1/2 Tell you why. It´s all on Stanley´s greediness, Edward IV´s lenience and Richard III´s interference with Stanley´s agenda. When you take the time, which nobody or rarely anybody does (and I mean even the historians), you will learn this: Thomas Stanley wanted the Hornby Castle owned by Sir Harrington. Sir Harrington had two sons and two daughters. He was a staunch Yorkist loyalist and died in the Battle of Wakefield with his eldest son. The heir was then made Harrington´s younger son, and the two sisters of his were supposed to inherit a big share of the Harrington wealth when theys were married, but the wealth would go to the family of the groom, so it would not stay in the Harrington family. The two sisters were therefore highly sought-after as brides, but their elder brother REFUSED all the prospective beaus and locked is sisters up for their whole teenage years in the Hornby Castle. And paranoidly locked himself in with them, too, so that no one could get the girls. But there was one OTHER man who was willing to do ANYTHING to get to the Harrington inheritance and the girls - THOMAS STANLEY, Harrington´s direct neighbour. He wanted to marry the two Harrington girls to his own sons. But the Harrington heir said NO. Stanley reacted quickly - because he was a particular favorite of Edward IV, who was willing to cut him slack because Stanley was powerful and Edward could not afford to have such an enemy - and brought a whole ARMY and a CANON in front of the Harrington Castle, and was ready to blow up a hole into the building, kill the Harringtron heir and take the two girls. Edward IV did not react to this. Harrington sent a rushed message to the future Richard III, then Richard of Gloucester, who was the youngest brother of Edward IV, to make Edward help him. He said that his father was the one who captured the mad (previous) King Henry VI for Edward when Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI were running away, and that he therefore deserved some help from the king because the king OWNED him this. The king (Edward IV) finally stooped down to help Harrington, albeit very unwillingly (because he was afraid of Stanley´s opposition), and sent Richard of Gloucester to Hornby to resolve the cause. Richard of Gloucester arrived to the barricaded castle, they let him in, and he hurriedly made up an EDICT in which he claimed that he was: 1) supported by Edward IV in this; 2) helping the rightful heir of the Hornby Castle against Stanley; said that if ANYBODY (meaning Stanley) wanted to attack the castle, it would have SERIOUS consequences for him from the monarchy, NO MATTER THEIR STANDING WITH THE KING. Stanley immediately gave up. During the siege, it was said that Richard of Gloucester fell in love with the younger sister, Anne Harrington, and knocked her up -- some historians think that SHE might have been the one to give birth to Richard´s "most beloved bastard son, John of Gloucester". This is very important later. After the siege, Stanley did not want to give up and sent his retainers trough the Cheshire road to meet with Warwick the Kingmaker (Edward IV´s in-law) and George of Clarence (Edward IV´s middle brother), who rebelled against the King. However, Richard of Gloucester attacked them on the road and stopped them.
Crazy Family : What does this mean to me ?. : William Richard George Stanley 9th Baron Strange 1460-1503 15th great-grandfather : Thomas Stanley 1483-1521 Son of William Richard George Stanley 9th Baron Strange : Lady Elizabeth Stanley ** (née de Vere) Countess of Derby 1501-1530 Daughter of Thomas Stanley : Sir James III de Scarisbrick ** 1523-1559 Son of Lady Elizabeth Stanley ** (née de Vere) Countess of Derby : Edward Scarisbrick ** 1547-1599 Son of Sir James III de Scarisbrick ** : Elizabeth Scarisbrick ** (mn.Parker), 10thGGM 1567-1599 Daughter of Edward Scarisbrick ** : Margaret Parker Of Radham Park ** 9thGGM 1582-1627 Daughter of Elizabeth Scarisbrick ** (mn.Parker), 10thGGM : Christopher Parker ** 8thGGF 1625-1694 Son of Margaret Parker Of Radham Park ** 9thGGM : John Parker ** 1659- Son of Christopher Parker ** 8thGGF : Elizabeth Parker ** 1700-1759 Daughter of John Parker ** : Margaret Battersby ** 1738-1807 Daughter of Elizabeth Parker ** : Thomas Cowell ** 4th- GGF 1768-1852 Son of Margaret Battersby ** : Margaret Cowell ** 3rd- GGM 1800-1879 Daughter of Thomas Cowell ** 4th- GGF : William Sutcliffe ** 2nd- GGF 1809-1900 Son of Margaret Cowell ** 3rd- GGM : James Sutcliffe Smith ** GGF 1838-1908 Son of William Sutcliffe ** 2nd- GGF : Frank Smith ** MGF 1883-1972 Son of James Sutcliffe Smith ** GGF : Nancy Smith ** M 1923-2004 Daughter of Frank Smith ** MGF : Graham Shaw ** Living Son of Nancy Smith ** M
