Stanley, Thomas (1485 - 1521)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 5
Properties - 31
Total events naming patron - 4
Troupes - 2
Venues - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 4
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Born / Died

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

Notes

Admitted to Gray's Inn 1520

Siblings

Male

Stanley, James ( - )

Female

Stanley, Elizabeth ( - )
Stanley, Jane ( - )
Stanley, Margaret ( - )

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Hastings, Anne ( - 1550)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: before 1503
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Hastings, Anne ( - 1550)

  1. Male offspring: Stanley, John (d. 1503)
  2. Male offspring: Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) (patron)
  3. Female offspring: Stanley, Margaret (d. 1534)
  4. 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
  • 10th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed 1513/14-03-20
    Vacated 1521-05-23
  • 3rd Baron Mohun
    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, Derbyshire 1514 1515
JP, Westmorland 1514 n.d.
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
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: ca. 1504-07-29
    Divested: 1521-05-23
  • Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    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

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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.