• Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby KG (September 1531 – 25 September 1593) was a prominent English nobleman, diplomat, and politician. He was an ambassador, Privy Councillor, and participated in the trials of Mary, Queen of Scots and the Earl of Arundel.
• Born in Lathom, Henry was the eldest son of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby and his second wife, Lady Dorothy Howard. His maternal grandparents were Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and his wife Agnes Tilney (1478–1545), daughter of Hugh Tilney of Boston and Eleanor Tailboys.[1]
• He was married on 7 February 1554 to Lady Margaret Clifford. She was the only surviving child of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. The marriage took place in a chapel of the Palace of Whitehall and was attended by Queen Mary I of England and her consort Philip of Spain. They were relatives of the bride through her maternal grandmother Mary Tudor, former queen consort of France.
• Henry and Margaret had four children in the next eight years, but then quarrelled and generally lived apart thereafter. From about 1570 he lived with Jane Halsall of Knowsley, with whom he had a further four children.[2]
• His father died on 24 October 1572. Lord Derby inherited his peerages, the title Lord of Mann and the offices of Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire and Cheshire.
• Elizabeth I of England created Derby a Knight of the Garter in 1574. He was created alongside Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke.
• He was appointed ambassador to the court of Henry III of France in 1580. He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1585. He was among the chief officials of the trial of deposed Scottish monarch Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1586.
• In 1588, he was part of a mission which tried to negotiate an end to the Anglo-Spanish War following the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
• In 1589, Elizabeth appointed him Lord High Steward for the trial of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel and Surrey. He returned to Lathom in retirement in 1592 and died there one or two years later.
• Henry and Margaret were parents to four children:[3]
  • Edward Stanley. Died young.[3]
  • Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby (c. 1559 – 16 April 1594).[3]
  • William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (c. 1561 – 29 September 1642).[3]
  • Francis Stanley (b. 1562). Died young.[3]
• Henry was also father to at least four illegitimate children by Jane Halsall of Knowsley:[4]
  • Henry Stanley, for whom provision was made in the form of land at Ormskirk and at Broughton.[4]
  • Thomas Stanley, the younger illegitimate son, who received an estate in Kirkby.[4]
  • Ursula Stanley, who married John Salusbury (d. 1613); the son of Sir John Salusbury and Katheryn of Berain. Ursula and John had four sons and three daughters.[5] Ursula and her husband may be the ideal couple celebrated in Shakespeare's poem The Phoenix and the Turtle.[6]
  • Dorothy Stanley, who married Sir Cuthbert Halsall (d.1632), MP for Lancashire in 1614 [7]
• From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stanley,_4th_Earl_of_Derby __________________________
• Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
• Born: ABT Sep 1531
• Christened: 4 Oct 1531
• Acceded: 1572
• Died: 25 Sep 1593, Lathon
• Buried: 4 Dec 1593, Ormskirk
• Notes: See his Biography.
• Father: Edward STANLEY (3° E. Derby)
• Mother: Dorothy HOWARD (C. Derby)
• Married: Margaret CLIFFORD (C. Derby) 7 Feb 1554/55, Royal Chapel, Whitehall, London
• Children:
  • 1. Edward STANLEY
  • 2. Ferdinando STANLEY (5º E. Derby)
  • 3. William STANLEY (6° E. Derby)
  • 4. Francis STANLEY
• Associated with: Jane HALSALL
  • 5. Ursula STANLEY
  • 6. Dorothy STANLEY
  • 7. Son STANLEY
  • 8. Son STANLEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/STANLEY1.htm#Henry STANLEY (4° E. Derby)
• Born ABT Sep 1531, the heir of Edward, third Earl of Derby, by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Howard, second Duke of Norfolk, Henry was also the recipient of high offices from the English Crown.
• He was married 7 Feb 1554 to Margaret, only surviving child of Henry Clifford, 2º Earl of Cumberland, by Eleanor, daughter to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by Mary, Queen Dowager of France, eldest daughter of Henry VII. The marriage was celebrated in the presence of Queen Mary and Felipe of Spain, in the Royal Chapel at Whitehall palace, in London, prior to the wicked designs of the latter for the Conquest of England.
