James
"Bishop of Ely"
Stanley
Born in Lathom House, Lancashire, England
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Stanley KG
and Eleanor (Neville) Stanley
Brother of
Edward Stanley KG and George (Stanley) de Stanley KG
Husband of
Anne Benger
— married
about 1479 in Rissheton, Sidebright Derwen, Cheshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Stanley and Margaret (Stanley) Ireland
Died
at about age 57
[location unknown]
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Biography
James was born in 1458 probably at the family seat of Lathom, Lancashire. He was the 3rd son of Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby and his wife Eleanor Neville [1]
Archdeacon of Richmond (Yorks.) 1500 - 1506 and then Bishop of Ely, [2]
1513 Endows the St John the Baptist Chapel at Manchester Cathedral, a joint family venture with his son John and brother Edward in Thanksgiving of their safe return from the Battle of Flodden Field [3]
James Stanley died 1515. His will of March 1514 was proved Mar 1515 [4]
He was buried at Manchester Cathedral
Issue possibly by Anne Benger (unsourced)
- Sir John Stanley, (b c 1480) knight "of the Hutt and Hale" m. Margaret Brereton Visitation of Lancaster 1567
- Thomas Stanley
- Margery Stanley, (1480-1482), m. c 1502 John Ireland (1475 - 1525) - issue
Mentioned in his Will
- Master Alday, Master warden of Manchester
- Sir Ranulph Pole
- Sir John Claydon - his receiver
- Doctor Standishe
- Sir John Stanley - executer
- Thomas Stanley, (bro of John). - executer
- William Serjaunt
- Alexander Tyldersley
Sources
- ↑ Remains, historical & literary, connected with the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, Visitation of Lancashire by William Flower 1567 Page 79: Stanley of Crossehall
- ↑ https://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1300-1541/vol6/pp25-27 'Archdeacons: Richmond', Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1300-1541: volume 6: Northern province (York, Carlisle and Durham) (1963), pp. 25-27]
- ↑ Manchester Cathedral Timeline
- ↑ Testamenta Vetusta Vol II. pg 535
- See Also
- Royal Ancestry D. Richardson 2013 Vol. V pp. 30
- Larson: Genealogical Research of Kirk Larson, Larson, Kirk, (Personal Research Works including Bethune & Hohenlohe Descendants, 1981-2001, Kirk Larson, Private Library).
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John Atkinson
Andrew Hill
DOB given in this profile ‘about 1458’ is inconsistent with the dates given for James in his father’s biography, i.e., 1465-1515. As the 3rd son his DOB must be after his brother George (about 1460) who was the nominal heir and his brother Edward (1463).
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John Atkinson
James Stanley, Bishop of Ely was never married (this was still when churchmen were Catholic in England) and his children were illegitimate, so the mother's would not have taken on the name of Stanley
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