1/2 Tell you why. It´s all on Stanley´s greediness, Edward IV´s lenience and Richard III´s interference with Stanley´s agenda. When you take the time, which nobody or rarely anybody does (and I mean even the historians), you will learn this: Thomas Stanley wanted the Hornby Castle owned by Sir Harrington. Sir Harrington had two sons and two daughters. He was a staunch Yorkist loyalist and died in the Battle of Wakefield with his eldest son. The heir was then made Harrington´s younger son, and the two sisters of his were supposed to inherit a big share of the Harrington wealth when theys were married, but the wealth would go to the family of the groom, so it would not stay in the Harrington family. The two sisters were therefore highly sought-after as brides, but their elder brother REFUSED all the prospective beaus and locked is sisters up for their whole teenage years in the Hornby Castle. And paranoidly locked himself in with them, too, so that no one could get the girls. But there was one OTHER man who was willing to do ANYTHING to get to the Harrington inheritance and the girls - THOMAS STANLEY, Harrington´s direct neighbour. He wanted to marry the two Harrington girls to his own sons. But the Harrington heir said NO. Stanley reacted quickly - because he was a particular favorite of Edward IV, who was willing to cut him slack because Stanley was powerful and Edward could not afford to have such an enemy - and brought a whole ARMY and a CANON in front of the Harrington Castle, and was ready to blow up a hole into the building, kill the Harringtron heir and take the two girls. Edward IV did not react to this. Harrington sent a rushed message to the future Richard III, then Richard of Gloucester, who was the youngest brother of Edward IV, to make Edward help him. He said that his father was the one who captured the mad (previous) King Henry VI for Edward when Margaret of Anjou and Henry VI were running away, and that he therefore deserved some help from the king because the king OWNED him this. The king (Edward IV) finally stooped down to help Harrington, albeit very unwillingly (because he was afraid of Stanley´s opposition), and sent Richard of Gloucester to Hornby to resolve the cause. Richard of Gloucester arrived to the barricaded castle, they let him in, and he hurriedly made up an EDICT in which he claimed that he was: 1) supported by Edward IV in this; 2) helping the rightful heir of the Hornby Castle against Stanley; said that if ANYBODY (meaning Stanley) wanted to attack the castle, it would have SERIOUS consequences for him from the monarchy, NO MATTER THEIR STANDING WITH THE KING. Stanley immediately gave up. During the siege, it was said that Richard of Gloucester fell in love with the younger sister, Anne Harrington, and knocked her up -- some historians think that SHE might have been the one to give birth to Richard´s "most beloved bastard son, John of Gloucester". This is very important later. After the siege, Stanley did not want to give up and sent his retainers trough the Cheshire road to meet with Warwick the Kingmaker (Edward IV´s in-law) and George of Clarence (Edward IV´s middle brother), who rebelled against the King. However, Richard of Gloucester attacked them on the road and stopped them.
Crazy Family : What does this mean to me ?.
: William Richard George Stanley 9th Baron Strange 1460-1503
15th great-grandfather
: Thomas Stanley 1483-1521
Son of William Richard George Stanley 9th Baron Strange
: Lady Elizabeth Stanley ** (née de Vere) Countess of Derby 1501-1530
Daughter of Thomas Stanley
: Sir James III de Scarisbrick ** 1523-1559
Son of Lady Elizabeth Stanley ** (née de Vere) Countess of Derby
: Edward Scarisbrick ** 1547-1599
Son of Sir James III de Scarisbrick **
: Elizabeth Scarisbrick ** (mn.Parker), 10thGGM 1567-1599
Daughter of Edward Scarisbrick **
: Margaret Parker Of Radham Park ** 9thGGM 1582-1627
Daughter of Elizabeth Scarisbrick ** (mn.Parker), 10thGGM
: Christopher Parker ** 8thGGF 1625-1694
Son of Margaret Parker Of Radham Park ** 9thGGM
: John Parker ** 1659-
Son of Christopher Parker ** 8thGGF
: Elizabeth Parker ** 1700-1759
Daughter of John Parker **
: Margaret Battersby ** 1738-1807
Daughter of Elizabeth Parker **
: Thomas Cowell ** 4th- GGF 1768-1852
Son of Margaret Battersby **
: Margaret Cowell ** 3rd- GGM 1800-1879
Daughter of Thomas Cowell ** 4th- GGF
: William Sutcliffe ** 2nd- GGF 1809-1900
Son of Margaret Cowell ** 3rd- GGM
: James Sutcliffe Smith ** GGF 1838-1908
Son of William Sutcliffe ** 2nd- GGF
: Frank Smith ** MGF 1883-1972
Son of James Sutcliffe Smith ** GGF
: Nancy Smith ** M 1923-2004
Daughter of Frank Smith ** MGF
: Graham Shaw ** Living
Son of Nancy Smith ** M