Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley, titular King of Mann,
KG (c. 1405 – 11 or 20 February 1459), of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancashire, was a
Privy Councillor
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,
Comptroller of the Royal Household
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, Lieutenant-Governor of Ireland (1431–36), Chief Steward of the
Duchy of Lancaster
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,
Knight of the Shire
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for
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, Constable & Justice of
Chester
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, Chamberlain of
North Wales
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,
Lord Chamberlain
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(1455), and from 15 January 1456 was summoned by Writ to Parliament as Lord Stanley.
Life
Stanley was the son of
Sir John Stanley, of Liverpool, Lathom, and Knowsley (in Huyton), Lancashire, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Nicholas Harington (or Haverington) of Farleton (in Melling), Lancashire. He represented
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
in the
House of Commons
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in 1427, 1433, 1439, 1442, 1447, 1449, 1450, 1453, 1455.
In 1424 he was attacked in his father's tower at
Liverpool
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by Sir Richard Molyneaux, who was arrested. His family had long associations with the governance of Ireland, his grandfather Sir John Stanley, K.G., having been both Justiciar and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (and who died there), and in 1429 he was sent to Ireland and called a Parliament in that Kingdom in 1432.
In 1437, he succeeded to the title of
King of Mann
The King of Mann () was the title taken between 1237 and 1504 by the various rulers, both sovereign and suzerain, over the Kingdom of Mann – the Isle of Man which is located in the Irish Sea, at the centre of the British Isles. Since 1504, th ...
upon the death of his father.
During the Parliament at Westminster in 1450-1 the House of Commons demanded his removal from the Royal presence with others of the Duke of Suffolk's party.
[Richardson, Douglas, 2007, p. 771.]
Marriage and issue
He married Joan Goushill (1401–1466),
[Joan died shortly before 27 April 1466] eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Robert Goushill, of Hoveringham in Nottinghamshire, by his wife
Elizabeth Fitzalan, a daughter of
Richard Fitzalan, 11th Earl of Arundel
Richard Fitzalan, 4th Earl of Arundel, 9th Earl of Surrey, KG (1346 – 21 September 1397) was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Lineage
Born in 1346, he was the son of Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel and Eleanor of L ...
. By his wife he had four sons and three daughters:
*
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG (1435 – 29 July 1504) was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of King Henry VII of England. He was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley and Joan Goushill.
A landed magnate of imme ...
(1435–1504),
KG, eldest son and heir, who in 1485 was created
Earl of Derby
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by King
Henry VII following his decisive assistance in the
Battle of Bosworth
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. He married twice, firstly to Eleanor de Neville, secondly to Lady
Margaret Beaufort
Lady Margaret Beaufort (usually pronounced: or ; 31 May 1441/43 – 29 June 1509) was a major figure in the Wars of the Roses of the late fifteenth century, and mother of King Henry VII of England, the first Tudor monarch.
A descendant of ...
, mother of King Henry VII.
*
William Stanley (c.1435–1495),
KG, 2nd son, invested as a
Knight of the Garter
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in 1487 by King Henry VII, but executed by that king in 1495 for treason for his alleged part in the
Perkin Warbeck
Perkin Warbeck ( 1474 – 23 November 1499) was a pretender to the English throne claiming to be Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, who was the second son of Edward IV and one of the so-called "Princes in the Tower". Richard, were he alive, ...
conspiracy.
*Sir John Stanley, ancestor of the
Barons Stanley of Alderley;
*James Stanley,
Archdeacon of Chester;
*Elizabeth Stanley, wife successively of Sir Richard Molyneux (d.1459), killed in the Battle of Blore Heath, and Thomas Strange;
*Margaret Stanley, wife successively of Sir William Troubeck (d.1459), killed in the
Battle of Blore Heath
The Battle of Blore Heath was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland, two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in ...
; Sir John Boteler, and
Henry Grey, 4th (7th) Baron Grey of Codnor
Henry Grey, 4th Baron Grey of Codnor (1435 – April 1496) was an English nobleman of the fifteenth century. Having initially supported the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses, he later gave his allegiance to the victorious King Edward ...
;
*Katherine Stanley, wife of Sir John Savage, of Clifton, Cheshire. Of their many sons, the eldest, Sir
John Savage,
KG, was the commander of the left wing of
Henry Tudor's army at the
Battle of Bosworth
The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 Augu ...
in 1485; another, Sir
Christopher Savage of Aston-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, fell at the
Battle of Flodden
The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton, (Brainston Moor) was a battle fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland, resulting in an English ...
, and another,
Thomas Savage, was
Archbishop of York
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.
Death and burial
He died on 11 February 1459 and was buried in
Burscough Priory
Burscough Priory, at Burscough, Lancashire, England, was an Augustinian foundation, established in around 1190 and dissolved in around 1536. Some remains of the church survive.
History
The priory was founded in c. 1190 by Robert Fitz-Henry, Lord ...
,
near his home at Lathom, Lancashire, where his wife was later buried also.
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References
* Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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