Generation 102 · lancaster · 35 of 60 · Stanley / Sneyd cadet — not the barony

Sir Thomas Stanley

1st Baron Stanley, KG

Son · husband · father of this house

Cadet peerage. Not the Barony of Audley of Heleigh.

Sir Thomas Stanley, full figure, Royal / court, front

Helm or circlet of rank

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Summoned to the Lords, 1456

Thomas, son of Sir John of Mann, was summoned to the House of Lords in 1456 as 1st Baron Stanley. The cadet now has its own writ — a later, different dignity from the 1313 Audley barony.

Justice of Chester, Flint and North Wales; King's Chamberlain. Buried at Burscough Priory. His son will put a crown on a king's head.

Cadet peerage. Not the Barony of Audley of Heleigh.

Wardrobe

Lancastrian Garter robes, stag-head collar, chamberlain's chain, Knowsley wool and gold.

Weapons · animals · lands

Sword of the King's Chamberlain; Justice of Chester as a second blade.

Park deer at Lathom; the stag as office, not ornament.

  • Lathom
  • Knowsley
  • Chester circuit