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Stanley, Edward (1460 - 1523)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

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: 1501-11-25
    Union ended: n.d.
  3. Not identified, ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

  1. Mother unknown
    Male offspring: Stanley, Edward ( - )
  2. Mother unknown
    Female offspring: Stanley, Mary ( - )
  3. Mother unknown
  4. From Vaughan, Elizabeth ( - 1514/15)
  5. From Vaughan, Elizabeth ( - 1514/15)
    Female offspring: Stanley, Jane ( - )

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Hornby Castle, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1489
    Divested: 1523-04
    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

Lands

  • Lancashire
  • Westmorland
  • Yorkshire: West Riding

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Monteagle's Entertainer
Performance - 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 1
Lord Monteagle's Entertainer Stanley, Edward (1460 - 1523) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1983
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.