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William Stanley 1437 – 1494 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1437

Birth Location: Lytham, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 25 FEB 1494

Death Location: Holt Castle, Holt, Denbighshire, Wales

Father: Lord Stanley

Mother: Lady Goushill

Spouse(s): Joan Beaumont, Elizabeth Hopton

Children(s): Johanna Stanley, William Stanley, Catherine Stanley, Anne Stanley, Lady Stanley, Edward Stanley, William Stanley

According to available records, William Stanley was born in 1437 in Lytham, Lancashire, England, the child of Lord Thomas 1st Baron de Stanley and Lady Joan of Lathom (Baroness of Stanley) Goushill. Following those early years, William Stanley married Joan de Beaumont and Elizabeth Hopton, and their family grew to include Johanna Stanley, William Stanley, Catherine Stanley, Anne Stanley, Lady Jane Brereton Stanley, Edward Tiptoft Stanley and William Stanley. In the later years of life, William Stanley died in 1494 in Holt Castle, Holt, Denbighshire, Wales.

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Parents

Lord Stanley
1406 – 1458
Birth Location: Of Lathom, And Knowsley, LAN, England
LS
Lady Goushill
1402 – 1465
Birth Location: Hoveringham, Southwel, Nottinghamshire, England
LG

Spouses(s)

Joan Beaumont
1435 – 1466
Birth Location: Edenham, Lincolnshire, England
JB
Elizabeth Hopton
1427 – 1498
Birth Location: Hopton Castle, Hopton, Shropshire, England
EH

Children(s)

Johanna Stanley
1465 –
Birth Location: –
JS
William Stanley
1444 – 1498
Birth Location: Holt Castle, Denbigh, Wales
WS
Catherine Stanley
1447 –
Birth Location: Holt Castle, Denbigh, Wales
CS
Anne Stanley
1456 –
Birth Location: Prescot, Merseyside, UK
AS
Lady Stanley
1463 – 1525
Birth Location: Wrexham, Wrexham, England
LS
Edward Stanley
1469 – 1485
Birth Location: –
ES
William Stanley
1470 – 1498
Birth Location: –
WS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1437
    Event Place: Lytham, Lancashire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 25 FEB 1494
    Event Place: Holt Castle, Holt, Denbighshire, Wales

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 16 FEB 1495
    Event Place: Tower Hill, London, England
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