Historical facts and references relating to Storeton or the Stanley family of Storeton

Storeton, Cheshire -

Before 1400, Storeton was the ancient home of the Stanley family.

May 26, 1528 ref. John Rylands Charter #1431 - Granted at the special request of William Stanley of Hooton, kt., by others, to Peter Stanley, younger son of William, of lands in Little Storeton and in Great Storeton.

Peter Stanley (1504 to 1592) is the ancestor of the Stanley family of Moor Hall, Lancashire, and was buried at Ormskirk 24th July 1592 (Reference Chapter 7 in "The House of Stanley")

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Land lease agreement

The Public Record Office at Kew has a legal agreement dated 1586 - reference PL 17-48 - 261 and 262. The agreement is between Sir Thomas Gerrard, Elizabeth his wife, their son Thomas Gerrard, esquire, Richard Standley, James Rogerson and William Slyneheade, concerning 30 acres of pasture in Ashton in Makerfield in the parish of Winwick. The agreement is for the whole lifetime of Richard and the whole lifetime of Thomas Standley, the second son of William Standley, Richard's brother.

Added 1 - Acknowledgement by Elizabeth at Ashe in the County of Derby before, John Vernon, esquire, of Sidburye, and John Francis, esquire, of Farmek? in the aforesaid county.

Added 2 - Acknowledgement by Richard Standley at Lancaster before Thomas Walmysley, Serjeant at Law.

Notes -

1. This lease, plus the will of Richard Stanley of Storeton (1599) provides some proof that Henry Stanley of Storeton has brothers. The lease does not give ancestral clues, however it does imply that Richard travelled. The term of this lease does not match the term of the lease for the farm Highly Carr listed in Richard's will.

2. The last signature on the lease has the date of 25th March 1586.

Highly Carr farm lease

The item list with Richard Stanley's will is very specific about the lease of a farm called Highly Carr - the lease is for 51 years after the death of Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn". As Richard was holding the lease in 1598 and Sir Thomas Gerard did not die until 1601 this implies that he or perhaps his father had been granted the lease as part of a settlement by the earlier Sir Thomas Gerard i.e. the one who died sometime around 1550-60. Therefore the lease may have been running about forty years by the time it was mentioned in Richard's will. From the following references, the lease reverted to the Gerard family either during or before 1597.

References to Heighly Carr at Lancashire Record Office:-

1. Thomas Langton, Baron of Newton, and Thomas Gerrarde of Heighleygh Carr, gent, and his son and heir, Thomas, to William Woddfall, citizen and tayler of London. - Windle - ref. QDD/12/m22 - 13 July 1599

2. Sir Thomas Gerard of the Brinne and his son Thomas of Heighley Carr, esq., to Raphe Morres of Newton-in-Makerfeild, yeoman - ref. QDD/5/m17d - 1 Sep 1598

3. Sir Thomas Gerarde of the Brinne and his son and heir Thomas of Heighley Carr, esq., to Peter Nalior of Ashton-in-Makerfeilde, yeoman - ref. QDD/9/m2 - 5 Jun 1597

4. Sir Thomas Gerarde of the Brynne and Thomas his son and heir of Heighley Carr, to Gylbert Crofte of Wyndell, husbandman - ref. QDD/9/m21 - 5 Jun 1597

5. Sir Thomas Gerarde of the Brynn and Thomas his son and heir of Heighley Carr, to Thomas Langton, esq., Baron of Newton-in-Makerfeild Wyndell - ref. QDD/9/m29 - 5 Jun 1597

From the Volumes of the Lancashire Record Society

References to the Gerrard and Stanley families -

1. 1552-53 - From Pleadings and Depositions in the Duchy Court, page 124 - James Assherton versus Sir Thomas Gerard, Knight, and others re Title to Bamfurlon Hall, in Abram. To the King our Soverign Lord. Names of the others are - Lawrence Pemberton, and Richard Stanley servents of Sir Thomas Gerard. James Assherton being another servent.

2. 1535 - Vol 35 - From Pleadings and Depositions in the Duchy Court of Lancaster Vol 2, page 233 - Sir William Molyneux, Knight, and others versus Thomas Gerard and others re Title to Lands under an alleged will. Names of others are - Sir Thomas Bullekeley, Richard Stanley, and James Lowe - they claimed that Sir Thomas Gerard, being in the King's wars at Berwick, made his will in their presence.

3. 1575 - Lancashire and Cheshire Wills - page 98 - The will of Dame Jane Gerard of Bromley, widow. Jane makes bequests to her son Sir Thomas Gerard, Knight; her daughter-in-law, Dame Elizabeth Gerard; her sons children; Margaret Tarbock; Frances Tarbock, condition that she marries by the advice consent of her Uncle my son her Uncle Tarbock; her brother Sr Peter Legh, Knight; her cousin Henry Eccleston; her brother George Legh; her son-in-law Robert Charnocke; her sister Ellen Stanley; her sister Elizabeth Downes; her sister Alice Rowley.

References to Tarbock and Stanley families -

1. 1549, 26 August - Volume 60 - Lancashire Fines part IV 1510 to 1558. Between John More and Robert Fletcher, plaintiffs, and Henry Terbocke and Matilda his wife deforeciants, of land, a meadow, and pasture in Huyton - in default the tenements to remain to Barbara Stanley, wife of Richard Stanley, and sister of Matilda.

Other Notes

1. Prescot parish records - on 21st February 1543, Henry Stanley lawfully begotten, was baptised, and Richard Stanley is the father.

2. Ormskirk parish records - on 12th January 1585 - Richard Stanley was buried.

3. From the above information we can assume that Richard Stanley referenced with the Gerard family, is the father of Richard Stanley buried at Bebington in 1598, and the father of Henry Stanley also buried at Bebington in 1599.

4. Sir Thomas Gerard, was High Sheriff of Lancashire 1553 and 1558, M.P. was sent to the Tower for being accused of a design to deliver Mary Queen of Scots from her confinement, and was forced to procure his liberty and mortgage his property. Sir Thomas Gerard married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir John Port of Etwall, Derbyshire.

5. Sir Thomas Stanley (1534 to 1576) of Winwick, Tong in Shropshire, and Eynsham in Oxfordshire, Lord Mayor of Liverpool (1568 - 1569), 2nd son of Edward, 3rd Earl of Derby, was also committed to the Tower with Sir Thomas Gerard (Reference - Chapter 22 in "The House of Stanley"). Sir Thomas Stanley married Margaret Vernon, and had issue two sons, Edward and Henry. Edward succeeded to the estates which included Marple Hall.

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