STANLEY FAMILY
William De STANLEYBorn: ABT 1360, Wirral Forest, Cheshire, England
Died: Feb 1427/28, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alice MASSEY
Married: Margaret De HOOTON 1379, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Children:
1. William De STANLEY2. John De STANLEY
3. John De STANLEY
4. Edmund De STANLEY
5. Ellen De STANLEY
Married 2: Agnes LASCELLES
Children:
6. William De STANLEY (Sir)7. Henry De STANLEY
8. Matilda De STANLEY
Died: AFT 1425, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Notes: Was present at Agincourt. Knighted in 1415.
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Margaret De HOOTON
Married: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE ABT 1384, Aldford, Cheshire, EnglandChildren:
1. William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)
2. Catherine STANLEY6. George STANLEY
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE
Married 1: Ralph ARDERNE (Esq.) 1422, Harden, Cheshire, EnglandMarried 2: John HYDE
Father: William De STANLEY
Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE
Married: Thomas POOLE (Esq.) 1425, by dispensation, Poole, West Riding, Yorkshire, EnglandFather: William De STANLEY
Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE
Married: Thomas VENABLES 1427, Kinderton, Cheshire, EnglandFather: William De STANLEY
Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE
Married: Robert LEGH (Esq.) 1429, Adlington, Cheshire, EnglandWilliam STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)
Born: 1406, Cheshire, England
Died: 1461, Cheshire, England
Father: William De STANLEYMother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE
Married: Mary SAVAGE 15 Dec 1424, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Children:
3. John STANLEY
4. Jane STANLEY
5. George STANLEY (b. 1430)
Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)
Mother: Mary SAVAGEMarried: William BALDERSTON ( b. ABT 1425) (son of Sir Richard Balderstone and Joan Harrington)
Children:1. Isabella BALDERSTONE ( b. ABT 1440) (m. Sir Robert Harrington)
2. Joan BALDERSTONE ( b. ABT 1450) (m. Henry Langton of Walton)
Notes: Ancestor of the Stanleys of Ewloe, Flintshire
Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)
Mother: Mary SAVAGE
Married 1: Margaret De HELEIGH
Married 2: Constance SALISBURY (dau. of Thomas Salisbury and Ellen Dunn)Children:
1. Peter STANLEYFather: Peter STANLEY
Mother: Constance SALISBURYMarried: Eliza Ap MAURICE (d. 1571) (son of Morris Lloyd ap John and Angharad verch Eliza)
Children:1. Catherine Verch ELIZA (m. Robert Wynn Ap John)
2. Maurice Ap ELIZA (m. Ellen Pulleston)Father: Peter STANLEY
Mother: Constance SALISBURYMarried: Janet BUTLER
Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)
Mother: Mary SAVAGEMarried: Angharad Verch HWYEL (dau. of Hwyel Ap Tudur) (w. of Ifan Vychan Ap Ifan)
Children:Born: ABT 1464, Ragley, Worcestershire, England
Father: Edmund STANLEYMother: Angharad Verch HWYEL
Married: John CONWAY (b. ABT 1460 - d. 1544) (son of Jenkin Conway and Marsli Verch Meredydd)Children:
1. John CONWAY (b. ABT 1484) (m. Janet Salisbury)2. Edward CONWAY (b. ABT 1485 - d. 24 Aug 1546) (m. Anne Burdett)
3. James CONWAY
4. Henry CONWAY
5. Peter CONWAY (Archdeacon of St Asaph) (d. AFT 1530)
6. Elizabeth CONWAY (m. John Ap Cynwrig)
7. Grace CONWAY
8. Marsli CONWAY
9. Margaret CONWAY
10. Ellen CONWAY (m. Richard Mutton)
Born: ABT 1425, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Died: Mar 1465, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)Mother: Mary SAVAGE
Married: Alicia HOUGHTON (dau. of Richard Houghton and Margaret ?) 1439, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Children:
1. Isabel STANLEY3. John STANLEY
4. Richard STANLEY
6. Christopher STANLEY
Born: ABT 1435, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON
Married: Robert LEIGH of AdlingtonChildren:
1. Anne LEIGH (b. 1456 - d. 22 May 1511) (m. Sir Andrew Brereton)Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON
Married: Margaret BROMLEY
Children:Father: Thomas STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Margaret BROMLEY
Married: Peter GERARD (b. ABT 1460 - d. 20 Jun 1494) (son of Thomas Gerard and Cecily Foulshurst) 1476, Bryn, Lancashire, EnglandChildren:
1. Jane GERARD (b. 1487) (m. Peter Leigh)
2. Thomas GERARD (b. 1488 - d. 7 Nov 1523) (m. Margery Trafford)3. Isabel GERARD (b. 1488 - d. 1500) (m. Richard Langton)
4. Alice GERARD (b. ABT 1490) (m. Thomas Radcliffe)
Died: 3 Mar 1511/2, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Notes: Became Sheriff of Chester in 1462 and one of the King's Carvers. In 1465, he was made Sheriff for life and continued in that office until 1494. He built the Old Stone Tower of Hooton.
