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Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1531-09
Death Date: 1593-09-25

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Clifford, Margaret (1540 - 1596)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1555-2-7
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Separated 1567
  2. Halsall, Jane ( - )
    Type: other
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 12th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
  • 13th Earl of Derby
  • Lord Strange

Titles

  • 12th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed: 1572-10-24
    Vacated: 1593-09-25
  • 13th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1572-10-24
    Vacated: 1593-09-25
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed: 1572-10-24
    Vacated: 1593-09-25
  • 5th Baron Stanley
    Assumed: 1572-10-24
    Vacated: 1593-09-25
  • Lord Strange
    Assumed: 1531-09
    Vacated: 1572-10-24
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1574-04-24
    Vacated: 1593-09-25

General Lands Note

Received livery of lands 27 May 1574. Acquired via wife Margaret Clifford properties in Devon, Lincolnshire, Somerset and Yorkshire, but most sold by 1582--3

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Member, Council of the North, England
High Steward, Lancashire 1550 -12 -6
Commissioner of Musters, Lancashire 1569 Held jointly
Lord Lieut, Cheshire 1572 -10 -24 1593 -09 -25
Lord Lieut, Lancashire 1572 -10 -24 1593 -09 -25
Keeper, Lancashire 1574 -5 -7
Vice Admiral, Lancashire 1574 1587
Vice Admiral, Cheshire 1574 1587
Privy Councillor, England 1585 -5 -20
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1588 -11 -5 1593

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stanley House, Chester, Cheshire
  • Gaddesden Magna, Hertfordshire
    Divested: 1593-09
    Patrimony; residence, possibly after marriage, until 1567
  • Derby House, (city) in Middlesex
    Acquired: 1572-10
    Divested: 1593-09
  • Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire
    Acquired: 1572-10
    Divested: 1593-09
    Patrimony
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1572-10
    Divested: 1593-09
    Patrimony

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Berkshire
    Minor holdings
  • Buckinghamshire
    Minor holdings
  • Cheshire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Cumberland
    Minor holdings
  • Devon
    Minor holdings
  • Dorset
    Minor holdings
  • Flintshire
    Minor holdings
  • Hertfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Huntingdonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Lancashire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Lancashire
    Patrimony: Major holdings.
  • Lincolnshire
    Acquired: 1558-06
    Divested: 1583-05-17
    Minor holdings: Acquired from wife, Margaret Clifford; sold
  • Middlesex
    Minor holdings
  • Northamptonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Oxfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Shropshire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Somerset
    Minor holdings
  • Staffordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Surrey
    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 - Town Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Dismissal - The Marsh, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Coventry (Unknown), Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Bearward
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Musician/s
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Derby's Musicians
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Merchants' Court, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Dartmouth (Unknown), Dartmouth, Devon Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Abingdon, Berkshire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Common Hall, Norwich, Norwich (city-county) in Norfolk Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire Earl of Derby's Players
Performance - Cambridge (Unknown), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Earl of Derby's Trumpeters
Performance - Newcastle upon Tyne (Unknown), Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne (city-county) Lord Strange's Bearward
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Lincoln (Unknown), Lincoln, Lincolnshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Bearward Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Performing Animals 1
Earl of Derby's Musicians Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Musicians 1
Earl of Derby's Trumpeters Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Musicians 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Musician/s Stanley, Henry (1531 - 1593) Musicians 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster. 8 vols. London: Archibald Constable, 1906--14