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 2IO DERBY earliest and most constant supporters of that Queen; P.C. 17 Aug. 1553; Lord High Steward and Bearer of the Curtana at the Coronation of Queen Mary i Oct. 1553; one of the Commissioners for the trial of Lady Jane Grey, 11 Nov. 1553; Vice Adm. of cos. Lancaster and Chester 1553-69; one of the attendants on Philip, Prince of Spain, at his landing 19 July 1554. On the accession of Queen Elizabeth he was again made P.C. 24 Nov. 1558; Chamberlain of the co. of Chester for life 26 Apr. 15590 to 1565, and Lord Lieut, co. Chester i 569 till his death ;() admitted to Gray's Inn 28 Jan. i56i/2.() He tn., istly, shortly before 2i Feb. 1529/30, when he had pardon for marrying without lic.,^) Dorothy, da. of Thomas (Howard), 2nd Duke of Norfolk, by his 2nd wife, Agnes, da. of Hugh Tilney, of Boston, CO. Lincoln. (') He m., 2ndly, Margaret, da. of Ellis Barlow, of Barlow, co. Lancaster, by Anne, da. of Oates Reddish, of Reddish, co. Lancaster. She d. 19 Jan., and was bur. 24 Feb. iSS^l9i ^■'^^ great solemnity, at Ormskirk. He m., 3rdly, before i Jan. 1 561/2, Mary, da. of Sir George Cotton, of Combermere, co. Chester, by Mary, da. of John Onley, of Catesby, Northants. He d., at Lathom House, 24 Oct., and Master of the Household) and Suffolk; two Marquesses, viz. Northampton and Winchester (Lord Treasurer); nine Earls, viz. Arundel, Bedford (Lord Privy Seal), Huntingdon, Oxford, Pembroke, Shrewsbury, Warwick (eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland), Westmorland, and Worcester; besides thirteen Barons, viz. Aber- gavenny, Bray, Clinton, Cobham, Darcy, Grey of Wilton, Paget, Rich, Russell (eldest son of the Earl of Bedford), Talbot (eldest son of the Earl of Shrewsbury), Wentworth, Willoughby of Parham, and Windsor. The Earls of Bath, Derby, and Sussex were represented by their respective eldest sons, viz. John Bourchier sty/ed Lord Fitz- warine, Henry Stanley styled Lord Strange, and Thomas RatclifFe sty/ed Lord Fitz- walter. John Paulet styled Lord St. John (s. and h. ap. of the Marquess of Win- chester), Lord Thomas Grey (br. to the Duke of Suffolk), and Gerald Fitzgerald, the attainted Earl of Kildare [I.], were also signatories, as were the Archbishop (Cranmer) of Canterbury, Bishop (Goodrich) of Ely (then Lord Chancellor), and Bishop (Ridley) of London. There were, besides, the three Secretaries of State (Petre, Cecil, and Cheke), seven Judges, six Privy Councillors, the Lord Mayor and six Aldermen, b'c. (») Recog. Rolls of Chester, 1-2 Eliz. m. 1. V.G. ('') His hospitality was unbounded. Camden, in his Annals of Elizabeth, says that " with Edward, Earl of Derby's death, the glory of hospitality seemed to fall asleep." Howard Evans, in his Our Old Nobility, writes, " His household expenses are said to have amounted to ^^4,000 per annum. His political career was, however, most inglorious; under Edward VI he acted as a Commissioner for the advancement of the Reformation; under Mary he delivered Protestants to be burnt at the stake; under Elizabeth he hunted Catholics to the death. Thus he contrived to keep all he had and to acquire still more." The Stanley motto, " Sans changer,^' was as inappro- priate to him as to his ancestor, the ist Earl of Derby. (■=) His name is incorrectly given in the roll of the Society as " Henry," but the entry must refer to him, for his son was admitted four days before as " Henry Stanley Lord Strange." V.G. (d) Patent Roll. V.G. (') All four of his daughters by his ist wife married peers, viz. Anne m. Lord Stourton; Jane tn. Lord Dudley; Mary m. Lord Stafford; and Elizabeth m. Lord Morley. V.G.