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STANLEY, John II (by 1414-76), of Clifton Campville and Pipe and Elford, Staffs.

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b. by 1414, On 13 July 1414 his father secured a papal indult for himself, his wife and their children to have a portable altar, and thus it is fair to assume our MP was then born: CPL, vi. 355. s. and h. of Thomas Stanley I*. m. (1) c. 1428, Cecily Arderne, at least 2s.; (2) by 12 Feb. 1454, Elizabeth (fl.1471), She was alive in Aug. 1471: Birmingham Archs., Elford Hall mss, 3878/45. da. of Sir Richard Vernon*, wid. of John Vampage*, at least 1s. Humphrey†; (3) by 1474, Anne (d. 12 July 1505), wid. of Sir William Harcourt† (d.1472) of Maxstoke, Warws., and Braunstone, Leics., Her family is uncertain, but her first name is provided by her admission in 1474 to the guild of St. Mary in Lichfield as our MP’s wife: T. Harwood, Lichfield, 406. Ormerod says that after our MP’s death she married (Sir) William Norris*: G. Ormerod, Palatine and City of Chester ed. Helsby, iii (2), 566. If so, she was the wid. of Sir William Harcourt, whose nephew, John Harcourt, our MP sued in Mich. term 1474 for close-breaking in respect of property at Market Bosworth and elsewhere in Leics., which Anne Norris is known to have held at her death in 1505: CP40/852, rot. 370d; CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 178. s.p. Dist. 1458; Kntd. Blore Heath 23 Sept. 1459; kt. banneret Tewkesbury 4 May 1471.
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?Parlty. proxy, prior of Coventry 1442. SC10/50/2459.

Lt. of Humphrey, duke of Buckingham, as master of the chace of Needwood, Staffs. 9 Dec. 1446-aft. Trin. 1456; collector of rents at Whittington, Staffs., for William Booth, bp. of Coventry and Lichfield, Mich. 1448–9; steward of liberty of John Hals, bp. of Coventry and Lichfield, in Staffs. and Salop by Mich. 1464–d.; of George, duke of Clarence, at Needwood by 30 Apr. 1472–? NLW, Peniarth mss, 280, p. 42; I. Rowney, ‘Staffs. Political Community’ (Keele Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 437, 442; DL30/111/1678, m. 3d.

Sheriff, Staffs. 3 Dec. 1450 – 8 Nov. 1451, 7 Nov. 1459–60, 5 Nov. 1464–5, 5 Nov. 1468–9, 7 Nov. 1474 – 5 Nov. 1475.

Master, guild of St. Mary, Lichfield Dec. 1451–5. Harwood, 403.

Commr. to treat for loans, Staffs. Dec. 1452; of arrest, July 1453 (collectors of fifteenth and tenth); E159/233, commissiones Trin. to assign archers Dec. 1457; of oyer and terminer, Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs., Wales Feb. 1460, Wales Mar. 1460; gaol delivery, Stafford Mar. 1467; to distribute allowance on tax, Staffs. June 1468; of array Mar. 1470, Mar. 1472; inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms).

Jt. ranger (with his s. Humphrey), forest of Cannock 1 June 1468–20 Dec. 1470. CPR, 1467–77, p. 82; CCR, 1468–76, no. 4.

J.p. Staffs. 16 Nov. 1468 – d.

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STANLEY, John II (by 1414-76), of Clifton Campville and Pipe and Elford, Staffs.
Main residences: Clifton Campville; Pipe; Elford, Staffs.
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STANLEY, John I, of Wirral, Cheshire and Battersea, Surr.

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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.
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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.

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STANLEY, John I, of Wirral, Cheshire and Battersea, Surr.
Main residences: Wirral, Cheshire; Battersea, Surr.
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STANLAWE, Thomas (d.1463), of Carlisle, Cumb.

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?s. and h. of Thomas Stanlawe (fl.1467) of Dalegarth, Cumb., by his w. Anne. Cumbria RO, Whitehaven, Stanley of Dalegarth mss, DSTAN/1/19, 22. m. Cecily (fl. 1465).
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Clerk of Henry Percy, earl of Northumberland’s mines in Cumb. 16 Feb. 1454 – ?

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STANLAWE, Thomas (d.1463), of Carlisle, Cumb.
Main residence: Carlisle, Cumb.
Stanley, Stanlowe
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STANHOPE, Sir Richard (c.1374-1436), of Rampton, Notts.

