Thomas Stansfeld of Stansfield Hall was the son and heir of John Stansfeld.
He held lands in Stansfield, Wadsworth, Heptonstall and Erringden, where he was Tenant in Chief.
He (possibly) married (1) Alice Savile.
Alice is given in the Stansfeld pedigrees, and secondary sources as the daughter of John Savile of Copley.Rev Watson has that Thomas Stansfeld married the daughter of John Savile, Esquire, but does not say which one, and does not mention it in his section on the Saviles of Copley.
While there is documentary evidence of close ties between the two families in this period, nothing has been found directly showing a marriage between Thomas Stansfeld and a Savile lady.
The kinship ties may stem solely from the marriage of Thomas Stansfeld's sister, Isabella, to Thomas Savile of Hullenedge
Children:
The Stansfeld of Stansfield Hall Pedigree has conflicting details of the family
He married (2) Isabella.
He died 1465.
His will [dated 20th November 1465, proved 24th January 1465], states
his body to be buried where God will. Best animal to the Vicar of Halifax as mortuary, 10s to the Chapel at Heptonstall. Residue to wife Isabella, executrix, his children et pueris meis ‡‡.Witnesses: Richard Stansfeld, Thomas Roberdsha and Laurence Bentlay
‡‡ The Latin phrase et pueris meis can be translated as and to/for my (male) servants.Wills are uncommon in the Stansfeld family and Thomas was the first to have written one. The distribution of Thomas's lands would have been arranged by him earlier, as was the family way. Thomas appears to have written the will out of concern for the provision for young children of his second marriage. The 10 shillings that he left to the Chapel of Heptonstall was an unusually large sum and even more so as it was not linked to any religious requests, such as burial in the church or the priest singing for his soul – chantry
The death of Thomas's father, John, may have been the
trigger for a series of raids on landowners in Calderdale, carried
out on the orders of Sir John Pilkington.
These raids commenced in 1461, in which year Thomas was the
first Stansfeld to have his property entered and cattle stolen.
Also in 1461, the lands of his sister, Isabella, widow of
Thomas Savile, were entered by Thomas Pilkington and
142 rams stolen
[Nat.Arch KB9/349/113/154/225]
| Documents relating to Thomas Stansfeld |
The following documents mention Thomas Stansfeld and members of his family
In 1451, the Park of Erringden was divided and let, and Thomas Stansfeld came to the court and took of the lord a fourth part of the said park as it lay between Birnedakirygate, (Burntacresgate) and Beamonde-cloughe; to hold to him, his heirs and assigns for ever, by service, according to the custom of the manor, paying yearly to the lord six pounds sterling at Michaelmass; and for a fine at entrance, eight pounds six shillings and eight pence.[Extract from Wakefield Manor Court Rolls, 1 October 1451, transcribed by the Rev John Watson in his History of Halifax, p.511].
The full document showing the others who participated, cane be found on the Erringden Park page
Commission of Oyer & Terminer held at Pontefract in September 1478.Indictment claiming that on 6 January 1461, on the orders of Sir John Pilkington, his brother Robert Pilkington stole 14 cows from Thomas Stansfeld's property at Wadsworth, and on 8 May 1461 he stole 2 oxen and 16 cows from Thomas Stansfeld's property at Hepton [in Heptonstall].
[The bill of complaint was delivered by Thomas's widow, Isabella, so the indictment names her as the owner]
[Nat.Arch KB9/349/53]
1457. Indenture of variance: between John Tounley, esq, and Gilbert Legh of Clifton, gent, they being agreed to fulfill ye ordinances awarded by us Ric. Worsley, Laurence Lyster, Thos. Stansfeld and Gilbert Banaster concerning a tenement called Bukclogh in Clevecher. (3 seals)[Lanc. Archives DDTO O 1/54]
See Land Seizures in Calderdale and Savile-Pilkington dispute
This & associated entries use material contributed by Joanne Backhouse
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