John Stanley

• Preferred Name: John Stanley^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Sheriff of Staffordshire1450 with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire
  
• FSID: G9DB-5NF
  
• Death: 29 JUN 1476 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.8145 LONG: E2.0966 with note: Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
  
• Birth: 1423 in Elford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.6937 LONG: E1.7249
  
• Burial: 1476 in Elford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.6937 LONG: E1.7249
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  SIR KNIGHT JOHN STANLEY was born about 1423 of Elford, Staffordshire, England, to Thomas Stanley (1392-1463) and Maud de Arderne (1398-1429.) He married (1) Cecelia de Arderne, 1443; (2) Elizabeth Matilda Vernon, 1452; (3) Anne Hansacre; (4) Dulcia Legh.
  
  At age 5 Sir John married Cecilia De Ardernes from his mother's family.
  
  John Stanley died about 1474 of Elford, Staffordshire, England, age 51.
  
  Wikitree:
  Sir John was said to be aged 40 and more in1463; an adult by 1446. He possessed a string of manors and lands in several counties. He was King's Esquire, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire, Ranger of the King's Forest of Cannock, heir to his father; and also heir to his cousin, Richard Stafford of Babbington, c1428-46.
  He fought on the Lancastrian side at the battle of Blore Heath in 1459. However he fought on the Yorkist side at the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, where he was made a Knight Banneret.
  He married thrice.
  He married, firstly, Cecily Arderne, by dispensation dated 1428, when both bride and groom were children.
  They had 1 son
  • John, Esquire of Elford, Clifton-Campville and Pipe, Staffordshire, Aldford, Etchells and Alderly, Chshire, Aston-sub-Edge and Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire. Son and heir of John Stanley and his first wife, Cecily Ardene.
  
  He married (2nd), after 1446 but before 16 Feb 1451/2, Elizabeth Vernon, widow of John Vampage Esq, and daughter of Sir Richard Vernon of Haddon, Speaker of the Commons.
  They had 2 sons
  • Thomas
  • Sir Humphrey
  and 3 daughters
  • Alice, wife of Sir John Melton
  • Katherine
  • Isabel, wife of Sir Hugh Peshall.
  
  After 1471 he married (3rd) Anne Horne, widow of Sir William Harcourt of Maxstoke. They had no issue.
  Sir John was made a banneret when fighting for the Yorkists at Tewkesbury in 1471 (having previously fought with the Lancastrians at Blore Heath).
  He died on 29 June 1476 and was buried at Elford, leaving a Will, and a widow, who remarried and had several children.
  
  John married before 1470 to an unidentified wife. They had one son and three daughters: John, Anne, Margery and William Staunton and Elizabeth, wife of William Ferrers.
  
  In 1475 he went to France in place of his father, a man at arms with six archers. In 1484 he was sued by his distant Arden cousins, Richard Wrottesley and Robert Leigh, for the manor of Aldford, Cheshire.
  
  His daughter, Anne, would marry Sir Christopher Savage.
  
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  ELIZABETH MATIDA VERNON was born about 1427 of Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England, to Sir Richard Vernon VII (1390-1451) and Lady Benedicta Ludlow (1394- 1427.) She married (1) *John Stanley about 1452 of Staffordshire, England; (2) Nicholas Montgomery III.
  
  Elizabeth Vernon passed away about 1480 of Derbyshire, England, age 53.
  
  Wikitree:
  Father Sir Richard Vernon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, & Derbyshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of Calais b. c 1390, d. 24 Aug 1451
  Mother Benedicta Ludlow[1] d. 1444
  
