William Stanley Esq.

   Another name for William was William [VIII] de Stanley.

  Research Notes:

Source: www.fintco.demon.co.uk/stanley/ches-hooton.htm.
Lord of Stanley, Storeton, and Hooton - heir to his grandfather

http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mjr6387&id=I180563 has b. abt 1386. Another source had b. abt 1385.

Source: The History of the House of Stanley from the Conquest to the Death of the Right Honourable Edward, Late Earl of Derby, in 1776 by John Seacomb (Manchester, 1821) [courtesy of books.google.com], p. 15, has an intervening William Stanley, between Sir William who married the daughter of John Ardern(e) and the William who married Mary Savage. To wit, "[The house and tower of Hooton] are now standing, to which Sir William, the elder brother of John, succeeded, and was the tenth heir male of his family. The seventeenth of Henry VI. he married to Alice the daughter of Richard Houghton, (as I conceive, of Lancashire,) and by her had issue a son, named William. Sir William, the son of the above William, by Mrs. Houghton, succeeded his father, and was the eleventh male heir in a direct line. He married to one of the daughters of John Savage, of Clifton, Esq."

Did this intervening generation exist? If so, what are the real dates for all these gentlemen named William??

  Birth Notes:

Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has b. abt 1406, d. 2 Feb 1428

http://stanleyroots.co.uk/thenorthwest.htm has b. 1406, d. 1461

  Death Notes:

Glenda Turcks http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=nanatea&id=I33919 has d. abt 1461

William married Mary Savage, daughter of Sir John Savage of Clifton and Unknown, in 1436. (Mary Savage was born about 1407.)