Husband William Mauduit Lord of Hanslope & Hartley Mauduit, Bucks. 1
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Died: Apr 1257
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Father: Robert Mauduit Lord of Hanslope, Bucks. ( -1222) 1
Mother: Isabel Basset ( - ) 1
Marriage:
Events
• Chamberlain of the Exchequer:
Wife Alice de Beaumont 2
Born:
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Died: Between 1246 and 1263
Buried:
Father: Waleran de Beaumont 4th Earl of Warwick (Bef 1153-1204) 3 4
Mother: Alice de Harcourt ( -After 1212) 5
Children
1 F Isabel Mauduit 6 7 8
Born: Abt 1214
Christened:
Died: Bef 1268
Buried: - Nunnery of Cokehill, Worcestershire, England
Spouse: William de Beauchamp 5th Baron Beauchamp (Abt 1210-1269) 7 9 10
2 M William Mauduit 8th Earl of Warwick 8
Born: Abt 1220
Christened:
Died: 8 Jan 1267
Buried:
Husband Arnulf de Beaumont 11
AKA: Rodulf de Beaumont Vicomte de Beaumont
Born: Abt 950
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Father: Berthold I von Babenberg (Abt 0915- )
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Wife
Born:
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Children
1 F Hildegarde de Beaumont 11
AKA: Bildeburge de Beaumont
Born: Abt 1002
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Spouse: William II Talvas Lord of Bellême and Alençon (Abt 0995-Abt 1070) 12 13 14
Marr: Bef 1034
Husband Roger de Toeni 15
Born: Abt 1156 - <Flamsted, Hertfordshire>, England
Christened:
Died: Abt Jan 1209
Buried:
Father: Ralph de Toeni de Conches (Abt 1130-1162) 15
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Constance de Beaumont 16
Born: Abt 1202 - <Flamsted, Hertfordshire>, England
Christened:
Died: After 1226
Buried:
Father: Richard de Beaumont (Abt 1176- ) 16
Mother:
Children
1 M Ralph de Toeni 15
Born: Abt 1190 - <Flamsted, Hertfordshire>, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 29 Sep 1239
Buried:
Spouse: Petronilla de Lacy (Abt 1195-After 1288) 16
Marr: Bef 1234
Death Notes: Child - Ralph de Toeni
Husband Hamon II Massey 17
Born: Abt 1100 - Cheadle, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1140 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
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Father: Hamon de Massey 1st Baron de Dunham (Bef 1056-1101) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Mother: Margaret Sacie (Abt 1077- )
Marriage: Abt 1124 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Wife Eleanor Beaumont
Born: Abt 1100 - Cheshire, England
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Died:
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Children
1 M John Massey
Born: Abt 1127 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
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2 M Hamon III Massey 25 26
AKA: Hamo de Masci [III]
Born: Abt 1129 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died: Abt 1216 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Buried:
Spouse: Agatha de Theray ( - ) 27
3 M Robert Massey
Born: Abt 1130 - Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Research Notes: Husband - Hamon II Massey
From A History of Altrincham and Bowdon, p. 9:
"The second Hamon had issue Hamon, a son and heir, and Robert Massey, from whom sprang the Masseys of Sale. This is probably the Hamon Massey who is noticed in one of the ancient chronicles as having held the Castle of Dunham against Henry II. in 1173, during the rebellion of which Hugh Earl of Chester was principal leader. He gave the lands of Bramhall, or Bromale, to Matthew de Bromale by charter..." 28
Research Notes: Wife - Eleanor Beaumont
FamilySearch? Rootsweb? AFN: 18GS-7K2
Death Notes: Child - Hamon III Massey
Per History of Altrincham and Bowdon, p. 10, "He died about the end of the reign of King John, or the beginning of that of Henry III., and his wife Agatha survived him."
