The
Stanley family of Harleston, Staffordshire
Family
origins - there are links with Ashton
in Makerfield
Lancashire.
The name
Gerard, also occurs in the Stanley
family of Storeton.
As the
Stanley family of Storeton also links back to Ashton
in Makeferfield, it is assumed both family groups are
closely related. Gerard Stanley of Harleston may be a
brother of Henry Stanley of Storeton, or his first
cousin.
The first
son of William Stanley of Ashton in Makerfield is not
named in any of the records found to date, hence
Gerard may be William's eldest son.
Reference
sources -
- 1. Pedigree (Stanley) -
Stebbing Shaw - History of Staffordshire -
page 182
- 2. 1611 Administration of
- Gerard Stanley of Harleston PROB 6/8,
P 29 - Public Record Office
- 3. 1636 Administration of
- Thomas Stanley of Lullington - Lichfield Record Office
- 4. Winwick Parish Records
(St Oswald)
- 5. Records of the
Palatinate of Lancaster (Ref. Public Record Office) - Lancashire Feet of Fines page.
- 6. Lancashire Record
Society Vol. 3 - Inquisitions
- 7. Access to Archives (A2A) - Warwickshire County
Record Office
- 8. Staffordshire
Pedigrees based on the visitation of that
county made by William Dugdale Esq. Norry
King of Arms in the years 1663-1664. Written
by Gregory King during the years 1680 to
1700. Edited by Sir George J Armytage BART.,
F.S.A. amd W. Harry Rylands, F.S.A
Villages close
to Harleston - Elford, Lullington,
Whittington and Clifton Campville
Towns close to
Harleston - Lichfield, and Tamworth
- 1. Gerard
Stanley of Harleston, Staffordshire
- Baptised -
- Burial - 1611
- Father - ?
- Mother - ?
- Married -
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cawarden
- Issue -
- 1.1 Thomas
- 1.2 William
- 1.3 Cawarden
-
- 1.4 Anne -
married William Pargiter, gent. by whom she had
male issue Ref 1
Facts from the 1611 administration of Gerard
Stanley of Harleston - Ref. 2
- Elizabeth Stanley
- Relict
Events linking
Gerard and Elizabeth Stanley to Ashton in Makerfield,
Huyton and/or Winwick, Lancashire -
- 1602 - Records of
the Palatinate of Lancaster - PL 17/63 folios
9, 10, 11,12 - transaction at Huyton between
Gerard and Elizabeth Stanley, and John Pyle.
43 Eliz 1 (1602) (folio 11 contains Gerard
and Elizabeth's signatures) (the surname Pyle
occurs at Sutton Bonington - John Stanley married Joan Pyle) - Ref.
5
- 1603 - Baptism,
at St Oswald, Winwick, Cawarden
Standlye son of Gerarde Ref.
4
- 1606 -
Inquisition after the death of William
Standish of Scoules, in Eccleston, by oath of
Miles Gerrard of Ince, Thomas Radcliffe of
Leigh, Gerard Stanley of Ashton,
Richard Pemberton of Pemberton etc. Ref.
6
Records held by
Warwickshire County Record Office relating to Gerard
and Elizabeth Stanley - Ref. 7
Landor of
Rugeley (Staffs.) and Bishops Tatchbrook -
Catalogue Ref. CR 1908
Landor of Rugeley Staffs - Deeds - Rugeley
FILE - Bundle of documents labelled "Landor
deeds relate to the purchase of land near Rugeley by
Erasmus and William Landor one seal W.L. may be
his" (sic): Deeds relating to small parcels of
land in Rugeley sold by the Harriman family to the
Landers and to the property in Mavesyn Ridware
formerly of the Cawarden family to which Elizabeth
Stanley belonged, sold to William Landor in
1633 - ref. CR 1908/7/1-34 - date: c 1600-1651
CR 1908/7/15-24
Documents relating to property belonging to John and
Joyce Chadwick of Hill Ridware and to Gerard
and Elizabeth Stanley of Harlaston, one of
which, probably of Harlaston, contains the
endorsement "Notes of the particion betwixt the
Cowardens and the Stanleys".
The documents, which
are in poor condition, are as follows: memorandum of
an agreement for the partition of named lands between
the two parties, 4th April 1610; draft deed of
partition, 4th April.... (? 1610); memo. of agreement
for the lands not covered by the partition, undated;
agreement for the sale of lands by Elizabeth
Stanley of Burton-on-Trent, widow, and her son Thomas
Stanley of Lullington, Derbys. gent. to
William Launder of Rugeley, mercer, for £1,020 30th
Sept. 1633; a note of the field land purchased of
(blank) and her sons, with details of whose tenure it
was in 1651, undated; memoranda about meadow rights;
valuation and particulars of lands prior to purchase
undated. See also no. CR 1908/7/28 below.
CR 1908/7/25 Mortgage
to secure £246 from Elizabeth Stanley,
widow, and Thomas Stanley gent. (son of Gerard
Stanley) both of Lullington, Derbys. to
Nathaniel Williams of Hamstall Ridware, clerk, of
lands (described) in the manor or lordship of Mavesyn
Ridware, 8th August 1628.
