Biography of Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 1507-1560

Paternal Family Tree: Stanley

1536 Imprisonment and Trial of Anne Boleyn and her Co-Accused

Before 06 Mar 1497 Thomas Greville (age 45) and [his mother] Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton (age 34) were married.

Before 03 Apr 1498 John Grey 8th Baron Grey of Wilton (age 50) and [his mother] Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton (age 35) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Wilton. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Before Nov 1501 [his father] Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 39) and Anne Harrington (age 41) were married. He the son of Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby (age 66) and Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley. They were half second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

Before 1507 [his father] Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 45) and [his mother] Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton (age 43) were married. He the son of Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby and Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward III of England.

Around 25 May 1507 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle was born to Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 45) and Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton (age 44).

On 15 Jan 1514 [his mother] Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton (age 51) died at Hornby Castle [Map].

On 23 Nov 1514 [his father] Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 52) was created 1st Baron Monteagle.

On 17 Apr 1524 [his father] Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle (age 62) died at Hornby Castle [Map]. His son Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 16) succeeded 2nd Baron Monteagle.

In 1525 Edward Grey 3rd Baron Grey of Powis (age 22) and [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Grey of Powis. She the illegitmate daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Anne Browne. He a great x 4 grandson of Henry IV King England.

Knighting of Henry Fitzroy

Around 18 Jun 1525 Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland (age 8) and [his future sister-in-law] Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 6) were married at Bridewell Palace [Map]. King Henry VIII of England and Ireland (age 33) was present. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 41) and Mary Tudor Queen Consort France (age 29). He the son of Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford (age 25). They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England. She a granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Before 1527 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 19) and Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Monteagle. She the daughter of Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 42) and Anne Browne. They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

In 1528 [his son] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle was born to Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 20) and [his wife] Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle (age 18).

Around 1532 [his daughter] Anne Stanley was born to Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 24).

Coronation of Anne Boleyn

                    On 01 Jun 1533 the six months pregnant Queen Anne Boleyn of England (age 32) was crowned Queen Consort England by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (age 43) at Westminster Abbey [Map]. See Coronation of Anne Boleyn.                

                    John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 62) bore the Crown. Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 16) carried the Salt. Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset (age 46) rode in the procession. William Coffin (age 38) was appointed Master of the Horse. Robert Radclyffe 1st Earl of Sussex (age 50) served as Lord Sewer. Henry Parker (age 20) and William Coffin (age 38) were knighted. Thomas Berkeley 6th Baron Berkeley (age 28), Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 26) and Henry Capell (age 27) were created Knight of the Bath. Margaret Wotton Marchioness Dorset (age 46) rode in the procession. Arthur Hopton (age 44) attended.                

                    Thomas More (age 55) refused to attend. Shortly thereafter, More was charged with accepting bribes, but the charges had to be dismissed for lack of any evidence.
                
                    Anne Braye Baroness Cobham (age 32) was the attendant horsewoman.                

                    Charles Wriothesley (age 25) attended.

Imprisonment and Trial of Anne Boleyn and her Co-Accused

                    On 15 May 1536 Queen Anne Boleyn (age 35) tried at the King's Hall in the Tower of London [Map].                

                    Thomas Howard 3rd Duke of Norfolk (age 63) was appointed Lord High Steward and presided. Henry Howard (age 20) attended. Henry Pole 1st Baron Montagu (age 44) was one of the judges. Elizabeth Browne Countess of Worcester (age 34) was the principal witness.                

                    The jurors were:
                
                    [his father-in-law] Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk (age 52).
                
                    Edward Clinton 1st Earl Lincoln (age 24).                

                    Thomas Fiennes 9th Baron Dacre Gilsland (age 21).                

                    George Hastings 1st Earl Huntingdon (age 49).                

                    Thomas Manners 1st Earl of Rutland (age 44).                

                    John Mordaunt 1st Baron Mordaunt (age 56).                

                    Ralph Neville 4th Earl of Westmoreland (age 38).                

                    Henry Parker 11th Baron Marshal 10th Baron Morley (age 55).                

                    Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 27).                

                    Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 28).                

                    John de Vere 15th Earl of Oxford (age 65).                

                    Thomas Wentworth 1st Baron Wentworth (age 35).                

                    Henry Somerset 2nd Earl of Worcester (age 40).                

                    Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland.
                
                    Thomas Burgh 7th Baron Cobham 5th Baron Strabolgi 1st Baron Burgh (age 48).                

                    Henry Courtenay 1st Marquess Exeter (age 40).                

