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Stanley, James (1606/7 - 1651)

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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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Offspring

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

General Lands Note

Properties confiscated before July 1651

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

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

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
    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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Lord Strange's Merry Man
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Congleton (Unknown), Congleton, Cheshire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Dunkenhalgh Hall, near Blackburn, Lancashire Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Workington Hall, Workington, Cumberland Lord Strange's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Kendal, Westmorland Lord Strange's Players
Performance - 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 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) Players 1
Lord Strange's Players Stanley, James (1607 - 1651) 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
  • 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.
  • Sainty, J.C. Lieutenants of Counties, 1585–1642. London: Athlone P, 1970