STANLEY FAMILY

IV. HOOTON LINE

Born: ABT 1360, Wirral Forest, Cheshire, England

Died: Feb 1427/28, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William De STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Alice MASSEY

Married: Margaret De HOOTON 1379, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Children:

2. John De STANLEY

3. John De STANLEY

4. Edmund De STANLEY

5. Ellen De STANLEY

Married 2: Agnes LASCELLES

Children:

7. Henry De STANLEY

8. Matilda De STANLEY

William De STANLEY

Died: AFT 1425, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Notes: Was present at Agincourt. Knighted in 1415.

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Margaret De HOOTON

Children:

1. William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)

3. Elizabeth STANLEY

4. Margery STANLEY

5. Isabel STANLEY

6. George STANLEY

Catherine STANLEY

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE

Married 2: John HYDE

Elizabeth STANLEY

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE

Margery STANLEY

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE

Isabel STANLEY

Father: William De STANLEY

Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE

William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)

Born: 1406, Cheshire, England

Died: 1461, Cheshire, England

Mother: Margaret (Blanche) ANDERNE

Married: Mary SAVAGE 15 Dec 1424, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. William STANLEY (Sir)

2. Margaret STANLEY

3. John STANLEY

4. Jane STANLEY

5. George STANLEY (b. 1430)

5. Peter STANLEY

6. Edmund STANLEY

Margaret STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)

Married: William BALDERSTON ( b. ABT 1425)  (son of Sir Richard Balderstone and Joan Harrington)

1. Isabella BALDERSTONE ( b. ABT 1440) (m. Sir Robert Harrington)

2. Joan BALDERSTONE ( b. ABT 1450) (m. Henry Langton of Walton)

Peter STANLEY

Notes: Ancestor of the Stanleys of Ewloe, Flintshire

Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)

Mother: Mary SAVAGE

Married 1: Margaret De HELEIGH

Children:

2. Catherine STANLEY

Catherine STANLEY

Father: Peter STANLEY

Married: Eliza Ap MAURICE (d. 1571) (son of Morris Lloyd ap John and Angharad verch Eliza)

1. Catherine Verch ELIZA (m. Robert Wynn Ap John)

Peter STANLEY

Father: Peter STANLEY

Married: Janet BUTLER

Edmund STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY of Hooton (Esq.)

Married: Angharad Verch HWYEL (dau. of Hwyel Ap Tudur) (w. of Ifan Vychan Ap Ifan)

1. Janet STANLEY

Janet STANLEY

Born: ABT 1464, Ragley, Worcestershire, England

Mother: Angharad Verch HWYEL

Children:

2. Edward CONWAY (b. ABT 1485 - d. 24 Aug 1546) (m. Anne Burdett)

3. James CONWAY

4. Henry CONWAY

5. Peter CONWAY (Archdeacon of St Asaph) (d. AFT 1530)

6. Elizabeth CONWAY (m. John Ap Cynwrig)

7. Grace CONWAY

8. Marsli CONWAY

9. Margaret CONWAY

10. Ellen CONWAY (m. Richard Mutton)

William STANLEY (Sir)

Born: ABT 1425, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Died: Mar 1465, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Mother: Mary SAVAGE

Married: Alicia HOUGHTON (dau. of Richard Houghton and Margaret ?) 1439, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Children:

2. William STANLEY

3. John STANLEY

4. Richard STANLEY

5. Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

6. Christopher STANLEY

Isabel STANLEY

Born: ABT 1435, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON

Children:

Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON

Married: Margaret BROMLEY

1. Margaret STANLEY

Margaret STANLEY

Father: Thomas STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Margaret BROMLEY

Children:

1. Jane GERARD (b. 1487) (m. Peter Leigh)

3. Isabel GERARD (b. 1488 - d. 1500) (m. Richard Langton)

4. Alice GERARD (b. ABT 1490) (m. Thomas Radcliffe)

William STANLEY

Died: 3 Mar 1511/2, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Notes: Became Sheriff of Chester in 1462 and one of the King's Carvers. In 1465, he was made Sheriff for life and continued in that office until 1494. He built the Old Stone Tower of Hooton.

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Alicia HOUGHTON

Married: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR 1439, Hulme, Cheshire, England

1. William STANLEY (Sir)

2. Agnes STANLEY

4. Catherine STANLEY

5. Isabel STANLEY (Prioress of Derby)

Alice STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY

Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR

Agnes STANLEY

Born: 1479, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William STANLEY

Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR

Married: Andrew BARTON (son of John Barton and Cecily Radcliffe) 1514, Smithill, Holmes, Lancashire, England

1. Ralph BARTON (MP) (m. Eleanor Brereton)

William STANLEY (Sir)

Born: 1473, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Acceded: Hooton

Died: AFT 1529

Father: William STANLEY

Mother: Anne (Agnes) GROSVENOR

Married: Anne HARRINGTON BEF 1483

Children:

2. Peter STANLEY (Esq.)

3. Agnes STANLEY

4. John STANLEY

5. Catherine STANLEY

6. James STANLEY

7. Thomas STANLEY

8. Edmund STANLEY

9. Julia STANLEY

10. Isabel STANLEY

11. Alice STANLEY

Agnes STANLEY

Born: ABT 1502, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Catherine STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Julia STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Children:

John STANLEY

Born: ABT 1506, Hooton, Cheshire, England

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Married 1: Anne HUNTINGTON

Married 2: Elizabeth DYNNE 1542, Harlow, Essex, England

Peter STANLEY (Esq.)

