Husband Gruffudd Kynaston of Hordley and Stocks
Born: Abt 1404
Christened:
Died: After 1443
Buried:
Father: John Kynaston (Abt 1382- )
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Margred Hoord of Stocks and Stanwardine
Born: by 1406
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Hoord of Stocks and Stanwardine (Abt 1378- )
Mother:
Children
1 M Roger Kynaston of Middle
Born: Abt 1430
Christened:
Died: Bef 1496
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Gruffudd Kynaston of Hordley and Stocks
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Research Notes: Wife - Margred Hoord of Stocks and Stanwardine
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Husband Roger Hoord
Born: Abt 1345
Christened:
Died: After 1381
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Cari ferch Madog Llwyd
Born: Abt 1350
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Madog Llwyd ap Gruffudd (Abt 1320- )
Mother: Lleucu verch Iorwerth (Abt 1325- )
Children
1 M John Hoord of Stocks and Stanwardine
Born: Abt 1378
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Roger Hoord
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Research Notes: Wife - Cari ferch Madog Llwyd
RootsWeb - Celtic Royal Genealogy
Husband William de Stanleigh "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton 1 2 3 4 5
AKA: Sir William [VI] De Stanley Knt. of Hooton, Cheshire, William [VI] de Stanley (II), William de Stanley Forester of Wirral Forest, William de Stanley
Born: Abt 1337 - Wirral Forest, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1398
Buried:
Father: William de Stanleigh Lord of Stanleigh and Storeton (1311-1360) 6 7 8
Mother: Cecily Congleton (Abt 1315-Bef 1353)
Marriage: 1376 - Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Other Spouse: Agnes Beckington ( - ) 9
Other Spouse: Matilda ( - )
Events
• Charter: Grant by William Wilbraham of Thyngwall for lands, etc., 1337, Cheshire, England.
• Charter: Powers of attorney from the same to John Dogynton to deliver seisin to the same., 1338.
• Granted manor of Stanley: from his father, 1362.
Wife Margery de Hooton 5 10 11 12
AKA: Margaret de Hooten, Margerey de Hooten, Margaret de Houghton
Born: 1342 - Hooton, Eastham, Wirral, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1430
Buried:
Father: Sir William de Hooton Lord of Hooton ( -1396) 11 13
Mother: Katherine de Torond ( - ) 14
Events
• Marriage agreement: to William de Stanley, 10 Jan 1376.
Children
1 M Sir William de Stanley of Hooton 3 15 16
AKA: Sir William Stanley Lord of Stanleigh, William Stanley of Hooten
Born: 1368 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1423-1424 - Hooton, Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire, England
Buried:
Spouse: Blanche Arderne (Abt 1362- )
Marr: 1386
2 F Jonet Stanley of Hooton 7 9 17 18 19 20 21
AKA: Jane Stanley, Jane De Stanley, Janet Stanley, Janet de Stanley, Joan Stanley of Hooton, Sioned Stanley
Born: Abt 1380 - Hooton, Eastham, Wirral, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: 1466
Buried:
Spouse: Judge Robert Paris Chamberlain of Chester and North Wales ( - )
Marr: Abt 1397
Spouse: Gwilym ap Gruffydd Lord of Penrhyn (Abt 1365-1431) 18 22 23 24
Marr: After 1405
Spouse: John Pikine ( - )
3 M Edmund de Stanley
Born: 1390
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 M John de Stanley
AKA: John Stanley of Storeton
Born: 1392
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
5 F Ellen de Stanley
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Thomas de Troghford ( - )
6 M Rowland Stanley 25
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Birth Notes: Husband - William de Stanleigh "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton
Various sources have differing birth, marriage & death dates.
