Notes for John Stanley: King Richard II commissioned him to Ireland in 1379. He was made Lord Chief Justice of Ireland for six years and in 1395 he was made Constable of the Castle of Roxborrow in Scotland. In 1400 he was appointed Lord Lie
Lord Deputy of Ireland, Knight of the Garter
This, the most distinguished branch of the Stanley family of England, is reckoned as descended from Sir John Stanley, the younger brother of Sir William, of Hooton, of 1397. He married Isabel Lathom, daughter of Sir Thomas Lathom, Knight of Lathom, and Knowsley of Lancashire, and thus acquired those estates. In1385 he was made lord-deputy of Ireland, and had a grant of the manor of Blake Castle in that kingdom. In the seventh year of Henry IV, he obtaineda grant in fee of the Isle of Man, with all the isles adjacent, to be holden of the said King, his heirs and successors, by homage and the service of two falcons, payable on the days of their coronation. On the accession of Henry V, he wasmad a Knight of the Garter, and lord-lieutenant of Ireland, in which government he died on January 6, 1414.
In 1405 Sir John had a commission in conjunction with Roger Leke to seize on the city of York and its liberties, and also upon the Isle of Man, on the forfeiture of Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. In 1406 he was Treasurer of the household to King Henry IV, and obtained the license to fortify a house at Liverpool, which he had newly built with embattled walls. In the same year, having taken possession of the Isle of Man, he obtained a grant in fee of the said Isle, Castle and pile anciently called Holm Town, and all the Isles adjacent, as also all the regalities, franchises, etc. John inherited the old Seat of Newton in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Isabel was the daughter of Thomas Lathom whose ancestress again had been Heiress of Thomas de Knowsley.
If in the art of war, visited most of the courts in Europe, even as far as Constantinople where he made such advances in the school of war that his superior skill in arms was generally applauded in every country he passed through in so muchAs a Captain under the command of his relation James, Lord Audley at the battle of Poictiers in France fought the 19th day of September, 1357 by Edward, the Black Prince, son of King Edward III, wherein John, King of France was taken prisoner and brought captive to England. Soon after this memorable victory a truce between England and France was agreed on for two years, during which interval of public action, Mr. Stanley, being a martial genius, and intent to improve himselthat the fame thereof gave him the character of the most noted champion in single combat of that age; and on his return through France, the reputation of his bravery so rallied the pride and envy of a haughty French combatant that he followed John Stanley to England and there challenged the whole nation to engage him in arms.
More About John Stanley: Date born 2: 1360
Children of John Stanley and Elizabeth Harrington are:
+Thomas Stanley, b. 1406, Lathom And Knowsley, England, d. 11 Feb 1459.
Children of John Stanley and Isabel Latham are:
+Isabel Stanley, b. Abt. 1414, Stourton, England, d. date unknown.
John Stanley (b. 1360, d. 06 Jan 1414)
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