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STANLEY, Robert (c.1608-1633), of Ormskirk, Lancs. and Chelsea, Mdx.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1608, 2nd s. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby (d.1642) and Elizabeth, da. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford; bro. of James, Lord Strange*.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 283. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Low Countries) 1623-5. APC, 1623-5, p. 124. m. 1627, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Arthur Gorges† of Chelsea, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); Vis. Lancs. 283. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. d. 3 Jan. 1633. LMA, microfilm X026/012, f. 40.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622, Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 75. Liverpool, Lancs. 1625. G. Chandler, Liverpool under Jas. I, 298.

?Gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary. LC3/1, unfol.

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STANLEY, Robert (c.1608-1633), of Ormskirk, Lancs. and Chelsea, Mdx.

Main residences: Ormskirk, Lancs.; Chelsea, Mdx.

Author

R.C.L.S.

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Commons 1604-1629

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STANLEY, Robert (c.1608-1633)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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STANLEY, James, Lord Strange (1607-1651), of Knowsley and Latham, Lancs.

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b. 31 Jan. 1607,Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. lxx), 3. 1st s. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby and Elizabeth, da. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford; bro. of Sir Robert*. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 283. educ. privately (George Murray, BD of King’s, Camb., and Charles Herle, MA of Exeter Coll. Oxf.); travelled abroad (France, Italy, Low Countries) 1623-5. Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), pp. iv-vii; APC, 1623-5, p. 124. m. 26 June 1626, Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), p. xv. (with £24,000), Ibid. p. xvi. Charlotte (d. 22 Mar. 1664), Ormskirk Par. Reg. ed. T. Williams (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xcviii), 183. da. of Claude de la Trémoille, duc de Thouars, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxx), 3-4. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626, KG 12 Jan. 1650 (not installed); Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 34, 160. styled. Lord Strange by 1622; summ. to Lords as Baron Strange 7 Mar. 1628; Lords Procs. 1628, v. 595. suc. fa. as 7th earl of Derby, 1642. CP, iv. 214. exec. 15 Oct. 1651. Ibid. 215.

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Freeman, Preston, Lancs. 1622, Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 75. Liverpool, Lancs. 1625, mayor 1625 – 26, alderman by 1644; G. Chandler, Liverpool Under Jas. I, 298; G. Chandler, Liverpool Under Chas. I, 116–17, 328–9. chamberlain, Chester 1626–42 (jt.), 1642–7 (sole); VCH Cheshire, ii. 38. ld. lt. Cheshire and Lancs. 1626–42 (jt.), 1642–7 (sole), N. Wales 1628; CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 438, 461; Farington Pprs. ed. S.M. Farington (Chetham Soc. xxxix), 90. j.p. Cheshire 1627 – 36, Flints. 1627 – 43, Lancs. 1628 – 42, (custos rot. by 1636); C231/4, f. 221; C231/5, p. 97; C193/13/2; Lancs RO, QSC7–38; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 106–11. steward of monastic lands, duchy of Lancaster 1627 – d., Blackburn hundred, Lancs. 1636–40; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 135, 139. commr. Forced Loan, Lancs. and Cheshire 1627, C193/12/2, f. 29; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 2, p. 144. accounting for sums raised under commissions, Lancs. 1630–1, E101/634/1, ff. 1–2. knighthood fines, Cheshire and Lancs. 1631–2, E178/7154, f. 239; 178/5389, f. 5; 178/5179, ff. 5–6. sewers, Lancs. 1633, C181/4, f. 130. oyer and terminer, Wales and Marches of Wales, 1634–40, C181/4, f. 162; 181/5, f. 184v. charitable uses, Chester 1637; C192/1, unfol. v.-adm. Cheshire and Lancs. 1638; HCA 30/820 no. 48; Chandler, Liverpool Under Chas. I, 260–1. high steward, honour of Clitheroe and Tottington, Lancs. by 1638–?d.; Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), p. xxiii. commr. array, Cheshire and Lancs. 1642; Northants RO, FH133, B. Coward, The Stanleys, Lords Stanley and Earls of Derby 1385–1672 (Chetham Soc. ser. 3. xxx), 170–1. lord of I.o.M. 1642–d. HLRO, O.A. 7 Jas.I, c. 28.

Member, High Commission, York prov. 1629. Stanley Pprs. (Chetham Soc. lxvi), p. xxxix.

