Henry VII, by a young Breton woman (possible a Mlle de Velleville?). Salusbury was Knight of Llewenni, Denbighshire, and Esquire of the Body to Queen Elizabeth I. Sir John Salusbury and his wife Ursula Stanley, are said to have been friends and patrons of the young William Shakespeare. Her happy marriage was the subject of a book of poems, “The Phoenix and the Turtle”, commissioned by her husband in 1601. Contributors included Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. One story, without much foundation, has the Earl of Derby hiring Shakespeare as a tutor for his two illegitimate daughters, Ursula and her sister Dorothy. Although he was at one time a wealthy man, Salusbury died deeply in debt. (Thanks to Dale Caragata for this information!)
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Jane HALSALL
Married: John SALUSBURY (Sir) (d. 24 Jul 1612) (son of John Salusbury and Catherine Tudor of Berain) ABT 1586, Swansea, Wales
Children:
1. John SALUSBURY
2. Henry SALUSBURY (1° Bt.)(d. 1632)
3. Arabella SALUSBURY
Died: young
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.212,note a.
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)
Born: ABT 1562
Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.212,note b.
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)
Ferninando STANLEY (5° E. Derby)
Born: ABT 1559, London, England
Died: 16 Apr 1594, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Buried: Ormskirk
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)
Married: Alice SPENCER (C. Derby) BEF 1580
Children:
1. Elizabeth STANLEY (C. Huntingdon)
2. Anne STANLEY (B. Chandos of Sudeley / C. Castleheaven)
Elizabeth STANLEY (C. Huntingdon)
Christened: 6 Jan
1588, Knowsley Died: 20 Jan 1633, London Notes: patron of the arts, she was also a writer herself, and a series of devotions is still extant. She married Henry Hastings, later Earl of Huntingdon. Father: Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby) Mother: Alice SPENCER (C. Derby) Married: Henry HASTINGS (5° E. Huntingdon) 15 Jan 1601, Stonely, Stafford Children: 1. Ferdinando HASTINGS (6° E. Huntingdon) (b. 18 Jan 1608 - d. 1655) (m. Lucy Davies) 2. Alice HASTINGS (d. 1667) (m. Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Hall)3. Elizabeth HASTINGS (m. Sir Hugh Calveley of Lea) 4. Henry HASTINGS (1º B. Hastings of Loughborough) (b. 1610 – d. 1666) 5. Mary HASTINGS (b. 1612 – d. 1660) (m. Sir John Gerrard) |
Elizabeth Stanley (C. Huntingdon) Miniature by Nicholas Hilliard c. 1601-10 |
Anne STANLEY (B. Chandos of Sudeley / C. Castleheaven)
Born: 1580
Buried: 11 Oct 1647, Harefield
Notes: her second husband, Mervyn Touchet, 2nd Earl of Castlehaven, created a scandal by inducing one Giles Brodway to rape Anne while he held her hands and one foot. Castlehaven was tried for rape and sodomy and executed. Even though Anne’s participation in a criminal act had been unwilling, she required to be pardoned for it.Father: Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby)
Mother: Alice SPENCER (C. Derby)
Married 1: Grey BRYDGES (5° B. Chandos of Sudeley) 28 Feb 1608
Children:
1. Elizabeth BRYDGES (C. Castleheaven)
2. George BRYDGES (6° B. Chandos of Sudeley)
3. William BRYDGES (7° B. Chandos of Sudeley)
4. Robert BRYDGES
Married 2: Mervyn TOUCHET (2° E. Castleheaven) 22 Jul 1624, Harefield, Middlesex
Born: May 1583
Died: 11 Mar 1636
Buried: Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire
Notes: married her stepbrother, John Egerton. In 1617, Egerton was created Earl of Bridgewater. They had fifteen children, eleven daughters and four sons, many of whom died in childhood. Like her mother and sisters, Frances was a patron of the arts. She was also a book collector.
Father: Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby)
Mother: Alice SPENCER (C. Derby)
Married: John EGERTON (1° E. Bridgewater) (b. 1579 - d. 4 Dec 1649) (son of Thomas Egerton, 1° V. Brackley) ABT 1601
Children:
1. Frances EGERTON (b. 1603 - d. 1664)
2. Arabella EGERTON (d. 1669)
3. Elizabeth EGERTON (d. 1688)
4. Mary EGERTON (d. 1659)
5. Penelope EGERTON
6. Catherine EGERTON
7. Magdalen EGERTON
8. Alice EGERTON (d. 1689)
9. John EGERTON (b. 1623 - d. 26 Oct 1696)
Born: ABT 1561, Westminster
Died: 29 Sep 1642
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
Mother: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)
Married: Elizabeth De VERE (C. Derby) 26 Jun 1594, Court at Greenwich
Children:
1. James STANLEY (7° E. Derby)
2. Elizabeth STANLEY (d. young)
4. Anne STANLEY
5. Elizabeth STANLEY (d. young)
Born: ABT 1600, Hackney, Middlesex
Died: 1632
Notes: Knight of the Bath.
Father: William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)
Mother: Elizabeth De VERE (C. Derby)
Married 1: Dau. WITHERINGTON (dau. of Lord Witherington)
Children:
1. Son STANLEY
Married 2: Elizabeth GORGES (C. Lincoln)
Children:
1. Charles STANLEY (b. 1633)
Born: ABT 1600, Hackney, Middlesex
Buried: 15 Feb 1657, Westminster Abbey
Father: William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)
Mother: Elizabeth De VERE (C. Derby)
Married 1: Henry PORTMAN of Orchard (Sir) 20 Jul 1615, St. Margaret's, Westminster
Married 2: Robert CARR (E. Ancram) 6 Nov 1621
Born: 31 Jan 1606/7, Knowsley, Lancaster
Died: 15 Oct 1651, Bolton, Lancaster
Notes: Member of Parliament. Beheaded.
Father: William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)
Mother: Elizabeth De VERE (C. Derby)
Married: Charlotte De La TREMOUILLE 26 Jun 1626, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands
Children:
1. Charles STANLEY (8° E. Derby) (b. 1628 - d. 1672)
2. Anna Sophia STANLEY (M. Atholl) (d. 1703)