Husband William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester
Born: Abt 1128
Christened:
Died: 23 Nov 1183
Buried:
Father: Robert de Caen 1st Earl of Gloucester (Abt 1090-1147) 32 33 34
Mother: Mabel FitzHamon of Gloucester (1090-1157) 33 35 36
Marriage: Abt 1150
Wife Hawise de Beaumont of Leicester
Born:
Christened:
Died: 24 Apr 1197
Buried:
Father: Sir Robert de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104-1168) 37 38 39
Mother: Amice de Gael de Montfort (Abt 1108-1168/1169) 38 39 40
Children
1 F Amice FitzWilliam Countess of Gloucester 41 42
AKA: Amica FitzRobert, Amice FitzRobert Countess of Gloucester
Born: Abt 1160
Christened:
Died: 1 Jan 1225
Buried:
Spouse: Richard de Clare 6th Earl of Clare (Abt 1153-1218) 41 43 44
Marr: Abt 1180
Research Notes: Husband - William FitzRobert 2nd Earl of Gloucester
2nd Earl of Gloucester, Lord of Tewkesbury and Glamorgan
2nd Earl of Gloucester, Lord of the manor of Glamorgan and of Cardiff Castle
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 123-27.
Also line 63-26 (Hawise de Beaumont)
Research Notes: Wife - Hawise de Beaumont of Leicester
Source: Wikipedia - Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Also Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 63-26
Death Notes: Child - Amice FitzWilliam Countess of Gloucester
Ancestral Roots has. d. 1 Jan 1224/1225. Wikipedia has d. 1220.
Husband Henry Beaumont 4th Earl of Buchan
Born: Abt 1288
Christened:
Died: 1340
Buried:
Father: Louis de Brienne Viscount of Beaumont ( - ) 45
Mother: Agnes ( - ) 45
Marriage: Bef 14 Jul 1310
Wife Alice Comyn 45
Born: 1289 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Christened:
Died: 3 Jul 1349
Buried:
Father: Alexander Comyn ( - ) 46
Mother: Joan le Latimer ( - ) 46
Children
1 M John de Beaumont Earl of Buchan, 2nd Lord Beaumont 47 48
Born: 1318
Christened:
Died: 14 Apr 1342
Buried:
Spouse: Eleanor of Lancaster (Abt 1318-1372) 49 50
Marr: 6 Nov 1330 45
2 F Isabel de Beaumont 45
Born: Abt 1320
Christened:
Died: 1361
Buried:
Spouse: Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (Abt 1310-1361) 51
Marr: 1337 45
Research Notes: Husband - Henry Beaumont 4th Earl of Buchan
Source: Wikipedia - Eleanor of Lancaster
Research Notes: Wife - Alice Comyn
From Wikipedia - Alice Comyn : Events
• 1st Earl of Warwick: 1090.
• Granted: Lordship of Gower in Wales, 1107.
Events
• Living: 1156.
Ancestral Roots has d. 1119 (Line 151-24, Margaret de Perche); Wikipedia has d. 20 Jun 1123.
From Wikipedia - Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick : Events
• Count of Alençon: 1026-1030.
d. after 1030
Source: Second wife of William I Talvas. May have been born in Normandy.
May have died at the Battle of Hastings.
From thepeerage.com: From thepeerage.com: 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.
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Alice Comyn, Lady Beaumont, Countess of Buchan (1289- 3 Jul 1349), was a Norman-Scottish noblewoman, being a member of the powerful Comyn family that supported the Balliols , who were claimants to the disputed Scottish throne against their rivals, the Bruces . She was the niece of John Comyn, Earl of Buchan to whom she was also heiress. The Earldom of Buchan, however, was later claimed by Alice's husband Henry de Beaumont , Earl of Buchan by right of his wife.
Alice was the maternal grandmother of Blanche of Lancaster , and thus great-grandmother of King Henry IV of England .
It was her husband's continued struggle to claim her inherited title of Buchan which was one of the causes of the Second War of Scottish Independence .
Family
Alice was born in Aberdeenshire , Scotland in 1289, the eldest daughter of Alexander Comyn, Sheriff of Aberdeen and Joan le Latimer. She had a younger sister, Margaret who would later marry firstly Sir John Ross; and secondly, Sir William Lindsay, Lord of Symertoun.[1]
Alice's paternal grandparents were Alexander Comyn , 2nd Earl of Buchan, Justiciar and Constable of Scotland, and Elizabeth de Quincy . Alice's maternal grandparents were William le Latimer and Alicia Ledet. Alice's uncle was John Comyn, Earl of Buchan, one of the most powerful nobles in Scotland. The earl, who died in December 1308, was married to Isabella MacDuff , but the marriage was childless. Alice was John Comyn's heiress to the title of Countess of Buchan, although the earldom had been forfeited to the crown prior to her uncle's death in England to where he had gone as a fugitive.
