Ralph de Standish

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁰²
Ralph de Standish son of Lesing of Standish by his wife, a daughter of Richard Spileman. He married Juliana and succeeded his father in the ownership of the manor of Standish about 1206. He was living in 1219, but died shortly after. He is mentioned as living in the reign of Richard I (1181-1199). [Lanc. Pipe Roll, 378] In 1206, he agreed with Siward de Langtree as to the partition of the manor and advowson of Standish. Ralph retained the plough-land in Standish, a moiety of the advowson of the church, common wood and other easements, and 16 acres of land on the south side of Standish Church. [Bracton's Note Book, No. 1386] He witnessed a charter of Hugh Bussell, the advowson of Wigan Church and had appointed a clerk in the reign of Richard I. Children of Ralph and Juliana de Standish:
Alexander de Standish, son and heir
Richard de Standish, Rural Dean of Standish

~The Families of Standish, p. 3-4

• Background Information. ⁸²⁷
Ralph de Standish occurs in the time of Richard I, [Lancs. Pipe R. 378.] and in 1206 agreed with Siward de Langtree as to the partition of the manor and advowson of Standish. [Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs. and Ches.), i, 24] He died in 1219\endash 20, and was succeeded, it is alleged, by a son Richard, a younger son, Alexander, having long held the rectory, and almost immediately succeeding his father in the manor. [Curia Regis R. 70, m. 16; 74, m. 8] His son Ralph followed, [Assize R. 404, m. 14 d] and left three sons, who held the manor one after another - Edmund, Hugh and Jordan. [Lancs. Inq. and Extents, i, 269] Jordan's eldest son, Ralph, died without issue in or before 1296, and a younger son, William, succeeded, holding the manor for nearly thirty years.

~A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume VI, pp. 192-199

Ralph married Juliana.²⁰²