• Queen Elizabeth made him a Knight of the Garter in 1574, and, in 1580, he was appointed Ambassador extraordinary to confer the insignia of the Order of the Garter on Henri III of France. In 1577, he visited Isle of Man, and presided at a common-law court, and at a Tynwald Court at St. John's, when the Bishop did homage for his barony. He was also present at a Tynwald Court in 1583, when regulations for salmon and trout fishing were passed. In 1585, he ordered the Deemsters and Keys to declare the law about "Treasure Trove", whereupon they stated that any such treasure was a "Prerogative due unto his Lordship by the Lawes of this Isle". Bishop Meryck gives a pleasant idea of his rule in Man by his statement that the island "is very fortunate in its expenses, ... for the Earl expends the greater part of his yearly rent in defraying them". In the same year, he became a privy councillor; and, in 1586, he was appointed one of the commissioners of the trial of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots. In 1588, he was made chief commissioner to treat for peace with Spain; and, in 1589, he was appointed lord high steward.
• In 1589 Lord Derby visited the Isle of Man for the purpose of renewing the confidence of his subjects who had suffered severely from the tyranny of those "dressed in a little brief authority" during the absence of the Earls. He returned to Lathom in 1592, and died there on the 25 Sep 1594.
• By his wife he had four sons and one daughter. Two sons, Edward and Francis, died young; Ferdinando became the fifth Earl, and William the sixth Earl. Finally became fed up with his wife and went to live with his mistress (and 2nd cousin), Jane Halsall of Knowsley, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. (Thanks to Dale Caragata for this information!)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/HenryStanley(4EDerby).htm ________________

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• The visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613 by Saint-George, Richard, Sir
• https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00sainrich
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationofcoun00sainrich#page/22/mode/1up
  • Hesketh.
• Thomas Hesketh of Hesketh, esq. = Margaret, dau. of Hamon Massye of Rixton. ; ch: Robert (m. Alice Booth), William, Thomas, John, Hughe, William Hesketh
  • Robert Hesketh, sonne and heire. = Alice, dau. of Sir Robert Booth.
    • William Hesketh, 6 sonne. = ; ch: Barthollmew (m. 1st wife & Anne Clifton) Hesketh.
      • Barthollmew Hesketh. = .... first wife. ; ch: George Hesketh. ; = Ann, dau. and coheire of William Clifton, second wife. ; ch: Gabriell (m. Jane Halsall) Hesketh
        • Gabriell Hesketh of Aughton. = Jane, dau. of Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall, knt. ; ch: Bartholmew (m. Margaret Sowthworth) Hesketh, Sir Thomas, Cutbert, Richard Hesketh.
          • Bartholmew Hesketh, sonne and heire. = Margaret, dau. to Sir John Sowthworth, knt. ; ch: Gabriell (m. Jane Stanley), Henry Hesketh. Gabriell Hesketh of Awghton, sonne and heire, living 1613. = Jane, dau. of Hen. Stanley of Bickerston, esq. ; ch: Barthollmew (m. Ann Halsall) Hesketh
            • Barthollmew Hesketh, sonne and heire, aetate. 11 annor. 1613. = Ann, dau. of Sir Cuthbert Halsall of Halsall, knt. ______________
• The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1664-5, Vol. LXXXV. by Sir William ...
• https://archive.org/details/visitationcount02raingoog
• https://archive.org/stream/visitationcount02raingoog#page/n51/mode/1up
• Pg.137
  • Hesketh of Preston.
• Bartholomew Hesketh of Aughton, co. Lancaster. = ..... first wife. ; ch: George Hesketh ; = Anne, dau. and coheir of William Clifton, second wife. ; ch: Gabraell (m. Jane Halsall) Hesketh
  • Gabraell Hesketh of Aughton. = Jane, dau. of Sr Henry Halsall of Halsall, co. Lancaster, knt. ; ch: 1 Bartholmew (m. Margaret Southworth), 2 Sir Thomas, Cutbert (m. Jennet Parkinson & Anne Parkinson), 4 Richard Hesketh.
