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William Stanley 1420 – 1493 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1420

Birth Location: Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 16 FEB 1493

Death Location: Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Stanley

Mother: Joan Stanley))

Spouse(s): Joyce Cherleton

Children(s): George Stanley, Jane Stanley

William Stanley was born in 1420 in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas de Stanley and Joan Stanley Goushill ( Baroness of Stanley)). William Stanley married Joyce Cherleton, and had children including George Stanley, Jane Stanley. William Stanley passed away in 1493 in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • William Stanley was born in 1420 in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas de Stanley and Joan Stanley Goushill ( Baroness of Stanley)).
  • William Stanley married Joyce Cherleton, and had children including George Stanley, Jane Stanley.
  • William Stanley passed away in 1493 in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Stanley
1406 – 1459
Birth Location: Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
TS
Joan Stanley))
1404 – 1459
Birth Location: Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England
JS

Spouses(s)

Joyce Cherleton
1439 – 1465
Birth Location: Holt Castle, Flint, Denbigshire, Wales
JC

Children(s)

George Stanley
1460 – 1503
Birth Location: Knowsley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
GS
Jane Stanley
1463 – 1523
Birth Location: Holt, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
JS

William Stanley's Ancestors

Self
William Stanley
1420 – 1493
Birth Place: Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Thomas de Stanley
1406 – 1459
Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Joan (Stanley Goushill ( Baroness of) Stanley))
1404 – 1459
Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England
Grandparents
John Stanley
1385 – 1437
Knowsley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Isabel Harington
1382 –
Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Robert Goushill
1350 – 1403
Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth FitzAlan
1366 – 1425
England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Harrington
1346 – 1404
Isabel English
1351 –
Nicholas GOUSHILL
1343 –
Mrs-Nicholas Goushill
1350 –
Richard FitzAlan
1346 – 1397
Elizabeth Bohun
1350 – 1385
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Harington
1307 – 1359
Katharine Banastre
1308 –
William English
1326 –
William English
Richard FitzAlan
1306 – 1375
Eleanor Plantagenet
1318 – 1372
William Bohun
1312 – 1360
Elizabeth Badlesmere
1313 – 1356

