Sir Henry Halsall

Margaret Stanley married Sir John Ireland, son of William Ireland and Eleanor Molyneux.2 Margaret Stanley was born illegitimate circa 1460 at Somersham manor, England; Her 2nd husband was Sir Henry Halsall.2,1

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. In 1495, Sir Henry Halsall presented Hugh Halsall 'presumably a brother' as rector of Halsall Church. On 12 Apr 1513, Richard Halsall 'kinsman of Hugh' was appointed rector, said by Baines, likely based on the 1576 visitation, to be the 3rd son of Sir Henry by "Margaret natural daughter of James Stanley Archdeacon of Chester, brother to the first Earl of Derby." "Richard Halsal Clerk, Parson of Halsal" was one of the executors of the will of Sir Thomas Stanley 2nd Earl of Derby (d. 23 May 1521) along with Richard's father Sir Henry (identified as 'steward of my household' in the will).

If Sir Henry Halsall presented in 1495, he was b. bef 1475. If Richard Halsall, third son, was rector in 1513 he was b. bef 1495 (or if rectors need to be an adult this would move his dates 3 years earlier), and he had older siblings b. at least by 1490. Thus Sir Henry's wife was b. by 1475 and likely a few years earlier. This is before the Bishop of Ely's time, even assuming he was b. by 1460.

Per the pedigree, Sir Henry Halsall's son was Sir Thomas. On Richard Per the pedigree, Sir Henry Halsall's son was Sir Thomas. On Richard Halsall's death in 1563, Cuthbert Halsall was presented by 3 devisees of Sir Thomas Halsall's widow, Jane Stanley, the devisees being Thomas Ireland, John Eccleston and Henry Woolfall. Jane - also noted in the 1530 Lancashire visitation - was dau and co-heir of of John Stanley, 'base-born son of John Stanley, brother of the first Earl of Derby'.

