Edward Stanley KG (1509 - 1572)

Born 10 May 1509 in Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

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Died 24 Oct 1572 at age 63 in Lathom House, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Edward Stanley was a member of the aristocracy in England.

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

Edward Stanley KG was born in Lancashire, England.

Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, K.G., was born on 10 May 1509 at Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England.^[1] He was the second but oldest surviving, son of:^[2]

• Thomas Stanley, second earl of Derby,^[2]
• and Anne, dau. of Thomas, lord Hungerford.^[2]

His father, oldest son of George, lord Strange, died on 23 May, 1521, and was buried at Sion Monastery, Middlesex.^[2] Edward, a minor, became a ward of Cardinal Wolsey.^[2] He was a catholic.^[2]

At age thirteen Edward, suc. to the titles and estates of his father, 2nd Earl of Derby. He became a ward of Henry VIII until he was of age. His commissioners, including Cardinal Thomas Wolsey were responsible for most of his affairs.

Marriage

Edward married ... His last wife survived him.

See [G2G discussion] for number of wives, and read Katherine Howard's bio first.

1. Katherine Howard (dsp. 15 Mar 1530).
2. Sir Edward Stanley and Dorothy Howard obtained a marriage license circa 21 February 1530.^[3][4]
3. Margaret, dau. of Ellis Barlow, Esq. and Anne Reditch, circa 1540.^[3][5]
4. Mary, dau. of Sir George Cotton, Sheriff of Denbighshire,Steward of Bromfield, Yale, Chirk, & Chirckland, Privy Councillor and Mary Onley, before 1 January 1562.

Howard

Thomas Howard (1473 - 1554) 3rd Duke of Norfolk

Katherine was not named in the Howard pedigree during the 1563 Visitation, but she is thought to be Edward's first wife.^[6] She died from the plague on 15 March 1530.

Katherine may have been the daughter of:

• the third Duke of Norfolk
• and Elizabeth Stafford.

Edward probably married her by 09 December 1529. They had no license to wed, so a pardon was later issued to [prob.] her father, sometime before 21 February 1529/30. It states:

"For the abduction of Edward, earl of Derby, and marriage of the said Edward to Katherine, daughter of the said Thomas, without royal license' (Letters and Papers, iv, 6428, art 21).^[2]

Howard

Thomas Howard (1443 - 1524) 2nd Duke of Norfolk.

Dorothy Howard appears to be the earl's second wife.^[6] Visitation (1563), asserts that she was the daughter of the second Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tylney.^[7] According to Eustace Chapuys (d. 1556):^[8]

"The duke of Norfolk ... begged the Nuncio to obtain a dispensation for one of his sisters to marry the earl Dalbi (Derby), who had been formerly married to one of his daughters."^[9]

children

Edward and Dorothy Howard, had three sons and four daughters:^{[2] [10]} His eldest son Henry was styled Lord Strange until 1559.^[11]

1. Henry Stanley, K.B., 4th Earl of Derby (bp. 04 Oct 1531),^[11] m. (07 Feb 1555 Royal Chapel, Whitehall) Margaret, first dau. of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland & Eleanor, dau. of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk.^[11]
2. Sir Thomas Stanley (d. 1576).^[12]
3. Sir Edward (d. 1609).

1. Anne m.1 Charles Stourton, 8th Baron Stourton; m.2 Sir Arundell of Cornwall, knt.
2. Elizabeth, wife of lord Morley.^[13]
3. Mary (d. 1609), wife Edward Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford (living 1583), son of Henry Stafford & Ursula Pole.^[14]
4. Jane (d. 1569), wife of Edward Sutton, 4th Baron Dudley.

Barlow of Barlow

Edward remarried to Margaret Barlow. She was the daughter of Ellis Barlow of Barlow, Essex^[2]/co Lanc, esq.^[10] Margaret died on 23 February, 1558/9. An epilogue on her death is printed in the British Bibliographer volume iv (cf. Stanley Papers, i 14).^[2]

children

Margaret and Edward had one son and two daughters:^{[2] [10]}

1. Margaret (d. 1585) m.1 John Jermyn of Suffolk, s. & h. of Sir Ambrose Jermyn, knt; m.2 Sir Nicholas Poyntz of Iron Action, Gloucestershire (d. 1585/6).
2. Catherine, married to Sir Thomas Knyvete of Norfolke, knt.

