Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle

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Edward Stanley, 1st Baron Monteagle KG (around 1460 - April 6, 1523 ) was an English nobleman and knight of the Order of the Garter .

Edward Stanley was born the fifth son of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby in his marriage to his first wife Eleanor. Edward IV proposed him to the Knight Banneret on July 24, 1482 and he was one of the pallbearers at his funeral in 1483.

His son also benefited from the rise of his father under Henry VII . In 1484 he was Justice of the Peace for Kent and in the fall of 1485 Edward Stanley became High Sheriff of Lancashire . On October 15, 1485 he was asked for assistance against a Scottish attack and on December 1, 1485 he was given the post of Keeper of New Park in Langley. In 1488/89 the manors of Farleton in Lonsdale , Fareleton in Westmorland and Brierley in Yorkshire are transferred to him. In 1509 he was Justice of the Peace for Westmorland and Yorkshire.

1511 Edward Stanley served as responsible for patterning (Commissioner of array) in Yorkshire and Westmoreland. In 1513 he took part in the Battle of Flodden Field . His contribution to this battle is controversial, because he was only responsible for the rearguard , yet he is said to have contributed decisively to the English victory. The vernacular attributes him to the killing of the Scottish King James IV . For his contribution to winning the battle, he was made Knight of the Order of the Garter on April 23, 1514 and solemnly inducted into the Order on May 8, 1514.

On November 23, 1514 he was convened by Writ of Summons in the House of Lords and thus raised to the hereditary Baron Monteagle . In June 1520 he took part in the meeting of the English and French kings on the Field of the Cloth of Gold near Calais .

Edward Stanley died on April 6, 1523 and was buried in Hornby .

family

Edward Stanley was first married to Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Thomas Vaughans from Tretower in Brecknockshire . The marriage remained childless. His second marriage was to Anne, a daughter of Sir John Harrington. The marriage resulted in two sons named Thomas. The older of these two sons inherited the title of Baron Monteagle.

Literature and web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 18.
  2. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 20.
  3. ^ Charles Mosley: Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage . Volume 1, Burke's Peerage, Wilmington 2003, p. 1103.
predecessor title successor
New title created Baron Monteagle
1514-1523 		Thomas Stanley
personal data
SURNAME Stanley, Edward, 1st Baron Monteagle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English nobleman and knight
DATE OF BIRTH around 1460
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1523