Generation 103 · tudor · 36 of 60 · Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony
Thomas Stanley
1st Earl of Derby, KG
Son · husband · father of this house
Most decorated member of the Stanley cadet. Collateral to the Audley barony, not a holder of it.
Earl's coronet — and another man's crown in his hand
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Chronicle of this board
Crowned Henry VII at Bosworth, 1485
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, husband of Lady Margaret Beaufort, stepfather to Henry VII, held his horse at Bosworth until the winning side was the winning side, then crowned the new king. The cadet of a 1192 manor-swap had reached the making of dynasties.
This is the highest title-holder the Stanley child of Aldithley ever produced. It is not a claim on the 1313 Audley writ. It is proof of what the other line did with the same blood.
Most decorated member of the Stanley cadet. Collateral to the Audley barony, not a holder of it.
Wardrobe
Gilt plate, the three stags on a blue bend, a gold collar of the Garter, the most decorated garment in the entire cadet: a king's stepfather in the hour the crown changed hands.
Weapons · animals · lands
The circlet he placed on Henry Tudor. Delay as a weapon. The richest political nerve in the bloodline.
The stag of Wirral, now a royal beast by association.
- Derby earldom
- Lathom
- Knowsley
- the Stanley affinity across the north