STANLEY, Thomas I (d.1463), of Pipe and Elford, Staffs.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Sir John Stanley (d.1414) of the Isle of Man by Isabel, da. of Sir Thomas Lathom of Lathom and Knowsley, Lancs.; yr. bro. of Sir John Stanley† (d.1437). m. (1) Maud (15 July 1396-bef. 16 Sept. 1432), da. and h. of Sir John Arderne (1369-1408) of Elford by Margaret (d.1423), da. of Sir Roger Pilkington of Pilkington, Lancs., G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, iii (2), 566. at least 2s. inc. John II*; (2) by Trin. 1434, Elizabeth, 1s. Her fam. has not been established. She had an interest in property at Shenstone, not far from Elford: Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. (1910), 316; xvii. 149. Dist. 1430, 1439.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1423, 1425, 1429.

Commr. of inquiry, Staffs. Feb. 1422 (falsifiers of weights), Dec. 1422 (wastes in resources of the collegiate church of Tamworth), Feb. 1443 (withholding of rent from church of Shenstone), Derbys., Notts. July 1445 (alienations without licence), Derbys. ?July 1445 (dispute over manor of Stretton-en-le-Field); This comm. is only partially enrolled and may not have been issued: CPR, 1441–6, p. 370. to assess subsidy, Staffs. Apr. 1431; of array Aug. 1436; gaol delivery, Stafford castle Nov. 1439, Stafford Oct. 1445, Stafford castle Oct. 1451; C66/445, m. 19d; 461, m. 36d; 474, m. 25d. to treat for speedy payment of fifteenth and tenth, Staffs. Feb. 1441; for loans Mar., May, Aug. 1442, Sept. 1449.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 7 Nov. 1427 – 4 Nov. 1428, Staffs. 5 Nov. 1433 – 3 Nov. 1434, 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439.

Master, guild of St. Mary, Lichfield Dec. 1429–30. T. Harwood, Lichfield, 402.

Parlimentarian

STANLEY, Thomas I (d.1463), of Pipe and Elford, Staffs.

Main residences: Pipe; Elford, Staffs.

Author

S.J.P.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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