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James Stanley 1486 – 1562 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1486

Birth Location: Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 23 MAY 1562

Death Location: Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Father: George Stanley

Mother: Joan Strange

Spouse(s): Anne Hart

Children(s):

The story of James Stanley began in 1486 in Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom. James Stanley married Anne Talbot Hart. James Stanley passed away in 1562 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of James Stanley began in 1486 in Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.
  • James Stanley married Anne Talbot Hart.
  • James Stanley passed away in 1562 in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Children(s)

James Stanley's Ancestors

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James Stanley
1486 – 1562
Birth Place: Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
George Stanley
1460 – 1503
Knowsley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (Le) Strange
1463 – 1513
Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Stanley
1420 – 1493
Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Joyce Cherleton
1439 – 1465
Holt Castle, Flint, Denbigshire, Wales
John (Le) Strange
1444 – 1479
Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Jacquetta Wydeville
1444 – 1479
Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Stanley
1406 – 1459
Joan Stanley))
1404 – 1459
Edmund Cherleton
1419 –
Tiploft
1421 –
Richard Wydeville
1405 – 1469
Jacquetta Luxembourg
1415 – 1472
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Stanley
1385 – 1437
Isabel Harington
1382 –
Robert Goushill
1350 – 1403
Elizabeth FitzAlan
1366 – 1425
Richard Woodville
1383 – 1441
Joan Bedlisgate
1385 – 1448
Pierre Luxembourg
1390 – 1433
Margherita Balzo
1394 – 1469

James Stanley's Timeline

2 Records

1486
1486
Birth of James Stanley in Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1562
23 MAY 1562
Age 76
Death of James Stanley in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1486
    Event Place: Knockin, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 MAY 1562
    Event Place: Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

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