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NameSir John Stanley KG 
[142, Line 103, p. 136], [77, p. 107], [54, His own co-article], [60, Stanley article, Vol XII/1, pp. 248-9], [74, No 1256, p. 59], [64, Stanley of Alderley pedigree, Vol III, p. 577], [104, Pedigree of Lathom, vol vii, p. 18]
[142, Line 103, p. 136], [77, p. 107], [54, His own co-article], [60, Stanley article, Vol XII/1, pp. 248-9], [74, No 1256, p. 59], [64, Stanley of Alderley pedigree, Vol III, p. 577], [104, Pedigree of Lathom, vol vii, p. 18]Death8 Jan 1414
GeneralYr s. Lieut of Ireland. KG 109: 1405.
Spouses
1Isabel de Lathom [142, Line 103, p. 136], [54, Husband, Sir John Stanley's article], [60, Stanley article, Vol XII/1, p. 249], [74, No 1257, p. 59], [64, Stanley of Alderley pedigree, Vol III, p. 577], [104, Pedigree of Lathom, vol vii, p. 18]
[142, Line 103, p. 136], [54, Husband, Sir John Stanley's article], [60, Stanley article, Vol XII/1, p. 249], [74, No 1257, p. 59], [64, Stanley of Alderley pedigree, Vol III, p. 577], [104, Pedigree of Lathom, vol vii, p. 18]FatherSir Thomas de Lathom (-<1382)
MotherJoane de Venables
Marriageca 1385 [60, Stanley article, Vol XII/1, p. 249], [74, No 1256, p. 59]
Notes for Sir John Stanley KG
Ormerod's Cheshire, Vol II, p. 415, has 8 generations before him, the first two of which are Audleys of Staffs.
He and Isabel had a dau. Isabel who m. John Warren of Poynton, Cheshire (Ormerod, vol iii, p. 685).
He and Isabel had a dau. Isabel who m. John Warren of Poynton, Cheshire (Ormerod, vol iii, p. 685).
DNB Main notes for Sir John Stanley KG
Co-subject: Stanley, Sir John
Dates: 1350?-1414
Active Date: 1390
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Miscellaneous
Occupation: Founder of house of Stanley
Article
Sir John Stanley, K.G. 1350?-1414, the founder of the family fortunes, was his great-grandfather. He came of a younger branch of a famous Staffordshire house, the Audleys of Healey, near Newcastle-under-Lyme; the cadet line took its name from the manor of Stanlegh, close to Cheddleton, but settled in Cheshire under Edward II on acquiring, by marriage, the manor of Storeton and the hereditary forestership of Wirral. The nephew of Sir John (who was a younger son) removed the chief seat of the elder line of Stanley to Hooton in Wirral by marriage with its heiress (Dugdale, ii. 247; Ormerod, ii. 411). A still more fortunate alliance (before October 1385) with Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Latham, made Sir John Stanley himself lord of great part of the hundred of West Derby in south-west Lancashire, including Knowsley and Lathom (Rot. Parl. iii. 205; cf. Wylie, ii. 290). The famous Stanley crest of the eagle and child, which gave rise to a family legend, no doubt came from the Lathams (Baines, i. 49, iv. 248; Seacome, p. 22; Gregson, pp. 244, 250). Their badge in the fifteenth century was an eagle's (or griffin's) leg (Doyle, Official Baronage, i. 553; Gairdner, p. 412; Ormerod, iii. 641). Sir John, who in his youth had served in Aquitaine, went to Ireland as deputy for Richard II's favourite, De Vere, in 1386, and subsequently held important posts both there (lieutenant, 1389-91) and on the Welsh and Scottish borders. Henry IV rewarded his speedy adhesion with Hope and Mold castles and a regrant (10 Dec. 1399) of his old office in Ireland. But he became officially bankrupt, and in 1401 was superseded. Steward of the household to Henry, prince of Wales, from 1403, he entered the order of the Garter in 1405. The king rewarded his services during the northern revolt of that year by a grant, first for life and then in perpetuity, by the service of a cast of falcons at coronations, of the Isle of Man, which had been forfeited by the