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b. by 1374, 2nd s. and h. of John Stanhope (d.c.1381), CAD, v. A13549. of Haughton, Notts. by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Stephen Malovell of Rampton. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Staveley of Stayley, Cheshire, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.; In 1403 his eldest daughter Agnes was contracted in marriage to Staveley’s stepson and ward, Henry Trafford (d.1408) of Trafford, Lancs.: S.J. Payling, Political Society in Lancastrian Eng. 81. (2) 1411, R. Thoroton, Notts. ed. Throsby, iii. 245; Sheffield Archs., Copley mss, CD403. Maud (d. Dec. 1454), da. of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (1368-1416), Cromwell’s death is misdated to 1417 in CP, iii. 552. He died between 3 Feb. and 7 Aug. 1416: Copley mss, CD 412; CFR, xiv. 143. by his w. Joan (d.1434), and in her issue h. of Ralph, Lord Cromwell (1393-1456), Cromwell was born in c.1393, not c. 1403 as implied in CP, iii. 552: C138/42/72. 1s. 2da. Kntd. 12 Oct. 1399. Stanhope was one of the 46 esquires knighted on the eve of Hen. IV’s coronation: Chrons. London ed. Kingsford, 48.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1420, 1432.

Commr. Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Notts., Rutland, Warws., Yorks. Dec. 1399 – July 1434.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 22 Oct. 1404 – 22 Nov. 1405.

J.p. Notts. 12 Nov. 1404 – Feb. 1407, 28 Nov. 1417 – July 1423, 20 July 1424–32, 24 Nov. 1432–5.

Verderer, Sherwood forest, Notts. to 3 Dec. 1421.

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STANHOPE, Sir Richard (c.1374-1436), of Rampton, Notts.
Main residence: Rampton, Notts.
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STANHOPE, John (c.1413-93), of Rampton, Notts.

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b. c.1413, CIPM, xxiv. 465-6. s. and h. of Richard Stanhope (d.v.p. 1432), by Elizabeth (d.1437), da. of Sir John Markham (d.1409), j.c.p., of East Markham, Notts.; gds. of Sir Richard Stanhope*. m. (1) 1427, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Talbot of Bashall in Bowland, Lancs., 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 5da.; (2) Katherine (fl. Nov. 1504), sis. of Sir Richard Molyneux (d.1459) of Sefton, Lancs., wid. of Sir Ralph Radcliffe (d.1460) of Smithills, Lancs., s.p. Dist. 1439, 1465.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1449 (Nov.), 1460.

Commr. of inquiry, Derbys., Leics., Notts., Staffs. May 1450 (concealed deodands), Derbys., Notts. July 1454 (illegal fishing), Notts. Oct. 1470 (felonies etc.), Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Derbys., Notts. Dec. 1483 (treasons); to distribute allowance on tax, Notts. June 1453, June 1468; of kiddles July 1454; to assign archers Dec. 1457; of array Dec. 1459, May 1484, Dec. 1484; gaol delivery, Nottingham castle July 1461, Nottingham Dec. 1463, Aug. 1476; C66/492, m. 2d; 506, m. 11d; 538, m. 8d. arrest, Notts. Feb. 1462; oyer and terminer, waters of R. Trent July 1466; sewers, Notts. Apr. 1474, Nov. 1482; to assess subsidies Aug. 1483, Jan. 1488.

J.p. Notts. 20 Apr. 1454 – Nov. 1458, 10 July 1461 – May 1470, 16 Feb. 1472-June 1473 (q.), 10 Nov. 1475-Sept. 1485, 25 June 1486 – d.

Sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 4 Nov. 1454 – 21 Jan. 1456, 7 Nov. 1461 – 5 Nov. 1463, 6 Nov. 1470 – 11 Apr. 1471.

Parlty. cttee. investigating corruption at the Mint May 1468. PROME, xiii. 386–9.

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STANHOPE, John (c.1413-93), of Rampton, Notts.
Main residence: Rampton, Notts.
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STANFORD, Hugh, of Hextells, Staffs. and Wheathill, Salop.

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?; educ. L. Inn. m. (1) Joyce; (2) Isabel (fl.1458), mother of William* and Thomas Hextall*.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1419, 1421 (May), 1423, 1426, 1427, 1431.

Receiver of the Staffs. estates of Edmund Stafford, earl of Stafford, by Mich. 1399-July 1403, of the earl’s feoffees July 1403 – Feb. 1423, of Humphrey Stafford, earl of Stafford, Feb. 1423-Mich. 1428. C. Rawcliffe, Staffords, 215.

Escheator, Staffs. 12 Nov. 1403 – 10 Nov. 1404, 2 Nov. 1407 – 9 Dec. 1408.

Under sheriff, Staffs. Nov. 1413–14 (to Sir John Bagot†), Nov. 1420-May 1422 (to John Delves*).

Commr. Glos., Herefs., Salop, Staffs., Worcs. July 1427.

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STANFORD, Hugh, of Hextells, Staffs. and Wheathill, Salop.
Main residences: Hextells, Staffs.; Wheathill, Salop.
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STAFFORD, William (d.1450), of Stinsford, Dorset and Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.

