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Thomas Stanley, Knight Lord of Lathom

Male 1405 - 1458  (53 years)


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  • Name Thomas Stanley 
    Suffix Knight Lord of Lathom 
    Birth 1405  Knowlesley, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Feb 1458  Knowlesley, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I917  Bourchiers
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2008 

    Father John Stanley, Knight Sheriff of Anglesey 
    Mother Isabel Harrington 
    Family ID F437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Joan Goushill,   b. Abt 1401   d. Aft 1460 (Age > 60 years) 
    Children 
    +1. 2nd Lord Stanley Thomas Stanley,   b. Abt 1435   d. 29 Jul 1504, Lathom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     2. John Stanley
     3. Catherine Stanley
     4. Margaret Stanley
    +5. Sir William Stanley,   b. Abt 1436, Holt, Denbighshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Feb 1495 (Age 59 years)
     6. Elizabeth Stanley
     7. Edward Stanley
    Family ID F436  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Dec 2014 

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S865] TudorPlace website, (http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/OGLE.htm).