The
Stanley family of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancashire
- Family origins -
the Stanley family of Stourton
This page relates to
"The House of Stanley from the 12th
Century" Chapter 12
- Reference
sources -
- 1. Pedigree - History of
the County Palatine and City of Chester by
George Ormerod Esq., LL.D F.R.S. & F.S.A
- 2. The British Library manuscript catalogue.
- 3. Prisoners of the Tower by A H Cook formerly
Chief Warder at H.M. Tower of London
- 4. Knights
of England, by Shaw
- 5. The
complete Perage of England, Scot, Ire - 1890
- 1. Sir John De
Stanley K.G. of Lathom and
Knowsley, Lord of
Man, Lord leutenant of Ireland
- Baptised -
- Burial - Died -
January 8th 1413/14 at Ardee in Ireland
- Father - William
De Stanlegh, lord of Stanlegh and Storeton
- Mother - Alice
Massey
- Knight of the
Garter - 5th December 1404 - Ref
4
- Married 1 -
Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas de
Lathom Knt, lord of Lathom and Knowsley (died
1414)
- Issue -
- 1.1 Sir John
- 1.2 Henry
- 1.3 Sir Thomas of Elford,
Staffordshire, and Aldford, Cheshire
- 1.4 Sir Ralph
- 1.5 other issue
Manuscripts listed in
the catalogue of The British Library relating to Sir
John Stanley - Ref. 2
- Add.
4486 f. 28 - Sir John Stanley K.G. Steward of
the Royal Household Arms - 1405-1412
- Add.
38462 f. 226 - Sir John Stanley Grant to,
from Henry IV, of the I. of Man Copy - 1406
- 1.1 Sir John
John De Stanley Knt of Lathom
and Knowsley (Lord of
Man, lord of Lathom and Knowsley,
Sheriff of Anglesey, Justice of Chester)
- Baptised -
- Burial - living 6
Hen 6
- Father - Sir John De Stanley K.G
- Mother - Isabel
de Lathom
- Married - Isabel,
daughter of Sir John Haryington Knt, and
sister of Sir William de Haryington Knt
- Issue -
- 1.1.1 Sir Thomas
- 1.1.2 Richard - Archdeacon of Chester
- 1.1.3 Edward - Archdeacon of Chester
- 1.1.4 Isabel -
married John de Warrenne of Poynton
- 1.1.5 Alice -
married Thomas de Dutton, lord of Dutton
Manuscripts listed in
the catalogue of The British Library relating to Sir
John Stanley - Ref. 2
- Add.
4149 ff. 331-346 - Sir John Stanley. Lord of
the Isle of Man; son of the preceding, Laws
of the Isle of Man confirmed - 1422 . Copy
- Add.Ch.
8483 - John de Stanley Lord of Man Inspeximus
of grants to the Bishopric 1423
- 1.1.1 Sir
Thomas De Stanley K.G. of Lathom and
Knowsley (Lord of
Man, lord
of Lathom and Knowsley, 1st Lord Stanley,
lord Leutenant of Ireland)
- Baptised -
- Burial - died -
20th February 1458/59 - Ref
5
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
Haryington
- Lord Stanley -
created - 1456 - Ref 5
- Knight of the
Garter - 13th May 1457 - Ref
4
- Married - Joan,
daughter and heir of Sir Robert Gousehill of
Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, and Elizabeth,
Dowager Duchess of Norfolk - daughter and
coheir of Richard Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel (descended through the
Bohun family from Edward Plantaganet) Ref
5
- Issue -
- 1.1.1.1 Sir Thomas - Earl of Derby
- 1.1.1.2 Sir William - of Holt
- 1.1.1.3 Sir John - of Weever and
Alderley
- 1.1.1.4 James - Archdeacon of Chester
- 1.1.1.5 Elizabeth
- married Sir Richard Molyneux Knt. of
Sefton, Lancashire
- 1.1.1.6 Katherine
- married Sir John Savage Knt of Clifton
- 1.1.1.7 Margaret - married 1) Sir
William Troutbeck Knt., 2) Sir John Boteler
(baron of Warrington), and 3) Lord Grey of
Codnor
- 1.1.1.2 Sir
William Stanley - of Holt
- Baptised -
- Burial - Beheaded
15 Feb 1495
- Father - Sir Thomas De Stanley
K.G
- Mother - Joan
Gousehill
- Knight
of the Garter - 1487 May 27 Ref 4
- Married - Joyce,
daughter of Edward Charleton - lord Powys
- Issue -
to be added later
- Lord Chamberlain.
Ref 3
- Prisoner in the
Tower of London - Impeached before Henry VII
after Christmas 1494, on the doubtful charge
of high treason for favouring the pretentions
of Perkin Warbeck. Beheaded on Tower Hill in
1495. Ref 3
- 1.1.1.4 James
Stanley - Archdeacon of Chester
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Father - Sir Thomas De Stanley
K.G
- Mother - Joan
Gousehill
- Married -
- Issue -
Clerical history
- 1.1.2 Richard
Stanley - Archdeacon
of Chester
- Baptised -
- Burial - 1467
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
Haryington
- Married -
- Issue -
Clerical History
- 1.1.3 Edward Stanley -
Archdeacon of Chester
- Baptised -
- Burial - 1485
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
Haryington
- Married -
- Issue -
Clerical History
- 1.2 Henry De Stanley
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
de Lathom
- Married -
- Issue -
- 1.3 Sir Thomas
De Stanley of Elford, Staffordshire, and
Aldford, Cheshire
- Baptised -
- Burial - Inq.
p.m. 3 Edw 4 (1464)
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
de Lathom
- Married - Matild,
daughter and heir of Sir John De Arderne Knt.
of Elford and of Aldford
- Issue -
- 1.3.1 Sir John of
Elford, Staffordshire, and Aldford, Cheshire
- Inq. p.m. 16 Edw 4 (1477)
- 1.3.2 Anne,
married Sir John Greselegh of Drakelow
Derbyshire
- 1.3.3 Other issue
- 1.4 Sir Ralph
De Stanley
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Father - Sir John John De
Stanley Knt
- Mother - Isabel
de Lathom
- Married -
- Issue -
Stanley families of Lancashire
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