Elford Staffordshire
Sir John Stanley c1423 - 1474 Sheriff of Staffordshire who built the south aisle, and founded therein a chantry of the Cross for the "maintenaunce of one prieste perpetually to celebrate dayly masse for the good of all Christian souls"
Previously placed on a low recess in the north wall of the chantry immediately above where it now stands on a tomb chest made of Chelleston alabaster. (possibly not original with the effigy ?) It suffered damage from dampness and running water before it was restored mid 19c..
Once highly coloured, near his head is an eagle and a baby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a626PB which refers to the legend associated with Sir John's descent from the Latham family and in particular Sir Thomas Latham, whose wife being barren, wanted to adopt his illegitimate son- he the baby in a nearby eagle's nest, and calling his wife, she delighted with this 'miracle' , took the child as her own.
Beside the female portrait in the centre or clasp jewel of his girdle, two smaller female faces can be found in other links, a possible reference to his 3 marriages.
John was the son & heir of Sir Thomas Stanley & Matilda Arderne c1431 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/836N6P heiress to Elford & Halour manors , daughter of John Arderne and Matilda Pilkington
1463.
He was the great grandson of Sir Thomas Arderne 1391 of Elford & Katherine Stafford 1382 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/F29388
He was MP in 1446 and Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1460 and created a Knight Banneret at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
He m1 1428 Cecilia daughter of Ralph de Arderne & Katherine Stanley ( They were children when they married and had a Papal Dispensation as they were close relatives via the Ardere family
Children
1. John Stanley c1446 - 1508 (buried at Northenden Cheshire) m Anne daughter of Sir Robert Hanford having a son & 3 daughters: - A. John 1467 - 1470 killed by being hit by a wooden tennis ball , last male Stanley heir www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/r5222A ;
B. Anne m Sir Christopher Savage : C. Margery heir to Elford m William Staunton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/i822A5 ; D. Elizabeth m William Ferrers of Tamworth.
2. Maud 1483 m John de Ferrers
He m2 1452 Elizabeth (Matilda?) 1471 daughter of Richard Vernon of Tong & Benedicta flic.kr/p/4o9ULD daughter of John Ludlow and Isabel Lingen 1446 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2219918943/ ;
Children
1. Humphrey Stanley 1505 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/497066 of Clifton and Pipe m Ellen 1524 daughter of James Leigh (parents of 2 sons William & John & 2 grand daughters Isiod Reade & Isabel Moyle)
2. Alice 1493 m (1st wife) John son of John Melton & Margery daughter of William FitzHugh by Margery Willoughby; who m2 Eleanor daughter of John St John and Alice Bradshaw
3. Isabel b 1460 m1 Hugh son of Humphrey Peshale ; m2 John Russhe 1498 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d8Mb42 merchant of London
He m3 (August 1471) Anne daughter of Robert Horne / Hansacre, Alderman of London and Joan Fabian,: Widow of William son of Thomas Harcourt and Joan Francis; who m3 (3rd wife) 1476 William son of John Norreys by Alice Merbrooke having 3 children Anne Baldwin; Jane Cheney and Elizabeth 3rd wife of William Fermor 1552 widower of Katherine Powlett at Hornchurch www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s4X0n0
His 3 wives were once shown kneeling in a window in the chantry. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/D7i28v
In 1491 his eldest son John was involved in a law suit with his younger half-brother Sir Humphrey regarding the division of their late father's estates. Sir William Stanley of Holt, Denbighshire (the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby) was appointed in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to act as arbitrator in the dispute. It was agreed that Sir Humphrey who had been given the manor of Stratfold with land in Tamworth by his father in 1474 should be awarded the additional estates of Pipe and Clifton with grants of land in Campden for life
When Sir John died in 1508 he was commemorated in a window of St. Wilfred's Church at Northenden, Cheshire (which is destroyed by the Roundheads during the Civil War). He was described in the inscription as the one-time Lord of Pipe, Clifton Campville, and Elford in the County of Staffordshire; of Sibbertoft (near Market Harborough) Northamptonshire; and Camden super Wild, Gloucestershire; and especially of Eschells (in the Parish of Northenden), Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire. Sir John sold Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire to Sir William Stanley of Holt. As Sir John's only son predeceased him in 1470, he had no male heir , his estates were divided between his 3 daughters, the Manor of Elford passed to his daughter Margery & husband William Staunton,
- Church of St Peter, Elford Staffordshire.