    • 1 Bartholomew Hesketh, son and heir. = Margaret, dau. of Sr John Southworth, knt. ; had issue not listed
    • .... etc. ______________
• Sir Thomas Hesketh
• In the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey is a wall monument with a full length coloured effigy of Sir Thomas Heskett or Hesketh (1548-1605), reclining on his left elbow. The Latin inscription can be translated:
• "Sacred to the memory of Thomas Heskett, Knight, descended of the ancient and honourable family of the Hesketts in the County of Lancashire. Attorney of the Court of Wards and Liveries, and one of the Council appointed for the north; a man of deep acquaintance with the law, so of singular integrity of life. Julian his most afflicted wife, out of her love and duty to her most dear husband, erected this monument. He died 15 October 1605"
• .... etc.
• Thomas was the second son of Gabriel Hesketh of Aughton in the county of Lancashire, and Jane, daughter of Sir Henry Halsall. He was educated at Cambridge and became a lawyer and Member of Parliament. He married Julian or Juliana daughter of Edward or Edmund Fusey of London and they had one son Thomas. Hesketh was said to be "sound in religion" with "wisdom and ability" and did good service for Elizabeth I in the north of England, being knighted in 1603. He lived at Heslington, Yorkshire, towards the end of his life and left lands there to his brother Cuthbert. His other brothers were Bartholomew and Richard. His widow married secondly Sir Ranulphe Crewe and she was buried in the Abbey on 12 August 1629.
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/sir-thomas-hesketh _______________________
• HESKETH, Thomas (1548-1605), of Whitehill and Preston, Lancs. Heslington, Yorks.
• b. 1548, 2nd s. of Gabriel Hesketh of Aughton, Lancs. by Jane, da. of Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. by 1568; Camb. univ.; G. Inn 1572, called 1580. m. Juliana, da. of Edward or Edmund Fusey of London, 1s. Kntd. 1603.2
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/he... _________________________________
• HESKETH, Sir Thomas (1547/8-1605), of Heslington, Yorks., Preston, Lancs. and Gray's Inn, London
• b. 1547/8, 2nd s. of Gabriel Hesketh (d.1573) of Aughton, Lancs. and Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Halsall of Halsall, Lancs.1 educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. to 1568; ?Camb. Univ.; G. Inn 1572, called 1580.2 m. by 29 Sept. 1599, Juliana (d. 10 Aug. 1629), da. of Edward Fusey of London, s.p.3 kntd. c.7 June 1603.4 d. 15 Oct. 1605.5 sig. Tho[mas] Hesketh.
• .... etc.
• From: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/he...

'The Halsall Family of Halsall'

'In 1066 the township of Halsall was held by a man named Chettel. Soon after Conquest the Barony of Warrington included the northern portion of the parish of Halsall, as well as Barton and Lydiate. By 1212 Robert de Vilers was the Lord of the Manor of Halsall and the family name of 'de Halsall' seems to have been adopted sometime before 1280, when Gilbert de Halsall is a prominent figure in the region. He is recorded as having inherited a local meadow and a mill. The name survives throughout several subsequent centuries. In 1395, one Henry de Halsall, who had embraced an ecclesiastical career, was presented by his father to the rectory of Halsall, which in 1413 he exchanged for the archdeaconry of Chester. A great deal of county intermarriage followed, amongst them the Heskeths, the Molyneux of Sefton and the Stanleys of Weaver.'

'A prominent Halsall of the early 15th century was Sir Gilbert Halsall, who fought in the French wars and was bailiff of Evreux.In the late 16th century, Edward Halsall was a powerful local figure in the region and held various public offices - he had founded the school at Halsall. A Henry Halsall was made a knight in Dublin on 22 July 1599 and was probably sent to prison for debt in 1631 whereupon the estates passed into ownership of Sir Charles Gerard who had married Penelope, daughter of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth (near Macclesfield)'