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Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1433 (possibly born ca. 1435)
Death Date: 1504-07-29

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Eleanor ( - 1471)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1457-5-10
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Beaufort, Margaret (1443 - 1509)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1472-6-12
    Union ended: 1499
    Note: Margaret moved to Collyweston and took a vow of chastity

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 10th Earl of Derby

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Stanley
    Assumed: 1458/9-02-20
    Vacated: 1504-07-29
  • 10th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1485-10-27
    Vacated: 1504-07-29
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed: 1458/9-02-20
    Vacated: 1504-07-29
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1483
    Vacated: 1504-07-29

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable & Steward, Lancashire
Steward, Cheshire
Esquire of the Body, England 1454
Chief Justice, Cheshire 1460/1 -1 -1
Chief Justice, Flintshire 1460/1 -1 -1
Master Forester, Rider & Surveyor, Cheshire 1461/2 -1 -11
Steward, Lancashire 1463 1480
Privy Councillor, England 1471 1485
Steward of the Household, England 1471 -8 -14 1485 -10
JP, Surrey 1472 1475
JP, Warwickshire 1473
JP, Wiltshire 1473
JP, Gloucestershire 1474
JP, Worcestershire 1474
JP, Somerset 1474
JP, Devon 1474
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lancashire 1475
JP, Somerset 1475
JP, Dorset 1475
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1476
JP, Surrey 1476/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1477
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1478
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1478
JP, Surrey 1479
Constable of England, England 1483 -12 -16 1504 -07 -29
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483
Steward, Lancashire 1483 1504
Chief Steward, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1485 -10 -1 1504 -07 -29
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1485
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1485
High Forester, North of Trent 1485 -10 -7
JP, Berkshire 1485
JP, Lincolnshire 1485
Keeper, Master Forester & Steward, Staffordshire 1485 -10 -7 Sutton Lordship, Manor & Park also in Warwickshire
Receiver, Duchy of Lancaster, Northern Parts 1485 -10 -1 1504 -07 -29
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1486
JP, Staffordshire 1486 1487
JP, Derbyshire 1486
JP, Nottinghamshire 1486
JP, Huntingdonshire 1487
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, York 1489
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1489
JP, Huntingdonshire 1490 1490
JP, Derbyshire 1492 1493
JP, Rutland 1492
JP, Staffordshire 1492/3 1493
JP, Nottinghamshire 1492/3
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1493
JP, Lincolnshire 1493
JP, Warwickshire 1493
JP, Buckinghamshire 1493
JP, Cambridgeshire 1493
JP, Hertfordshire 1493
JP, Leicestershire 1493
JP, Huntingdonshire 1493
JP, Northamptonshire 1493
JP, Oxfordshire 1493
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1493
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1493
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1493
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1493/4
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1493/4
JP, Berkshire 1494
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Huntingdonshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Lincolnshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cambridgeshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Buckinghamshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Rutland 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bedfordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Norfolk 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Suffolk 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Coventry 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1494/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1494/5
JP, Lincolnshire 1494/5 1498
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1495 1497
JP, Berkshire 1495
JP, Staffordshire 1495/6
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1496
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1496
Commissioner of Musters, Staffordshire 1496
Commissioner of Musters, Derbyshire 1496
JP, Huntingdonshire 1496
JP, Nottinghamshire 1496
JP, Berkshire 1496/7 1497
JP, Derbyshire 1497
JP, Huntingdonshire 1497/8
JP, Nottinghamshire 1498
JP, Huntingdonshire 1499
JP, Staffordshire 1499
JP, Berkshire 1500/1
JP, Nottinghamshire 1501 1502
JP, Lincolnshire 1501 1502
JP, Staffordshire 1501 1504
JP, Berkshire 1501/2
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1502
JP, Huntingdonshire 1502
JP, Derbyshire 1502 1504
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Surrey 1503
JP, Huntingdonshire 1504
JP, Nottinghamshire 1504
JP, Lincolnshire 1504
JP, Nottinghamshire 1505

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1458-02
    Divested: 1504-07
    Patrimony
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1458/9-02
    Divested: 1504-07
    Patrimony
  • Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1458/9-02
    Divested: 1504-07
    Patrimony
  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1484
    Granted.
  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1484-09
    Divested: 1504-07
    Granted

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Berkshire
    Minor holdings
  • Cheshire
    Major holdings: Patrimony & grants in 1484
  • Cheshire
    Major holding: Patrimony.
  • Cumberland
    Minor holdings
  • Flintshire
    Minor holdings
  • Hertfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Huntingdonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Lancashire
    Major holdings: Patrimony & grants in 1484 & 1489
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Somerset
    Minor holdings
  • Staffordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Warwickshire
    Minor holdings
  • Westmorland
    Minor holdings
  • Wiltshire
    Minor holdings

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Derby's Minstrel
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Minstrel
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Derby's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stanley's Bearward
Performance - Sandwich (Unknown), Sandwich, Kent Lord Stanley's Bearward
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Stanley's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stanley's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stanley's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stanley's Bearwards
Performance - Abbot's House, Battle Abbey, Battle, Sussex Lord Stanley's Bearwards
Performance - Oxford (Unknown), Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Stanley's Bearwards
Performance - Town Hall, Grimsby, Lincolnshire Lord Stanley's Minstrels
Performance - New College, Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Stanley's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Derby's Minstrels Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stanley's Bearwards Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearwards Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearwards Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stanley's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Minstrel Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Minstrel Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stanley's Performers Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stanley's Minstrels Stanley, Thomas (1433 - 1504) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III [1476--85]. London: HMSO, 1901
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Henry VII [1485–1509]. 2 vols. London: HMSO, 1914--16
  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Coward, Barry. Stanleys, Lords Stanley, and Earls of Derby, 1385--1672. 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936
  • Williams, William Rethaw. Official Lists of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster from earliest times to the present day, with biographical and genealogical notices compiled from the records in the duchy and record offices. np [Brecon, Wales?]: Privately printed, 1901