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON
Married: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR 1439, Hulme, Cheshire, England
Children: 3. Alice STANLEY4. Catherine STANLEY
5. Isabel STANLEY (Prioress of Derby)
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR
Married: Hamlet BICKERSTAFFE 1498, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, EnglandBorn: 1479, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR
Married: Andrew BARTON (son of John Barton and Cecily Radcliffe) 1514, Smithill, Holmes, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Ralph BARTON (MP) (m.
Eleanor Brereton)Born: 1473, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Acceded: Hooton
Died: AFT 1529
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR
Married: Anne HARRINGTON BEF 1483
Children:
1. William STANLEY4. John STANLEY
6. James STANLEY
7. Thomas STANLEY
8. Edmund STANLEY
10. Isabel STANLEY
11. Alice STANLEY
Born: ABT 1502, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Married: John WHITMORE 1526, Thurstaston, Cheshire, EnglandFather: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Married: Robert FLETCHER 1528, Chester, Cheshire, EnglandChildren:
1. Elizabeth FLETCHER (b. ABT 1530) (m. Morgan Phillips)Born: ABT 1506, Hooton, Cheshire, England
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Married 1: Anne HUNTINGTON
Married 2: Elizabeth DYNNE 1542, Harlow, Essex, England
Acceded: Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
Died: 24 Jul 1592, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)
Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Married 1: Elizabeth SCARIBRICK (dau. of James Scaribrick and Margaret Atherton) 1529, Moors Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Mary STANLEY
Married 2: Cicely TARLETON 21 Apr 1559, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Children:
2. Anne STANLEY
4. William STANLEY
5. Alice STANLEY
6. Robert STANLEY
Born: 1536, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
Died: ABT Nov 1613, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Buried: 3 Nov 1613, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)
Mother: Elizabeth SCARIBRICK
Married: Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.) 26 Sep 1563, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)
3. Alice STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)
4. William STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)
5. Jane STANLEY
6. James STANLEY (b. 1580)
7. Anne STANLEY (b. 19 Jan 1585)
Died: 14 May 1576 / AFT 1635
Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)
Mother: Cicely TARLETON
Married: Edward SUTTON 14 May 1576, Ormskirk, Lancashire, EnglandChildren:
1. Alice SUTTON
2. Jane SUTTON
3. Margaret SUTTON
4. Anne SUTTON
Died: 30 Mar 1610, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England
Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)
Mother: Cicely TARLETON
Married: Catherine IRELAND 1579, Aughton, Lancashire, EnglandChildren:
1. Jane STANLEY
2. Elizabeth STANLEY
Married: Bridget HOUGHTON (dau. of Leonard Houghton) 1592, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England
Children:
3. Anne STANLEY
4. Margaret STANLEY
7. Frances STANLEY
9. William STANLEY
Died: Jul 1673, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England
Buried: 24 Jul 1673, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Father: Edward STANLEY
Mother: Bridget HOUGHTON
Married: Elizabeth WOOLFALL 1610, Moor Hall, Lancashire, EnglandMother: Bridget HOUGHTON
Married: Richard FORMBY 28 Jul 1630, Formby, Lancashire, EnglandChildren:
1. Richard FORMBY (b. 1632 - d. 1660) (m. Anne Hasckett)Died: 1686, Leyland, Lancashire, England
Father: Edward STANLEY
Mother: Bridget HOUGHTON
Died: BEF 1547
Father: William STANLEY (Sir)Mother: Anne HARRINGTON
Children:
2. Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)
4. John STANLEY
5. Mary STANLEY
6. Jane STANLEY
Died: 27 Sep 1547
Notes: Captain of the Isle of Man. Died in 1547 unmarriedFather: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITHFather: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITHMarried: Anne MAINWARING
Died: AFT 1576
Father: William STANLEYMother: Grace GRIFFITH
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITHMarried: John GRIFFITH
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITHMarried: Thomas WILLIAMS (d. BEF 27 May 1592) (son of William Williams and Lowry Salisbury)
Children:1. Catherine WILLIAMS (m. William Glynn)
2. William WILLIAMS (1º Bt.) (b. ABT 1560 - d. 20 May 1630) (m.1 Ellen Williams - m.2 Dorothy Dymoke)
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITHMarried: John WHITMORE (Esq.)
Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)
Born: 1524, Hooton, Cheshire, EnglandDied: 1613
Notes: Knighted, 1533 and made Sheriff of Chester in 1575 and Justice of the Peace. As a staunch Catholic, Sir Rowland was the first of his family to be confronted by the cruel dilemma which Queen Elizabeth's church policy forced on her otherwise loyal subjects. A new Act of Uniformity made it high treason to recognize the Pope's authority, and required an oath acknowledging the Queen as head of the Church. Died 1612 at the age of 96, the oldest knight in England
Father: William STANLEY
Mother: Grace GRIFFITH
Married: Margaret ALDERSEY (dau. of Hugh Aldersey and Elizabeth Bamville) (w. of Henry Bunbury) ABT 1557, Cheshire, England
Children:
2. William STANLEY (Sir Knight)
3. John STANLEY
4. Edward STANLEY
Father: Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)
Mother: Margaret ALDERSEY
Married: John EGERTON ABT 1573, Egerton, Cheshire, EnglandChildren:
1. Mary EGERTON (m. Sir Francis Leigh)
2. Rowland EGERTON
Born: 1548
Died: 3 Mar 1630, Ghent
Notes: See his Biography.