William Stanley's Descendants

1.
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William Stanley (ABT 1420 – 16 FEB 1493) m. Joyce Cherleton (1439 – BEF 1465)
  1. 1. George Stanley (1460 – 5 DEC 1503) m. Joan (Le) Strange (APR 1463 – 20 MAR 1513)
    1. 1. Jane Stanley (1485 – 1557) m. Robert Sheffield (1483 – 14 NOV 1532)
    2. 2. Thomas (Robert) Stanley (MAY 1485 – 23 MAY 1521) m. Anne Hastings (1485 – 17 NOV 1550)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Stanley (1501 – ) m. Thomas Scarisbrick (1496 – 5 OCT 1530)
      2. 2. John Stanley (ABT 1502 – 1503)
      3. 3. Annie Stanley (1504 – ) m. Robert Charlton (1503 – )
      4. 4. James Stanley (1505 – )
      5. 5. Margaret Stanley (1505 – DEC 1533) m. Robert (Fitzwalter) Radcliffe (1483 – 27 NOV 1542)
      6. 6. George Stanley (1506 – )
      7. 7. Edward Stanley (10 MAY 1509 – 24 OCT 1572) m. Dorothy Howard (1496 – 16 NOV 1580) m. Katherine Howard (MAR 1515 – 31 MAR 1530)
        1. 1. Anne Stanley (ABT 1530 – 22 SEP 1602) m. Charles Stourton (1521 – 6 MAR 1557) m. John Arundell (ABT 1521 – 17 NOV 1590)
        2. 2. Henry Stanley (SEP 1531 – 25 SEP 1593) m. Margaret Clifford (1540 – 29 SEP 1596)
        3. 3. Thomas Stanley (1533 – 28 DEC 1576) m. Elizabeth Vernon (1515 – 1571) m. Thomas Stanley (ABT 1528 – ) m. Thomas Stanley (ABT 1522 – )
        4. 4. Margaret Stanley (1533 – BEF 2 JUN 1586) m. Nicholas Poyntz (1536 – 1 SEP 1585) m. John Jermyn (ABT 1544 – 9 MAR 1567)
        5. 5. Dorothy Stanley (1536 – )
        6. 6. Jane Stanley (1540 – 4 SEP 1569) m. Edward Sutton (1525 – 12 AUG 1586) m. Edward Sutton (1513 – 1586)
        7. 7. Sir (Edward) Stanley (ABT 1542 – 1632) m. Lucy (de) Percy (ABT 1546 – 1601)
        8. 8. Catherine Stanley (ABT 1543 – 22 JUN 1568) m. Sir (Thomas) Knyvett (1528 – 22 SEP 1569)
        9. 9. Elizabeth Stanley (1544 – ) m. Henry ("11th Baron Morley") Parker (1531 – 22 OCT 1577)
        10. 10. Mary Stanley (1546 – )
        11. 11. Margaret Stanley (1548 – )
      8. 8. Anne (Stanley of) Derby (1510 – 1570) m. Christopher Huntington (18 DEC 1500 – AFT 1539)
      9. 9. Henry Stanley (1512 – )
      10. 10. Thomas (James) Stanley (1515 – 1594) m. Mrs. (Thomas) Stanley (ABT 1519 – ) m. Anne (Talbot) Hart (12 DEC 1491 – 1566)
    3. 3. James Stanley (1486 – 23 MAY 1562) m. Anne (Talbot) Hart (12 DEC 1491 – 1566)
    4. 4. John Stanley (1487 – )
    5. 5. George Stanley (ABT 1488 – 1495)
    6. 6. Elizabeth Stanley (ABT 1490 – ) m. Edward Stanley (ABT 1483 – )
    7. 7. Thomas (Robert) DeStanley (1492 – 1542) m. Anne Hastings (1485 – 17 NOV 1550)
    8. 8. Eleanor Stanley (ABT 1493 – )
    9. 9. Margaret Stanley (ABT 1495 – 1533) m. John Obaldston (1500 – 22 OCT 1575)
    10. 10. Catherine Stanley (1497 – 1557)
    11. 11. James (Marshal) Stanley (ABT 1498 – )
    12. 12. Anthony Stanley (ABT 1499 – )
    13. 13. Mary (EST 1501 – AFT 1534) m. Thomas Judd (EST 1482 – AFT 10 MAR 1534)
  2. 2. Jane Stanley (1463 – 1523) m. John Warburton (1459 – 1525)
    1. 1. Jean Warburton (1486 – ) m. William Turvile (1483 – 3 SEP 1549)
    2. 2. Douce Warburton (1492 – ) m. John Starkey (1498 – 1542)
    3. 3. Agnes (Ann) Warburton (ABT 1494 – ) m. Richard Markham (ABT 1494 – ) m. Richard Mason (ABT 1489 – )
    4. 4. Margaret (Ellen) Warburton (1495 – 1541) m. John (George) Carrington (1494 – 27 FEB 1548)
    5. 5. Elizabeth Warburton (ABT 1498 – ) m. John Manninge (ABT 1505 – )