Acceded: Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Died: 24 Jul 1592, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Father: William STANLEY (Sir)

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Married 1: Elizabeth SCARIBRICK (dau. of James Scaribrick and Margaret Atherton) 1529, Moors Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Children:

1. Mary STANLEY

Married 2: Cicely TARLETON 21 Apr 1559, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Children:

2. Anne STANLEY

3. Edward STANLEY

4. William STANLEY

5. Alice STANLEY

6. Robert STANLEY

Mary STANLEY

Born: 1536, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Died: ABT Nov 1613, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Buried: 3 Nov 1613, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)

Mother: Elizabeth SCARIBRICK

Married: Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.) 26 Sep 1563, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Children:

1. Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)

2. Margaret STANLEY

3. Alice STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)

4. William STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)

5. Jane STANLEY

6. James STANLEY (b. 1580)

7. Anne STANLEY (b. 19 Jan 1585)

8. Dorothy STANLEY

Anne STANLEY

Died: 14 May 1576 / AFT 1635

Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)

Mother: Cicely TARLETON

Children:

1. Alice SUTTON

2. Jane SUTTON

3. Margaret SUTTON

4. Anne SUTTON

Edward STANLEY

Died: 30 Mar 1610, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England

Father: Peter STANLEY (Esq.)

Mother: Cicely TARLETON

Children:

1. Jane STANLEY

2. Elizabeth STANLEY

Married: Bridget HOUGHTON (dau. of Leonard Houghton) 1592, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England

Children:

3. Anne STANLEY

4. Margaret STANLEY

5. Peter STANLEY

6. Elizabeth STANLEY

7. Frances STANLEY

8. Thomas STANLEY

9. William STANLEY

Peter STANLEY

Died: Jul 1673, Moor Hall, Lancashire, England

Buried: 24 Jul 1673, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Father: Edward STANLEY

Mother: Bridget HOUGHTON

Elizabeth STANLEY

Mother: Bridget HOUGHTON

Children:

Thomas STANLEY

Died: 1686, Leyland, Lancashire, England

Father: Edward STANLEY

Mother: Bridget HOUGHTON

William STANLEY

Died: BEF 1547

Mother: Anne HARRINGTON

Children:

1. William STANLEY

2. Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)

3. Edward STANLEY

4. John STANLEY

5. Mary STANLEY

6. Jane STANLEY

7. Catherine STANLEY

William STANLEY

Died: 27 Sep 1547

Father: William STANLEY

Edward STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY

Married: Anne MAINWARING

John STANLEY

Died: AFT 1576

Mother: Grace GRIFFITH

Mary STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY

Married: John GRIFFITH

Jane STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY

Married: Thomas WILLIAMS (d. BEF 27 May 1592) (son of William Williams and Lowry Salisbury)

1. Catherine WILLIAMS (m. William Glynn)

2. William WILLIAMS (1º Bt.) (b. ABT 1560 - d. 20 May 1630) (m.1 Ellen Williams - m.2 Dorothy Dymoke)

Catherine STANLEY

Father: William STANLEY

Married: John WHITMORE (Esq.)

Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)

Died: 1613

Notes: Knighted, 1533 and made Sheriff of Chester in 1575 and Justice of the Peace. As a staunch Catholic, Sir Rowland was the first of his family to be confronted by the cruel dilemma which Queen Elizabeth's church policy forced on her otherwise loyal subjects. A new Act of Uniformity made it high treason to recognize the Pope's authority, and required an oath acknowledging the Queen as head of the Church. Died 1612 at the age of 96, the oldest knight in England

Father: William STANLEY

Mother: Grace GRIFFITH

Married: Margaret ALDERSEY (dau. of Hugh Aldersey and Elizabeth Bamville) (w. of Henry Bunbury)  ABT 1557, Cheshire, England

Children:

1. Margaret STANLEY

2. William STANLEY (Sir Knight)

3. John STANLEY

4. Edward STANLEY

Margaret STANLEY

Father: Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret ALDERSEY

Children:

1. Mary EGERTON (m. Sir Francis Leigh)

2. Rowland EGERTON

William STANLEY (Sir Knight)

Born: 1548

Died: 3 Mar 1630, Ghent

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Rowland STANLEY of Hooton and Storeton (Sir Knight)

Mother: Margaret ALDERSEY

Married 1: Anne DUTTON 1560 Dissolved 1565

Married 2: Elizabeth EGERTON (dau. of John Egerton of Egerton and Jane Mostyn)

Children:

