Richard HARDY

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He is referred to as Richard Hardy of "Hounslow Beacon" in the 1665 Visitations of Yorkshire, written 28 Aug 1665 by the College of Arms in London who maintain genealogy records of all families of nobility. The book was in a volume printed in 1724.

Hounslow is a Borough of London, in the western part of the city, in the historic county of Middlesex, and the principal town is Hounslow. In Richard's time the town was an important staging post on the Bath Road, and later developed a reputation as the haunt of highwaymen and footpads.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounslow#History

The area in the town that may have been called Beacon likely has been taken over for Heathrow Airport as there is a Beacon Road next to the airport.

Hounslow Heath is a 200 acre nature reserve in the London Borough of Hounslow and shows what the area would have looked like during Richard's time before he left for Virginia.

Richard married Alice WILSON Abt 1583, Yorkshire, England. Alice (daughter of Robert WILSON) was born 21 Jan 1586/87, Shillington, Bedfordshire, England; died , Isle of Wight, VA. [Group Sheet]

1. Richard HARDY
2. Thomas HARDY was born 1605.
3. Alice Elizabeth HARDY was born 1608.
4. George HARDY was born 1610; died 1654.
5. Mary HARDY was born 1612.
6. John HARDY was born 1613, England; died 7 Oct 1676, Isle of Wight, VA; was buried , Isle of Wight Co., VA.

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Sir Michael Hardy, son of John and Mary Stanley, married Alison De Shelton (b 1532), daughter of Matheu Deshelton, at Hunslow Beacon, Bedford County, England in 1565.
Source: Our Hardy Heritage, by Betty Barnes Couch. Page 64.

However this information from the above source may not be accurate.

One Hardy researcher reported the 1665 Visitations of Yorkshire does not give the name of John's parents, on "blank Hardy, sometime Lord Mayor of London." This person spent 55 years researching the Hardy family in the original records both in Isle of Wight and in Bedforshire and Yorkshire. He sent me a copy of the record as written 28 Aug 1665 by the College of Arms in London who maintain genealogy records of all families of nobility. The book was in a volume printed in 1724.

Michael married Allison (Alice) SKELTON 14 Oct 1565, Setterington, Yorkshire, England. Allison (daughter of DE SKELTON) was born Abt 1532. [Group Sheet]

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It has been given as Shelton through a transcription error. One Hardy researcher reported the 1665 Visitations of Yorkshire listed the name of the wife of Michael Hardy as Alison Skelton, not Shelton. This person spent 55 years researching the Hardy family in the original records both in Isle of Wight and in Bedforshire and Yorkshire. He sent me a copy of the record as written 28 Aug 1665 by the College of Arms in London who maintain genealogy records of all families of nobility. The book was in a volume printed in 1724. The document clearly shows her name as Skelton.

Also, this document does not give the name of Michael Hardy's parents other than "blank Hardy, sometime Lord Mayor of London."

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Was an Alderman of London 1524-1535. He married Mary Stanley, daughter of Lord George Stanley, Knight of the Garter and Knight of the Bath, and his wife, Baroness Joan Strange, of Knockyn. Sir John deHardy died 1543.
(Wurts. Vol 1--11, pp. 68, 121,231;Vol.III, pp.389--395;Vol
VIII, p.2859.)

He was descended from Sir John deHardy of Bedfordshire and Lady Margaret, d/o Michael de la Pole, a younger s/o the Earl of Suffolk. Sir John, Lord Mayor, m. Lady Mary deStanley, whose ancestry included lords, ladies, the Duke of Earl & of Westmoreland. Through their parentage on the distaff side, the Hardys could thus trace their lineage to King Edward. Sir John deHardy thus gave the future Hardys of this Union claim to royal blood, no matter how distant & diluted. ("Our Fathers' Fields" by James Everett Kibler, 1998

John married Lady Mary DE STANLEY. Mary (daughter of George DE STANLEY, Lord Strange and Baroness Joan LE STRANGE) was born 1511, Knockin, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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Alternate place of birth: Lathom, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England

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John married Margaret POLE. Margaret was born Abt 1483, Wetwang, East Riding, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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He was an English nobleman and heir apparent of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby, who predeceasing his father. George was the eldest son of Thomas Stanley and his first wife Eleanor, sister of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick. On his father's second marriage to Lady Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond he became stepbrother to her son, Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII.

He was married in 1482 to Joan le Strange, 9th Baroness Strange (c. 1460-1514), daughter of John le Strange, 8th Baron Strange (c. 1440-1477) and Jacquetta Woodville (daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg), thereby becoming 9th Baron Strange in the right of his wife and was summoned to Parliament in this role.

He was invested as a knight of the Order of the Bath in 1475 by King Edward IV. He held the offices of Constable of Pontefract Castle and Constable of Knaresborough Castle in 1485. He was present at the Battle of Bosworth Field, but was held captive by Richard III because of his father's actions. He held the office of Constable of Wicklow Castle in 1486 and became Chief Justice of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1486. In 1487 he took part in the Battle of Stoke Field. In the same year was invested with the Order of the Garter and was made a privy counsellor.

He died in Derby House, St Paul's Wharf, London over 4?5 December 1503, allegedly of poison following a banquet. His brother, Thomas became the second Earl of Derby.


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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58324860/George-Stanley

George married Baroness Joan LE STRANGE. Joan (daughter of John LE STRANGE and Jacquetta WOODVILLE) was born 1463, Knockin, Shropshire, England; died 20 Mar 1513/14, St John the Baptist Churchyard Hillingdon, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London, England . [Group Sheet]

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Through Joan, the Barony of Strange of Knockin passes into the Stanley family when she marries George Stanley. Joan inherits the title of 7th Baroness Lady Strange Strange of Knockin. Her husband George become the 9th Lord Strange of Knockin.

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103746312/Joan-Stanley