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William Stanley 1533 – 1581 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1533

Birth Location: Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 10 November 1581

Death Location: Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Father: Thomas Stanley

Mother: Mary Brandon

Spouse(s): Anne Leybourne

Children(s): Elisabeth Monteagle

According to available records, William Stanley was born in 1533 in Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, the child of Thomas Stanley and Mary Brandon. Following those early years, William Stanley married Anne Leybourne, and their family grew to include Elisabeth Stanley Barones Monteagle. In the later years of life, William Stanley died in 1581 in Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Parents

Thomas Stanley
1507 – 1560
Birth Location: Hornby, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
TS
Mary Brandon
1510 – 1542
Birth Location: Wangford Brandon, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
MB

Spouses(s)

Anne Leybourne
1537 –
Birth Location: Cunswick, Westmorland, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom
AL

Children(s)

Elisabeth Monteagle
1555 – 1585
Birth Location: Hornby Castle, Lancashire, , England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1533
    Event Place: Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 November 1581
    Event Place: Hornby Castle, Nr Bedale, West Riding, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Melling, City of Lancaster, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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