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Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1509-05-10
Death Date: 1572-10-24

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Howard, Katherine ( - 1529/30)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1529-12-9
    Union ended: n.d.
  2. Howard, Dorothy ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1530-2-21
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Date of pardon for marrying without licence
  3. Barlow, Margaret ( - 1558/9)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Offspring: 1 son, 2 daughters
  4. Cotton, Mary ( - 1580)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1562-1-1
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 12th Earl of Derby

Titles

  • 11th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed: 1521-05-23
    Vacated: 1572-10-24
  • Lord Strange
    Assumed: 1509-05-10
    Vacated: 1521-05-23
  • 12th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1521-05-23
    Vacated: 1572-10-24
  • 4th Baron Stanley
    Assumed: 1521-05-23
    Vacated: 1572-10-24
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed: 1521-05-23
    Vacated: 1572-10-24
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1547-05-23
    Vacated: 1572-10-24

General Lands Note

Properties controlled by the Crown during minority 23 May 1521--Feb. 1530/1

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Privy Councillor, England 1551 -8 -9
Lord Lieut, Lancashire 1552 -5 -16 1572 -10 -24
Privy Councillor, England 1553 -8 -17
Vice Admiral, Cheshire 1553 1569
Vice Admiral, Lancashire 1553 1569
Privy Councillor, England 1558 -11 -24
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1559 -4 -26 Reappointed to office June 1565
Lord Lieut, Cheshire 1569 -11 -18 1572 -10 -24

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Divested: 1552/3-01
    Patrimony; exchanged for other property.
  • Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire
    Acquired: 1521-05
    Divested: 1572-10
    Patrimony
  • Derby House, Paul's Wharf, London (city-county)
    Acquired: 1521-05
    Divested: 1552/3-01
    Patrimony; exchanged with Crown for lands in Lancashire
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1521-05
    Divested: 1572-10
    Patrimony
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1521-05
    Divested: 1572-10
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Berkshire
    Minor holdings
  • Buckinghamshire
    Minor holdings
  • Cheshire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Cumberland
    Minor holdings
  • Derbyshire
    Divested: 1545
    Minor holdings: Exchanged for other properties
  • Devon
    Minor holdings
  • Dorset
    Minor holdings
  • Flintshire
    Minor holdings
  • Hertfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Huntingdonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Lancashire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Lincolnshire
    Divested: 1545
    Minor holdings: Exchanged for other properties
  • London (city-county)
    Patrimony: Major holdings.
  • Middlesex
    Minor holdings
  • Northamptonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Nottinghamshire
    Divested: 1545
    Minor holdings: Exchanged for other properties
  • Oxfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Shropshire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • 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 - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire 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 - Crowle Manor House, near Worcester, Worcestershire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Folkestone (Unknown), Folkestone, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - York (Unknown), York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearwards
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearwards
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Bearwards
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainer
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Minstrels
Performance - Ludlow (Unknown), Ludlow, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Mayor's House, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Earl of Derby's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Entertainer/s Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Minstrels Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Minstrels Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Entertainer Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Derby's Bearwards Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearwards Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearwards Stanley, Edward (1509 - 1572) 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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  • Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982
  • 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
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.