Cotton

Edward had no children with his last wife Mary Cotton (d. 16 Nov 1580), who was the daughter of Sir George Cotton of Combermere Abbey, Cheshire.^[2]

After Edward died in 1572, she remarried to Henry Grey, Earl of Kent. Mary died without issue on 16 November, 1580.^[2][15][16]

Occupation

• 03 Nov 1529: sat in the House of Lords.^[2]
• 17 Feb 1546/7: Knight of the Garter (KG).^[2]
• 16 May 1552: lord lieutenant of Lancashire.^[2]
• 16 Apr 1559: chamberlain of Chester.^[2]

Events

• 1528: accompanied Cardinal Wolsey to France.^[6]
• 1530: a peer who gave Pope Clement VII divorce declaration regarding Henry's & Catherine of Aragon^[6]

3rd Duke of Norfolk bought remaining year of Edward Stanley's wardship and married him, without the King's permission, to his daughter, Katherine Howard. The King rebuked Norfolk, but allowed the marriage; Katherine fell victim to the plague a few weeks later. Undeterred, Norfolk arranged a marriage between his half sister Dorothy Howard, and Edward Stanley.^[6]

• 1532: accompanied King Henry to Boulogne, where they met Francis I of France. ... Edward made K.B. A few years later, & also had a major role in quelling Pilgrimage of Grace,^[6]
• 1542: accompanied Duke of Norfolk on raid into Scotland.^[6]
• 1550: at peace proceedings with Scotland and France.^[6]
• 1551: charged ... (little or no evidence), mainly due to his opposition to clerical reform. ... when Mary ascended he was again in favor, and appointed Lord High Steward and became a Privy Councillor. He was a commissioner of Lady Jane Grey's trial, and was frequently present during the trials of accused heretics.^[6]
• remained in favour under Elizabeth I, and remained on her Privy Council.^[6]

Will

• 1572.^[17]

Death

Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl Derby died on 24 October 1572 at Lathom House, Lancashire, England, at age 63; Buried at Ormskirk, Lancashire.

His funeral took place on December 1572.^[18]

His titles and estates were passed on to his eldest son, Henry Stanley.

Research Notes

• Walters-DiTraglia (2007), doesn't open by stating # of wives ... article starts off w/ Edward's three "important" marriages.^[18] Antiquarians seem to generally disregard the first marriage to Katherine ... and since she died of the plague at the start, it might be that the union was never consummated since there seems to have been no time to have children.

Sources

1. ↑ Cokayne, G.E. (n.d.). The Complete Peerage, IV, p. 209-211.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Lee Sidney, ed., Dictionary of national biography, Vol. XI Stanhope-Stovin, (London: Smith, Elder, & co., 1898), https://archive.org/stream/dictionaryofnati54stepuoft#page/50/mode/2up pp.50-51.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Cokayne, G.E. (n.d.) The Complete Peerage of England, IV, p. 210.
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 236-237.
5. ↑ Richardson, D. (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed, III, p. 398.

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   Richardson, D. (n.d.), Royal Ancestry, IV, p. 427.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9} Wikipedia: Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
7. ↑ Howard, (Vis. of Norf, 1563). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
8. ↑ Wikipedia: Eustace Chapuys
9. ↑ Calendar of State Papers /spain/vol4/no1/pp753-766
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Barlow of Barlow, (Vis. of Lancs., 1567). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Cokayne G.E. (1910). "Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby," in Complete Peerage, p. 211. Archive.org. eBook.
12. ↑ grandfather of Venetia Stanley
13. ↑ Isabel (1533–1590) wife of James Stanley
14. ↑ Baron Stafford, MS. Staffs. ped., (Armytage & Rylands, 1912). WikiTree.com. Pedigree.
15. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Stanley, Edward, third earl of Derby (1509-1572)
16. ↑ Wikipedia: Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby
17. ↑ Walter-DiTraglia, 2007, p. 109.[1]
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} Walters-DiTraglia, W. (2007). Death commemoration and the heraldic funeral in Tudor and Stuart Cheshire and Lancashire, part 2: The heraldic funerals of Edward Stanley, third Earl of Derby, Sir John Savage of Rock Savage, and Sir Peter Leigh of Lyme. The Coat of Arms, 3(2), p. 103. The Heraldry Society. www.theheraldrysociety.com. PDF.

See Also:

• British History online: InquisitionsPost Mortem Henry VIII: Thomas Stanley, Earl of Derby
• Griffiths, George. A History of Tong, Shropshire (2nd ed., Horne & Bennion, 1894) Page 64
• Magna Charta Ancestry - ABELL - 10
• Marlyn Lewis
• Bernard, G.W: The Tudor Nobility (1992), p. 76. "[Stanley] was described in 1538 as 'the greatest of power and land', but contemptuously dismissed as no more than 'a child in wisdom and half a fool'."