Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 1559-1594

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On 7th February 1555 [his father] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 23] and [his mother] Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 15] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland [aged 38] and [his grandmother] Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland. He the son of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 45] and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby [aged 44]. They were fourth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1559 Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby was born to Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 27] and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 19]. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

In 1572 Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 13] was educated at Oxford University.

On 24th October 1572 [his grandfather] Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby [aged 63] died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son [his father] Henry [aged 41] succeeded 4th Earl Derby, 12th Baron Strange Knockin, 8th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 5th Baron Stanley. [his mother] Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 32] by marriage Countess Derby.

Richard Shireburn [aged 50] was an executor in his will.

Around 1579 Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 20] and Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 29] were married. He the son of Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 47] and Margaret Clifford Countess Derby [aged 39].

In May 1580 [his daughter] Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven was born to Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 21] and [his wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 30] at Harefield. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married 1. 28th February 1607 her half fourth cousin twice removed Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos, son of William Brydges 4th Baron Chandos and Mary Hopton Baroness Chandos, and had issue 2. 22nd July 1624 her sixth cousin Mervyn Tuchet 2nd Earl Castlehaven, son of George Tuchet 1st Earl Castlehaven and Lucy Mervyn Baroness Audley and Tuchet.

After 10th November 1581 Henry Compton 1st Baron Compton [aged 37] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. She by marriage Baroness Compton of Compton in Warwickshire. He the son of Peter Compton and Anne Talbot Countess Pembroke [aged 58].

In 1583 [his daughter] Frances Stanley Countess Bridgewater was born to Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 24] and [his wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 33]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married 27th June 1602 John Egerton 1st Earl Bridgewater, son of Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley and Elizabeth Ravenscroft, and had issue.

On 6th January 1588 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanley Countess Huntingdon was born to Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 29] and [his wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 38] at Knowsley, Lancashire. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland. She married 15th January 1601 her fourth cousin Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon and had issue.

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After 1591 William Stanley 3rd Baron Monteagle and [his sister-in-law] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married.

On 4th December 1592 Robert Sackville 2nd Earl Dorset [aged 31] and [his sister-in-law] Anne Spencer Countess Dorset were married. He the son of Thomas Sackville 1st Earl Dorset [aged 56] and Cicely Baker Countess Dorset [aged 57].

On 25th September 1593 [his father] Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby [aged 62] died at Lathom, Lancashire. His son Ferdinando [aged 34] succeeded 5th Earl Derby, 13th Baron Strange Knockin, 9th Baron Mohun of Dunster, 6th Baron Stanley. [his wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 44] by marriage Countess Derby.

Annales of England by John Stow. 16th April 1594. The 16 of April, Ferdinando, Earl of Derby [aged 35] deceased at Latham, whose strange sickness and death, gathered by those who were present with him at the time thereof, was such as follows: his diseases apparant, were vomiting of sower or rusty matter with blood, the yellow jaundice: melting of his fat, swelling and hardness of his spleen, a vehement hichcock¹, and four days. before be died, stopping of his water.

The causes of all his diseases were thought be the physcians; to be partly a surfeit, and partly most violent distempering himself with vehement exercise, taken four days together in the Garter week.

Note 1. In falconry, "hitchcocking" refers to the process of binding or securing the wings of a bird of prey, such as a hawk or falcon, to prevent it from flying away while being transported or handled. It's a technique used to restrain the bird safely without causing harm.

On 16th April 1594 Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby [aged 35] died from poisoning. His brother William [aged 33] succeeded 6th Earl Derby. Baron Mohun of Dunster and Baron Stanley abeyant.

On 20th October 1600 Thomas Egerton 1st Viscount Brackley [aged 60] and [his former wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 51] were married.

On 23rd January 1637 [his former wife] Alice Spencer Countess Derby [aged 87] died.

Ancestors of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 1559-1594

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 10 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George Stanley 9th Baron Strange Knockin 5th Baron Mohun Dunster 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Strange 3rd Baron Dunster 7th Baron Strange Knockin 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Strange 8th Baron Strange Knockin 4th Baron Mohun Dunster 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Cobham Baroness Strange and Mohun 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Strange 9th Baroness Strange of Knockin 5th Baroness Dunster 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta Woodville Baroness Strange and Mohun 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandfather: Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Leonard Hastings 5 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Hastings 1st Baron Hastings 6 x Great Grandson of King William I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Camoys 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Edward Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings Baron Botreaux, Hungerford and Moleyns 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Katherine Neville Baroness Bonville and Hastings 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Anne Hastings Countess Derby 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Hungerford 3rd Baron Hungerford 1st Baron Moleyns 6 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Hungerford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Moleyns Baroness Hungerford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Hungerford Baroness Hastings, 4th Baroness Hungerford, 5th Baroness Botreaux and 2nd Baroness Moleyns 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Percy 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Father: Henry Stanley 4th Earl of Derby 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Howard 3 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Howard 4 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tendring

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Howard 1st Duke of Norfolk 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Mowbray 1st Duke of Norfolk 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Mowbray Baroness Grey Ruthyn 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Moleyns

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Moleyns 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaumont 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Moleyns 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Grandmother: Dorothy Howard Countess Derby 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Frederick Tilney

Great x 3 Grandfather: Philip Tilney

Great x 2 Grandfather: Hugh Tilney

Great x 1 Grandmother: Agnes Tilney Duchess Norfolk

Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 2 x Great Grandson of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Clifford 8th Baron Clifford 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: John "Butcher" Clifford 9th Baron Clifford 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Dacre Baroness Clifford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry "Shepherd Lord" Clifford 10th Baron Clifford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Bromflete 1st Baron Vesci

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Bromflete Baroness Clifford 7 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Fitzhugh Baroness Darcy Knayth and Fitzhugh 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry Clifford 1st Earl of Cumberland 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Oliver St John 17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne St John Baroness Clifford 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bradshaigh

Great x 3 Grandmother: Alice Bradshaigh

Grandfather: Henry Clifford 2nd Earl of Cumberland 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 5th Earl of Northumberland 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 3 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Percy Baroness Clifford 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Winstone Churchill Spencer

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Spencer of Spencer Combe

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Spencer Countess Northumberland 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Beaufort Countess Ormonde 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Mother: Margaret Clifford Countess Derby Great Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Brandon

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Brandon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ada Calthorpe

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Brandon 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Wingfield 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Wingfield 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Goushill 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Charles Brandon 1st Duke of Suffolk 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Morice Bruyn

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bruyn aka Darcy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth Bruyn 14 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Dracy 12 x Great Grandson of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Darcy 13 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Grandmother: Eleanor Brandon Countess Cumberland Granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Owen Tudor 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Tudor 1st Earl Richmond Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandmother: Catherine of Valois Queen Consort England daughter of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Henry VII of England and Ireland Great Grandson of Charles "Beloved Mad" VI King France

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mary Tudor Queen Consort France daughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edward IV of England 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Elizabeth York Queen Consort England daughter of King Edward IV of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Woodville Queen Consort England 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby 1559-1594