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Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt 1439–1494 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1439

Birth Location: Lancashire, England

Death Date: 16 Feb 1494

Death Location: Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!

Father: Sir Mann

Mother: Joan Goushill

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The story of Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt began in 1439 in Lancashire, England. Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt passed away in 1494 in Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!.

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Biography

  • The story of Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt began in 1439 in Lancashire, England.
  • Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt passed away in 1494 in Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!.

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Sir Holt's Ancestors

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Sir Holt
1439–1494
Birth Place: Lancashire, England
Parents
Sir Knight Thomas DeStanley, First Earl of Derby, Lord Lieutenant of Lathom, Ireland, Lord Stanley, 1st Baron of Stanley, King of the Isle of Mann
1405–1459
Knowsley, Lancashire, England
Joan Goushill
1409–1459
Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Knight John Constable of Carnarvon Justice of Chester Sovereign Lord of Isle of Man) Stanley
1386–1437
Lathom House, Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England, UK
Countess (Lady Isabel Harrington (Countess) Mann)
1388–1437
Aldingham, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Ireland
1350–1414
Lady Lathom
1364–1414
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Knight
1322–1398
Lady Stanley
1329–1380

Sir Holt's Timeline

2 Records

1439
1439
Birth of Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt in Lancashire, England
Lancashire, England
1494
16 Feb 1494
Age 55
Death of Sir Knight William DeStanley of Holt in Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!
Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1439
    Event Place: Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Feb 1494
    Event Place: Denbighshire, Wales?/Beheaded, Tower of London, Middlesex, England!

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