                    William Fitzalan 18th Earl Arundel (age 60).                

                    Henry Fitzalan 19th Earl Arundel (age 24).                

                    Thomas Audley 1st Baron Audley Walden (age 48).                

                    Edward Powers Lord Powers.
                
                    William Sandys 1st Baron Sandys Vyne (age 66).
                
                    Thomas Ware.
                
                    Andrew Windsor 1st Baron Windsor (age 69).
                
                    George Brooke 9th Baron Cobham (age 39).                

                    She was found guilty and sentenced to be beheaded. John Spelman (age 56) signed the death warrant.                

                    After Anne's trial her brother George Boleyn Viscount Rochford (age 33) was also tried and found guilty.

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In 1542 [his wife] Mary Brandon Baroness Monteagle (age 32) died.

After 1542 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 34) and Helen Preston (age 31) were married. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward III of England.

On 27 Sep 1547 [his former sister-in-law] Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland (age 28) died.

In 1557 [his illegitimate sister-in-law] Anne Brandon Baroness Grey Powis (age 50) died.

On 15 Aug 1560 Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle (age 53) died at Hornby. His son [his son] William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle (age 32) succeeded 3rd Baron Monteagle. Anne Spencer Countess Dorset by marriage Baroness Monteagle.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 25 Sep 1560. The xxv day of September was bered my lord Montegul (deceased), with a herse and a mageste [majesty] and valans of sarsenett, and iiij grett skochyons of armes, and a vj dosen of skochyons and vj of bokeram, and a standard and a grett baner of armes, and iiij baner-rolles of dyvers armes, and a cott armur, targett and sword, elmett, mantylles, and [crest;] and master Norrey (age 50) and the haroldes, and iiij dosen of ...

Note. P. 243. Funeral of lord Monteagle. Thomas Stanley succeeded his father 1523; made K.B. at the coronation of queen Anne Boleyne; married first lady Mary Brandon, daughter of the duke of Suffolk, and secondly Helen daughter of Thomas Preston esquire of Levens in Westmerland, and widow of sir James Leybourne. He died at his castle of Hornby, co. Lancaster, Aug. 18, 1560, and was buried on the 16th Sept. at the parish church of Melling. His funeral is in the College of Arms, I. 13, f. 27; see also MS. Harl. 897, f. 83.

On 14 Nov 1571 [his former wife] Helen Preston (age 60) died.

James Leybourne and Helen Preston were married. The difference in their ages was 21 years.

Ancestors of Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 1507-1560

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stanley

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stanley

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Massey

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Stanley 9 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Lathom 7 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Lathom 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Harrington 2nd Baron Harington

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Harrington 3rd Baron Harington

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bermingham

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Harrington

Great x 4 Grandfather: Neil Loring

Great x 3 Grandmother: Isabel Loring Baroness Harington

GrandFather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Goushill

Great x 1 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl Surrey 11th Earl Arundel 2 x Great Grand Son of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Bohun 1st Earl of Northampton Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Badlesmere Countess Northampton 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Father: Edward Stanley 1st Baron Monteagle 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 2nd Baron Neville of Raby 8 x Great Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Audley Baroness Greystoke and Neville 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 10th and 2nd Baron Percy 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Idonia Clifford Baroness Percy 4 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward III of England Son of King Edward II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England 5 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Giles "Payne" Roet

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Roet Duchess Lancaster

GrandMother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Montagu 1st Baron Montagu, Baron Monthermer

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Monthermer Baroness Montagu 3rd Baroness Monthermer Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Adam Francis

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 1st Earl Kent 4 x Great Grand Son of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent Great Grand Son of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan "Fair Maid of Kent" Princess Wales Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Holland 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Fitzalan 10th Earl Arundel 8th Earl Surrey 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent 2 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England

Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 4 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Sais

Great x 3 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan

Great x 2 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine 7 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 5 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Emma Devereux 6 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Roger Vaughan 8 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Llewellyn Brecon

Great x 3 Grandfather: Dafydd Gam Brecon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

GrandFather: Thomas Vaughan 9 x Great Grand Son of King John "Lackland" of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Thomas ab Philip Vychan Unknown

Great x 1 Grandmother: Denise or Cecily Vaughan

Mother: Elizabeth Vaughan Baroness Grey Wilton 10 x Great Grand Daughter of King John "Lackland" of England

Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 1507-1560 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 1507-1560

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Ancestors of Thomas Stanley 2nd Baron Monteagle 1507-1560