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Thomas Standish
M, #21226

Father

Robert Standish

Mother

Margaret Croft

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Nov 22, 2007

Rev Thomas Standish
M, b. circa 1454, #428

Father

Esquire Ralph Standish b. 1424, d. 1468

Mother

Margaret (Or Margery) Radcliffe b. 1426, d. 1476

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16th great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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17th great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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17th great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Nov 22, 2007

Birth*

circa 1454

Sir Thomas Standish
M, b. circa 1480, d. 1517, #21081

Father

Sir Christopher Standish d. Sep, 1495

Mother

Elizabeth (Isabella) Bradshagh b. 1402

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17th great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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18th great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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18th great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Nov 22, 2007

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Principal=Katherine Standish

Birth*

circa 1480

Death*

1517

Family

Katherine Standish

Thomas de Standish¹
M, #21130

Father

John de Standish Esquire¹ d. circa 1353

Mother

Margery (?)¹

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21st great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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22nd great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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22nd great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Nov 22, 2007

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[S298] Th.D. Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists Frederick Lewis Weis, The Families of Standish.

Unknown Standish
F, b. circa 1527, #223

Father

Roger Standish Esquire b. circa 1503, d. 1656

Mother

Constance (?) b. 1503

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13th great-grandaunt of Richard Prescott Bale.

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14th great-grandaunt of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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14th great-grandaunt of Taylor Jane Bale.

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24th great-granddaughter of King Egbert of Wessex "1st King of England".

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Mar 26, 2005

Married Name

Barnes

Marriage*

Principal=(?) Barnes

Birth*

circa 1527

Nepton Hall, Warwickshire, England

Family

(?) Barnes

Unknown Standish
F, b. circa 1525, #225

Father

Roger Standish Esquire b. circa 1503, d. 1656

Mother

Constance (?) b. 1503

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13th great-grandaunt of Richard Prescott Bale.

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14th great-grandaunt of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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14th great-grandaunt of Taylor Jane Bale.

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24th great-granddaughter of King Egbert of Wessex "1st King of England".

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Mar 26, 2005

Birth*

circa 1525

Nepton Hall, Warwickshire, England

William de Standish
M, d. before 1353, #9395

Father

John de Standish Esquire d. circa 1353

Mother

Margery (?)

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21st great-granduncle of Richard Prescott Bale.

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22nd great-granduncle of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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22nd great-granduncle of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Nov 22, 2007

Name Variation

William

Marriage*

1332

Principal=Margaret de Holecroft¹

Death*

before 1353

Family

Margaret de Holecroft

Citations

[S298] Th.D. Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists Frederick Lewis Weis, The Families of Standish.

William de Standish
M, d. 1332, #9398

Father

Jordan de Standish d. 1290

Mother

Alianora (?)¹

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23rd great-grandfather of Richard Prescott Bale.

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24th great-grandfather of Alexander Prescott Bale.

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24th great-grandfather of Taylor Jane Bale.

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Nov 22, 2007

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William Standish, William and his wife Alianore had at least two children. There may have been others but no record remains. It was a feature of the times that many children did not survive to maturity and their short lives were not recorded.
In 1304 William claimed the advowson of the church at Wigan alleging that an ancestor of his had held it. Arguments about this advowson crop up from time to time like those about the Standish living. In Wigan, however, the right of presentation seems to have been firmly held by the Langeton family for they administered it for about seven hundred years. Five years later, in 1309, William again claimed the Wigan advowson and prepared a pedigree to support his claim. He stated that an ancestor, Ralph, had presented a clerk to Wigan Church in the time of Richard I (1189/1190). It does not seem that he made any headway against the holders of the advowson. In the year 1309 there was a small land transaction. Alice de Ince, William's sister, ceded some land to him in Shevington, which had been given to her by her father, Jordan de Standish. Also William de Wigan, so of Neel de Wigan and his wife, Matilda, granted some land in Wigan to William de Standish, the deed bearing the date 3 Edward II. In return William Standish granted to William de Wigan all the lands which had been conveyed to him by Richard de Ince and his wife Alice, the description being "a plot of land 6ft wide and as long as the house in which he lived." Some further information on the family connections is provided by a charter, also dated 1309, which was preserved by Kuerden, the historian. Drawn up for Henry de Burgh, it shows that he was married to Joan, daughter of William de Standish, and is a settlement on his estates in Chorley and Duxbury, the remainder being made to his son William and his other children by his wife, Joan.
There was an ancient custom whereby two shillings was due annually from the two manors of Standish and Langtree to the Baron of Penwortham and the Lords of these manors were bound to do suit at Penwortham Court, which was held every three weeks. Here they must attend to help dispense justice. William de Standish was juror at the trial of Robert de Cliderhou (Clitheroe), Rector of Wigan Church, who was arraigned for treason, accused of aiding Thomas, Duke of Lancaster, against King Edward the Second. Part of the indictment was that he appealed in church for men-at-arms to go to the help of the Duke. William de Standish was also custodian of the peace for the hundred of Leyland. He was said to hold land to the value of £15 or more and so was summoned also to the Great Council of Westminster.
William's signature appears on a number of Documents. When his son, John, married Margaret, William and Alianore settled on the young couple an eighth part of the manor of Shevington. William died about 1325/1326, and was succeeded by John de Standish.

Marriage*

Principal=Margaret (?)

Death*

1332

Family

Margaret (?) d. before 1332

Child

John de Standish Esquire+ d. circa 1353

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