Sir Willam Stanley, Baronet, (1548—1630) son of Sir Rowland Stanley bt of Hooton (?-1612), was a member of the famous Stanley family. He married Anne Dutton, a bride of ten, but the marriage was dissolved in 1565. He served under his kinsman Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (c.1508-1572). A baronet (traditional abbreviation Bart, modern abbreviation Bt) is the holder of a title, similar to a knighthood except that it is hereditary, known as a baronetcy. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, occultist, and heretic, (burned at the stake) 1600 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch painter Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (d. ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... Numerous people, places and things are named Stanley or Stanly. ... Sir Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby KG KCB PC (c. ...

He was brought up a Roman Catholic. He had fought on the Spanish side in the Netherlands under the Duke of Alva from 1567 to 1570, and then served the English crown in Ireland. Throughout the period of his service in Ireland, he had fought with distinction, despite being a co-religionist of his antagonists. When in 1585 he was sent to the Netherlands, his loyalty to the crown was on the one hand apparently unquestioned, but on the other there had been rumours of links with Jesuit priests and connections with the Babington plot. With hindsight, therefore, it was a mistake to have put him in command of the recently acquired city of Deventer with an army of Irish Roman Catholics. Despite Leicester having defended his loyalty to the suspicious Dutch, Stanley betrayed the town to the Spanish, the day after Zutphen had similarly been betrayed by the English commander Rowland York (January 28). The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva. ... Events The Duke of Alva arrives in the Netherlands with Spanish forces to suppress unrest there. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England. ... Events January 12 - The Netherlands adopts the Gregorian calendar Beginning of the Eighth War of Religion in France (also known as the War of the Three Henrys) August 8 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the North West Passage. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ... The Babington Plot was the event which most directly led to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. ... Deventer is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands in the province of Overijssel on the east bank of the IJssel river. ... Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (also referred to as Lord Leycester such as at the Lord Leycester Hospital. ... Zutphen (old alternate spelling: Zutfen) is a municipality and a town in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands on the right bank of the IJssel at the influx of the Berkel, and a junction station 29 km by rail N.N.E. of Arnhem. ... January 28 is the 28th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Shortly after the event, Cardinal William Allen wrote a pamphlet defending Stanley's actions with a view to justifying the assassination of Elizabeth I as provided for in the bull Regnans in Excelsis. William Allen (1532 - October 16, 1594) was an English cardinal. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ... Regnans in Excelsis was a Papal bull issued on February 25, 1570 by Pope Pius V declaring Elizabeth I to be a heretic and releasing all her subjects from any allegiance. ...

Richard Barnfield dedicated his poem Cynthia (a long ode to Queen Elizabeth I) to Stanley in 1595. Richard Barnfield (1574-1627), English poet, was born at Norbury, Staffordshire, and baptized on June 13, 1574. ... Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland Queen of France, nominal title Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533–March 24, 1603) was Queen of England and Queen of Ireland from November 17, 1558 until her death. ...