THE PEDIGREE AND POSTERITY OF SIR THOMAS STANLEY, Second Son to Sir John Stanley the First, by Isabel de Latham. DOE THIS gentleman married to his lady, Maud, the only daughter of and heiress to Sir John Ardern, of Elford, in the county of Stafford, by whom he became possessed of a fine seat and plentiful fortune, and made that the residence of the family whilst the male line continued, who made a most eminent figure in military life. By his lady he had issue a son, named John, who succeeded him in honour and estate. Sir John Stanley, successor to his father Sir Thomas, married three wives, but by the two first had no issue living, at the time of his third marriage, which was to Douce, the daughter of Leigh, of Baggaley, by whom he had one son, named John. Sir John, the son of the above Sir John, had issue a son, named Humphrey, but by whom record, as well as history, are both silent, further than that Sir John died in the year 1509, and was succeeded by his said son. Sir Humphrey Stanley, being a martial man of great experience, was sent by King Henry VII. in the year 1495, against John Lord Audley, and other opposers of that prince, assembled on Black Heath, in Kent, where he entirely defeated them, but died that year, leaving a son and heir, called Sir John Stanley, of Pipe. Sir John Stanley, of Pipe, married Margaret the daughter of Sir Thomas Gerrard, and by her had issue two daughters only, by which the male line of this most worthy house was extinguished. But the elder daughter marrying to one Roger Stanley, of Alderley, in the county of Chester, had issue by him a son, named Roger, and styled Roger Stanley, of Alderley, in the county of Chester. Roger Stanley, son of the first Roger, married Jane, the daughter of J. Clarke, of the county of York, and by her had a son, named John, and styled John Stanley, of Alderley, in the county of Chester. John, the son of the above Roger, afterwards Sir John Stanley, of Alderley, in the county of Chester, married Mary, the daughter of Marberry, and by her had issue two sons, Thomas and Edward. Sir Thomas, the elder brother, styled Sir Thomas Stanley, of Nether Alderley, in the county of Chester, married Elizabeth, daughter to Sir Peter Warburton, and by her #had issue a son, named Thomas. Sir Edward, the younger brother, was a martial man, and received the honour of Knighthood in the Low Countries, for his great services performed there; but was afterwards slain in Ireland, in the year 1586. Sir Thomas, his elder brother, by Mrs. Warburton, succeeded his father, and had issue a son, named Thomas, but by whom I am not informed, further than that Sir Thomas, the son of the above Sir Thomas, had also a son, named James, but by whom I cannot yet discover. James, the son of the above Sir Thomas, I conceive to be the present Sir James Stanley, of Alderley, in full life, 1741, but have not been favoured by the family with any account thereof, although requested.. THE GENEALOGY AND ISSUE OF SIR JOHN STANLEY II. SIR Thomas Stanley, the only son of Sir John abovesaid, by Mrs. Harrington, was Comptroller of the Household to King Henry VI. who appointed him Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as his grandfather had been. He married to his lady one of the daughters and coheiresses of Sir Robert Goushell, and by her had issue three sons, Thomas, John, and James, all of which in their order, after acquainting the reader that he was by the same king created Lord Stanley, and from him sprung the Earls of Derby, his posterity and successors. Thomas, his eldest son, succeeded him in the honour and lordship of Stanley, and was by King Henry VII. created Earl of Derby; the further history of whose life, and memorable actions, we have fully related in the first part of this book. John Stanley, second son of the said Lord Stanley, married Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of Thomas Wever, Esq. and had issue by her a son, styled Thomas Stanley, of Wever, Esq. James, his third son, was Archdeacon of Chester, Thomas Stanley, of Wever, and son of John Stanley aforesaid, married a daughter of Thomas Leversedge, of Weelock, Esq. and by her had a son, named Thomas Stanley, of Wever, Thomas Stanley, the son of the above Thomas, by Mrs. Leversedge, married one of the daughters of Thomas Davenport, Esq. and by her had three sons, Thomas, John, and Ralph. Thomas, the eldest son, in 1508 married Ursula, sister to Sir Hugh Cholmondeley, and by her had a son, named Ralph. John, his brother, married a daughter of Esq. Ward, And Ralph, the third brother, married a daughter of Holland, of Holland, in the county of Lancaster, Esq. Ralph Stanley, of Wever, by Mrs. Cholmondeley, married Margaret, the daughter of John Masterson, of Namptwich, Esq. and by her had issue two sons, Thomas and Ralph; and one daughter, named Mary. Thomas Stanley, eldest son of Ralph, four years old in 1580, and died in 1605, aged twenty-nine years. He married Elizabeth, the daughter of Warburton, Esq. and by her had issue one son, named Thomas. Thomas, the son of the last Thomas, and grandson of Ralph, styled Thomas Stanley, of Alderley, Esq. 1637, married Elizabeth, the daughter of James Pitts, of Kere, Esq. of the county of Wigorn, alias Worcester; but what issue he had by her, I am not informed, but take this to be the pedigree and genealogy of the Stanleys, of Park, in or near Alderley. THE GENEALOGY AND POSTERITY OF PETER STANLEY, ESQ. Second Son of Sir William Stanley of Hooton, by Ann, the Daughter of Sir James Harrington. THIS gentleman was the next collateral branch to that of Dalegarth, in the county of Cumberland, of the honourable and spreading family of Hooton, in Wirral. He married to his wife Elizabeth, the daughter and heiress of James Scarsbrick, of Moor Hall, Esq. in the parish of Aughton, by Margaret his wife, the only daughter and heiress of Thomas Atherton, of Bickerstaff; and by her had issue four sons and two daughters; to wit, Thomas, James, Robert, Edward, and Bridget and Mary his daughters; of all which in their order. But first give me leave to acquaint my readers, that the said Peter Stanley, the father, was an eminent royalist, and joined his interest and force with that of his noble relation, James Earl of Derby, and shared with him greatly in the fury and violence of those unhappy times, being imprisoned, and his estate sequestered, to the great impoverishment and loss of himself and family. He escaped with life, but was greatly reduced to the time of the happy restoration, as by the following address of his six children to those disposers of other men's fortunes at their pleasure : to wit, |