- Birth dates: abt 1328, 1337, abt 1355, abt 1348, abt 1360, abt 1368, abt 1370, abt 1375
- Marriage: 1386, abt 1379
- Death: 1428, bef 1428, 2 Feb 1427 or 1428
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1345.
http://stanleyroots.co.uk has b. 1337, d.1398
Death Notes: Husband - William de Stanleigh "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has d. 2 Feb 1427 or 1428.
http://stanleyroots.co.uk has b. 1337, d.1398
Research Notes: Husband - William de Stanleigh "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton
Note: The present researcher has been unable as yet to find an authoritative source that would definitively answer questions about William de Stanleigh's wives, children, birth/death dates, parentage of Jonet Stanley, etc. The reader is advised not to rely on this site as its sole source.
For example, Website http://cybergata.com/roots/8444.htm has Margery de Hooton (Margaret de Houghton) married to Sir William de Stanley (1368-1428). In my opinion, that William is her son, and Margery de Hooton was married to an elder William de Stanley (c. 1337-1398). kjf 27 Jun 2013.
That same source (http://cybergata.com/roots/484.htm) does, however, contain the following useful information:
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, (Stanley), 247. calls him Forester of Wirral Forest, which he successfully claimed in 1361/2. In 1355 he was accused of participating in an attack on the Abbey of Burton-upon-Trent.
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Son and heir, lord of Stanley, Storeton, and of Hooton in right of his wife.
Sources that list his children usually include these but not Jonet (Sioned) Stanley:
- Sir William b. 1405 (or abt 1386?)
- Agnes b. 1388
- Edmund b. 1390
- John b. 1392
Possibly also Ellen
http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm "The Stanleys of Storeton in Chester":
William de Stanleigh 'The Elder' (1337-1398) probably built Storeton Hall near Bebington (still standing, SJ3084) as his main residence, around 1360, after the death of his father.
In 1376 William de Stanleigh complained to King Edward III about the deforestation of the Wirral, which was blamed on the Black Prince (the late son of the king). The king agreed that William (as hereditary forester) should continue to receive the profits from the forest, and in 1397 he was granted 20 marks a year by the crown in compensation (Patent Rolls). He seems to have been on military service in Ireland shortly before his death (Patent Rolls). When William 'the Elder' died in 1398, it seems his second wife and widow Matilda was not maintained by her step-son Sir William de Stanley, so in 1400 Henry IV granted Matilda "who has come to such poverty that she cannot keep her estate" 2d a day for life.
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From The Baronetage of England, vol. 2, p. 206 :
"William, his son, lord of Stanley, &c. living 26 Edw. III, married Alicia, daughter of Hugh Massey, de Timperly, sister to Sir Hamond Massey, Knt. and had issue by her William de Stanley, lord of Stanley, &c. living 10 Rich. II. Henry, Matildes, and John. Which last William, the son and heir, married Margaret, daughter and sole heir of William de Hooton, lord of Hooton, in Wirehall in Cheshire, where that family have since continued to this day."
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From The History of the House of Stanley from the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776, pp. 14-15 :
"Sir William, the elder brother of John, by Mary Massey, was the eighth heir of this house, and succeeded his father Sir William in honour and estate. The tenth of Richard II, he married Margery the only daughter of William de Hooton, of Hooton, in the hundred of Wirral, and county of Chester; and by her had issue a son, named William, who is styled Lord of Stanley, Stourton, and Hooton, and grand ranger in chief of Wirral, in the county of Chester."
Birth Notes: Wife - Margery de Hooton
Sources have differing birth, marriage and death dates:
- Birth: abt 1342, abt 1344, abt 1352, 1364
- Marriage: 1386
- Death: abt 1430
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919
has b. abt 1352
Research Notes: Wife - Margery de Hooton
The Baronetage of England, p. 206 has:
"William, his son, lord of Stanley, &c. living 26 Edw. III, married Alicia, daughter of Hugh Massey, de Timperly, sister to Sir Hamond Massey, Knt. and had issue by her William de Stanley, lord of Stanley, &c. living 10 Rich. II. Henry, Matildes, and John. Which last William, the son and heir, married Margaret, daughter and sole heir of William de Hooton, lord of Hooton, in Wirehall in Cheshire, where that family have since continued to this day."
From The Stanley Family of Hooton, Cheshire (www.fintco.demon.co.uk/stanley/ches-hooton.htm) :
"This is the senior branch of the family.
