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William Stanley



Preferred Parents:
Father: John de Stanley, b. 1285 in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England   d. 1361 in Stourton Castle, Kinver, Staffordshire, England
Mother: Emma de Lathom, b. 1290 in Lancashire, England   d. 1334 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Family 1: Alice Massey,    b. 1330 in Timperley, Cheshire, England    d. ABT 1419 in Storeton, Cheshire, England
  1. John Stanley KG, b. 1 NOV 1362 in Newton, Cheshire, England     d. 6 JAN 1414 in Ardee, County Louth, Ireland
  2. William Stanley IV, b. BET 1368 AND 1372 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England     d. 2 FEB 1428 in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England
Family 2: Alice Massey,    b. 1331    d. 1380
Sources:
  1. Title: Millennium File
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=7249&h=100411852&indiv=try;
  2. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISHNOBILITYMEDIEVAL3P-S.htm#_Toc21501831;
    Note: WILLIAM de Stanley (-after 1362). m [735][ALICE, daughter of HAMON [Hugh] de Mascy of Timperley, Cheshire & his wife ---]. a) WILLIAM de Stanley (-1398). m ---. The name of William’s wife is not known. William & his wife had one child: i) WILLIAM de Stanley ([1368]-). His lands were forfeited for his participation in the rebellion of Henry Percy "Hotspur" in 1403[736]. Ancestor of the STANLEY family of Wirral[737]. b) ALICE de Stanley . m (1340) RANDLE le Roter of Kingsley, Staffordshire, son of ---. c) JOHN de Stanley (-before 28 Jan 1414). He was deputy in Ireland for Robert de Vere Marquess of Dublin 1386-1388, and was Lieutenant of Ireland 1399 to 1401[738]. m (1385 or before, dispensation 24 Dec 1398[739]) ISABEL, daughter of THOMAS de Lathom of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancashire & his first wife ---. John & his wife had two children: i) JOHN de Stanley (-27 Nov 1437). m ISABEL, daughter of JOHN de Haryngton of Hornby Castle, Lancashire & his wife ---. John & his wife had one child: (a) THOMAS Stanley of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancashire (1405 or before-11 Feb 1459). He was summoned to parliament 15 Jan 1456, whereby he is held to have become Lord Stanley. - see below. ii) THOMAS Stanley of Elford, Staffordshire . Ancestor of the STANLEY family of Elford Pipe, Staffordshire[740].
  3. Title: History of the House of Stanley - Seacombe
  4. Title: G.E. Cokayne - The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom
    Author: Gloucester, U.K., p. XII/1:247
  5. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=9289&h=6867537&indiv=try;
  6. Title: Our royal, titled, noble and commoner ancestors
    Author: Citations [S2767] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 247; Burke's Peerage, 1938, p. 784; The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, by Ronny O. Bodine, p. 75. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 88. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 25. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 677-678. [S11597] Ancestry.com, Information submitted by seancthorne.
    Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p364.htm#i10928;
    Note: Sir William Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hooton1,2,3 Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #10928, d. June 1398 Father John Stanley, Lord of Stanley & Stourton d. b 1362 Mother Mabel Hausket Sir William Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hooton was born at of Stanley & Stourton, Staffordshire, England. He married Alice Massey, daughter of Hamon de Massey and Matilda Tymperly.2,3 Sir William Stanley, Lord Stanley and Hooton died in June 1398. Family Alice Massey Children Henry Stanley Margaret Stanley+ b. c 1315 Sir John Stanley, Lord Lieutenant & Justiciary of Ireland, Justice of Chester, Governor of the City & County of Chester, Constable of Windsor Castle+4,2,3 b. 1350, d. 6 Jan 1414 Matilda Stanley+5 b. c 1358 Sir William Stanley+ b. c 1362, d. Feb 1428 Ellin Stanley+ b. c 1375
  7. Title: Charles Mosely - Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Ed
    Author: p. 815

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