  Elizabeth Vernon was born circa 1424.
  She married Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire, son of Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire and Maud (Matilda) Arderne, before 1446.[2]
  They had 2 sons (Thomas; & Sir Humphrey) & 4 daughters (Maud, wife of Sir John Ferrers, & of John Agard, Esq; Alice, wife of Sir John Melton; Katherine; & Isabel, wife of Sir Hugh Peshale).[3]
  Elizabeth Vernon died after 4 August 1471.
  She had married (1) John Vampage, Esq.
  Family 1
  • John Vampage, Esq.[4]
  Family 2
  • Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire b. c 1420, d. 29 Jun 1476
  Children
  • Thomas
  • Sir Humphrey
  • Maud, wife of Sir John Ferrers, & of John Agard, Esq
  • Alice Stanley (1453-1542), wife of Sir John Melton
  • Katherine
  • Isabel Stanley (1457-1500), wife of Sir Hugh Peshale
  • Sir John Stanley (1455-1508
  • Roger Stanley (1460-?)

• m. AFT 1446 in Staffordshire, England

1. Isabel Stanley, b. 1460 in Pipe, Staffordshire, England     d. 1500 in London, London, England

• m. 1443

1. Title: John Stanley in entry for John, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
   Author: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JH1Z-227 : 17 April 2023), John Stanley in entry for John Stanley, 1677.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JH1Z-227;
   
2. Title: John Stanley in Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2574.htm#i77325 index to royal pedigrees
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2574.htm#i77325;
   Note: Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire (1,2,3,4,5,6,7) Last Edited 6 Mar 2014 M, #77325, b. circa 1420, d. 29 June 1476 Father Sir Thomas Stanley, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire, & Staffordshire (8,9) b. c 1392, d. 13 May 1463 Mother Maud (Matilda) Arderne (8,9) b. 2 Jul 1396, d. bt 1430 - 1432 Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire was born circa 1420 at of Elford, Staffordshire, England; Age 40+ in 1463; and adult by 1446. (1,2,4) He married Cecily Arderne, daughter of Ralph Arderne and Katherine de Stanley, in 1428; Year of Dispensation when they were children. They had 1 son (John, Esq.) (10,11,2,4) Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire married Elizabeth Vernon, daughter of Sir Richard Vernon, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, & Derbyshire, Speaker of the House of Commons, Treasurer of Calais and Benedicta Ludlow, before 1446; They had 2 sons (Thomas; & Sir Humphrey) & 4 daughters (Maud, wife of Sir John Ferrers, & of John Agard, Esq; Alice, wife of Sir John Melton; Katherine; & Isabel, wife of Sir Hugh Peshale). (11,2,4,7 )Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire married Anne Horne, daughter of Robert Horne, Alderman of London and Joan Fabian, after 4 August 1471; No issue. (12,2,3,4,5,6) Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Staffordshire died on 29 June 1476 at of Elford, Staffordshire, England; Buried at Elford, Staffordshire. (11,2,3,4,5,6) Family 1: Cecily Arderne b. c 1425, d. b 1446 Child : John Stanley, Esq.+ (11,2,4) b. c 1445, d. 22 Nov 1508 Family 2: Elizabeth Vernon b. c 1424, d. a 4 Aug 1471 Children: Alice Stanley+ (2) b. c 1454, d. 1493 Isabel Stanley+ (1) b. c 1460 Family 3: Anne Horne b. c 1440, d. 12 Jul 1505 Citations: 1. [S11576] A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by John Burke, Esq. and John Bernard Burke, Esq., p. 406. 2. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 105-106. 3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 453-454. 4. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 487-488. 5. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 393-394. 6. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 268-269. 7. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 281. 8. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 104-105. 9. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 486-487. 10. [S61] Unknown author, Family Group Sheets, Family History Archives, SLC. 11. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 284. 12. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 350-351.
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3. Title: John Stanley & Vernon in Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-TXGK?cc=2060211&wc=WWJR-V3Z%3A352088301%2C354011601
   Author: "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-TXGK?cc=2060211&wc=WWJR-V3Z%3A352088301%2C354011601 : 20 May 2014), S > Stange, Hans Peter (1816) - Stanley, Jonathan (1754) > image 1140 of 1423; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897M-TXGK;
   Note: John Stanley married Isabella Vernon about 1452 and had children based on previous research
   Page: Names, dates, locations, and relationships match previous research and temple work.