The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (1561 - 29 Sep 1642)
Politician and literary patron. There was dispute over his inheritance of the estate after the death of his father and then, soon after, his elder brother. After a complex and infamous lawsuit, his right to the properties, including the Isle of Mann, were finally settled in 1610 in the seventh year of the reign of James I. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/72296 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley,_6th_Earl_of_Derby Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) Derby, DerbyshireReferences in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)
Jac. 1. for assuring and
establish
ing the Isle of Man upon William
Earl of
Males of his Body.