Sir John de Stanley, Lord of Stourton

Son and heir. The Chester Plea-roll of 4 Edward II (1311) records the conviction of this John with his father William, for the latter's oppression as Forrester of Wirral, and his office was taken from him, though afterwards restored. John, son of William de Stanlegh, is recorded as entering into a recognisance in 1313-14.

THE EARLY STANLEYS. BY W. FERGUSSON IRVINE, M.A., F.S.A PDF

John de Stanley was probably bora c. 1285. He cannot have been born before 1283, nor after 1294. There is a curious absence of any records relating to him. He does not appear, so far as I have been able to discover, until 1310 when his marriage settlement, as we should now call it, is to be found among the John Rylands Charters (App. 13). After this, with the exception of a recogni- zance of £20 into which he entered with one John le Blount of Chester in 1313^ (D.K.R., 36th., 443), he almost entirely escapes notice. His matrimonial affairs are equally obscure. According to all the usual authorities, he is said to have married, at an un- specified date, Mabel, daughter of Sir James de Hawkset of Stourton Parva. No one, however, quotes any authority for this statement. ....
On the other hand a charter dated 13 February 1310 from the John Rylands Library (No. 1798), an abstract of which is printed below (App. 13), shows William de Stanley (II) the father of John, endowing his son with the manors of Stanlegh and Over Elkeston in the county of Stafford, to be held to the said John and the heirs of the body of the said John and Emma his wife, with a contingent reversion to grantor. This however does not end the puzzle for, most provokingly the grantor gives no hint as to who Emma was. ....
John de Stanley certainly had one son, a third William, his heir. The "usual authorities", however, credit him with a second son, another John, who is described as "M.P. for Carlisle in 1347", but I can find no evidence in support of this last statement. He does not appear in the list of burgesses printed in the Victoria County History of Cumberland. There is, however, a John de Stanley who appears as witness to a charter granted by William (III) at Storeton in 1340, so that his existence and relationship may well have been facts (Orm., II, 91 and 447).
It is probably safe to say that John, whom we have been con- sidering in this section, was dead by 1330 if not earlier.

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• i. Sir William de Stanley of Stanley (b c1250, d 1284?) TCP suggests that William, who was still living in 1292, was son of Walter, heir of William son of Adam (a temp Stephen who r. 1135-1154). m. (27.09.1282) Joan de Bamville (dau/coheir of Sir Philip de Bamville or Baumvile of Stourton)
  • a. John de Stanley of Stourton and Stanley (b c1285, d 1346) 'The House of Stanley' identifies John's wife as Emma, dau of Sir Robert de Lathom of Lathom). BP1934, supported by TCP, Ormerod & Visitation (Cheshire, 1580. Pro Stanley de Hooton), identify her as ... m. Mabella Hausket (dau of Sir James Hausket or Hawkset of Stourton Parva)
    • (1) Sir William de Stanley of Stourton and Stanley (b 1311, d c1398 or 1360) m. (1336) Alice Massey (dau of Hamon or Hugh Massey of Timperley)
    • (2) John de Stanley of Greswithin (b c1312, a 1347)

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Stanley Descendancy

1-William de STANLEY

 bn 1258 in Standleigh, Stafford, England;

md 27 Sep 1282 in Astbury, Cheshireshire, England
to Joan de BAUMVILLE.
2-X John de STANLEY
bn 1292 in Hooten, Cheshire, England;
md 1303 in Cheshire County, England to Mabel HAUSKET.
3-X William de STANLEY
bn 1312 in Stourton, Cheshire, England;
md 1329 in Lathom, Lancashire, England to Alice MASSEY.
4-Matilda de STANLEY
bn 1366 in Stourton, Cheshire, England.
4-X William de STANLEY
bn 1368 in Stourton, Cheshire, England;
md 1386 in Hooten, Cheshire, England
to Margaret de HOOTEN.
5-William de STANLEY
bn 1386 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
5-Agnes de STANLEY
bn 1388 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
5-Edmund de STANLEY
bn 1390 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
5-John de STANLEY
bn 1392 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
5-X William de STANLEY
bn 1405 in Hooten, Cheshire, England;
md Alicia de HOUGHTON.
6-X Sir William STANLEY of Hooten
bn 1439 in Hooten, Cheshire, England;
md Margaret BROMLEY.
7-X Margaret STANLEY
bn 1458 in Hooten, Cheshire, England;
md Thomas WALTHALL.
6-John STANLEY
bn 1441 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
6-Richard STANLEY
bn 1443 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
6-Thomas STANLEY
bn 1445 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
6-Cristofer STANLEY
bn 1447 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.
4-John de STANLEY
bn 1369 in Stourton, Cheshire, England.
4-Henry STANLEY
bn 1370 in Stourton, Cheshire, England.
3-John de STANLEY
bn 1314 in Grestwithen, Cumberland, England.
2-Sarah de STANLEY
bn 1296 in Hooten, Cheshire, England.

born Stourton Cheshire England

children were: Sir William De STANLEY Knight, Lord of Stanley, John STANLEY.

Lord Stanley and Hooton was born at of Stanley & Stourton, Staffordshire, England.