Stanley, Thomas (1485 - 1521)

Born / Died

Birth Date: before 1485
Death Date: 1521-05-23

Notes

Admitted to Gray's Inn 1520

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1503
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Hastings, Anne ( - 1550)

  1. Male offspring: Stanley, John (d. 1503)
  2. Female offspring: Stanley, Margaret (d. 1534)
  3. Female offspring: Stanley, Jane (n.d.)

Primary Title

11th Earl of Derby

Titles

  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed Circa 1504-07-29
    Vacated 1521-05-23
  • 3rd Baron Stanley
    Assumed Circa 1504-07-29
    Vacated 1521-05-23
  • 11th Earl of Derby
    Assumed 1504-07-29
    Vacated 1521-05-23
  • 3rd Baron Mohun
    Assumed 1513/14-03-20
    Vacated 1521-05-23
  • 10th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed 1513/14-03-20
    Vacated 1521-05-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Master Forester, Lancashire 1504/5-3-4 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Westmorland 1512 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1512 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1514 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1514 1515
JP, Middlesex 1515 n.d.
Privy Councillor, England 1520-5 n.d.

General Lands Note

Inherited lands and titles of father 9 July 1504 and of mother 28 Nov. 1514. Acquired (before 1503) dower lands of wife, Anne, daughter of Edward Hastings, 2nd Lord Hastings of Hungerford

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Patrimony.
  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1504-07-09
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Berkshire
    Minor holdings
  • Buckinghamshire
    Minor holdings
  • Cheshire
    Major holdings: Patrimony
  • Cumberland
    Minor holdings
  • Devon
    Minor holdings
  • Dorset
    Minor holdings
  • Flintshire
    Minor holdings
  • Hertfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Huntingdonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Lancashire
    Divested: after
    Major holding: Patrimony.
  • Lancashire
    Major holdings: Patrimony
  • Lincolnshire
    Minor holdings
  • Middlesex
    Minor holdings
  • Northamptonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Oxfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Shropshire
    Major holdings: Acquired by marriage of father George Stanley
  • Somerset
    Minor holdings
  • Staffordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Warwickshire
    Minor holdings
  • Westmorland
    Minor holdings
  • Wiltshire
    Minor holdings
  • Yorkshire: North Riding
    Minor holdings
  • Yorkshire: West Riding
    Minor holdings

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1517-1518 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance 1517-1518 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers
Performance 1520-1521 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1485 - 1521) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Entertainers Stanley, Thomas (1485 - 1521) Entertainers/Minstrels 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Knowsley Hall Lancashire Private Residence
Lathom House Lancashire Private Residence
New Park Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

Coward, Barry. Stanleys, Lords Stanley, and Earls of Derby, 1385–1672. Chetham Society, 3rd ser, 30. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983.
Doyle, James E. The Official Baronage of England Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London: Longmans, 1886.
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509–47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864–1932.
Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936.