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• The Derby Household Books: Comprising an Account of the Household ... By William Ffarington
• https://books.google.com/books?id=3mJVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA144&lpg=PA144&d...
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• Pg.143
• IBID. "Mr Halsoll."] Richard, son and heir of Henry and grandson of Sir Thomas Halsall of Halsall Knt., whose wife was Jane, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Stanley of Honford Knt. (base son and heir of John Stanley, brother of Thomas first Earl of Derby) and of Elizabeth his wife, daughter and coheiress of Sir John Harrington of Hornby Castle Knt. and of his wife, the daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Nevile of Hornby. In her widowhood Dame Jane Halsall married 2nd Edward VI. John Osbaldeston Esq., and in the same year her daughter Maud married Edward Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston, her husband's son by his first wife Margaret,
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• daughter of George Lord Strange. The mother of Sir Thomas Halsall was Margaret, daughter of James Stanley, Clerk, and by her husband, Sir Henry Halsall of Halsall, she had issue six sons and three daughters. On the south side of the chancel of Halsall Church upon an altar tomb ornamented with escutcheons, now defaced, are the full-length figures of a knight of the Halsalls and a lady of the Stanleys. (Baines, vol. iv, p. 262.) Richard Halsall Esq. succeeded his father Henry (whose Will was proved at Chester 30th December 1574) and married before 1567 Ann, daughter of Alexander Barlow of Barlow Esq. M.P. the niece of Margaret Countess of Derby, and a lady who was a frequent visiter at Knowsley, (See p. 106, Note.) By this lady he had no surviving issue, and the name of his second wife has not been recorded in the Visit. Lanc., A° 1613, c. 5, 50 b. in Coll. Arm. She was, however, Jane, daughter of William Norres and the mother of Sir Cuthbert Halsall, mentioned page 35 and afterwards in this Diary. (Lanc. MSS., vol. iii. pp. 216-331.)
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• Pg.146
• IBID. "Yong Mr Halsall and Mrs Dorothy Stanley."] Cuthbert Halsall here named was the natural son of Richard Halsall of Halsall Esq. (page 143, Note, and Visit. Lanc. anno 1613, c. 5, 50 b. in Coll. Arm.) He is described in a deposition preliminary to a divorce of his daughter and her affianced husband, "Cuthbert Halsall, alias Norris," and afterwards "Cuthbert Halsall, whose mother was Jenet Scarisbricke." He was, however, adopted by his father's family, nor is it improbable that his parents were afterwards married, as this son succeeded to the ancient patrimonial inheritance. His grandmother Ann, widow of Henry Halsall Esq. and daughter of Sir William Molyneux of Sefton Knt. and of his second wife Elizabeth, coheiress of Cuthbert Clifton Esq., made her Will 14th June 1587, and bequeathed her body to be buried in the chancel of the Parish Church of Halsall as near to the place where her husband was buried (in 1574) as might be, and that such expenses should be bestowed about her burial as she should declare to her executors and as should stand with her rank and degree. She gave to her Right Hon. and very good Lord Henry Earl of Derby the best oxe she should happen to have at her decease, and to Mrs. Anne Stanley, daughter of the said Earl, to whom she was god-mother, one tablet of gold weighing v'li by estimation. She bequeathed to her cousin Sir Richard Molyneux, to her servant Mr. Edward Halsall, to
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• each of her four cousins Edward Standishe, Richard Molyneux of Cunscough Esq., John Molyneux, Thomas Woodfall, and to her sister Jane, wife of James Booth of Hollin Green, a fat oxe ; to Richard, son of Gilbert Halsall, xl's ; and all the rest of her estate, real and personal, to Cuthbert Halsall when of the age of 21, without mentioning his affinity or the nature of his consanguinity either to her or to her deceased husband. She appointed Edward Norris Esq. and Richard Duddyll her executors and trustees, and required them to render an account of their trust to Henry Earl of Derby and to the said Cuthbert Halsall when he attained his majority, and she desired the Earl to be the supervisor of her Will, which was proved at Chester July 10th 1587. The testatrix was the sister and co-heiress of her only uterine brother Thomas, eldest son of Sir William Molyneux by his second wife, the said Thomas having no issue by Cicely, daughter of Alexander Osbaldeston of Osbaldeston Esq., the sister in half blood of John Osbaldeston Esq. who married Dame Jane Halsall (see page 120, Note), and the Cliftons by frequent intermarriages were very near of kin to her ; but it would not be edifying, and it is unnecessary to attempt to unravel these startling family intricacies. "Yong Mr. Halsall," who seems at this time to have been betrothed to his future wife, married "Mrs. Dorothy," natural daughter of Henry Earl of Derby, by whom he had issue two daughters, his coheiresses, viz. Ann and Bridget. The former married her kinsman Thomas Clifton of Clifton and Weetby, and the latter was contracted in her minority to Thomas Halsall of Bickerstaff, nephew of Richard Halsall of Melling, a collateral branch of her father's family (see page 119, Note); but owing to the intrigues and interdiction of her mother Dame Dorothy Halsall, who was a lady of a petulant and vivid temperament and well disposed to proscribe all dispensations and indulgences on the score of consanguinity, the original marriage contract was cancelled, the marriage not consummated, and a divorce sued for and obtained in the Consistory Court of Chester, much to the mortification at least of the juvenile bridegroom elect, as he lugubriously stated in his deposition. The lady was afterwards the wife of Thomas, son of Sir Thomas Crompton LL.D. Chancellor of London. Her husband died in 1641, aet. 72. Cuthbert Halsall was knighted in 1604, and was Sheriff of Lancashire in 1601 and 1612. He impaled the arms of Griffith, Harington, Stanley, and Nevile ; over all a bend sinister. Gregson states, with much inaccuracy, that "in all pedigrees of this family not a second son is named, except he inherited his brother's estate." In the Lanc. Visit. of 1567 and 1665 there are several younger sons recorded, but none in that of 1613. ______________
• Margaret Stanley1
• F, #32575, b. circa 1460
• Father James Stanley, Archdeacon of Chester2,1 b. c 1441, d. b Jul 1485
• Margaret Stanley married Sir John Ireland, son of William Ireland and Eleanor Molyneux.3,1 Margaret Stanley was born illegitimate circa 1460 at Somersham manor, England; Her 2nd husband was Sir Henry Halsall.3,2
• Family Sir John Ireland d. 29 Jul 1525
• Child
  • Thomas Ireland+ b. c 1481
• Citations
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 27.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 91.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 680.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1085.htm#... ____________________

'Townships: Halsall', in A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 3, ed. William Farrer and J Brownbill (London, 1907), pp. 191-197. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp191-197 [accessed 1 April 2019].

Hugh's father Richard had been married at the end of 1448 to Grace daughter of Sir John Tempest. (fn. 39) Of Hugh himself nothing seems known; he was still lord of Halsall in 1483. (fn. 40) His son (fn. 41) Henry, who was made a knight by Lord Strange in Scotland in the autumn of 1497, (fn. 42) married Margaret Stanley, daughter of James Stanley, clerk. (fn. 43) Sir Henry died in June, 1522. At the inquisition taken after his death it was found he had held the manors of Halsall, Renacres, Lydiate, and Barton, and lands in Scarisbrick and elsewhere; also the manors of Downholland and Westleigh. (fn. 44) These had been assigned to trustees to perform his will, made in 1518. (fn. 45) The manor of Halsall was held of Thomas Butler by the twentieth part of a knight's fee; the manor of Renacres of the prior of St. John by the free rent of 12d. yearly, being worth 40s. clear; the manor of Barton of the heirs of Peter Holland by the service of 6d. yearly, its clear value being 40s.; the premises of Downholland were held of the same. (fn. 46)

Of his sons, Thomas the eldest succeeded him; he was knighted in 1533 at the coronation of Anne Boleyn. (fn. 47) His wife was Jane Stanley, daughter and coheir of John Stanley, son and heir of John Stanley of Weaver. (fn. 48) ...

References

• The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, Volume 4 Edward Baines J. Heywood, 1891 - . “Banastre of Banke.” Page 133. GoogleBooks