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STANLEY, James, Lord Strange (1607-1651), of Knowsley and Latham, Lancs.

Main residences: Knowsley; Latham, Lancs.

Author

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STANLEY, James, Lord Strange (1607-1651)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Read more about STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1545, 5th s. of Sir Michael Stanhope† (d.1552) of Shelford, Notts. and Anne, da. of Nicholas Rawson of Aveley, Essex; bro. of Edward sen.†, Edward jun.†, Sir John I* and Sir Thomas†.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. i), 7-8. educ. Trin. Camb. 1561; G. Inn 1568; MA Oxf. 1592. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 10 Jan. 1597, Anne (d. 28 Apr. 1616), da. and h. of Sir William Reade of Osterley, Mdx., 3da. Kntd. 7 May 1603. d. 20 Dec. 1621. HMC Hatfield, vii. 500; St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 119; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 56; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104; WARD 7/68/178.

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Member, embassy to German states 1577.HMC Rutland, i. 111.

Groom of the privy chamber c.1583–1603, Add. 5750, ff. 113, 117. gent. 1603–d.; Add. 19101, f. 280v; Harl. 6166, f. 68v. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358.

J.p. Suff. c. 1593 – 1616, 1617–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/4, ff. 29, 36; C193/13/1. v.-adm. 1595–1619 (sole), 1619–d. (jt.); Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE2/Z/1; HCA30/820/4. freeman, Ipswich, Suff. 1597, N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswche ed. W.H. Richardson, 390. Orford, Suff. 1604; Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE5/2/2, f. 70. steward, manor of Trimley, Felixstowe, Suff. 1604; E315/310, f. 2. kpr. Hertingfordbury Park, Herts. 1604; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 164. commr. piracy, Suff. 1604, 1612, gaol delivery, Orford 1604-at least 1611, C181/1, ff. 83v, 86; 181/2, ff. 144, 174. subsidy, Suff. and Orford 1608, SP14/31, ff. 37v, 39. Suff. 1621; dep. lt. Suff. by 1609-at least 1613, Add. 39245, ff. 10, 51v; Harl. 3786, f. 35v. commr. sewers 1609, 1619–20, C181/2, ff. 94v, 249v; 181/3, f. 13. charitable uses 1617, C93/9/4. impressment of seamen 1620. APC, 1619–21, p. 248.

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STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Main residences: the Barbican, London; Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; St. John's, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

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J.P.F.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

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STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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STANHOPE, Sir John II (bef.c.1591-1638), of Elvaston, Derbys.

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Family and Education

b. bef. ,R. Thoroton, Thoroton’s Hist. of Notts. ed. J. Throsby, i. 288. 2nd s. of Sir John Stanhope (d.1610) of Shelford, Notts. being 1st s. with 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Thomas Trentham† of Rocester, Staffs.; bro. of William†. Collins, Peerage, iii. 421; iv. 284; PROB 11/105, f. 259; C142/381/152. m. (1) 29 Sept. 1608, J. Sleigh, ‘Par. Regs.’, N and Q (ser. 4), i. 582. Olive, da. and h. of Edward Beresford of Fenny Bentley, Derbys., 1da.; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 8; PROB 11/136, f. 245. (2) 1622, Mary, da. of Sir John Radcliffe* of Ordsall, Lancs., 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 8; ‘Funeral Certificates’ ed. G.W. Marshall, The Gen. n.s. i. 184; C2/Jas.I/R10/62. Kntd. 4 June 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. 29 May 1638. C142/265/182.

Offices Held

J.p. Derbys. by 1614 – 17, 1623–d., C66/1988; 66/2761; C231/4, ff. 35, 154. commr. subsidy 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. Forced Loan 1626–7; E179/93/355, f. 1; C193/12/2, ff. 9v. freeman, Leicester 1628; Procs. 1628, vi. 154. sheriff, Derbys. 1629–30. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 31.

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STANHOPE, Sir John II (bef.c.1591-1638), of Elvaston, Derbys.

Main residence: Elvaston, Derbys.