Elford Staffordshire
Sir John Stanley c1423 - 1474 Sheriff of Staffordshire who built the south aisle, and founded therein a chantry of the Cross for the "maintenaunce of one prieste perpetually to celebrate dayly masse for the good of all Christian souls"
Previously placed on a low recess in the north wall of the chantry immediately above where it now stands on a tomb chest made of Chelleston alabaster. (possibly not original with the effigy ?) It suffered damage from dampness and running water before it was restored mid 19c..
Once highly coloured, near his head is an eagle and a baby www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a626PB which refers to the legend associated with Sir John's descent from the Latham family and in particular Sir Thomas Latham, whose wife being barren, wanted to adopt his illegitimate son- he the baby in a nearby eagle's nest, and calling his wife, she delighted with this 'miracle' , took the child as her own.
Beside the female portrait in the centre or clasp jewel of his girdle, two smaller female faces can be found in other links, a possible reference to his 3 marriages.
John was the son & heir of Sir Thomas Stanley & Matilda Arderne c1431 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/836N6P heiress to Elford & Halour manors , daughter of John Arderne and Matilda Pilkington
1463.
He was the great grandson of Sir Thomas Arderne 1391 of Elford & Katherine Stafford 1382 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/F29388
He was MP in 1446 and Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1460 and created a Knight Banneret at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
He m1 1428 Cecilia daughter of Ralph de Arderne & Katherine Stanley ( They were children when they married and had a Papal Dispensation as they were close relatives via the Ardere family
Children
1. John Stanley c1446 - 1508 (buried at Northenden Cheshire) m Anne daughter of Sir Robert Hanford having a son & 3 daughters: - A. John 1467 - 1470 killed by being hit by a wooden tennis ball , last male Stanley heir www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/r5222A ;
B. Anne m Sir Christopher Savage : C. Margery heir to Elford m William Staunton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/i822A5 ; D. Elizabeth m William Ferrers of Tamworth.
2. Maud 1483 m John de Ferrers
He m2 1452 Elizabeth (Matilda?) 1471 daughter of Richard Vernon of Tong & Benedicta flic.kr/p/4o9ULD daughter of John Ludlow and Isabel Lingen 1446 www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/2219918943/ ;
Children
1. Humphrey Stanley 1505 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/497066 of Clifton and Pipe m Ellen 1524 daughter of James Leigh (parents of 2 sons William & John & 2 grand daughters Isiod Reade & Isabel Moyle)
2. Alice 1493 m (1st wife) John son of John Melton & Margery daughter of William FitzHugh by Margery Willoughby; who m2 Eleanor daughter of John St John and Alice Bradshaw
3. Isabel b 1460 m1 Hugh son of Humphrey Peshale ; m2 John Russhe 1498 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d8Mb42 merchant of London
He m3 (August 1471) Anne daughter of Robert Horne / Hansacre, Alderman of London and Joan Fabian,: Widow of William son of Thomas Harcourt and Joan Francis; who m3 (3rd wife) 1476 William son of John Norreys by Alice Merbrooke having 3 children Anne Baldwin; Jane Cheney and Elizabeth 3rd wife of William Fermor 1552 widower of Katherine Powlett at Hornchurch www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s4X0n0
His 3 wives were once shown kneeling in a window in the chantry. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/D7i28v
In 1491 his eldest son John was involved in a law suit with his younger half-brother Sir Humphrey regarding the division of their late father's estates. Sir William Stanley of Holt, Denbighshire (the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby) was appointed in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to act as arbitrator in the dispute. It was agreed that Sir Humphrey who had been given the manor of Stratfold with land in Tamworth by his father in 1474 should be awarded the additional estates of Pipe and Clifton with grants of land in Campden for life
When Sir John died in 1508 he was commemorated in a window of St. Wilfred's Church at Northenden, Cheshire (which is destroyed by the Roundheads during the Civil War). He was described in the inscription as the one-time Lord of Pipe, Clifton Campville, and Elford in the County of Staffordshire; of Sibbertoft (near Market Harborough) Northamptonshire; and Camden super Wild, Gloucestershire; and especially of Eschells (in the Parish of Northenden), Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire. Sir John sold Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire to Sir William Stanley of Holt. As Sir John's only son predeceased him in 1470, he had no male heir , his estates were divided between his 3 daughters, the Manor of Elford passed to his daughter Margery & husband William Staunton,
- Church of St Peter, Elford Staffordshire.