Marriage and children
Shortly before 14 July 1310, Alice married Henry de Beaumont, Lord Beaumont, the son of Louis de Brienne, Viscount de Beaumont and Agnes, Viscountess de Beaumont. Upon her marriage she was styled as Lady Beaumont. Henry was a key figure in the Anglo-Scottish wars of the 13th and 14th centuries. (See main article: Wars of Scottish Independence ) As a consequence of her marriage to Henry, Alice had become, in Scottish eyes, irretrievably English, therefore the Scots recognised her sister Margaret's right to the Earldom of Buchan rather than her own. [2]
The marriage produced ten children:[3]
In April 1313, Isabella MacDuff, the widow of Alice's uncle John Comyn, was placed into the custody of the Beaumonts, following her release from her harsh imprisonment. She had been confined in a cage for four years in Berwick , England by the orders of King Edward I after she crowned Robert the Bruce king of Scotland at Scone in March 1306. In 1310, she was sent to a convent, and three years later was ordered to one of the Beaumont manors where she died on an unknown date.
In 1314, Henry de Beaumont fought at the Battle of Bannockburn on the side of the English.
Sometime between 1317 and 1321, Alice succeeded to the English estates of her younger sister, Margaret. On 22 January 1334, Alice's husband Henry was summoned to Parliament as the Earl of Buchan. He was recognised as earl from that until 16 November 1339. On 10 February 1334, he sat in the Scottish Parliament bearing the same title. It was Henry's relentless pursuit of the earldom of Buchan which was one of the factors that lead to the Second War of Scottish Independence between the Comyns and their ancient rivals, the Bruces .
Alice died on 3 July 1349 at the age of sixty. Her husband Henry had died in 1340 in the Low Countries where he had gone with King Edward III of England . With the death of Alice, the earldom of Buchan forever passed out of the Comyn family.
Alice's numerous descendants included, Kings Henry IV of England and Henry V of England , Philippa of Lancaster , Queen of Portugal, Anne Boleyn , and Humphrey Kynaston , the English highwayman .
Husband Henry de Beaumont 1st Earl of Warwick 52 53
AKA: Henry de Newburgh, Henry de Neubourg
Born: Abt 1046
Christened:
Died: 20 Jun 1123
Buried: - Preaux Abbey, Preaux, (Seine-Maritime), Normandy, France
Father: Roger de Beaumont Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer (Abt 1015-1094) 39 54
Mother: Adeline of Meulan (Abt 1014-1081) 39 54
Marriage: Bef 1100
Wife Margaret de Perche 55
AKA: Marguerite de Perche
Born:
Christened:
Died: After 1156
Buried:
Father: Geoffroy II Count of Mortagne, 1st Count de Perche ( -1100) 56 57
Mother: Béatrix de Mondidier ( -1129) 58 59
Father: Geoffroy de Perche Count of Mortagne, Count de Perche ( -1100) 60 61
Mother: Béatrix de Rameru ( -1129) 59
Children
1 M Roger de Beaumont 2nd Earl of Warwick 62 63
Born: Abt 1102
Christened:
Died: 12 Jun 1153
Buried:
Spouse: Gundred de Warenne (Abt 1117-After 1167) 64 65 66
Marr: Bef 1130
Death Notes: Husband - Henry de Beaumont 1st Earl of Warwick
Research Notes: Husband - Henry de Beaumont 1st Earl of Warwick
Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick (? - 20 June 1123 ) was a Norman nobleman. He is also known as Henry de Neubourg or Henry de Newburgh, from the castle of Newburg near Louviers , in Normandy where he was born.
Henry was the younger son of Roger de Beaumont and Adeline of Meulan , daughter of Waleran III, Count de Meulan . He inherited the modest lordship of La Neubourg, in central Normandy, but acquired a much greater holding in England, when, in reward for help in suppressing the Rebellion of 1088 , William II of England made him Earl of Warwick .