rebellion of the Earl of Northumberland (Federa, viii. 419; Baines, i. 370). In 1409 Stanley was made constable of Windsor. Henry V once more sent him to govern Ireland, and it was at Ardee, in that island, that he died on 18 Jan. 1414 (Dugdale, ii. 248; Seacome, p. 20). The Irish writers ascribed his death to irritation caused by the virulent lampoons of the plundered bard Niall O'Higgin (Gilbert, Viceroys, p. 301). Stanley built the tower in Water Street, Liverpool, which survived till 1821 (Gregson, p. 172). His third son, Thomas, was the ancestor of the Stanleys of Aldford and Elford. The eldest, John, the Manx legislator, married Isabel, sister of Sir William and daughter of Sir John Harrington of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, and died in 1437 (Ormerod, ii. 412; cf. Collins, ed. Brydges, iii, 54)
Dates: 1350?-1414
Active Date: 1390
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Miscellaneous
Occupation: Founder of house of Stanley
Article
Sir John Stanley, K.G. 1350?-1414, the founder of the family fortunes, was his great-grandfather. He came of a younger branch of a famous Staffordshire house, the Audleys of Healey, near Newcastle-under-Lyme; the cadet line took its name from the manor of Stanlegh, close to Cheddleton, but settled in Cheshire under Edward II on acquiring, by marriage, the manor of Storeton and the hereditary forestership of Wirral. The nephew of Sir John (who was a younger son) removed the chief seat of the elder line of Stanley to Hooton in Wirral by marriage with its heiress (Dugdale, ii. 247; Ormerod, ii. 411). A still more fortunate alliance (before October 1385) with Isabel, daughter of Sir Thomas Latham, made Sir John Stanley himself lord of great part of the hundred of West Derby in south-west Lancashire, including Knowsley and Lathom (Rot. Parl. iii. 205; cf. Wylie, ii. 290). The famous Stanley crest of the eagle and child, which gave rise to a family legend, no doubt came from the Lathams (Baines, i. 49, iv. 248; Seacome, p. 22; Gregson, pp. 244, 250). Their badge in the fifteenth century was an eagle's (or griffin's) leg (Doyle, Official Baronage, i. 553; Gairdner, p. 412; Ormerod, iii. 641). Sir John, who in his youth had served in Aquitaine, went to Ireland as deputy for Richard II's favourite, De Vere, in 1386, and subsequently held important posts both there (lieutenant, 1389-91) and on the Welsh and Scottish borders. Henry IV rewarded his speedy adhesion with Hope and Mold castles and a regrant (10 Dec. 1399) of his old office in Ireland. But he became officially bankrupt, and in 1401 was superseded. Steward of the household to Henry, prince of Wales, from 1403, he entered the order of the Garter in 1405. The king rewarded his services during the northern revolt of that year by a grant, first for life and then in perpetuity, by the service of a cast of falcons at coronations, of the Isle of Man, which had been forfeited by the rebellion of the Earl of Northumberland (Federa, viii. 419; Baines, i. 370). In 1409 Stanley was made constable of Windsor. Henry V once more sent him to govern Ireland, and it was at Ardee, in that island, that he died on 18 Jan. 1414 (Dugdale, ii. 248; Seacome, p. 20). The Irish writers ascribed his death to irritation caused by the virulent lampoons of the plundered bard Niall O'Higgin (Gilbert, Viceroys, p. 301). Stanley built the tower in Water Street, Liverpool, which survived till 1821 (Gregson, p. 172). His third son, Thomas, was the ancestor of the Stanleys of Aldford and Elford. The eldest, John, the Manx legislator, married Isabel, sister of Sir William and daughter of Sir John Harrington of Hornby Castle, Lancashire, and died in 1437 (Ormerod, ii. 412; cf. Collins, ed. Brydges, iii, 54)