CR 1908/7/27-29
Feoffment from Elizabeth Stanley of
Burton-on-Trent, widow (d. of Thomas Cawarden
gent.),Thomas Stanley gent. her son and Judith his
wife, William Stanley her second son
and Michael Nickyns to William Launder of Rugeley
mercer, Walter Chetwynd of Rugeley gent., Simon Smyth
of Rugeley gent. and Richard Podmore of Willenhall
yeoman, in consideration of £1000 and 20 marks, of
the Mavesyn Ridware property, 10 Octo. 1633. With
copy of part of this deed, endorsed with writing
concerning a dispute about the property with Mr.
Pargiter, c. 1640. Indenture of fine, Jan 9 Chas I
(1633/4).
CR 1908/7/30 Bond to
secure £250 from William Launder, Thomas Smyth of
Rugeley gent., Richard Smyth of Lee gent. and Richard
Podmore to Elizabeth Stanley, 14th
Jan. 9 Chas I (1633/4).
CR 1908/7/31
Exemplification of a writ ordering John Chadwick
gent. and Joyce his wife and Gerard Stanley
gent. and Elizabeth his wife that they
should come to an agreement with William Brooke gent.
and Thomas Smythe gent. regarding the manor of
Mavesyn Ridware, lands there and in Rugeley, free
fishing in the Trent and the advowson of the moiety
of the church of Mavesyn Ridware, 12th June 11 Chas.
I (1635). This document has been removed from a
bundle of fines and recoveries now split up.
- FILE - Documents
tied up in a bundle relating to Rugeley and
Mavesyn Ridware, apparently unconnected with
each other for the most part - ref. CR
1908/17 - date: 1653-1672/3
- CR 1908/17/5
Lease for a year from Simon Smyth of West
Drayton, Middx., gent. and Richard Podmore of
Willenhall, yeoman, to Thomas Launder of
Rugeley, gent., of named lands in Mavesyn
Ridware, a cottage in Mavesyn Ridware now or
late of John Upton, lands there (named);
messuage in Hill Ridware now or late of John
Chamberlyn and all appurtenances, which were
sometime the inheritance of Thomas Cawardine
and allotted to Gerard Stanley and
Elizabeth his wife, a yearly rent of
3s. 6d., and all other hereditaments of Smyth
and Podmore in Hill Ridware late of Cawardine
(with an exception), land under the Hurst,the
advowson of Mavesyn Ridware, rents and
forechase of the meadow by the mill, 3rd
January 1653/4.
-
- Mavesyn
Ridware
-
- FILE -
Exemplification of a common recovery by
double voucher in which Michael Lowe gent.
and Thomas Cowper were demandants, Nathaniel
Williams clerk, tenant to the freehold and Elizabeth
Stanley widow and Thomas Stanley gent.,
vouchees, respecting 40 acres of land and 20
acres of pasture, 12 Feb. 4 Chas. I (1628/9)
- ref. CR 1908/25 - date: 1628/9
-
- FILE - Original
bundle of deeds and papers respecting
property in Mavesyn Ridware, with a deed for
the manor of Brocton and an unrelated will -
ref. CR 1908/26 - date: 1630-1723
- CR 1908/26/1
Lease for 31 years from Elizabeth
Stanley of Lullington, Derbys., widow, and
Thomas Stanley, her son, gent., to
John Deykin of Mavesyn Ridware, yeoman, of 7
selions (described) in Middlefield, 6 Dec.
1630. (Paper, not sealed or signed, ? fair
copy). On dorse: note of the land John Loyons
exchanged with land of Mr. Launder of Rugeley
"being John Heawards teanure" and
of agreement between these two parties, 23
Oct. 1653.
- 1.1 Thomas
Stanley of Lullington, Derbyshire
- Baptised -
- Burial - 1636
- Father - Gerard
Stanley
- Mother -
Elizabeth Cawarden
- Married - Judith
?
- Issue - died
without issue Ref 1
Facts from the 1636 administration of Thomas
Stanley of Lullington - Ref. 3
- 1.2 William Stanley
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Father - Gerard
Stanley
- Mother -
Elizabeth Cawarden
- Married -
- Issue - died
without issue Ref 1
- 1.3 Carwarden
Stanley
- Baptised - 20
February 1603 at St Oswald, Winwick - Ref.
4
- Burial -
- Father - Gerard
Stanley
- Mother -
Elizabeth Cawarden
- Married -
- Issue - died
without issue Ref 1
From
Ref. 8
-
- 1. Rob. Pargiter of Kings
Sutton - Com Northton - aet 80 1663
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Father -
- Mother -
- Married -
Elizabeth, daughter of William Painter of
Nothampton
- Issue -
- 1.1 William
- 1.2 John
- 1.3 Robert
- 1.4 Elizabeth -
wife of ....Vincent of Co., Wigorn
- 1.5 Jane
- 1.1 William Pargiter of Mavesin
Ridware - Co., Stafford - aet 51 1663
- Baptised -
- Burial -
- Mother -
Elizabeth Painter
- Issue -
- 1.1.1 Philip - of
Ye Inner Temple, London - aet 26 1663
- 1.1.2 William
- 1.1.3 Henry
- 1.1.4 Anne
- 1.1.5 Elizabeth
Stanley families of
Staffordshire
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