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 70 DERBY. Jaquctta (sister to Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Ed. IV) da. of Richard (Widville) Eaiil Rivers, which Joane, on her father's death, 15 Oct. 1177, became sua jure Baroness Strange de Knotkin [1299] he was in her right sum. to Pari, as a Baron (LORD STRANGE) from 16 Nov. (1482), 22 Ed. IV to 26 Jany. (1496/7), 12 Hen. VII by writs directed " Gcorgio Stank;/ de la Strange."^) He was in hostage to King Richard III and in great risk of his life thro' his father's treachery to that King. By Henry VII he was made K.G. in May 1187, and was B.C. He d.v.p, 5 Dec. 1497,( b ) at Derby House,( c ) St. Paul's Wharf, Loudon, and was bur. (with his mother) at St. James', Garlickliithe. His widow d. 20 March 1513/1, at Colham, Midx. Will dat. 6 July 1513, pr. 3 May 1514. Inq. post mortem at Yeovil, Somerset, 26 Oct. 1514.] XI. 1504 2. Thomas (Stanley), Earl of Derby, &&, grandson and h., being s. and h. of George (Stanley), Lord Strange db Knockin and Joane his wife, above named. He was b. before 1 185 ; K.B. 31 Oct. 1 191. On 20 March 1513/4 (some 10 years after he had sue. to the Earldom, Sic), he sue. his mother as LOUD STRANGE DE Knockin-. He attended King Henry Vlll in the French expedition iu 1513, was at the battle of Spurs 18 Aug. 1513, and attended the Emperor Charles V at Dover in 1520; P.O. 1520. He was (a few weeks before his death) one of the peers on the trial of the Duke of Buckingham 13 May 1521. He m. 1507 Anne, widow of John (Ratcliffe) Lord Fitz Waltf.h (beheaded 1495), sister of George, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, da. of Edward (Hastings), Lord Hungf.rford and Hastings by Mary, da. and h. of Thomas (Hcngerfoud), Lord Huxgerford. He d. 23 May 1521, at Colham Green, Midx., and was bur. at Syon Monastery in that county. Will as " Earl of Derby and Lord Stanley ! without date, pr. 27 June 1524, and 1 May 1583. Inq. post mortem 9 and 13 May and 24 Oct. 1522, also 15 Sep. 1629.(4) The will of his widow dat. 6 Sep. 1550, pr. 3 March 1550/1. XII. 1521. o. Edward (Stanley), Earl or Derby, &c, 2d but 1st snrv. s. and h.(°) b. about 1508 ; probably styled Loud Strange 1514-21 ; was one of the Peers who petitioned the Pope to grant the King's divorce iu 1532 ; KB. 30 May 1533 and Cupbearer at the Coronation of Anne (Boleyn), Queen Consort, the following day ; el. ICG. 17 Feb. 1546/7, inst. 23 May 1547, having been Bearer of the Curtana at the Coronation of Ed. VI on 20 Feb. ; Lord Lieut, of co. Lane. 1552. Altho', probably, it was only by accident that lie was not amongst those who signed the document setting aside the succession of Mary to the Crowu(') ( a ) There is proof in the rolls of Pari, of his sitting. ( b ) The old rhythmical history of the house of Stanley says he was poisoned at a banquet. (°) This house wsb exchanged in 1552 by his grandson the 3rd Earl, for lands near Knowsley belonging to the Crown, and was granted by Queen Mary to the College of Heralds, being the site of the present College, which was erected after the lire of London. ( d ) By this inquisition it appears "that by charter 8 Hen. VIII he had the following titles— Thomas, Earl of Derby, Yiicount Kynton, Lord Stanley and Strange, Lord of Knokyn, Mohun, Basselt, Ihirnal and Lacy, Lord of Man and the Isles." With respect to "Lord of Knokyn," (as distinct from "Strange de Knockin,") Molnm, Bassett, to., these may be taken as merely territorial Lordships ; the four previous titles, however, appear to denote peerage dignities and unquestionably three of them were so, tho' the Viscounty of Kynton remains a mystery. Kiuton itself, like Knockin, is in Oswestry hundred, Salop, and doubtless formed part of the possessions of the Strange family in that district. (°) His yr. br„ Sir James Stanley, was ancestor of the Stanleys, Baronet* (so cr. 1628) of Bickerstaffe, of whom Sir Edward the 5th Bart. sue. in 1736 as Earl of Derby. ( f ) Among the signatories of the letters patent, 16 June 1553, whereby Edward VI settled the Crown on Lady Jane Grey " of all whoso support would be useful, of all whose opposition had to be dreaded, Lord William Howard and Lord Derby alone were absent, and Lord Derby was represented by his son." See Fronde's " Edward VI," p. 507, where an excellent " analysis of the signatures " [tho' as to the pecraye