STANLEY FAMILY

I. DERBY LINE

Born: ABT 1045, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Joan STANLEY

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

William STANLEY of Stoneley

Born: 1124, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William De ALDITHELEY

Mother: Joan STANLEY

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. William De STANLEY

William De STANLEY

Born: 1166, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William STANLEY of Stoneley

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Adam De STANLEY

Adam De STANLEY

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:

1. William De STANLEY

2. Adam De STANLEY

3. Thomas De STANLEY

4. Richard De STANLEY

William De STANLEY

Born: ABT 1170, Hootton, Cheshire, England

Died: 1236

Father: Adam De STANLEY

Mother: ¿?

Married: ¿?

Children:

1. Walter De STANLEY

2. John De STANLEY

Walter 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:

1. William De STANLEY

2. Benedict De STANLEY

William 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:

1. Sarah De STANLEY

2. John De STANLEY

3. Adam De STANLEY

4. Thomas De STANLEY

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: ¿?

Thomas DE STANLEY

Born: Stourton, Wirral, Cheshire, England

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Joan De BAUMVILE

John De STANLEY

Born: ABT 1292

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Joan De BAUMVILLE

Married: Mabel HAWKSET (b. ABT 1290) ABT 1311

Children:

1. William De STANLEY (Sir)

William De STANLEY (Sir)

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)

2. Maud De STANLEY

3. William De STANLEY

4. Henry De STANLEY (b. ABT 1364)

6. Ellen De STANLEY

Maud De STANLEY

Born: ABT 1358

Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Alice MASSEY

Married: Robert BROME of Brome

Children:

1. John BROME of Brome

Ellen De STANLEY

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

4. Thomas STANLEY

6. Henry STANLEY

7. Ralph STANLEY

Margaret 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)

2. Isabel STANLEY

3. Richard STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester) (b. ABT 1412 - d. ABT 1467)

4. Edward STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester) (b. ABT 1414 - d. ABT 1485)

5. Alice STANLEY

7. William STANLEY

8. John (James) STANLEY (Archdeacon of Chester)

9. Nicholas STANLEY

Isabel STANLEY

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)

Alice STANLEY

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

Nicholas STANLEY

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

Married: ¿?

1. John STANLEY

John STANLEY

Notes: gentleman, second son of Hall Thwaite, the county of Cumberland.

Father: Thomas STANLEY of Asthwaite (Esq.)

Married: ¿?

1. William STANLEY

William STANLEY

Notes: gentleman, third son.

Father: John STANLEY

Married: ¿?

1. Nicholas STANLEY

Nicholas STANLEY

Notes: son and heir of Asthwaite, he lived in the 38th of Henry VI.

Father: William STANLEY

Married: ¿?

1. Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite

Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite

Father: Nicholas STANLEY

Married: ¿?

1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Father: Thomas STANLEY of Hall Thwaite

Married: Anne HUDDLESTON (dau. of Sir Richard Huddleston)

1. John STANLEY

John STANLEY

Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Married: ¿?

1. William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Father: John STANLEY

Married: Alice DUCKET (dau. of Sir Robert Ducket, Knt.)

1. William STANLEY

William STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Married: ¿?

1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Father: William STANLEY

Married: Margaret FLEMING (dau. of John Fleming of Rydal, Esq.)

1. Roger STANLEY

2. Son STANLEY

3. Thomas STANLEY

Thomas STANLEY

Died: 15 Dec 1571

Mary STANLEY

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)

3. Edward HERBERT

4. Elizabeth HERBERT

5. Anne HERBERT

6. Joyce HERBERT

7. Catherine HERBERT

8. Frances HERBERT

9. Jane HERBERT

10. Maria HERBERT

11. Winifred HERBERT

12. Eleanor HERBERT

Roger STANLEY

Father: Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Married: ¿?

1. John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Father: Roger STANLEY

Married: Margaret SENHOUSE (dau. of Thomas Senhouse, Esq.)

1. Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Thomas STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Father: John STANLEY of Dalegarth ( Esq.)

Married: Isabel LEAKE (dau. of John Leak of Edmonton)

1. Edward STANLEY

Edward STANLEY

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.)

Married: Anne BRIGGS (dau. of Thomas Briggs of Cowmire, Esq.)

1. John STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

John STANLEY of Dalegarth (Esq.)

