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Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1559
Death Date: 1594-04-16

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Spencer, Alice (1559 - 1636/7)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1579
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Possibly married 1579/80 or 1580

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 13th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
  • 14th Earl of Derby

Titles

  • 13th Baron Strange (of Knokyn)
    Assumed: 1572
    Vacated: 1594-04-16
  • 14th Earl of Derby
    Assumed: 1593-09-25
    Vacated: 1594-04-16
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed: 1593-09-25
    Vacated: 1594-04-16
  • 6th Baron Stanley
    Assumed: 1593-09-25
    Vacated: 1594-04-16

Details of Offices

Began Ended
Deputy Lieut, Lancashire 1585 1593 -09 -25
Deputy Lieut, Cheshire 1585 1593 -09 -25
Mayor, Liverpool 1588
Lord Lieut, Lancashire 1593 -9 -25 1594 -04 -16
Lord Lieut, Cheshire 1593 -9 -25 1594 -04 -16
Vice Admiral, Cheshire 1594
Vice Admiral, Lancashire 1594

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stanley House, Chester, Cheshire
    Patrimony
  • Derby House, Cannon Row, (city) in Middlesex
    Acquired: 1593-09
    Divested: 1594-04
    Patrimony
  • Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire
    Acquired: 1593-09
    Divested: 1594-04
    Patrimony
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1593-09
    Divested: 1594-04
    Patrimony
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1593-09
    Divested: 1594-04
    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
  • Middlesex
    Minor holdings
  • Northamptonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Oxfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Shropshire
    Patrimony: Major 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 - Lyme Park, Lyme Park, Cheshire 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 Lord Strange's Musicians
Performance - Guildhall, Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Strange's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Strange's Players
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 - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall (2), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Strange's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance? - Knowsley Hall, near Prescot, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance? - Lathom House, near Ormskirk, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance? - Lathom House, near Ormskirk, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance? - Lathom House, near Ormskirk, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Folkestone, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Boothall, Gloucester, Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Maidstone, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Rose Theatre, Southwark, Surrey Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Court Hall, Canterbury, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Faversham, Kent Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Oxford, Oxfordshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Rose Theatre, Southwark, Surrey Lord Strange's Players
Performance? - Bristol (Unknown), Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Strange's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Strange's Musicians Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Musicians 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 1
Earl of Derby's Players Stanley, Ferdinando (1559 - 1594) Players 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
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Thomson, Gladys S. Lords Lieutenant in the Sixteenth Century: A Study in Tudor Local Administration. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1923