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Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle KG (1460?–1523) was an English soldier who became a peer and
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. He is known for his deeds at the
Battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...
.


Life

Born about 1460, he was fifth son of
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, by his first wife Eleanor, daughter of
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. He was knighted during the reign of Edward IV by Richard, Duke of Gloucester on 24 August 1482 at the capture of Berwick upon Tweed. On 17 April 1483 he was one of the pall-bearers at Edward IV's funeral. His father's marriage with Henry of Richmond's mother and services at the
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gained Henry's favour for the family, when he became King Henry VII. Edward became
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for life in the autumn of 1485; on 15 October he was directed to provide against Scottish attacks, and on 1 December he was granted the office of keeper of New Park, Langley; he also became knight of the body to the king. On 4 March 1488–9 he was granted the manors of Farleton in Lonsdale, Farleton in Westmoreland, and Brierley in
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. In 1511 he served as
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in Yorkshire and Westmoreland, and in 1513 was prominent in the
battle of Flodden The Battle of Flodden, Flodden Field, or occasionally Branxton or Brainston Moor was fought on 9 September 1513 during the War of the League of Cambrai between the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland and resulted in an English victory ...
. Edward was paid £4220 for bringing his retinue and their wages during the Flodden campaign.J. Mackie, 'The English Army at Flodden', ''Miscellany of the Scottish History Society, VIII'' (Edinburgh 1951), 79 Popular ballads represent the English army as begging the
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to put Stanley in command of the van; Surrey, out of jealousy, placed him in the rear, where nevertheless he distinguished himself, forcing the Scots to evacuate their position of vantage on the hill, and killing
James IV of Scotland James IV (17 March 1473 – 9 September 1513) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until his death at the Battle of Flodden in 1513. He inherited the throne at the age of fifteen on the death of his father, James I ...
with his own hand (his name occurs in a line of
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's '' Marmion'': 'Charge, Chester, charge—on, Stanley, on'). These details receive no confirmation from the official version; but Thomas Ruthall,
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, reported that Stanley behaved well, and recommended his elevation to the peerage for his services. On 8 May 1514 he was installed Knight of the Garter. Six days later he is said to have landed at Calais with Sir Thomas Lovell, and fought the French. On 23 November 1514 he was summoned to the House of Lords as Baron Monteagle. He was present at the
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in June 1520. He died on 6 April 1523, and was buried at
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where the family owned Hornby Castle. There he had set up a religious foundation in commemoration of his success at Flodden.


Family

Monteagle firstly married Anne Harrington, daughter of Sir John Harrington, by whom he had no issue He married secondly, Elizabeth Vaughan, daughter of Sir Thomas Vaughan of
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,
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, and widow of John Grey, 8th Baron Grey de Wilton, by whom he had: * Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle, who succeeded to the peerage and died in 1560 **
William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle William Stanley, 3rd Baron Monteagle (1528 – 10 November 1581), of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, was an English politician. He was the son of Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Monteagle and Mary Brandon, Baroness Monteagle, Lady Mary Brandon, the daughter ...
, died without male issue in 1581, leaving a daughter Elizabeth who married
Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley Edward Parker, 12th Baron Morley (c. 1550 – 1618) was an English peer, Lord of Morley, Hingham, Hockering, &c., in Norfolk, the son of Henry Parker, 11th Baron Morley and Lady Elizabeth Stanley. His second daughter was Frances Danby. The 1 ...
, and was the mother of William Parker, who succeeded as 4th Baron Monteagle and 13th Baron Morley. Thomas Stanley, Bishop of Sodor and Mann during the
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claimed he was Edward's bastard son. He probably died in office in 1568.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004.


References

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