A Whole Lotta Family - Person Sheet
NameSir John Stanley
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Birth1362, Cheshire, England11
Death6 Jan 1414, Ardee, County Louth, Leinster, Ireland11 Age: 52
BurialBurscough Priory, Burscough, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England2283
Spouses
Birth1365, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
Death26 Oct 1414, Lancashire, England Age: 49
BurialDerby Chapel, St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Ormskirk, West Lancashire District, Lancashire, England2284
Notes for Sir John Stanley
Knight, Knight of the Garter, Justiciar of Ireland, Justiciar of Chester, Controller of the Household, Steward of the Household, Steward of Macclesfield, Governor of the City and County of Chester, Constable of Windsor Castle, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Younger son of William Stanley of Stanley and Alice, daughter of Hamon de Mascy. Second husband of Isabel Lathom, daughter of Thomas de Lathom and Joan Venables. They had four sons and two daughters; Sir John, Henry, Thomas, Sir Ralph, Margaret and Isabel.
In 1405 he was granted the tenure of the Isle of Man that had been confiscated from Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland. Sir John became steward of the king's household, and elected a Knight of the Garter. In 1413 King Henry V sent him to serve again as Lieutenant of Ireland
John died at Ardee, County Louth, Ireland in 1414, and his body was returned to Lathom, originally buried at Burscough Priory, Lancashire. After the dissolution in 1536 his remains, together with his wife's were removed to the Derby Chapel at Ormskirk.11