His name is included in the roll of the knights who came over with the William the Conqueror , but he does not appear to have been present at the Battle of Hastings . He spent the greater part of his life in Normandy , his name is not found in the Domesday Book . He took a leading role in reconciling the Conqueror with his eldest son Robert Curthose in 1081 and he stood high in the Conqueror's favour. He was the companion and friend of Henry I , and when in 1100 a division took place amongst the barons who had gathered together to choose a successor to William II, it was mainly owing to his advice that Henry was selected and when in the following year most of the barons were openly or secretly disloyal and favoured the attempt of Duke Robert to gain the Crown, he and his brother were amongst the few that remained faithful to the King.
He had many honours conferred upon him, in 1068 he was made Constable of Warwick Castle and shortly afterwards King William gave it to him together with the borough and manor. The Castle was enlarged and strengthened during the long succession of powerful lords, and it eventually became one of the most renowned of English fortresses and it remains even to-day the glory of the midland shires. The Bear and Ragged Staff was the badge of Guy the great opponent of the Danes, and Henry on his elevation to the Earldom in 1076 by William I, assumed it, and it has ever since been used by successive Earls. Odericus tells us that "he earned this honour by his valour and loyalty" and Wace speaks of him as "a brave man". He was made a Councillor by the King in 1079 and a Baron of the Exchequer in Normandy 12 April 1080 .
In 1099 he fought against the Welsh and built a castle at Abertawy , near Swansea , which was unsuccessfully attacked by the Welsh in 1113 ; he also captured the Gower Peninsula in the south of Glamorganshire . He built other castles at Penrhys , Llandhidian and Swansea in ll20 , together with the others at Oystermouth and Aberllychor , the only remains of the latter are a mound and a keep.
Some time between 1106 and 1116 he was granted the lordship of Gower in Wales .
Henry was by disposition quiet and retiring, and was overshadowed by his elder brother Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester , reputedly one of the most brilliant men in England.
He died 20 June 1123 and was buried in the Abbey at Preaux .
Family and children
He married before 1100 Marguerite, daughter of Geoffrey II of Perche and Beatrix of Montdidier , and had children:
Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick , who succeeded him as earl;
Henry de Neubourg, probably inherited Dorset and Devon estates.
Robert de Neubourg , who inherited Henry's Norman lands, and was Chief Justiciar of Normandy;
Rotrou (died 27 November 1183 ), who was Bishop of Évreux and then Archbishop of Rouen , and who was Chief Justiciar and Steward of Normandy.
Geoffroy.
Husband William II Talvas Lord of Bellême and Alençon 12 13 14
AKA: Guillaume II Talvas Lord of Belleme and Alençon, William II Talvas Lord of Belleme and Alençon
Born: Abt 995 - <Bellême, Perche, (Orne)>, Normandy, France
Christened:
Died: Abt 1070 - Alençon, (Orne), Normandy, France
Buried:
Father: Guillaume I de Talvas Prince de Bellême, Sire d'Alençon (Abt 0935-1031) 33 67 68
Mother: Mathilde de Ganelon (Abt 0944-Abt 1024) 20 24 69
Marriage: Bef 1034
Other Spouse: Hildeburg ( -Bef 1034) 13 24 - Bef 1025
Wife Hildegarde de Beaumont 11
AKA: Bildeburge de Beaumont
Born: Abt 1002
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Arnulf de Beaumont (Abt 0950- ) 11
Mother:
Children
1 M Viscount William de la Ferté-Macé 70 71 72 73
AKA: William Lord of La Ferté-Macé, William Count de la Ferté-Macé, William de la Ferté-Macé, Viscount William de la Ferté Macé, William Ferte Massey
Born: 1034 - Massey, <Cheshire, > England
Christened:
Died: <1066>
Buried:
Spouse: Miss < > de Conteville [stepmother of Hamon] (Abt 1037/1041- ) 74
Marr: 1058 - Normandy, France
Death Notes: Husband - William II Talvas Lord of Bellême and Alençon
Research Notes: Husband - William II Talvas Lord of Bellême and Alençon
http://masseyfamgenealogy.tripod.com/a31.htm#i3139 has William II Talvas.