Father: Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)
Mother: Margaret ALDERSEY
Married 1: Anne DUTTON 1560 Dissolved 1565
Married 2: Elizabeth EGERTON (dau. of John Egerton of Egerton and Jane Mostyn)
Children:
2. Rowland STANLEY
3. Jane STANLEY
4. Dau. STANLEY
5. Dau. STANLEY
Died: 1612
Father: William STANLEY (Sir Knight)Mother: Elizabeth EGERTON
Married: Anne HERBERTChildren:
Christened: 26 Apr 1606, Eastham, Cheshire, England
Died: 1643
Buried: Eastham, Cheshire, EnglandFather: William STANLEY of Hooton
Mother: Anne HERBERTMarried: Mary DRAYCOTT
Children:1. William STANLEY of Hooton (1º Bt.) (b. 1630) (m.1 Alice Hughes - m.2 Charlotte Molyneux)
V. CROSHALL, AUGHTON and BICKERSTAFFE LINE
James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Born: ABT 1481
Notes: his wife had been previously married to Edmund Talbot, by whom she had a son, Sir Thomas Talbot (b. 1517 - d. 1558). Anne was neice of the well known Sir John Peach (b. 1473 - d. 1522) who was a close personal friend of Henry VIII and a well known jouster and soldier. Anne's brother, Sir Percival Hart (b. 1496 - d. 1580) was a Knight Harbinger and entertained Queen Elizabeth at his manor of Bark Hart near Orpington. He was also close to Henry VIII who stood godfather at his sons christening. Sir James Stanley led a detachment of troops in the army of his nephew, Edward Stanley, 3º Earl of Derby, during the northern rebellion of 1536, as did Thomas Talbot (Anne's son by her first marriage), who was Sir James' ward. Anne died 1566, buried Blackburn Parish Church. Sir James Stanley's exact date of death is unknown. He was living as late as 1545 when he was steward of Burscough Priory.
Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)
Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)
Married: Anne HART (b. ABT 1491 - d. 1566) (dau. of John Hart and Elizabeth Peache) (w. of Sir Edmund Talbot of Bashall) 1510, Lullingstone, Kent, England
Children:
1. George STANLEY (Marshall of Ireland)
2. Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.)
5. Edward STANLEY (b. ABT 1526)
6. Thomas STANLEY (b. ABT 1528)
7. Jane STANLEY
8. Anne STANLEY
George STANLEY (Marshall of Ireland)
Born: ABT 1513
Notes: Kt. of Crosshall, called the Black Knight, Captain of the Isle of Man.
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: Isabella DURKENFIELD
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: John RISHTONFather: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: Edward STANLEYBorn: ABT 1530, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: George ASHLEY
Born: ABT 1531, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Notes: married against her will.
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: John RISHTON of Pontalgh
Born: ABT 1536, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Died: 1579
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: Gilbert LANGTREE
Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.)
Born: ABT 1515, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England
Died: 23 Jul 1598, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
Notes: inherited the large estates of his father.
Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)
Mother: Anne HART
Married: Mary STANLEY 26 Sep 1563, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Children:
1. Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)
3. Alice STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)
4. William STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)
5. Jane STANLEY
6. James STANLEY (b. 1580)
7. Anne STANLEY (b. 19 Jan 1585)
Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton
Mother: Mary STANLEY
Married: Richard HOUGHTON 8 Oct 1585
Children:
1. Evan HOUGHTON (b. 1582 - d. 1644) (m. Ellen Parker)
2. Catherine HOUGHTON
3. Henry HOUGHTON
4. Dorothy HOUGHTON
5. Edward HOUGHTON
Born: 1572, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton
Mother: Mary STANLEY
Married: Gabriel HESCKETT
Born: 21 Jul 1587, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England
Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton
Mother: Mary STANLEY
Married: Henry BUTLER
Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)
Born: 14 Dec 1576Died: 2 May 1640
Buried: 4 May 1640
Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton
Mother: Mary STANLEY
Married 1: Catherine MAINWARING (d. 1613) (dau. of Sir Randall Mainwaring of Over Peover)
Married 2: Isabel WARBURTON 1615 (dau. of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley)
Children:
2. James STANLEY
3. Robert STANLEY
4. John STANLEY
Christened: 22 Oct 1616
Died: May 1653
Father: Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)
Mother: Isabel WARBURTON
Married: Mary EGERTON (dau. of Peter Egerton) (m.2 Henry Houghton)
Children:
1. Edward STANLEY (3° Bt)
2. Peter STANLEY