1. William STANLEY of Hooton

2. Rowland STANLEY

3. Jane STANLEY 

4. Dau. STANLEY 

5. Dau. STANLEY

William STANLEY of Hooton

Died: 1612

Mother: Elizabeth EGERTON

Children:

1. William STANLEY of Hooton

William STANLEY of Hooton

Christened: 26 Apr 1606, Eastham, Cheshire, England

Died: 1643

Father: William STANLEY of Hooton

Married: Mary DRAYCOTT

1. William STANLEY of Hooton (1º Bt.) (b. 1630) (m.1 Alice Hughes - m.2 Charlotte Molyneux)

V. CROSHALL, AUGHTON and BICKERSTAFFE LINE

James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Born: ABT 1481

Notes: his wife had been previously married to Edmund Talbot, by whom she had a son, Sir Thomas Talbot (b. 1517 - d. 1558).  Anne was neice of the well known Sir John Peach (b. 1473 - d. 1522) who was a close personal friend of Henry VIII and a well known jouster and soldier. Anne's brother, Sir Percival Hart (b. 1496 - d. 1580) was a Knight Harbinger and entertained Queen Elizabeth at his manor of Bark Hart near Orpington. He was also close to Henry VIII who stood godfather at his sons christening. Sir James Stanley led a detachment of troops in the army of his nephew, Edward Stanley, 3º Earl of Derby, during the northern rebellion of 1536, as did Thomas Talbot (Anne's son by her first marriage), who was Sir James' ward. Anne died 1566, buried Blackburn Parish Church. Sir James Stanley's exact date of death is unknown.  He was living as late as 1545 when he was steward of Burscough Priory.

Father: George STANLEY (B. Strange of Knockin)

Mother: Joan STRANGE (10° B. Strange of Knockin)

Married: Anne HART (b. ABT 1491 - d. 1566) (dau. of John Hart and Elizabeth Peache) (w. of Sir Edmund Talbot of Bashall) 1510, Lullingstone, Kent, England

Children:

1. George STANLEY (Marshall of Ireland)

2. Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.)

3. Alice STANLEY

4. Margaret STANLEY

5. Edward STANLEY (b. ABT 1526)

6. Thomas STANLEY (b. ABT 1528)

7. Jane STANLEY

8. Anne STANLEY

9. Eleanor (Helen) STANLEY

George STANLEY (Marshall of Ireland)

Born: ABT 1513

Notes: Kt. of Crosshall, called the Black Knight, Captain of the Isle of Man.

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Married: Isabella DURKENFIELD

Alice STANLEY

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Margaret STANLEY

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Jane STANLEY

Born: ABT 1530, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Married: George ASHLEY

Anne STANLEY

Born: ABT 1531, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Notes: married against her will.

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Married: John RISHTON of Pontalgh

Eleanor (Helen) STANLEY

Born: ABT 1536, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Died: 1579

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Married: Gilbert LANGTREE

Henry STANLEY of Aughton (Esq.)

Born: ABT 1515, Cross Hall, Aughton, Lancashire, England

Died: 23 Jul 1598, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Notes: inherited the large estates of his father.

Father: James STANLEY of Crosshall (Esq. Marshall of Ireland)

Mother: Anne HART

Married: Mary STANLEY 26 Sep 1563, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

Children:

1. Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)

2. Margaret STANLEY

3. Alice STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)

4. William STANLEY (b. 18 May 1565)

5. Jane STANLEY

6. James STANLEY (b. 1580)

7. Anne STANLEY (b. 19 Jan 1585)

8. Dorothy STANLEY

Margaret STANLEY

Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton

Mother: Mary STANLEY

Married: Richard HOUGHTON 8 Oct 1585

Children:

1. Evan HOUGHTON (b. 1582 - d. 1644) (m. Ellen Parker)

2. Catherine HOUGHTON

3. Henry HOUGHTON

4. Dorothy HOUGHTON

5. Edward HOUGHTON

Jane STANLEY

Born: 1572, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton

Mother: Mary STANLEY

Married: Gabriel HESCKETT

Dorothy STANLEY

Born: 21 Jul 1587, Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England

Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton

Mother: Mary STANLEY

Married: Henry BUTLER

Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)

Died: 2 May 1640

Buried: 4 May 1640

Father: Henry STANLEY of Aughton

Mother: Mary STANLEY

Married 1: Catherine MAINWARING (d. 1613) (dau. of Sir Randall Mainwaring of Over Peover)

Married 2: Isabel WARBURTON 1615 (dau. of Sir Peter Warburton of Arley)

Children:

1. Thomas STANLEY (2° Bt)

2. James STANLEY

3. Robert STANLEY

4. John STANLEY

Thomas STANLEY (2° Bt)

Christened: 22 Oct 1616

Died: May 1653

Father: Edward STANLEY of Bickerstaffe (1° Bt)

Mother: Isabel WARBURTON

Married: Mary EGERTON (dau. of Peter Egerton) (m.2 Henry Houghton)

Children:

1. Edward STANLEY (3° Bt)

2. Peter STANLEY

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