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Oct 12, 2024 · This inquisition records that in 1478 Hamlet Bickerstath enfeoffed Sir William Stanley and others of various tenements in Bickerstaffe, and the feoffees immediately transferred them to Alice Stanley, wife of Hamlet, for her life, with remainder to Thomas Atherton his son and heir.
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In 1472–3 an arrangement was made between James Scarisbrick...
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Sep 30, 2020 · Sir William Stanley’s men surrounded him and started attacking him. He fought gallantly before Sir Rhys ap Thomas delivered the death-blow to the back of Richard’s head using a halberd. Richard III, the last of the Plantagenets, and became the last King to be killed on a battlefield.
Oct 3, 2024 · In 1554 Sir John Gerard—an error for Sir John Atherton or Sir Thomas Gerard —declared that he was the owner of 'the manor or chief mease place called Garswood in Ashton in Makerfield, and certain lands, meadows, and tenements, with the windmill in the town of Ashton.'
On 19 August Henry had reached Stafford, where he met Sir William Stanley who was going to act as Henry’s rearguard for the rest of the journey. However, when Richard moved from Nottingham to Leicester, Henry’s army turned south towards Lichfield, meeting up with Lord Thomas Stanley (his step-father) at Atherstone.
William Stanley, like others, presumed their demise at Richard's hands—sparking a pivotal shift in allegiance. Henry Tudor's pledge to marry Elizabeth of York offered a new Yorkist claimant, one Stanley could support without forsaking his loyalties.
While the court was in session, in August 1401, Sir Thomas offered bail for Sir William Atherton’s brother, Sir Nicholas*, who then stood charged with murder, and whom he probably helped to acquit. He and Sir William were then involved in financial transactions with Sir John Stanley, so the bond between their two families had evidently ...
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Oct 24, 2024 · Subsequently John Astley held the estate and enfeoffed Margaret his wife for life. She died in 1502, when Thomas son of William, younger son of John and Margaret, was found to be heir to the estate, being then aged forty years.
