General Notes

Lord of Standish Manor 1296-1326; rendered due homage and service to the
Baron of Penwotham and he was also bound to do service at Penwortham Court,
a kind of magistrate's duty, which was required of him every three weeks;
was a judge at the trial of Robert de Clitheroe, Rector of Wigan Church, who
had been arraigned for treason against King Edward II; was also 'in
summons', that is to say duty bound to attend the Great Council of
Westminster and was held in high esteem there; in 1304 unsuccessfully
claimed the advowson of Wigan Church and prepared a pedigree of his family
stating that the advowson had been held by his ancestor, Radulphus de
Standish, whgo had provided rectors in the reign of Richard I (Lion Heart)
1189-1190; in 1310 received a plot a land in Wygan from William de Wyan.