Person:William Stanley (172)

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Sir William Stanley, Knt.
b.Abt 1435 Lathom, Lancashire, England
d.10 Feb 1495
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1427
  1. Elizabeth Stanley1423 -
  2. Katherine StanleyAbt 1430 -
  3. Margaret StanleyAbt 1432 - Aft 1492
  4. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby1435 - 1504
  5. Sir William Stanley, Knt.Abt 1435 - 1495
  6. John Stanley - Bef 1485
  7. James StanleyAbt 1436 - Bet 1485 & 1486
Spouse and Children
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m. 1465
  1. Sir William Stanley - Abt 1498
  2. Joan Stanley
  3. Catherine Stanley
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 1470
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Facts and Events
Name[2][4] Sir William Stanley, Knt.
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1435 Lathom, Lancashire, England
Military[1] 23 Sep 1459 Combatant of Blore Heath
Marriage 1465 to Joan Beaumont
Marriage Aft 1470 to Elizabeth Hopton
Military[1] 22 Aug 1485 Combatant of Bosworth Field
Death[1] 10 Feb 1495 Beheaded
Reference Number? Q2580640?


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Sir William Stanley KG (c. 1435 – 16 February 1495) was an English soldier and the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Stanley fought with his troops in several battles of the Wars of the Roses.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Stanley (Battle of Bosworth), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ Ormerod, George; Peter Leycester; William Smith; William Webb; and Thomas Helsby. The history of the county palatine and city of Chester: compiled from original evidences in public offices, the Harleian and Cottonian mss., parochial registers, private muniments, unpublished ms. collections of successive Cheshire antiquaries, and a personal survey of every township in the county, incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal and Leycester's Cheshire antiquities. (London: G. Routledge, 1882)
    Volume 3 page 577.
  3.   French, George Russell. Shakspeareana genealogica. (London: Macmillan, 1869)
    p. 166.

    Appears as a character in Shakespeare's Henry VI part III.

  4. ↑ Earwaker, J. P. (John Parsons). East Cheshire, past and present, or, A history of the hundred of Macclesfield in the county Palatine of Chester - from original records. (London: Printed for the Author, 1878-1880)
    2:603.
  5.   Brydges, Egerton. Collins's peerage of England, genealogical, biographical, and historical, greatly augmented, and continued to the present time. (London: [T. Bensley], 1812)
    3:56-58.
  6.   Stephen, Leslie, ed, and Sidney, ed Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. (London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900)
    54:81-82.
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