"This page relates to 'The House of Stanley from the 12th Century' Chapter 6.
"...Margery, als. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir William De Hooton...
"Issue - Sir William, John, Edund, Ellen..."
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Website http://cybergata.com/roots/8444.htm has her married to Sir William de Stanley (1368-1428). In the opinion of this researcher, that William is her son, and Margery de Hooton was married to an elder William de Stanley (c. 1337-1398).
Notes: Marriage
Todd Whitesides (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2005-06/1119103825) states:
"Support for the identification of all the other wives of the Stanley men of
Hooton can be found in the Ryland Charters housed in the John Rylands
Library at Manchester University, at least as far back as the 1376 agreement for
the marriage of William de Stanley and Margery de Hoton and as late as the 1514
agreement for the marriage of William Stanley and Grace Griffith."
Sam Geer has m. 1404.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I45411 has m. abt 1371 in Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Birth Notes: Child - Sir William de Stanley of Hooton
Various sources have differing birth, marriage & death dates.
- Birth dates: 1368, abt 1370, abt 1375, betw 1378 and 1380, 1405 (unlikely; too late)
- Marriage:
- Death: abt 1428, 2 Feb 1427 or 1428
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives b. abt 1345, d. 2 Feb 1427/28
http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm has b. 1368, d. 1428.
Death Notes: Child - Sir William de Stanley of Hooton
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives d. abt 1417.
Todd Whitesides (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/2005-06/1119103825) writes: "His son William Stanley was married by 1403 to Blanche [RYCH/1801] but
predeceased his father in 1423 or 1424 [RYCH/1418 & 1802]. "
Birth Notes: Child - Jonet Stanley of Hooton
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 gives b. abt 1362 & name = Jane Stanley. Several other sources give b. abt 1380.
Husband Sir William de Hooton Lord of Hooton 11 13
AKA: William Hooton Lord of Hooton
Born:
Christened:
Died: 14 Sep 1396 - Hooton, Eastham, Wirral, Cheshire, England
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Katherine de Torond 14
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Henry Torond ( - ) 26
Mother:
Children
1 F Margery de Hooton 5 10 11 12
AKA: Margaret de Hooten, Margerey de Hooten, Margaret de Houghton
Born: 1342 - Hooton, Eastham, Wirral, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1430
Buried:
Spouse: William de Stanleigh "The Elder", Lord of Stanley, Storeton & Hooton (Abt 1337-1398) 1 2 3 4 5
Marr: 1376 - Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William de Hooton Lord of Hooton
From The Stanley Family of Hooton, Cheshire (www.fintco.demon.co.uk/stanley/ches-hooton.htm):
"This is the senior branch of the family.
"This page relates to 'The House of Stanley from the 12th Century' Chapter 6.
"...Margery, als. Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir William De Hooton"
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From http://cybergata.com/roots/8446.htm :
Sir William de Hooton (Houghton), son and heir of Henry de Hooton (Houghton). He lived during the reign of Edward III (1327-1377). He died 14 Sep 1396, and his post mortem inquisition took place on 20 Richard II. He occurs in the Plea Rolls, 1 Richard II, as being grantee of the king, of letters of protection, 21 Mar 1377, because he was going abroad on the king's service in the retinue of Sir William Trussell, knight. Sir William was most likely knighted in France. His wife was Katherine Torond, daughter and heiress of Henry Torond, and she was called a widow in 6 Henry VI (1427-1428). Their only child was Margaret or Margery who married Sir William Stanley.
~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, p. 410
Research Notes: Wife - Katherine de Torond
From http://cybergata.com/roots/8447.htm :
Katherine Torond, daughter and heiress of Henry Torond, was married to Sir William Hooton, and she was called a widow in 6 Henry VI (1427-1428). Their only child was Margaret or Margery who married Sir William Stanley.
