738740.
King John Stanley & 738741. Elizabeth Harrington
1384, John born in England, heir & s/o 1477480. John Stanley & 1477481. Isabel
Lathom.
~1386, Elizabeth born in England, d/o 1477482. Nicholas Harrington & 1477483. Isabel English. [Many
genealogies give an incorrect heritage for Elizabeth. This lineage is
documented in a 1460 dispensation of the marriage of granddaughter Margaret
Stanley.]
9/29/1399, Imprisoned Richard II resigned as king of
England.
10/13/1399, Henry IV crowned king of England.
~1402, John married Elizabeth.
1404, Sir John Stanley on the invitation list for the
Knights of the Garter [not selected.]
1406, John 1st represented his father on the Isle
of Man. [Midway between northern England and Ireland. His father, given the
Isle of Man by the king, was also Steward of the king’s household.]
1409-11, Account of John Stanley, constable of Windsor
castle, of works at Guildford. (S) UKNA.
10/15/1410, John Coby, son and heir of John Coby, ... Witnesses:
..., John Stanley, ... at Berkeley. (S) UKNA.
4/9/1413, Henry V crowned king of England.
John knighted.
10/4/1413, Deed of Grant. Richard Fryday of Croxton ... to
John Stanley, knight ... and their heirs and assigns all their legal interest
in the Manor of Newton Harcourt ... (S) UKNA.
1/6/1414, John age 28 at the death of his father.
1414, John and Elizabeth received a papal indult to choose their
confessor.
1414, John, Lord of Man,
elected as a MP.
8/1415, John in King Henry
V’s force of 10000 landing at the mouth of the Seine.
9/22/1415, John with Henry V
at the siege-conquest of Harfleur.
10/25/1415, John fought at the battle of Agincourt with 8
men-at-arms and 24 archers. The English longbows gave “a terrifying hail of
arrow shot.” French estimate of their own dead of 4,000 would imply a ratio of
nearly 9 to 1 in favour of the English.
1416, Award by Sir John Stanley to settle disputes and quarrels
between John of Macclesfield and John of Kyngeley as to succession to an estate
in Macclesfield. (S) UKNA.
11/27/1417, John instituted a dual-commissioner system to
fully represent him on the Isle when he was away – signed by Sir John at his
castle of Rushen. [The beginnings of his suppression of the power of the papacy
on the Isle.]
1/18/1418, John released his 2nd document
depriving the papal barons on the Isle of their power of sanctuary. [This
openly exposed his hostility towards the papacy.]
1/19/1419, John at the capture of Rouen, France. A major
event in the Hundred Year's War, where English forces captured the capital of
Normandy.
11/26/1419, Commission … about a loan to be paid to the king
for the resistance of malice of his enemies … John Stanley, ‘chivaler,’ … county
of Lancaster. (S) CPRs.
1421, Parties to Indenture: Between John Stanley, knight, on
the one part; and William Charyng and Richard Awte. Nature of Service: Service
in France. (S) UKNA.
3/25/1422, John appeared in person at the Isle at Rushen
castle. Sir John started having the laws and institutions of the Isle put into
written form. The document represented a system of law containing 150 articles
including a “national recognition” of John as head of the holy church. To ease
the acceptance by the church, John put the Bishop and Abbot as an oversight
body which monitored all the other activites.
8/25/1422, Sir John declared constitutional and legal King
of the Isle of Man, the smallest nation in Christendom. [The Bishop was not present.]
1/27/1423, Inexpimus and confirmation … a grant for life to
John de Stanley of the offices of steward of Macclesfield and master-forester …
in like manner as John de Stanley, knight, his father, held the same when
alive. (S) CPRs.
7/11/1423, “King John” signed a document restoring most of
the Bishops feudal powers, reserving the old rights and preserving the right to
make changes.
11/6/1429, Henry VI crowned King of England.
9/1/1432, Feoffment. Thomas of Urswyk ..., esqs. ..., to
William Troutbek, ... Witnesses. Sir John Stanley ... [Lancashire] (S) UKNA.
11/27/1437, John died.
[––Elizabeth––]
1444, Elizabeth a legatee of her sister Agnes Shervurne.
3/22/1444, Elizabeth made an indenture with Richard Townley.
5/14/1445, Elizabeth, wife of John Stanley, kt., to William
of Maudesley - to receive seisin in property ... States that Margaret is widow
of Richard of Brodehirst. (S) UKNA.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P770. (S) Legislation of Three of
the Thirteen Stanleys, Kings of Man, Mackenzie, 1860.
Child of John and
Isabel: [3 sons, 2 daughters]
i. Thomas Stanley (369370), born ~1403 in England. [Heir]
ii. John Stanley, born ? in England.
5/18/1427, Grant, during pleasure, … to John Stanley, king’s
esquire, for his good service to the last and present kings, of the office of constable
of the king’s castle of Carnavon in North Wales, … (S) CPRs.
6/6/1437, Grant for life to John Stanley, king’s esquire, of
the office of constable of the castle of Caernarvan in North Wales, …
notwithstanding that he has the offices of serjeant of the king’s armoury with
the Tower of London, … and the office of sheriff of Anglese, North Wales … (S)
CPRs.