    6. 6. Piers ("Peter") Warburton (1500 – 5 JUN 1551) m. Elizabeth Winnington (1501 – 28 JUL 1559)
      1. 1. Anne Warburton (1 MAY 1527 – 9 JAN 1573) m. Edward Fitton, (31 MAR 1527 – 3 JUL 1579)
        1. 1. Frances Fitton (1540 – 17 JAN 1608) m. Catherine Neville (1546 – 28 OCT 1596) m. Percy (<1561> – )
        2. 2. Margaret Fritton (1543 – 1612) m. Randle Mainwaring (1534 – 1611)
        3. 3. Susan Fritton (1544 – 1546)
        4. 4. Edward Fitton (1546 – 3 MAR 1606) m. Alice (L) Holcroft (1552 – 5 FEB 1626)
        5. 5. Mary Fitton (1 OCT 1546 – NOV 1546)
        6. 6. John Fritton (ABT 1547 – 1554)
        7. 7. Alexander Fitton (ABT 1547 – ) m. Jane O'Connogh (1580 – )
        8. 8. William Fritton (1548 – 1554)
        9. 9. Elizabeth Fitton (1548 – ) m. (Sir) (Thomas) Holcroft (ABT 1545 – ) m. <Living>
        10. 10. William Fritton (1549 – 1606)
        11. 11. Elizabeth Fritton (1549 – )
        12. 12. William Fitton (ABT 1551 – ) m. Edith Hampden (1552 – )
        13. 13. Joan Fritton (1552 – )
        14. 14. John Fritton (1554 – 1554)
        15. 15. Alexander Fritton (1556 – )
        16. 16. Richard Fritton (1558 – )
        17. 17. Richard Fitton (ABT 1558 – ) m. Richard Fitton (ABT 1569 – )
        18. 18. Francis Fritton (1559 – 1608)
        19. 19. Frances Fitton (1559 – )
        20. 20. Francis Fitton (3 NOV 1559 – 17 JAN 1608)
        21. 21. Anne Fitton (23 JUL 1561 – ) m. (Sir) (Alexander) Reddish (ABT 1565 – ) m. Ralph Egerton (ABT 1529 – 1596)
        22. 22. Joan Fitton (1562 – 13 JUL 1597)
        23. 23. Mary Fritton (12 NOV 1562 – 1572) m. Randle Mainwaring (1549 – 27 MAY 1612)
        24. 24. Thomas Fritton (1564 – 1599)
        25. 25. Thomas Fitton (BEF 9 APR 1564 – APR 1599) m. Ann Welles (1542 – 1628)
        26. 26. Ann Fritton (1567 – )
        27. 27. 4 (Other Sons) Fitton
    7. 7. John Warburton (1500 – DEC 1572) m. Emma Golborne (ABT 1490 – )
    8. 8. Blanche Warburton (1500 – 1542) m. William Davenport (1500 – 29 OCT 1542)
      1. 1. John Davenport (1523 – ) m. Jane (ABT 1525 – 7 DEC 1618)
      2. 2. Elizabeth Davenport (1525 – )
      3. 3. Jane Davenport (1525 – 1566) m. Robert Hyde (1523 – 27 JAN 1570) m. Hamnet Hyde (1491 – 1526)
        1. 1. Harriet Hyde (1545 – )
        2. 2. William Hyde (ABT 1547 – )
        3. 3. Thomas Hyde ( – 9 DEC 1618) m. Mary (ABT 1575 – )
      4. 4. Humphrey Davenport (ABT 1525 – 19 DEC 1588) m. Agnes Worsley (1529 – )
      5. 5. Margaret Davenport (1527 – 1566) m. Leonard Shallcross (1520 – )
      6. 6. Ellen Davenport (ABT 1529 – AFT 1566) m. Done Ralph
      7. 7. William Davenport (1531 – ) m. Margaret Booth (1520 – )
      8. 8. Katherine Davenport (ABT 1533 – AFT 1577) m. Hugh Revell

William Stanley's Timeline

3 Records

1420
ABT 1420
Birth of William Stanley in Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
1493
16 FEB 1493
Age 73
Death of William Stanley in Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1495
16 February 1495 beheaded
Age 75
Burial of William Stanley in Tower Hill, London, England
Tower Hill, London, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1420
    Event Place: Lathom St James, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 FEB 1493
    Event Place: Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 16 February 1495 beheaded
    Event Place: Tower Hill, London, England
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