1. | 2nd Lord Stanley Thomas Stanley was born about 1435 (son of Thomas Stanley, Knight Lord of Lathom and Joan Goushill); died on 29 Jul 1504 in Lathom; was buried in Burscough Priory, Lancashire. Other Events and Attributes:
Thomas married Eleanor Neville after 10 May 1457. Eleanor (daughter of Earl of Salisbury Richard Neville and Alice Montagu) was buried in St James's Garlickhithe, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Thomas married Margaret Beaufort before Oct 1473. Margaret (daughter of John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp) was born on 31 May 1443 in Bletsoe; died on 29 Jun 1509; was buried in Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
2. | Thomas Stanley, Knight Lord of Lathom was born in 1405 in Knowlesley, Lancashire, England (son of John Stanley, Knight Sheriff of Anglesey and Isabel Harrington); died on 20 Feb 1458 in Knowlesley, Lancashire, England. Notes: Succeeded his father in Mann and his other estates in 1432. He had been knighted some years before his father's death. In the same year he was appointed Lieutenant of Ireland for six years, and shortly afterwards Comptroller of the King's Household. During the first year of his rule in Ireland he called together a Parliament for the redress of grievances; but, being called to England by the King's command soon afterwards, that kingdom fell into great disorder, and he was obliged to return to it in 1435, when he successfully repressed a serious revolt. In 1441 he was appointed one of the Lieutenant justices of Chester, at a salary of £40 per annum. He was one of the Commissioners who treated with the Scotch for a truce in 1448, and, when it was concluded, he became one of its conservators. He also served on a commission for the custody and defence of the town and castle of Calais from 1450 to 1455. During the year 1451 he held the office of sole Judge of Chester, and in 1452 he was commissioned to treat for a new truce with Scotland. In 1456 he was summoned to the House of Peers as Baron Stanley, being made Lord Chamberlain of the King's Household, and, in the following year, one of the Council of Edward, Prince of Wales. He was again appointed one of the Ambassadors to treat with the Scotch in 1460, "but, dying the latter end of the year, the nation was deprived of this very great and valuable person, and the King of one of his best subjects... He was brave in the field, wise in the Senate, just to his Prince, an honour to his country, and an ornament to his family". He married Joan, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Goushill, by whom he had issue three sons, Thomas, William, and John; and three daughters. Thomas + Joan Goushill. Joan (daughter of Sir Robert Goushill, of Haveringham and Elizabeth Fitzalan) was born about 1401; died after 1460. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Joan Goushill was born about 1401 (daughter of Sir Robert Goushill, of Haveringham and Elizabeth Fitzalan); died after 1460.
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4. | John Stanley, Knight Sheriff of Anglesey John + Isabel Harrington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Isabel Harrington
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6. | Sir Robert Goushill, of Haveringham was born in 1350. Robert married Elizabeth Fitzalan before 1 Sep 1401 in Haveringham, Nottingham, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel) was born in 1366 in Arundel, Sussex, England; died on 8 Jul 1425 in Haveringham, Nottingham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
7. | Elizabeth Fitzalan was born in 1366 in Arundel, Sussex, England (daughter of Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel); died on 8 Jul 1425 in Haveringham, Nottingham, England.
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14. | Richard FitzAlan, 6th Earl of Arundel Richard married Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel in 1359. Elizabeth (daughter of 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere) was born about 1350 in Derbyshire, England; died on 3 Apr 1385 in Castle Arundel, Arundel, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
15. | Elizabeth de Bohun, Countess of Arundel was born about 1350 in Derbyshire, England (daughter of 1st Earl of Northampton William de Bohun, Earl of Northampton and Lady Elizabeth de Badlesmere); died on 3 Apr 1385 in Castle Arundel, Arundel, Sussex, England.
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