Thomas Stanley (abt. 1390 - 1463)

Born about 1390 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Matilda (Arderne) Stanley — married before 1 May 1413 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Langton) Stanley — married before 1434 in England

Descendants

Died 13 May 1463 at about age 73 in England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth and Parents

Thomas was the son of John Stanley and Isabel Lathom.^[1][2] His birth date is not known, but his parents married before 1386 and he was their third son.^[3][4] It has been estimated at about 1390.

Marriages and Children

Thomas married twice. His first wife was Maud/Matilda Arderne, daughter and heir of John Arderne^[5][6] and Margaret Pilkington. They married before 1 May 1413.^[1][2] (Maud is called Mabel in the Harleian Society edition of the Warwick Visitation.^[7]) They had two children:

• John^{[1][2][5][6][7]}
• Anne, who married John Gresley^[1][2][8]

Maud died in the period 1430-1432.^[1][2]

Before 1434 Thomas married again, his second wife being Elizabeth Langton, probably daughter of Ralph Langton.^[1][2] They had one son:

• George^[1][2][5]

Life

In 1414 Thomas was fined £60 for supporting the Erdeswicke family in a feud.^[9]

Thomas took part in Henry V's wars in France. He was at Calais in 1416, serving under Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. In 1420 he fought in Normandy.^[1][2][9]

Thomas was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire in 1427-8, and Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1433-4 and 1438-9.^[1][2][10] He was a Commissioner of Array for Staffordshire in 1436.^[11]

In 1438 Thomas was given exemption for life from serving on juries and inquisitions, being sheriff or escheator or holding any other office of the king.^[12] Despite this, in 1441 he was among those commanded to suppress riots and disorders in Staffordshire.^[13] In 1442 he faced a riot at Lichfield, Staffordshire.^[1][2][9]

Lands

In 1411 Thomas bought a house in Lichfield, Staffordshire.^[9]

Thomas's first marriage brought him the manors of Elford, Staffordshire,^[14] Pipe, Staffordshire,^[15] and properties in Cheshire.^[1][2]

Thomas was a Knight of the Shire, representing Staffordshire in Parliament in 1422 and possibly Lancashire in 1427 and 1439-40.^[9]

In 1425 Thomas and his first wife Maud sued Isabel de Berkeley for "waste and destruction" at Okley in Staffordshire: Isabel had a life interest in the property, with it due to pass to Maud on Isabel's death.^[16]

Death

Thomas died on 13 May 1463, and was buried at Elford, Staffordshire, where his second wife was also buried.^[1][2] A writ to the escheator for Staffordshire to investigate his estates was issued on 25 May 1463.^[17]

Research Notes

Children

The Staffordshire Record Society edition of Staffordshire Visitations lists one other son of Thomas's first marriage: Humphrey.^[5] So does the 1812 edition of Collins's Peerage.^[18] Humphrey was Thomas's grandson Humphrey Stanley-503, son of Thomas's son John. The mistake is corrected in a footnote to Thomas Harwood's edition of Erdeswicke's Survey of Staffordshire.^[19] Humphrey is shown as Thomas's grandson in the Harleian Society edition of the 1619 Visitation of Warwick.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. II, pp. 104-105, ELFORD 9, Google Books
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. II, pp. 486-487, ELFORD 13
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. IV, pp. 88-89, STANLEY 8, Google Books
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, pp. 25-26, STANLEY 12
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} H Sydney Grazebrook (ed.). The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire in 1614 and 1663-64, Staffordshire Record Society, 1885, p. 277, Internet Archive
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} John Paul Rylands (ed.). The Visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580...., Harleian Society, 1882, p. 213, Internet Archive
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} John Fetherston (ed.). The Visitation of Warwick in the year 1619, Harleian Society, 1877, p. 23, Internet Archive
8. ↑ Falconer Madan. The Gresleys of Drakelowe, Staffordshire Record Society, 1899, p. 281, Internet Archive
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} Josiah C Wedgwood. Staffordshire Parliamentary History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, Vol. I, William Salt Archaeological Society, 1919, pp. 203-204, Internet Archive
10. ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales, Public Record Office Lists and Indexes, HMSO, 1898, pp. 127, Internet Archive], and 145, Internet Archive
11. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1429-1436, HMSO, 1907, p. 523, Internet Archive
12. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1436-1441, HMSO, 1907, p. 250, Internet Archive
13. ↑ Calendar of the Close Rolls, A.D. 1435-1441, HMSO, 1937, p. 434, Internet Archive
14. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, A.D. 1476-1485, HMSO, 1901, p. 2, Internet Archive
15. ↑ 'Burntwood: Manors, local government and public services', in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 14, Lichfield, ed. M W Greenslade (London, 1990), pp. 205-220, British History Online, accessed 7 June 2022
16. ↑ George Writtesley. Extracts from the Plea Rolls of the Reigns of Henry V and Henry VI, William Salt Archaeological Society, 1896, p. 107, Internet Archive
17. ↑ Calendar of the Fine Rolls, A.D. 1461-1461, HMSO, 1949, p. 94, Hathi Trust
18. ↑ Egerton Brydges. Collins's Peerage of England... greatly augmented and continued to present time, 1812, p. 54, Internet Archive
19. ↑ Thomas Harwood. Erdeswick's Survey of Staffordshire, a new edition, J B Nichols and Son, 1844, p. 456, footnote a, Google Books

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta project by Michael Cayley on 7 June 2022 and was reviewed the same day by Thiessen-117

Thomas Stanley is in trails from Gateway Ancestor Dannett Abney to Magna Carta Surety Barons Saher de Quincy (MCA I:3-4 ABNEY), Henry de Bohun and Wiliam Malet. The trails were badged in June and July 2022 and are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

Thomas Stanley is in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor Mary Wolseley and Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (Magna Carta Ancestry, IV:362-365 WOLSELEY) that was badged by the Magna Carta Project in June 2022. This profile was also identified by the Project as being in a trail from Wolseley-16 to surety baron Henry de Bohun that was also badged in June 2022. These trails have been set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".