Elford Staffordshire
Spaniel dog at the feet of John Stanley 1467 - 1470 known as the "Stanley Boy" -found under the niche in the nave north wall in 1848 . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Q6NFC4 He is said to have been killed by a blow from a wooden tennis ball and is shown holding the tennis ball that caused his death and pointing to his temple where it hit him . His effigy is in hard grit stone unlike the others here, which are of alabaster.
He was the only son of John Stanley 1508 (buried at Northenden Cheshire) and Anne daughter of Sir Robert Hanford
He was the grandson of Sir John Stanley 1474 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2j5072
In 1491 his father 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 his father 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.
With his death the male line of the Elford Stanleys became extinct (His uncles having had only a daughter each) and the estates came to his sisters
1. Anne m1 Roger son of John Cheney & Eleanor Shottesbroke ; m2 1499 Sir Christopher 1513 (at Flodden) 7th son of Sir John Savage 1495 and wife Katherine Stanley-1498 flic.kr/p/aXjwbT at Macclesfield ; bringing him the manors of Aston-sub-Edge , and Chipping Campden after the death of her uncle Sir Humphrey Stanley+++
2. Margery 1463 - 1506 heir to Elford , m William Staunton (parents of heiress to Elford Anne 1st wife of Sir William Smythe 1525 / 26 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/290cB3 ;.
3. Elizabeth / Maud m John son of Sir Thomas Ferrers 1498 & Anne Hastings at Tamworth flic.kr/p/7ncriv (parents of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle m Dorothy daughter of William Harper / Harpur of Rushall) - Church of St Peter, Elford Staffordshire.
Elford Staffordshire
Spaniel dog at the feet of John Stanley 1467 - 1470 known as the "Stanley Boy" -found under the niche in the nave north wall in 1848 . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Q6NFC4 He is said to have been killed by a blow from a wooden tennis ball and is shown holding the tennis ball that caused his death and pointing to his temple where it hit him . His effigy is in hard grit stone unlike the others here, which are of alabaster.
He was the only son of John Stanley 1508 (buried at Northenden Cheshire) and Anne daughter of Sir Robert Hanford
He was the grandson of Sir John Stanley 1474 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/2j5072
In 1491 his father 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 his father 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.
With his death the male line of the Elford Stanleys became extinct (His uncles having had only a daughter each) and the estates came to his sisters
1. Anne m1 Roger son of John Cheney & Eleanor Shottesbroke ; m2 1499 Sir Christopher 1513 (at Flodden) 7th son of Sir John Savage 1495 and wife Katherine Stanley-1498 flic.kr/p/aXjwbT at Macclesfield ; bringing him the manors of Aston-sub-Edge , and Chipping Campden after the death of her uncle Sir Humphrey Stanley+++
2. Margery 1463 - 1506 heir to Elford , m William Staunton (parents of heiress to Elford Anne 1st wife of Sir William Smythe 1525 / 26 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/290cB3 ;.
3. Elizabeth / Maud m John son of Sir Thomas Ferrers 1498 & Anne Hastings at Tamworth flic.kr/p/7ncriv (parents of John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle m Dorothy daughter of William Harper / Harpur of Rushall) - Church of St Peter, Elford Staffordshire.