Submitted by legacy on
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s. and h. of Sir John Stanley (d. 18 Jan. 1414) KG, lord of the Isle of Man, by Isabel (d. 26 Oct. 1414), da. of Sir Thomas Lathom (d.1382) of Lathom and Knowsley. m. by 1405, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Haryngton of Hornby, at least 1s. Sir Thomas, 1da. Kntd. c. Oct. 1415.Chetham Soc. xcv. 20, 105-6; (ser. 3), xxx. 6, 194; M.J. Bennett, ‘Late Med. Soc. in N.W. Eng.’ (Lancaster Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 447-51, 461; CPL, vi. 402.
Offices Held

J.p. Lancs. July 1413, Mar. 1418, Dec. 1435, Mar. 1436, Feb. 1437.Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 124–5; DKR, xl. 532–4.

Steward of the lordship of Macclesfield and master forester and surveyor of the forests of Macclesfield, Delamare and Mondrem, Cheshire 1 Feb. 1414–d.DKR, xxxi. 243–4; xxxvii (2), 484, 666.

Commr. of inquiry, Lancs. Mar. 1414 (insanity of Arthur Worsley),Chetham Soc. xcv. 118. Apr. 1431 (persons liable for taxation), Oct. 1431 (feudal tenures);Feudal Aids, iii. 92–96. to treat for royal loans Nov. 1419, Lanes., Cheshire July 1426, May 1428, Cheshire Feb. 1430,DKR, xxxvii (2), 670. Lancs. Feb. 1434, Feb. 1436, Cheshire Mar. 1436;Ibid. 671. confiscate illicit consignments of grain Apr. 1427.

Justice in eyre, Macclesfield 1 Mar. 4-aft. 22 Oct. 1436.DKR, xxxi. 243–4; xxxvii (2), 666–72.

Steward of Tottington, Rochdale and Penwortham in the duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. c. Nov. 1424 – 7 Nov. 1437; steward of Blackburn hundred and master forester of Blackburn, Lancs. for the feoffees of Henry V c.1425–d.Chetham Soc. n.s. xcvi. 125, 128; Somerville, Duchy, i. 500, 507.

Collector of a tax, Lancs. Apr. 1431;DKR, xxxiii. 33. assessor Jan. 1436.

Parlimentarian
STANLEY, John (d.1437), of Knowsley and Lathom, Lancs., lord of the Isle of Man.
Main residences: Knowsley; Lathom, Lancs., lord of the Isle of Man.
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C.R.
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Commons 1386-1421
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STANLEY, John (-d.1437)

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