Sir William Stanley Knight

  General Notes:

There are some conflicting information given in Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (pp. 303-304) and Boyer's Medieval Ancestors of Robert Abell, (pp.223-231) which is based on George Ormerod's The History of County Palatine and City of Chester, Vol II, Stanley of Hooton pedigree, p. 415. Hoping to find a clue to clear up this confusion I checked the Baronetage of England, Vol. II, Published in 1771, (pp. 205-206) authored by Thomas Wotton, Edward Kimber, Richard Johnson, who agrees with Richardson. It is possible that Omerod left out the generation that was supplied by the Baronetage of England, Vol. II. I've chosen to follow the information supplied by Richardson and Wooton, Kimber & Johnson for this reason. ^{821,713,721,848}

From Richardson/ Thomas Wotton, Edward Kimber, Richard Johnson, Baronetage of England, Vol. II 1771:

• Sir William Stanley, m. as his second wife, Blanche, daughter of John Arderne, Knight
  
• William Stanley, Esq. Of Hooton, first married to Mary Savage, daughter of John Savage, knight, and Maud Swynnerton
  
• William Stanley, m. Alice Houghton
  
• William Stanley, m. 1^st, Margaret Bromley, daughter and coheiress of John Bromely and Joan Hexstall, daughter and heir of William Hexstall, Knight, m. 2^nd, Agnes Grosvernor, daughter of Robert Grosvenor and Joan, daughter of Lawrence Fitton, Knight
  
• Margaret Stanley, daughter of Margaret Bromley, m. Peter Gerard.