William De Stanley 
William was born in 1144 in Hooton, Cheshire, England.1 William's father was William De Stanley. His paternal grandparents were William De Aldithley and Joan De Stanley. He was an only child. He died about 1194.1 General Notes
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Wiliam de Alditheley married Joan, daughter of Thomas de Stoneley, a kinsman of Sir Henry, and received with her as a dowry the manor of Thalk, in the same county. Afterwards he exchanged this estate with his cousin Adam for Stoneley and half of Balterly, and made Stoneley his family residence; and in honor of his lady, and the great antiquity of her family, of noble Saxon descent, who flourished many years before the conquest, he assumed the surname of Stanley, and became the recognized founder of the Stanley family. This was in the reign of Henry I, A.D. 1100-1135.
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