Stanley, James (1606/7 - 1651)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 26
Total events naming patron - 7
Troupes - 2
Venues - 3
Bibliographic Sources - 5
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1607-01-31
Death Date: 1651-10-15 (beheaded)

Notes

Impeached of high treason 16 Sept. 1642. In exile on Isle of Man 1644--50

Siblings

Female

Stanley, Anne (1599 - )
Stanley, Elizabeth (1600 - 1608)

Male

Stanley, Robert ( - 1633)
Stanley, Charles Henry ( - 1629)

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Trémoille, Charlotte de la (1599 - 1663/4)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1626-6-26
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Trémoille, Charlotte de la (1599 - 1663/4)

  1. Male offspring: Stanley, Charles (d. 1672)
  2. Male offspring: Stanley, Edward (n.d.)
  3. Male offspring: Stanley, William (n.d.)
  4. Female offspring: Stanley, Henrietta Maria (n.d.)
  5. Female offspring: Stanley, Katherine (n.d.)
  6. Female offspring: Stanley, Amelia (n.d.)

Primary Title

1st Baron Strange

Titles

  • 1st Baron Strange
    Assumed 1627/8-03-07 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated 1651-10-15
  • 16th Earl of Derby
    Assumed 1642-09-29
    Vacated 1651-10-15
  • Lord of the Isle of Man
    Assumed 1642-09-29
    Vacated 1651-10-15

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Alderman, Cheshire n.d. -10-27
Commissioner of Custos Rotulorum, Lancashire n.d. n.d.
MP, Lancashire 1625 n.d.
Chamberlain, County Palatine of Chester 1626-10-23 (for life) 1651-10-15 Held jointly, then solely from 29 Sept. 1642
Lord Lieut, Cheshire 1626-12-12 (for life) 1651-10-15 Held jointly with father, William, then solely from 28 Feb. 1641/2
Lord Lieut, Lancashire 1626-12-12 (for life) 1651-10-15 Held jointly with father, William, then solely from 29 Sept. 1642
Steward, Lancashire 1627-11-30 n.d. Held jointly
High Steward, Lancashire 1636-6-8 n.d. Held jointly
Chief Commissioner of Array, Lancashire 1642 n.d.
Lord Lieut, North Wales by 1642 n.d.
Capt-gen, Staffordshire 1651-8 n.d.
Capt-gen, Worcestershire 1651-8 n.d.
Capt-gen, Cheshire 1651-8 n.d.
Capt-gen, North Wales 1651-8 n.d.
Capt-gen, Lancashire 1651-8 n.d.

General Lands Note

Properties confiscated before July 1651

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Derby House, Cannon Row, (city) in Middlesex
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1642-09-29
    Divested: 1651
  • Stanley Palace, Chester, Cheshire
    Patrimony
  • Greenhalgh Castle, Lancashire
    Patrimony; building besieged and taken by parliamentary forces
    Acquired: 1642-09-29
    Divested: 1645
  • Castle Rushen, London (city-county)
    Residence while in exile, 1644--50.
  • Lathom House, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony; besieged and taken by parliamentary forces
    Acquired: 1642-09-29
    Divested: 1645
  • New Park (Halton Castle), Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony; estates sequestered
    Acquired: 1642-09-29
    Divested: 1645
  • Knowsley Hall, Lancashire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony; estates sequestered
    Acquired: 1642-09-29
    Divested: 1645

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Berkshire
    Minor holdings
  • Buckinghamshire
    Minor holdings
  • Cheshire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Cumberland
    Minor holdings
  • Flintshire
    Minor holdings
  • Hertfordshire
    Minor holdings
  • Huntingdonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Lancashire
    Patrimony: Major holdings
  • Northamptonshire
    Minor holdings
  • Rutland
    Minor holdings
  • Shropshire
    Divested: after
    Patrimony: Major holdings.
  • Shropshire
    Patrimony: Major 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 1630-1630 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Strange's Merry Man
Performance 1634-1634 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance 1634-1635 Congleton (Unknown), Congleton , Cheshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance 1635-1635 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance 1636-1636 Workington Hall, Workington , Cumberland Lord Strange's Players
Performance 1636-1636 Town Hall, Kendal , Westmorland Lord Strange's Players
Performance 1636-1636 Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn , Lancashire Lord Strange's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Strange's Merry Man Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Players 6

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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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. 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.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research, special supplement 8. London: Athlone P, 1970.