Author

V.C.D.M.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STANHOPE, Sir John II (bef.c.1591-1638)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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STANHOPE, Sir John I (c.1540-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and Westminster

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Family and Education

b. c. 1540, 3rd s. of Sir Michael Stanhope† (d.1552) of Shelford, Notts. and Anne, da. of Nicholas Rawson of Aveley, Essex; bro. of Edward sen.†, Edward jun.†, Sir Michael* and Sir Thomas†.CP, xii. pt. 2, pp. 239-40. educ. Trin. Camb. 1556; G. Inn 1556.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) c.1558, Mary (d.1567), da. and coh. of Sir William Knowles of Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks., s.p.; (2) 6 May 1589, Margaret, da. of Henry Macwilliam† of Stambourne, Essex, and coh. to her bro. Henry, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. G. Poulson, Hist. and Antiqs. of Seigniory of Holderness, ii. 250; Feet of Fines ed. J. Parker (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ii), 222; CP, xii. pt. 2, p. 241; Oxford DNB; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. reg. xxv), 28. Kntd. 1596; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94. cr. Bar. Stanhope of Harrington 4 May 1605. C66/1674, m. 17. d. 9 Mar. 1621. G.R. Corner, ‘Notices of John, Lord Stanhope of Harrington’, Archaeologia, xxxviii. pt. 2, p. 398. sig. J[ohn]/Jhon Stanhope.

Offices Held

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) by 1571–?96; Thoroton, Notts. (1790), i. 289; CPR, 1559–72, p. 174; HMC 11th Rep. VII, 157. master of posts 1590–d.; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 672; 1603–10, p. 366; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. treas. of the chamber by 1596–1618; APC, 1596–7, p. 22; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 125. commr. Guinea trade 1598; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 16. treas. at war 1599; HMC Foljambe, 101–2. v.-chamberlain 1601 – 16; PC 1601–d.; HMC Cowper, i. 30; Chamberlain Letters, i. 619; APC, 1600–1, p. 467; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. commr. to send convicts to galleys 1602, expel Jesuits and seminary priests 1603 – 04, 1618, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 36, 62, 122; pt. 3, p. 93. regulate the king’s Household 1603, APC, 1601–4, p. 497. Union with Scotland 1604, SR, iv. 1019. inventory royal apparel 1604, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 74. compound for concealed lands 1605, LR2/88, unfol. levy aid 1609, Rymer, vii. pt. 2, p. 678. adjourn Parliament 1610; HMC Hastings, iv. 229. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1611–d.; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 134. commr. to enfranchise copyholders 1612, C181/2, f. 171v. surrender of Flushing and Brill 1616, exile William Danvers etc. 1617. Rymer, vii. pt. 2, p. 210; pt. 3, p. 3.

V.-adm. Yorks. 1585–1604; HCA 25/1/2 f. 151; 30/820/1. j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1591 – at least1614, Kent and Mdx. 1596 – at least1614, Northants. by 1601 – at least14, liberty of Southwell and Scroby, Notts. by 1601 – d.; Westminster 1618 – d.; custos rot. N. Riding 1591-at least 1608; Hatfield House ms 278; C231/1, f. 19v; C66/1549, 66/1988; C181/1, f. 7; 181/2, f. 331v; 181/3, ff. 15v. 33v; SP14/33, f. 22. high steward, Peterborough cathedral 1600–d.; Elizabethan Peterborough ed. W.T. Mellows and D.H. Gifford (Northants Rec. Soc. xviii), 41–2. steward, duchy of Lancaster manors, Northants. 1600–13 (sole), 1613–d. (jt.), honour of Clare, Suff. 1602–16, manor of Eltham, Kent by 1604 – d.; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Northants. 1602–13 (sole), 1613–d. (jt.); R. Somerville, Hist. Duchy of Lancaster, i. 588, 591; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 191, 195–6, 205; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 160; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. commr. oyer and terminer, London 1601 – 19, the Verge 1604 – 15, Midlands rising Northants 1607, Mdx. 1620; C181/1, ff. 10v, 93v; 181/2, ff. 34v, 235, 351v, 352. kpr. (jt.), Colchester Castle, Essex 1603; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 15. commr. to make the river Welland navigable, Lincs. 1605; C181/1, f. 118v. subsidy, Kent, London, Mdx. and the Household 1608, SP14/31/1. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, C181/2, ff. 142, 199. new buildings, Westminster 1611, C66/1907. gaol delivery, London 1612 – 19, sewers, Essex 1618. C181/2, ff. 171v, 308, 351.