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Thomas Stanley
- Preferred Name: Thomas Stanley[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- Occupation: Sheriff of Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.
- LdsBaptism: 12 MAR 1966 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: GDDM-Y5B
- Death: 13 MAY 1463 in Elford, , Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.6937 LONG: E1.7249
- LdsSealingToParents: 27 OCT 1966 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 1392 in Elford, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.6895 LONG: E1.7171
- LdsEndowment: 13 APR 1966 with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: MAY 1463 in Elford, , Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.6937 LONG: E1.7249
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
SIR THOMAS STANLEY was born we October 1406, Lathon St. James, Lancashire, England, to Sir John De Stanley Lord(1386-1432) and Elisabeth Harrington (1390-1445.) He married Lady Joan Goushill about 1427 of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
Thomas Stanley died 20 February 1450, Knowesley, Lancashire, England, age 53. Buried at Burscough Priory, Burscough, Lancashire, England:
Ruins of Burscough Priory
LADY JOAN GOUSHILL was born 1 November 1404, Noveringham, Nottinghamshire, England, to Sir Robert Goushill (1350-1403) and Elizabeth FitzAlan Duchess (1366-1425.) She married Thomas Stanley about 1427 of Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.
Joan Goushill passed away 27 April 1466, Lathom St. James, Lancashire, England, age 62.
Lathom, St. James, Lancashire, England
Children of Thomas Stanley and Joan Goushill:
1. Joan Stanley (1427-1459)
2. Lady Elizabeth Stanley (1429-1459)
3. Anne de Stanley (1430-1486)
4. Lady Katherine Stanley (1431-1498)
5. Lord Thomas Stanley (1435-1504)
6. John deStanley, Esq. (1435-1494)
7. *LADY MARGARET STANLEY (1436-1481)
8. Sir William Stanley Knight (1437-1495)
9. Earl Thomas Stanley (1437-1504)
10. James Stanley (1438-1485)
11. Sir John Stanley Esq (1439-1508)
12. George De Audley-De Stanley (1440-1529)
13. James Stanley (1441-1495)
14. Agnes Stanley (deceased)
15. Alice Stanley (deceased)
16. Anne Stanley (deceased)
17. Richard Stanley (deceased)
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(below from Find a Grave)
Third son of John Stanley 1362-1414 and Isabel Lathom 1364-1414, the daughter of Thomas de Lathom and Joan Venables.
Esquire, in right of his wife, of Elford, Staffordshire and Aldford, Alderly and Etchells, Cheshire. King's Esquire, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire. Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire.
He was the husband of Maud Ardene, daughter of heiress of Sir John Ardene and Margaret Pilkington. They had children:
Sir John m Cecily Ardene, Elizabeth Vernon, Anne Handesacre
Anne m John Gresley
Maud died 1430 to 1432.
Secondly, Thomas was the husband of Elizabeth Langton, daughter of Ralph Langton of Walton de Dale, Lancashire. They had one son, George.
In 1442, the population of Lichfield rose up against Thomas in a riot.
Thomas is buried with his second wife of St Peters, Elford.
=== BIRTH: Also shown as Born England. ===
BIRTH: Also shown as Born England.
BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1392
DEATH: Also shown as Died 13 May 1463
Preferred Parents:
Father: John Stanley KG, b. 1 NOV 1362 in Newton, Cheshire, England d. 6 JAN 1414 in Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
Mother: Isabel de Lathom, b. 1364 in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England d. 26 OCT 1414 in Knowsley, , Lancashire, England
Family 1: Elizabeth Bor de Bar, b. ABT 1400 in of Elford, Stafford, England
Family 2: Elizabeth Langton, b. ABT 1408 in Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, England
Family 3: Elizabeth Bar Dama de Pont-à-Mousson, b. 1396 in Elford, Staffordshire, England d. AFT 1452 in Elford, Staffordshire, England
Family 4: Matilda d'Arderne, b. 2 JUL 1396 in Elford, Staffordshire, England d. BET 1430 AND 1432 in Elford, Staffordshire, England
- m. BEF 1 MAY 1413 in , , Cheshire, England
- m. BEF 1 MAY 1413 in Cheshire, England
- John Stanley, b. 1423 in Elford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom d. 29 JUN 1476 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Sources:
- Title: Thomas Stanley, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-NQWZ : 2 July 2020), Thomas Stanley, 1463; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLG-NQWZ;
- Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
Author: Citations [S5988] Unknown author, The Pilkington Family, by Lt. Col. John Pilkington, 3rd Ed., 1912, p. 42; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 284; Family Group Sheet in SLC Library Archives. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 283. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 24. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 163. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 104-105. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 262-263. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 172. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 89. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 139. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 316-317. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 486-487. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 114-115. [S4]
Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p646.htm#i19388;
Note: Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
Last Edited 4 Apr 2020
M, #19388, b. circa 1392, d. 13 May 1463
Father Sir John Stanley, Lord Lieutenant & Justiciary of Ireland, Justice of Chester, Governor of the City & County of Chester, Constable of Windsor Castle15,16,17,18 b. 1350, d. 6 Jan 1414
Mother Isabel Lathom15,16,17,18 b. c 1365, d. 26 Oct 1414
Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire was born circa 1392 at of Aldford, Cheshire, Elford, Staffordshire, England. He married Maud (Matilda) Arderne, daughter of Sir John Arderne and Matilda (Maud) Pilkington, before 1 May 1413; They had 1 son (Sir John) and 1 daughter (Anne, wife of Sir John Gresley).2,3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14 Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire married Elizabeth Langton, daughter of Sir Ralph Langton, Baron of Newton and Alice Balderston, before 1434; They had 1 son (George, Esq.)2,4,5,8,10,11,14 Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire died on 13 May 1463; Buried at Elford, Staffordshire.2,5,11
Family 1
Maud (Matilda) Arderne b. 2 Jul 1396, d. bt 1430 - 1432
Children
Anne Stanley+2,19,5,6,7,11,12,13 b. c 1418, d. a Jun 1481
Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire+5,11 b. c 1420, d. 29 Jun 1476
Elizabeth Stanley+20 b. c 1422
Family 2
Elizabeth Langton b. c 1400, d. b 13 May 1463
Child
George Stanley, Esq., Sheriff & Escheator of Staffordshire+21,22,4,5,23,10,11,24 b. c 1440, d. c 1509
- Title: Thomas De Stanley in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
Note: Name: Thomas De Stanley
Gender: Male
Father: John De Stanley
Mother: Isabel De Lathom
Children: Anne Stanley
URL: http://www.genealogieonline.nl...
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