Biography of Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby -1497
Paternal Family Tree: Stanhope
Maternal Family Tree: Hawise Reginar 1200-1256
Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby was born to Richard Stanhope and Maud Cromwell.
Before 18 Nov 1406 William Fitzhugh 4th Baron Fitzhugh (age 7) and [her future sister-in-law] Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh (age 9) were married. He the son of Henry Fitzhugh 3rd Baron Fitzhugh (age 48) and Elizabeth Grey Baroness Fitzhugh (age 42).
On 04 Dec 1409 William Willoughby 5th Baron Willoughby (age 39) died at Edgefield, Norfolk. He was buried at St James' Church, Spilsby [Map]. His son [her future husband] Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 24) succeeded 6th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
Around 1418 [her mother] Maud Cromwell (age 51) died.
Before 21 Feb 1421 [her future husband] Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 36) and Elizabeth Montagu Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 21) were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. She the daughter of John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury and Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury (age 57). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
On 09 Apr 1436 [her father] Richard Stanhope (age 76) died at Wakefield [Map].
In or before 1448 Henry Fitzhugh 5th Baron Fitzhugh (age 19) and [her future sister-in-law] Alice Neville Baroness Fitzhugh (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Fitzhugh. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 47) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 40). They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Before 08 Jan 1449 Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 64) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. She by marriage Baroness Willoughby de Eresby.
On 09 Jan 1449 Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby (age 21) and [her step-daughter] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 24) were married. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. 
In or before 1450 [her future husband] Gervase Clifton (age 45) and Isabel Finch were married.
In 1451 Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 16) and [her future sister-in-law] Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley (age 4) were married in the Chapel at Middleham Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 51) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 44). They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 25 Jul 1452 [her husband] Robert Willoughby 6th Baron Willoughby (age 67) died. He was buried at All Saints Church, Mettingham Bungay [Map]. His daughter [her step-daughter] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 27) succeeded 7th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby. Richard Welles 7th Baron Welles, Baron Willoughby (age 24) by marriage Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
Before 22 Oct 1452 [her former sister-in-law] Margery Willoughby Baroness Fitzhugh (age 55) died.
On or before 24 Aug 1453 Thomas Neville (age 23) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married. Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby was the niece and heiress of Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 50) meaning traditional Percy lands would become Neville lands. The Percy's, being the older family, especially Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30), took umbrage with the ensuing two year feud known as the Neville Percy Feud. He the son of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 53) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 46). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward III of England.
On 24 Aug 1453 John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu (age 22) was ambushed at Heworth Moor York by Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 30) leading a force of 700 or more men when returning with his brother's wedding party from Tattershall Castle [Map] to Sheriff Hutton [Map].
On 04 Jan 1456 Ralph Cromwell 3rd Baron Cromwell (age 53) died at South Wingfield [Map]. He was buried at the Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell became abeyant between his his two nieces, daughters of his sister [her mother] Maud Cromwell: Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby and [her sister] Joan Stanhope.
In 1458 William Bonville 6th Baron Harington (age 16) and [her sister-in-law] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings (age 16) were married. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 58) and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 51). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
On 30 Dec 1460 the Lancastrian army took their revenge for the defeats of the First Battle of St Albans and the Battle of Northampton during the at Sandal Castle [Map]. The Lancastrian army was commanded by Henry Holland 3rd Duke Exeter (age 30), Henry Beaufort 2nd or 3rd Duke Somerset (age 24) and Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland (age 39), and included John Courtenay 15th Earl Devon (age 25) and William Gascoigne XIII (age 30), both knighted, and James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde (age 40), John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford (age 25), John Neville 1st Baron Neville of Raby (age 50), Thomas Ros 9th Baron Ros Helmsley (age 33), Henry Roos and Thomas St Leger (age 20).
The Yorkist army was heavily defeated.
Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York (age 49) was killed. His son King Edward IV of England (age 18) succeeded 4th Duke York, 7th Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke York (age 49), 9th Earl Ulster, 3rd Earl Cambridge.
[her husband] Thomas Neville (age 30), and Edward Bourchier were killed.
Father and son Thomas Harrington (age 60) and John Harrington (age 36) were killed, the former dying of his wounds the day after.
William Bonville 6th Baron Harington (age 18) was killed. His daughter Cecily Bonville Marchioness Dorset succeeded 7th Baroness Harington.
Thomas Parr (age 53) fought in the Yorkist army.
Following the battle [her father-in-law] Richard Neville Earl Salisbury (age 60) was beheaded by Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland. William Bonville (age 40) was executed.
Edmund York 1st Earl of Rutland (age 17) was killed on Wakefield Bridge [Map] by John "Butcher" Clifford (age 25) by which he gained his sobriquet "Butcher". Earl of Rutland extinct.
Before 06 Feb 1462 William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings (age 31) and [her former sister-in-law] Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings (age 20) were married. She by marriage Baroness Hastings. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury (age 55). She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England. 
Before 13 Feb 1462 [her former step-daughter] Joan Willoughby 7th Baroness Willoughby Eresby (age 37) died. Her son Robert Welles 8th Baron Willoughby 8th Baron Welles succeeded 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
Before 20 Mar 1463 Gervase Clifton (age 58) and Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby were married.
In 1471 [her former sister-in-law] Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley (age 24) died. She was buried at St James Garlickhythe Vintry.
On 09 Apr 1478 [her brother-in-law] Robert Clifton (age 74) died.
On 10 Mar 1490 [her sister] Joan Stanhope died. Her sister Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby abeyance terminated 4th Baroness Cromwell.
Around 1495 [her step-daughter] Joan Clifton (age 45) died.
On 30 Aug 1497 Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby died. She was buried at Collegiate Church, Tattershall. Baron Cromwell abeyant between the daughters of the 1st Baron Cromwell [her aunt] Elizabeth Cromwell and [her aunt] Avice Cromwell Baroness Bardolf and their heirs.
[her father] Richard Stanhope and Johanna Staveley were married.
[her father] Richard Stanhope and [her mother] Maud Cromwell were married. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John "Lackland" of England.
Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings England: Great x 6 Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 10 Grand Daughter of Malcolm III King Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 17 Grand Daughter of Louis "Pious" King Aquitaine I King Franks
Kings France: Great x 12 Grand Daughter of Robert "Pious" II King France
Father: Richard Stanhope
Maud Stanhope 4th Baroness Cromwell Baroness Willoughby Eresby 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell
Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Roger Somery 2nd Baron Dudley
Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Somery Baroness Basset Drayton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Nicole D'Aubigny Baroness Dudley
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Ralph Cromwell 6 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
GrandFather: Ralph Cromwell 1st Baron Cromwell 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Mother: Maud Cromwell 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Bernake
GrandMother: Maud Bernake 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Marmion
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Marmion Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lorette Plantagenet Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Marmion 2 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 1 Grandmother: Joan Marmion 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Furnival 1st Baron Furnivall
Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Furnival 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Despencer
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Despencer Baroness Furnivall 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Aline Basset
3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England