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Stanley, Thomas (1485 - 1521)

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Born / Died

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

Notes

Admitted to Gray's Inn 1520

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 11th Earl of Derby

Titles

  • 11th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1504-07-29
    Vacated: 1521-05-23
  • 3rd Baron Stanley
    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
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed: 1504-07-29
    Vacated: 1521-05-23

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 Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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
    Major holdings: Patrimony
  • Lancashire
    Major holding: 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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainers

Patronized Troupes

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