Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley 1405-1459

Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley was appointed Privy Council.

In or before 1405 [his father] John Stanley [aged 18] and [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington [aged 18] were married.

Around 1405 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley was born to John Stanley [aged 19] and Elizabeth Harrington [aged 19] at Knowsley, Lancashire.

Before 1423 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 17] and Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 21] were married. She the daughter of Robert Goushill and Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 56]. They were fifth cousin once removed. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1423 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanley was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 18] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 22] at Lathom, Lancashire. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married in or before 1445 Richard Molyneux of Sefton and had issue.

On 1st December 1423 [his sister-in-law] Elizabeth Mowbray Countess Suffolk [aged 25] died.

In 1425 [his son] John Stanley was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 20] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 24]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married Elizabeth Weever and had issue.

In June 1425 [his brother-in-law] John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 33] was restored 2nd Duke Norfolk by Parliament. Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk [aged 25] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.

On 8th July 1425 [his mother-in-law] Elizabeth Fitzalan Duchess Norfolk [aged 59] died at Wighill. She was buried at St Michael's Church, Hoveringham. Her son [his brother-in-law] John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 33] inherited her estates including Framlingham Castle, Suffolk [Map].

In 1427 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 22] was elected MP Lancashire. He was re-elected in 1433, 1439, 1442, 1447, 1449, 1450, 1453 and 1455.

On In 1429 [his mother] Elizabeth Harrington [aged 43] died.

In 1430 [his daughter] Katherine Stanley was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 25] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 29] at Stanley, Derbyshire [Map]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married John Savage and had issue.

On 19th October 1432 [his brother-in-law] John Mowbray 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 40] died at Epworth. His son John [aged 17] succeeded 3rd Duke Norfolk, 6th Earl Norfolk, 4th Earl Nottingham, 9th Baron Mowbray, 10th Baron Segrave and Earl Marshal.

In 1435 [his son] Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 30] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 34]. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 1. 1451 his third cousin Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley, daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury, and had issue 2. 12th June 1472 his third cousin Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond, daughter of John Beaufort 1st Duke of Somerset and Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset.

Around 1435 [his son] William Stanley was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 30] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 34] at Lytham, Lancashire. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 1. after 28th February 1463 his half third cousin once removed Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel, daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk 2. September 1467 Elizabeth Hopton Countess of Worcester and had issue.

Around 1435 [his daughter] Margaret Stanley Baroness Grey Codnor was born to Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 30] and [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 34]. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married 1. William Troutbeck and had issue 2. 12th January 1460 her fourth cousin once removed John Boteler and had issue 3. before 1481 her fourth cousin once removed Henry Grey 4th or 7th Baron Grey of Codnor, son of Henry Grey 3rd or 6th Baron Grey of Codnor and Margaret Percy Baroness Grey Codnor.

On 27th November 1437 [his father] John Stanley [aged 51] died at Anglesey.

In or before 1445 [his son-in-law] Richard Molyneux of Sefton and [his daughter] Elizabeth Stanley [aged 21] were married.

In 1451 [his son] Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby [aged 16] and [his daughter-in-law] Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley [aged 4] were married in the Chapel at Middleham Castle [Map]. She the daughter of Richard Neville Earl Salisbury [aged 51] and Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury [aged 44]. They were third cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1455 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 50] was appointed Lord Chamberlain.

In 1456 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 51] was created 1st Baron Stanley. [his wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 55] by marriage Baroness Stanley.

In 1457 King Henry VI of England and II of France [aged 35] created three Knights of the Garter.:

173rd John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 39].

174th Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 52].

175th Lionel Welles 6th Baron Welles [aged 51].

176th Frederick "Peaceful or Fat" Habsburg III Holy Roman Emperor [aged 41].

On 20th February 1459 Thomas Stanley 1st Baron Stanley [aged 54] died at Knowsley, Lancashire. He was buried at Burscough Priory [Map]. His son Thomas [aged 24] succeeded King Mann, 2nd Baron Stanley. Eleanor Neville Baroness Stanley [aged 12] by marriage Baroness Stanley.

In 1466 [his former wife] Jane Goushill Baroness Stanley [aged 65] died. She was buried at Burscough Priory [Map]