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From Wikipedia - William I Talvas :
William I Talvas (c. 995-after 1030), seigneur of Alençon . He was a son of William of Bellême and Mathilde of Condé-sur-Noireau .
He assumed the Bellême estates upon the murder of his brother Robert, by the Sor family in revenge for the deaths of their father and brothers (Robert of Bellême had hanged them after their capture in battle). His reputation was that of a wicked man, "in all things worse than his brothers, and his wickedness has flourished to this day among his heirs."
He was married to Hildeburg, who was the mother of his son Arnulf and daughter Mabel . But his marriage was unsatisfying and he had his wife murdered on her way to church.
He soon married the daughter of Rodulf the vicomte of Beaumont. Then he angered his neighbors by mutilating one William of Giroie : the Giroie family and their allies raided his lands then invested his castle in revenge. His son Arnulf quarreled with him, and he threw him out. His enemies challenged him to come out and fight, but Talvas' courage failed him and he surrendered and was exiled: the vicomte's daughter abandoned him at this point. Only his daughter Mabel stood by him.
Although Arnulf got all his father's wealth and lands, it did him no good, and he was strangled one night in his sleep. After years of wandering about, Talvas and Mabel finally were taken in by the Montgomery family. And Talvas offered his daughter to Roger of Montgomery in marriage. These were the parents of Robert of Bellême , and a numerous family of other sons and daughters (nine in all). The girls are recorded as being of high moral character, but the Bellême-Montgomery sons were "dangerous, greedy and like madmen they harmed the poor."
Research Notes: Wife - Hildegarde de Beaumont
Wikipedia shows her father as Rodulf the vicomte of Beaumont.
From Wikipedia - William I Talvas:
[William's] reputation was that of a wicked man, "in all things worse than his brothers, and his wickedness has flourished to this day among his heirs." He was married to Hildeburg, who was the mother of his son Arnulf and daughter Mabel . But his marriage was unsatisfying and he had his wife murdered on her way to church. He soon married the daughter of Rodulf the vicomte of Beaumont.
Birth Notes: Child - Viscount William de la Ferté-Macé
Death Notes: Child - Viscount William de la Ferté-Macé
Husband Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke 75 76 77
AKA: Gilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke
Born: Abt 1100
Christened:
Died: 6 Jan 1148
Buried:
Father: Gilbert FitzRichard de Clare (Abt 1065-Abt 1115) 16 78 79 80
Mother: Adelaide de Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (Abt 1058- ) 77 81 82
Marriage:
Wife Isabel de Beaumont 83
AKA: Isabella of Meulan
Born: Between 1100 and 1107
Christened:
Died: After 1172
Buried:
Father: Sir Robert de Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester and Count of Meulan (Abt 1049-1118) 39 84 85
Mother: Isabel de Vermandois Countess of Leicester (Abt 1081-1131) 86 87
Children
Research Notes: Husband - Gilbert FitzGilbert de Clare 1st Earl of Pembroke
Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke also went by the nick-name of Gilbert 'Strongbow'. He was also known as Gilbert FitzGilbert.2 He was created 1st Earl of Pembroke [England] circa 1138.
Research Notes: Wife - Isabel de Beaumont
Isabella of Meulan was born between 1102 and 1107.1 She was the daughter of Robert de Meulan, 1st Earl of Leicester and Elizabeth de Vermandois.2 She married Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke, son of Gilbert fitz Richard and Adeliza de Clermont . She died after 1172.2
As a result of her marriage, Isabella of Meulan was styled as Countess of Pembroke.
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From Wikipedia - Elizabeth of Vermandois :
Isabel de Beaumont (b Aft. 1102), a mistress of King Henry I of England . Married two times:
Husband Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G. 88 89 90 91 92
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) 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
Mother: Joan Goushill (Abt 1402-After 1460) 96 98 100 101
Marriage: Bef 1466
Other Spouse: Elizabeth Hopton (Abt 1427-1498) 102 103 - 1471 - <Moreton Corbet, Shropshire>, England
Wife Joan Beaumont 104
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aug 1466
Buried:
Children
Death Notes: Husband - Sir William Stanley of Holt, K.G.
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.
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.
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