STANLEY, John I, of Wirral, Cheshire and Battersea, Surr.

Family and Education

yr. s. of Sir William Stanley (d.1428) of Wirral by Margery, da. and h. of Sir William Hooton of Hooton, Cheshire. G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, ii (2), 415-16; C67/38, m. 11. m. bef. Aug. 1441, Katherine, Apostolic Penitentiary, i. (Canterbury and York Soc. ciii), 313; CPL, ix. 244. He was then called ‘lord of the place of Hoean’ in the diocese of Coventry and Lichfield, but ‘Hoean’ has not been identified. 2s.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Surr. 1449 (Feb.).

Sheriff, Anglesey (by appointment of Queen Katherine) Feb. 1425-c. Mar. 1461, SC6/1153/2, m. 7. [Merioneth 15 May 1433], This appointment seems to have been an error: John Hampton II* was given the office nine days later: CPR, 1429–36, p. 266. Surr. and Suss. 6 Nov. 1442 – 4 Nov. 1443.

Constable of Carnarvon castle 18 May 1427-c. Mar. 1461; capt. of the town of Carnarvon 12 Jan. 1439-c. Mar. 1461.

Serj. of the armoury in the Tower of London 14 Nov. 1431 – July 1457, jt. (with his son John), July 1457 – Mar. 1461.

Usher of the King’s chamber by July 1438 – Nov. 1454; esquire for the body 13 Nov. 1454-c. Aug. 1460.

Commr. of array, Surr. Mar. 1443; to distribute tax allowance June 1445, July 1446; treat for loans Sept. 1449; investigate arrears of revenues, Merioneth Aug. 1451.

Steward of the commote of Menai, Anglesey 11 Mar. 1444 – ?

J.p. Surr. 14 Jan. 1448 – Jan. 1459, 24 Dec. 1460 – July 1461.

Parlimentarian

STANLEY, John I, of Wirral, Cheshire and Battersea, Surr.

Main residences: Wirral, Cheshire; Battersea, Surr.

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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