Ancestral Trails 2016 » Thomas STANLEY (1435-1504)

Personal data Thomas STANLEY 

• He was born in the year 1435 in Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire.
• Title: 1st Earl of Derby
• He died on July 28, 1504 in Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, he was 69 years old.
• A child of Thomas STANLEY and Joan GOUSHILL

Household of Thomas STANLEY

(1) He is married to Eleanor NEVILLE.

They got married on December 17, 1454 at Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, he was 19 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Katherine STANLEY  1463-????
2. Agnes STANLEY  1471-????
3. Edward STANLEY  1464-1523 
4. Richard STANLEY  1461-????
5. Thomas STANLEY  1467-????
6. John STANLEY  1458-????
7. Alice STANLEY  1456-????
8. Anne STANLEY  1455-????
9. James STANLEY  1466-????
10. William STANLEY  1469-????
11. George STANLEY  1460-1503 

(2) He is married to Margaret BEAUFORT.

They got married before June 12, 1472 at Knowsley Park, Lancashire.

Notes about Thomas STANLEY

Son of Sir Thomas Stanley and Joan Goushill. Grandson of Sir John Stanley and Elizabeth Harington, Sir Robert Goushill and Elizabeth Arundel. Sir Thomas was a direct descendent of King Edward I and King Henry III. Husband of Eleanor de Neville, daughter of Sir Robert de Neville and Alice Montagu. They were married about 17 Dec 1454, the date of the marriage settlement, and had seven sons and four daughters: John Sir George, Lord Strange Richard Sir Edward, Lord Monteagle James, Bishop of Ely Thomas William Anne Alice Katherine Agnes Eleanor died in 1464 Secondly, he was the fourth and last husband of Margaret Beaufort, daughter and heiress of Sir John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp, and the widow of Sir Edmund Tudor and Henry Stafford. They were married shortly before 12 June 1472, the date of their marriage settlement. They had no children. Sir Thomas was at the Battle of Northampton in 1460, and summoned to Parliament 1460 to 1483. Thomas and Margaret were present at the coronation of King Richard III, Margaret bearing the queen's train. Thomas was said to have betrayed the king at the Battle of Bosworth and set the King's crown on top of his step-son's head, Henry VII. Thomas was created Earl of Derby on 27 Oct 1485, and had the King and Queen as guests at Knowsley and Lathom for nearly a month in June and July of 1495. Family links: Parents: Thomas Stanley (1400 - 1459) Joan Goushill (1401 - 1460) Spouses: Margaret Beaufort (1443 - 1509) Eleanor de Neville Stanley (____ - 1464)* Eleanor Neville Stanley (1447 - 1472)* *Calculated relationship

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