Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, KG was an English nobleman. He was the stepfather of Henry VII of England through his marriage to the King's mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort. He was the eldest son of
19th-century engraving of Stanley after a 16th-century portrait
Stained glass at Ordsall Hall, Salford, Lancashire, showing the arms of Stanley: 1st grand quarter: quarterly - 1&4: Stanley; 2: Lathom (erased); 3: de Warenne, Earl of Surrey; 2nd & 3rd grand quarters: King of Man; 4th grand quarter: quarterly - 1&4: Strange of Knockyn; 2: Woodville; 3: Mohun of Dunster Castle, Baron Mohun. All circumscribed by the Garter. Possibly the arms of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435–1504), KG
Finding Richard's circlet after the battle, Lord Stanley hands it to Henry.
Richard III of England
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Richard III was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485. He was the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty and its cadet branch, the House of York; the former had ruled England since 1
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby
…where his authority went almost unchallenged, Stanley managed to remain in favour with successive kings throughout the Wars of the Roses, including King Richard III of England, who took Stanley's son as a hostage. Thomas Stanley took the side of Henry Tudor at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. His estates included what is now…
The ruins of the twelfth-century castle at Middleham in Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, where Richard was raised
Contemporary illumination (Rous Roll, 1483) of Richard, his wife Anne Neville, and their son Edward
Imaginary depiction of Richard and his wife Anne by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890
Stained glass depiction of Richard and Anne Neville in Cardiff Castle