~George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, p. 410
Birth Notes: Child - Margery de Hooton
Sources have differing birth, marriage and death dates:
- Birth: abt 1342, abt 1344, abt 1352, 1364
- Marriage: 1386
- Death: abt 1430
Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919
has b. abt 1352
Husband Dr. James J. Hope
Born: - <Edmonton, Alberta>, Canada
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Grace Janet Munro
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Hugh Munro (Abt 1850- )
Mother: Emma McCracken ( - )
Children
Husband Samuel Owings 27
Born: 1780 - Bath, Kentucky, United States
Christened:
Died: 1829 - Nicholas, Kentucky, United States
Buried:
Father: Joshua Owings Jr. (1740-1804) 28 29 30
Mother: Elizabeth Howe (Abt 1750-1792) 30 31
Marriage: 1805
Wife Mary Hopkins 32
Born: 1784 - Washington, Virginia, United States
Christened:
Died: 1850 - Ripley, Indiana, United States
Buried:
Children
Husband William Horton 33
Born: Abt 1450 - Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: John Horton (Abt 1397- ) 34
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Maud Hopkinson 35
Born: Abt 1452 - Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Roger Horton 36
Born: Abt 1476 - Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Alice Manley ( - ) 37
Husband George Whisenhunt 38
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Hollie Hoppis 38
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 M Samuel Poston Whisenant 39
AKA: Sam Whisenant
Born: 11 May 1847 - Gilmer, Georgia, United States
Christened:
Died: 22 Apr 1936 - Ozark, Missouri, United States
Buried: - Baptist Hill Cemetery, Elijah, Ozark, Missouri, United States
Spouse: Mary Irene Gates ( - ) 40
Spouse: Nancy A. Jones (1849-1912) 41
Spouse: Eliza Ann Pleasant (1860-1929) 42
Spouse: Vesta Anne Cartwright (1851-1936) 43
Husband Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G. 3 44 45 46 47
Born: Abt 1435 - Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Christened:
Died: 16 Feb 1495
Buried:
Father: Sir Thomas de Stanley K.G., 1st Baron Stanley, Lord Lt. of Ireland (1406-1459) 18 48 49 50 51 52 53
Mother: Joan Goushill (Abt 1402-After 1460) 50 52 54 55
Marriage: 1471 - <Moreton Corbet, Shropshire>, England
Other Spouse: Joan Beaumont ( -1466) 56 - Bef 1466
Events
• Steward: to household of the Prince of Wales [Edward V], 1473.
• Lord of Ridley, Cheshire:
• Chamberlain of Chester:
• Constable of North Wales:
• Appointed: Chief Justice of North Wales by Richard III, 12 Nov 1483.
• Granted: the whole of Bromfield and Yale by Richard III, 10 Dec 1484.
• Battle: of Bosworth Field, 1485.
Wife Elizabeth Hopton 57 58
Born: Abt 1427 - Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England
Christened:
Died: 22 Jun 1498
Buried:
Father: Sir Thomas Hopton of Hopton ( - ) 56
Mother:
Children
1 F Jane Stanley 59
Born: Abt 1463 - Holt Castle, Cheshire (Wrexham), Wales
Christened:
Died: Abt 1525
Buried:
Spouse: Sir John Warburton Knight (Abt 1459-1525) 60
Marr: Abt 1487 - Arley, Cheshire, England
2 M William Stanley 56 58
Born: Abt 1472 - Holt Castle, Cheshire (Wrexham), Wales
Christened:
Died: 1498
Buried:
Spouse: Joan Massie ( - ) 61
3 F Catherine Stanley 56
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Death Notes: Husband - Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G.
Executed on Tower Hill, 16 February 1494/5.
Per Wikipedia, beheaded for an alleged share in the Perkin Warbeck conspiracy in 1495.
Per Reifsnyder-Gilliam Ancestry, beheaded in 1494.
Research Notes: Husband - Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G.
Knight of the Garter 1487. Beheaded for an alleged share in the Perkin Warbeck conspiracy in 1495. Second wife of Sir William Stanley of Holt.
According to http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3143362&id=I653270083, they were married before 1463.
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49. Seacome, John, The History of the House of Stanley From the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776. (Manchester: J. Gleave, 1821.), p. 229.
