Humphrey Stanley

Sir Humphrey Stanley of Pipe († 1505 ) was an English knight .

Life

Sir Humphrey was a son of Sir John Stanley and Elizabeth. He owned various houses and lands in Staffordshire , such as Clifton Campville , Pipe and Aston . Humphrey Stanley is described as hot-blooded, a man who gets into trouble and trouble more often. In the 1490s, he was even charged with the murder of William Chetwynd, who, like him, served at court. Sir Humphrey is said to have lured Chetwynd to a meeting in a nearby forest at 5 a.m. on a pretext. Twenty men, some of them armed, were waiting there to murder Chetwnyd. Sir Humphrey himself, supposedly on the hunt, arrived at the scene shortly afterwards. The court widow's allegation and petition were not dealt with seriously and Sir Humphrey was never charged.

Sir Humphrey was Sheriff of Staffordshire in 1481, 1485 and 1493 and was entrusted with regulatory duties as Justice of Peace in Staffordshire from 1480-83 .

He fought during the Wars of the Roses on August 22, 1485 for Henry Tudor, later Henry VII , at the Battle of Bosworth and on June 16, 1487 at the Battle of Stoke . Humphrey Stanley received his knighthood as a Knight Bachelor in Bosworth and was promoted to Knight Banneret after the Battle of Stoke . Stanley was Knight of the Kings Body and won a victory for Henry VII against James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley at the Battle of Deptford Bridge in 1497.

Sir Humphrey died in 1505 and has his final resting place in St. Nicholas Chapel in Westminster Abbey .

Marriage and offspring

Sir Humphrey was married to Ellen, daughter of Sir James Ley. He left at least two children:

• John
• Alice

The couple probably had other offspring.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Elizabeth Norton: Bessie Blount: Mistress to Henry VIII. Amberley Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-1-84868-870-4 , pp. 1463-1464.
2. ^ The Beauties of England and Wales. Vol. XIII, V. Head & Sharp, London, pp. 909-910.
3. ^ La Belle Assemblée or Court and Fashinable Magazine. Vol. V, GB Whittaker, London 1827, pp. 241-242.
4. ^ The Royal Archaelogical Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: The Archaelogical Journal. Vol. XXIV, London 1867, pp. 223-224.
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} www.westminster-abbey.org Article and grave slab Sir Humphrey Stanley - read online June 26, 2016 ( memento of the original from June 26, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ^ ^{A b c d} Towton Battlefield Society
7. ^ ^{A b c} Thomas Moule: Antiquities in Westminster Abbey. W. Davy, 1825, pp. 38-41.
8. ↑ ^{a b} Richard III. Foundation Inc. ( Memento of the original from January 22nd, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ ^{a b c d} Peter Bramley: A Companion and Guide to the Wars of the Roses. The History Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-7524-9691-7 .
10. ^ William A. Shaw: Knights of England. Genealogical Publishing, 1971, ISBN 0-8063-0443-X , pp. 23-24, 215.
11. ↑ M. Rapin de Thoyras: The History of England. Vol. V, London 1757, p. 320.
12. ^ The History of the House of Stanley. J. Gleave, Manchester 1821, pp. 235-236.
13. ↑ John Seacome: Memoirs Containing a genealogical and historical account of the ancient House of Stanley. A. Sadler, Liverpool, p. 175.