Stanley family

Adam de Auditheley came to England with Duke William, had large possessions from the conquered lands as his reward for his services. Among the Norman knights who accompanied William the "Conqueror" into England in 1066, were Adam de Alditheley and his two sons, Lydulph and Adam. These received, as did others of William's associates, large possessions from the conquered lands as a result for their services. Lydulph, the elder son, had a son Adam, and Adam, the younger, had a son William. These two young Normans, Adam and William both married wives of the Saxon family de Stoneley. Adam de Alditheley married Mabella de Stoneley, daughter of Sir Henry de Stoneley, and received with her as her marriage portion the two adjacent estates of Stoneley and Balterley. They were ancestors of the noble family of Audley, so called by a shortening of their name from Alditheley to Aldethley and Audley.

William de Auditheley, son of Adam was born abt. 1124 in Hooton, Cheshire, England. He married Joan de Stoneley, daughter and sole heir of Thomas de Stonleigh or Stoneley, a kinsman of Sir Henry de Stonley, whose daughter married William's cousin Adam. As her dowry she received the Manor of Thalck, better known as Talk or Talk-of-the-Hill, in the same county. .... more

Peel Castle on Isle of Mann

• A1. Lydulph de Auditheley, lvd:1066;
  • B1. Adam de Auditheley;
    • C1. William de Alditheley, m. Joan de Stanleigh;
      • D1. William de Stanley of Stoneley, d:1200;
        • E1. William de Stanley, d:1236;
          • F1. Sir Adam de Stanley, lvd:1285;
            • G1. Sir William de Stanley, lvd:1284, m. Joan de Bamville;
              • H1. John de Stanley of Stourton and Stanley, lvd:1346, m. Emma Lathom;
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  • I1. Sir William de Stanley, b:1311, m. Alice Massey;
    • J1. Sir William de Stanley of Stourton, Stanley and Hooton, b:1344, m. Agnes de Litherled;
      • K1. Agnes de Stanley, m. Richard de Sherborne;  <==  Sherborne family
      • K2. Sir William de Stanley, lvd:1368/1428, m. Margery de Hooton;
        • L1. Sir William Stanley, b:1387, m. Blanche Alderne;
          • M1. Margaret Stanley, m. Thomas Venables;  <==  Venables family
          • M2. Sir William Stanley of Bodrhyddan, lvd:1406/1461, m. Mary Savage;
            • N1. Edward Stanley;
              • O1. Janett Stanley, m. John Conway;  <==  Conway family
    • J2. Sir John de Stanley, Lieutenant of Ireland, lvd:1340/1414, m. Isabel Lathom;  ==>  Venables family
      • K1. Sir John Stanley, Sheriff of Anglesey, d:1437, m. Isabel Harington;  ==>  Harington family
        • L1. Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Lord, Lieutenant of Ireland, d:1459, m. Jean Goushill;  ==>  FitzAlan
          • M1. Sir John Stanley of Weever, m. Elizabeth Weever;
            • N1. Cecily Stanley, m. Thomas Venables;  <==  Venables family
          • M2. Sir Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, d:1504, m. Eleanor Neville;  ==>  Neville
            • N1. Sir George Stanley, Lord Strange, d:1504, m. Joan le Strange;  ==>  Strange
              • O1. Sir Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby, d:1521, m. Anne Hastings;  ==>  Hastings family
                • P1. Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, d:1572, m. Dorothy Howard;  ==>  Howard family
                  • Q1. Jane Stanley, d:1569, m. Edward Sutton;  <==  Sutton
                • P2. Thomas Stanley;
                  • Q1. Peter Stanley, lvd:1539/1583, m. Joane Masterson;
                    • R1. John Stanley, m. Susan Lancocke;
                      • Q1. Martha Stanley, d:1626, m. Anthony Flowerdew;  <==  Flowerdew family