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Sir William Stanley ( ? - 1495) was the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby . Stanley fought with his troops in several battles of the Wars of the Roses .
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From Wikipedia - William Stanley :
"He is best known for actions in the Battle of Bosworth Field , where he changed sides, securing Henry VII's victory and crown.After the Battle of Tewkesbury, it was he who captured Queen Margaret(Margaret of Anjou ). For his intervention, the new king bestowed many favors on him. However, in 1495 Stanley was convicted of treason and executed for his support of the pretender Perkin Warbeck .He readily admitted to the crime as he thought that through a full confession he would escape execution. Indeed the King might have granted this, partly through mercy and partly to avoid upsetting Thomas Earl of Derby. However, the King feared that by doing this he would be putting himself in danger by encouraging others to undertake a similar act of folly. William was condemned and a few days later beheaded."
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From http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm :
Since 1200 the Stanleys had become important landowners and administrators in north-west England (especially Cheshire and Lancashire), and in 1485 the two brothers Sir Thomas Stanley and Sir William Stanley played a decisive role in winning the Battle of Bosworth for Henry Tudor and therefore in establishing the Tudor dynasty - a feat for which Thomas was created 1st Earl of Derby in 1485. Thereafter, the Earls of Derby were a prominent political force in north-west England for the next four centuries, with the 14th earl becoming Prime Minister three times, in 1852, 1858 and 1866.
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From Archæologia Cambrensis, Vol. VII, 6th Series, 1907, p. 18:
"On the fourth day of the Parliament of 17 Edward IV (1477), it was declared that Richard, the King's second son, was to be Duke of York and Norfolk, Earl Marshal, Warrenne, and Nottingham, and to marry Anne, daughter and heir to John late Duke of Norfolk, the said Anne being then but six years old; and if she should die without issue, the said Richard, Duke of Norfolk, should have, by consent of Elizabeth, Duchess of Norfolk (widow of the said John, Duke of Norfolk), 'for the terme of his life, the halvendale (that is, the moiety) of the Castell, Towne, Lordship and Maners of Dynesbran [of the] Castell, Lordshipp, and Towne of Lyons [and of] the Lordship, Maners, and Londes of Heulyngton, Bromefield, Yale, Wraxham, and Almore, with their appurtenaunces, in the Marche of Wales,' etc.
"This Richard, Duke of York, was one of the two young princes afterwards murdered in the Tower. His marriage was never consummated, and one of the above-named moieties, or 'halvendales,' of Bromfield and Yale became vested in the Crown. At a date which I cannot specify with precision, the other moiety--that of the Nevilles--became vested in the Crown also.
"Certain it is that on the 10th December, 1484, the whole of Bromfield and Yale, 'late of John, Duke of Norfolk, and Sir George Neville, knight,' was granted by Richard III to Sir William Stanley (see the grant set out in Arch. Camb., 1882, pp. 150 and 151). Nevertheless, in the fourth year of Henry VII (1488), Sir William Stanley only petitioned to continue to enjoy what was practically the moiety of the lordship, although he seems to have been allowed to retain the whole."
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From Archæologia Cambrensis, 1907, p. 22 :
"This splendid knight, as is well known, decided the issue of the battle of Bosworth, placing the crown upon the head of Henry, Earl of Richmond, and practically making him Henry VII of England. Many of his followers, or brothers-in-arms, were doubtless men from this neighbourhood. John ap Elis Eyton, whose tomb still stands in Ruabon church, was certainly at Bosworth. The Chevalier Lloyd and others assert that the new king granted Bromfield, Yale, and Chirland, to Sir William for his achievement, or (must we say?) treachery at the famous battle above-names; but the knight of Holt had, as we have seen, Bromfield and Yale, at any rate, before. He enriched Holt Castle, it is said, with the spoils of Bosworth field; but, however that may be, he was one of the richest subjects in the kingdom, and thus excited the envy and suspicion of the King, whose meanness saw in the splendour of Sir William a pretext for getting rid of one to whom he stood under such inconvenient obligations; so he was charged with being in active sympathy with Perkin Warbeck, was convicted, and executed on Tower Hill, 16th February, 1494/5, all his possessions escheating to the king...