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yr. s. of Sir Humphrey Stafford* and bro. of Sir Richard*. m. 1437, Cornw. RO, Arundell mss, AR36/4. Katherine (1427-9 Apr. 1479), er. da. and coh. of Sir John Chideock*, 1s. Humphrey IV*. C140/41/27. ?; ?summ. as Lord Stafford of Southwick by June 1449. A.R. Myers, Crown, Household and Parl. 75-76; Speculum, xvii. 403, 407.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Dorset 1447.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 7 Nov. 1437 – 3 Nov. 1438, Glos. 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439, Som. and Dorset 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442, Wilts. 4 Nov. 1446 – 9 Nov. 1447.

Commr. to take musters, Poole May 1438, Dec. 1439, Feb. 1440; of inquiry, Dorset July 1439, Som. July 1440 (concealments), Dorset Jan. 1441 (wastes), Dorset, Som., Bristol Feb. 1448, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants, Herts., Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol July 1448 (concealments); to distribute tax allowances, Dorset Apr. 1440; treat for loans Nov. 1440, Dorset, Som. June 1446, Sept. 1449; treat for payment of parlty. subsidies Feb. 1441; of gaol delivery, Dorchester Sept. 1441, May 1443, Mar. 1444, Feb. 1446, Oct. 1447, Mar. 1449; C66/451, m. 39d; 456, m. 32d; 458, m. 23d; 461, m. 21d; 465, m. 26d; 467, m. 9d. array, Dorset Mar. 1443, Som. May 1450.

J.p. Som. 23 Mar. 1439–40, 1 June 1443 – d., Dorset 26 Apr. 1442 – d.

Steward of the estates of Bp. Stafford of Bath and Wells in Som. 10 Sept. 1439 – 4 Nov. 1440, Som. and Glos. 4 Nov. 1440–13 May 1443. Reg. Stafford, ii (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxii), 238, 259; KB145/6/23.

Constable of Taunton castle for the bp. of Winchester bef. 1450. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/195 (formerly 155830), f. 3.

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STAFFORD, William (d.1450), of Stinsford, Dorset and Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.
Main residences: Stinsford, Dorset; Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.
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STAFFORD, Sir Richard (d.c.1427), of Hooke, Dorset.

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1st s. of Sir Humphrey Stafford*; er. bro. of William*. m. by Apr. 1423, The date of the marriage is inferred from the date of birth of the sole child of the match: C139/89/68. Maud (d. 19 May 1436), da. and h. of Robert Lovell* of Rampisham, Dorset, by Elizabeth (c.1383-1437), gdda. and coh. of Guy, Lord Bryan, The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 632; CP, i. 248. 1da. C139/105/9; 164/16. Kntd. by Mar. 1419. DKR, xli. 740.
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Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 13 Nov. 1423–6 Nov. 1424. E13/136, rot. 9d.

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STAFFORD, Sir Richard (d.c.1427), of Hooke, Dorset.
Main residence: Hooke, Dorset.
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STAFFORD, John II (d.1461), of Dallington, Northants.

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m. aft. 10 July 1460, Margaret (d.1466), da. of (Sir) Lewis John* by his 2nd w. Anne (d.1457), da. of John Montagu, earl of Salisbury, wid. of Sir William Lucy*, CP40/820, rot. 488d; C140/20/29; The Commons 1385-1421, iii. 494-8. ?s.p.
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Commr. of arrest, Northants. Oct. 1460, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs.,Warws. Jan. 1461.

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STAFFORD, John II (d.1461), of Dallington, Northants.
Main residence: Dallington, Northants.
Author
C.E.M.
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STAFFORD, John I (d.1458), of York and Toulston, Yorks.

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prob. s. and h. of John Stafford of York. educ. adm. L. Inn by 1420. m. at least 5s. 1da.
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Pensioner, L. Inn ?1426–7, In 1428–9 he paid the balance of his account as ‘late pensioner’. Nicholas Sibile held the office in 1427–8; our MP’s term was thus probably 1426–7. A payment he made to the governors in Nov. 1427 may represent money he had collected as pensioner: L. Inn Black Bks. i. 2, 3. 1431 – 32; gov. 1428 – 29, 1439 – 41.

Commr. of gaol delivery, liberty of Ripon Nov. 1439, abbey of York Apr. 1442, C66/445, m. 19d; 452, m. 29d. York Nov. 1451; of kiddles, Yorks. May 1442, Mar. 1443; inquiry June 1445, May 1447 (killing of salmon); to assess subsidy, W. Riding Aug. 1450.

Attorney-gen. of Robert Neville, bp. of Durham, 3 Apr. 1443-aft. 1454. DURH3/43/29.

J.p.q. Yorks. (W. Riding) 23 Nov. 1443 – d.

J.p. Abp. Kemp’s ldship. of Ripon, Yorks. 26 Nov. 1447–? C.E. Arnold, ‘Political Study of the W. Riding 1437–1509’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984), i. 27n.

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STAFFORD, John I (d.1458), of York and Toulston, Yorks.
Main residences: York; Toulston, Yorks.
Stafforth
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