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Sir Humphrey was knighted on the field at the Battle of Bosworth in 1495, and later present at the Battle of Blackheath.
"In 1491 Sir Humphrey was involved in a law suit with his elder half-brother Sir John Stanley regarding the division of their late father's estates. Sir William Stanley of Holt, Denbighshire (the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby) was appointed in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to act as arbitrator in the dispute. It was agreed that Sir Humphrey who had been given the manor of Stratfold with land in Tamworth by his father in 1474 should be awarded the additional estates of Pipe and Clifton Campville in Staffordshire with grants of land in Campden in GLS and in NRTH for life." (Source: Peter E. Stanley's book on the Stanleys, 1999)
Sir Humphrey was given Statforld by his father in 1476.
Sir Humphrey had a long dispute with the Chapter of Lichfield Cathedral about the conveyance of water through his lands at Pipe, culminating in 1489, when the Bishop, Dean, and Canons of the Cathedral sent a petition to King Henry VII complaiing that the Knight had violently cut off the water supply to the Cathedral Close.
Sir Humphrey was buried at Westminster Abbey under a marble slab in the floor of St. Nicholas's Chapel, where there is a brass plate with his effigy in the habit of a Knight.
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Sir John held the Manor of Elford from the King (as Earl of Chester) by military service. In October 1485 Henry Tudor is said to have slept at his house (believed to be Haselour Hall) at Elford on his way from Lichfield to Bosworth Field.
"In 1491 Sir John was involved in a law suit with his younger half-brother Sir Humphrey Stanley regarding the division of their late father's estates. Sir William Stanley of Holt, Denbighshire (the younger brother of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby) was appointed in his capacity of Lord Chamberlain to act as arbitrator in the dispute. It was agreed that Sir Humphrey who had been given the manor of Stratfold with land in Tamworth by his father in 1474 should be awarded the additional estates of Pipe and Clifton Campville in Staffordshire with grants of land in Campden in GLS and in NRTH for life."
When Sir John died he was commemorated in a window of St. Wilfred's Church at Northenden, Cheshire (which is destroyed by the Roundheads during the Civil War). He was described in the inscription as the one-time Lord of Pipe, Clifton Campville, and Elford in the County of Staffordshire; of Sibbertoft (near Market Harborough) Northamptonshire; and Camden super Wild, Gloucestershire; and especially of Eschells (in the Parish of Northenden), Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire. The estates of Pipe and Clifton Campville, with grants of lands in Camden, Gloucestership and Northamptonshire were awarded to his brother, Sir Humphrey, following a lawsuit in 1491. Sir John sold Alford and Nether Alderley in Cheshire to Sir William Stanley of Holt. As Sir John's only son predeceased him in 1470, he had no male heir and the Manor of Elford passed William Staunton, his daughter Margery's husband. (Source: Peter E. Stanley's book on the Stanleys, 1998)
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Vernon family
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Richard Vernon (1390-1451)[2] of Haddon and Tong married his distant cousin and sole heiress Benedicta de Ludlow, daughter of Isabella de Lingen and Sir John de Ludlow of Hodnet.[4] Benedicta's mother, Lady Isabella Pembrugge (née Lingen) founded the chantry and college at Tong, Shropshire in memory of her three departed husbands. Tong Church contains many of the Vernon tombs. Benedicta de Ludlow, as well as the Lingen and Pembrugge Arms, are depicted in the chapel's stained glass window at Haddon Hall.[4] Sir Richard Vernon was High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1416 and 1427 and Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire for 1422 and 1425. He also represented Derbyshire and Staffordshire in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of which he was Speaker in 1426. He was Treasurer of Calais in the last year of his life (1450-1451). He was buried at Tong.[4]
[2] = "Haddon Hall: History and Virtual Tour; Owners of Haddon Hall", HaddonHall.co.uk, accessed 15 November 2012
[4] = Collins' Peerage , p. 400
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Image: 1200px-Tong_St_Bart_-_Benedicta_de_Ludlow_and_Richard_Vernon_02.jpg
Richard Vernon (died 1451, foreground) and Benedicta de Ludlow. Through their marriage the Vernons of Haddon Hall obtained Tong. Tomb in St Bartholomew's Church, Tong, Shropshire. Richard was Speaker of the House of Commons in 1426.
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Image: Tong_St_Bart_-_Benedicta_de_Ludlow_and_Richard_Vernon_01.jpg
Benedicta de Ludlow (foreground) and Richard Vernon (died 1451). This tomb has the most impressive sculpture at Tong. Richard was the great nephew of Sir Fulke de Pembrugge as his grandmother Julia de Pembruugue was Sir Fulke sister.
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