Father: Edward STANLEY

Married: 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)

2. John STANLEY (Sir)

3. Catherine STANLEY

4. Margaret STANLEY (B. Grey of Codnor)

5. William STANLEY (Sir)

6. Elizabeth STANLEY

Catherine STANLEY

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:

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:

1. Adam TROUTBECK (Esq.)

2. Robert TROUTBECK of Dunham

3. Elizabeth TROUTBECK

4. Joan (Jane) TROUTBECK

5. Dau. TROUTBECK

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

Elizabeth STANLEY

Born: ABT 1423

Father: Thomas STANLEY (Knight Lord of Lathom)

Mother: Joan GOUSHILL

Married 1: Richard MOLYNEUX

Married 2: Thomas Le STRANGE (Sir)

William STANLEY (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

2. William STANLEY (Sir)

Married 3: Joyce CHARLTON

Jane STANLEY

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

William STANLEY (Sir)

Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)

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

Margaret STANLEY

Born: ABT 1473

Father: Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)

Mother: Eleanor NEVILLE

¿Married: Peter GERARD 21 Aug 1481

Children:

1. Thomas GERARD (b. ABT 1488)?

James STANLEY (Bishop of Ely)

Born: ABT 1471

Died: 22 Mar 1514/5, Manchester

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Thomas STANLEY (1° E. Derby)

Mother: Eleanor NEVILLE

Associated with: ¿?

Children:

1. John STANLEY of Honfort

John STANLEY of Honfort

Father: James STANLEY (Bishop of Ely)

Married: Margaret HONFORD (m.2 Sir Urian Brereton)

Children:

1. John STANLEY of Honfort

2. Anne STANLEY

John STANLEY of Honfort

Father: John STANLEY of Honfort

Married: 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)

Mother: Eleanor NEVILLE

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

6. Elizabeth STANLEY

7. Eleanor STANLEY

Jane 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)

Mary STANLEY

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

Elizabeth STANLEY

Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)

Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)

Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)

Born: 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)

5. Henry STANLEY

6. James STANLEY (Sir)

7. George STANLEY

8. Thomas STANLEY

Henry 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)

James STANLEY (Sir)

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)

Anne STANLEY

Father: Thomas STANLEY (2° E. Derby)

Mother: Anne HASTINGS (C. Derby)

Children:

Margaret STANLEY (C. Sussex)

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:

1. Jane RADCLIFFE

2. Son RADCLIFFE

3. Anne RADCLIFFE

Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)

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)

3. Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

4. Jane STANLEY (B. Sutton of Dudley)

5. Anne STANLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

6. Catherine STANLEY

7. Elizabeth STANLEY (B. Morley)

8. Margaret STANLEY

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

Maria STANLEY (B. Stafford)

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)

Died: 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)

2. John SUTTON of Compton

Anne STANLEY (B. Stourton of Stourton)

Born: ABT 1542

Died: 22 Sep 1602

Buried: St. Colomb Major

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

4. Mary STOURTON

5. Anne STOURTON

6. Catherine STOURTON

Married 2: John ARUNDELL of Lanherne

Children:

7.  John ARUNDELL

Catherine STANLEY

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

Elizabeth STANLEY (B. Morley)

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

Margaret STANLEY

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

4. Robert POYNTZ

Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

Died: 1576

Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)

Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)

Married: Margaret VERNON

Children:

1. Edward STANLEY (Sir)

Edward STANLEY (Sir)

Father: Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Margaret VERNON

Married: Lucy PERCY 

Children:

1. Venetia Anastasia STANLEY

2. Frances STANLEY

3. Petronella STANLEY

Venetia Anastasia STANLEY

Frances STANLEY

Father: Edward STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Lucy PERCY

Married: John FORTESCUE of Salden (Bt)

Children:

1. Edward FORTESCUE

Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)

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:

1. Edward STANLEY

2. Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby)

3. William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)

4. Francis STANLEY

Associated with: Jane HALSALL

5. Ursula STANLEY

6. Dorothy STANLEY

7. Henry STANLEY

8. Thomas STANLEY

Dorothy STANLEY

Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)

Mother: Jane HALSALL

Married: Cuthbert HALSALL (d. 1632)

Ursula STANLEY

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

Edward STANLEY

Died: young

Notes: The Complete Peerage vol.IV,p.212,note a.

Father: Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)

Mother: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby)

Francis STANLEY

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)

3. Frances STANLEY

Elizabeth STANLEY (C. Huntingdon)

Anne STANLEY (B. Chandos of Sudeley / C. Castleheaven)

Born: 1580

Buried: 11 Oct 1647, Harefield