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Sir William Stanley 1424 – 1493 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1424

Birth Location: Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England

Death Date: 16 Feb 1493

Death Location: Beheaded by Henry VII, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England

Father: Thomas Stanley

Mother: Lady Knowsley

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Hopton

Children(s): William Stanley

The birth of Sir William Stanley ,Knight took place in 1424 in Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England, to Thomas I Lord Stanley and Lady Joan, Goushill of Heveringham, Baroness Stanley of Latham & Knowsley. Sir William Stanley ,Knight married Elizabeth Hopton, and together they had William Stanley. Sir William Stanley ,Knight's death occurred in 1493 in Beheaded by Henry VII, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England.

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Parents

Thomas Stanley
1400 – 1459
Birth Location: Lathom House, Lathom, Lancashire, England
TS
Lady Knowsley
1401 – 1459
Birth Location: Of, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England
LK

Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Hopton
1427 – 1498
Birth Location: Hopton Castle, Hopton, Shropshire, England
EH

Children(s)

William Stanley
1472 – 1497
Birth Location: Holt Castle, Flint (Cheshire) England
WS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1424
    Event Place: Lathom House, Lathom (Lancashire) England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Place: Shropshire: Lydham, Edgton, Monk Hopton, Chelmarsh, Neenton, Billingsley - Parish Registers, Hereford Diocese

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 16 Feb 1493
    Event Place: Beheaded by Henry VII, Tower Hill, London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 18; Page: 968

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
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