"The arms borne by Sir William Stanley, of Holt, were these:--1, argent, on a bend azure, three bucks' heads caboshed or (Stanley); 2 or on a chief indented azure, three plates (Lathom); barry of six or and azure, a canton ermine (Goushill); and 4 gules, a lion rampant or (Fitzalan)."
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From http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/aldford.html (by Craig Thornber) :
Sir William Stanley of Holt in Denbighshire was the second son of Thomas the 1st Baron Stanley (1405-59). His elder brother was Thomas (1432-1504) who became the 2nd Baron Stanley and then the 1st Earl of Derby in 1485. Sir William supported the house of York in the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459. In 1461, Edward IV made Sir William Stanley the Chamberlain of Chester and Sheriff of Flintshire. He fought for the Yorkists at Hexham in 1466 and was given the Lordship and Castle of Skipton in Yorkshire which he subsequently exchanged for Chirk. He obtained additional land following the battle of Towton. After the battle of Tewkesbury in 1471 he took the news to Queen Margaret of her son's death and then took her to Coventry.
Edward IV's successor, Richard III, courted Sir William's support by various grants of manors and by appointing him Chief Justice for North Wales and Chief Commissioner for Shropshire. Sir William was suspicious of Richard because of the disappearance of the two princes and changed his allegiance to Henry Tudor. At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Sir William Stanley rescued Henry Tudor at a critical moment in the battle, struck down the King and is said to have found his crown in a thorn bush. He handed the crown to his elder brother Thomas who put it on the head of Henry Tudor. Henry VII appointed Sir William Stanley the Lord Chamberlain and Knight of the Garter and granted him additional lands that made him the richest commoner in England. Sir William's wealth and power inevitably attracted enemies and he was disappointed that his services had not led to a peerage. In 1489 he became Constable of Caernarvon and Beaumaris, and in 1490 Henry VII gave him the Lordships of Bromfield, Chirk and the castles of Dinas Bran, Holt and Chirk in confirmation of earlier grants of the latter two by Richard III.
Sir William as Lord Chancellor was arbitrator in the dispute between Sir John Stanley of Elford and his half-brother Sir Humphrey, mentioned above. He then bought the manors of Aldford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire from Sir John. Sir William was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1494, on suspicion of being involved in the rebellion of Perkin Warbeck, who claimed to be the younger of the "princes in the tower" and therefore heir to Edward IV. At that time it was not known that the sons of Edward IV had both been murdered. Although Sir William had helped put Henry VII on the throne he was known to have been a strong supporter of Edward IV. He was quoted as saying that if Perkin Warbeck was the son of Edward IV he would not fight against him. This, and his unwillingness to confirm or deny his guilt, was sufficient to see him executed at the Tower on 16 February 1495. Below we look briefly at Sir William's heirs as they involve some other well-known families in Cheshire as indicated in the emboldening in the chart below.
Sources:
An Introduction to Aldford and Its Church, a pamphlet available in the church for 25 pence in 2002.
The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities, 2nd Ed., revised and enlarged by Thomas Helsby, Esq., published by George Routledge and sons, Ludgate Hill, London, 1882. This is now available from the Family History Society of Cheshire on CD ROM. A reprint of the work was published by Eric Morten of Didsbury.
The House of Stanley from the 12th Century, by Peter Edmund Stanley, published by Pentland Press in 1998.
Research Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Hopton
Notes: Marriage
Husband Sir Thomas Hopton of Hopton 56
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1 F Elizabeth Hopton 57 58
Born: Abt 1427 - Hopton Castle, Shropshire, England
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Died: 22 Jun 1498
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Spouse: Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G. (Abt 1435-1495) 3 44 45 46 47
Marr: 1471 - <Moreton Corbet, Shropshire>, England
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~George Ormerod's The History of. Cit. Date: 27 Jun 2013.