Stanley, Edward (1460 - 1523)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 4
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1460 (possibly born in this year)
Death Date: 1523-04-07 (possibly died on 6 April of this year)

Siblings

Male

Stanley, George (1460 - 1503)
Stanley, James (1465 - )

Female

Stanley, Margaret ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Harington, Anne (1455 - 1489)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Vaughan, Elizabeth ( - 1514/15)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1501-11-25
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Not identified, ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Male offspring: Stanley, Edward (n.d.)
  2. Female offspring: Stanley, Mary (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Stanley, Thomas (d. 1569)

From Vaughan, Elizabeth ( - 1514/15)

  1. Male offspring: Stanley, Thomas (1507 - 1560) (patron)
  2. Female offspring: Stanley, Jane (n.d.)

Primary Title

1st Baron Monteagle

Titles

  • 1st Baron Monteagle
    Assumed 1514-05-21
    Vacated 1523-04-07

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Kent 1483/4 1485
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1484 n.d.
Keeper, Buckinghamshire 1485-12-1 n.d.
Sheriff, Lancashire 1485-10-1 1523-04-7 For life
Knight of the King's Body, England 1489 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cambridgeshire 1506/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Cambridgeshire 1506/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1509 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1509 n.d.
Knight of the King's Body, England 1510 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Westmorland 1511 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1511 1514
JP, Westmorland 1511 1512
Commissioner of Musters, Westmorland 1512 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Yorkshire: West Riding 1512 n.d.
JP, Westmorland 1514 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hornby Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired via marriage. A special grant (1489) of Hornby was made by Henry VII to Edward Stanley due to the forfeiture for treason of the property by his wife's grandfather Sir Thomas Harington
    Acquired: 1489
    Divested: 1523-04-07

Lands

  • Lancashire
  • Westmorland
  • Yorkshire: West Riding

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1519-1520 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Monteagle's Entertainer
Performance 1520-1521 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Monteagle's Entertainer

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Monteagle's Entertainer Stanley, Edward (1460 - 1523) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Hornby Castle Lancashire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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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. Chetham Society, 3rd ser, 30. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)