The Standish family is an ancient English

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family and one of the oldest Anglo-Norman noble lineages. This Norman-roots family has been settled in

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from the Conquest of England in 1066. The known history of the Standish family begins at the end of the twelfth century.

Lords of the Manor of Standish

The ancestors of the Standish family lived at Standish, a parish (St. Wilfrid) in the unions of

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and

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth ca ...

. According to the English historian John Whitaker, Standish, anciently ''Stanedich'', was one of the twelve considerable towns in the south of Lancashire. Of the castle of Standish (a former fortified castle erected by the

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), however, there are no remains, nor can its site even be ascertained. Furthermore, it is not known whether the Standish family's progenitors gave their name to the parish, or received it from the castle. Members of the Standish family, who were

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of Standish (

Standish Hall Standish Hall was an estate and country house, built in 1573, owned by the Standish family in the south-west of Standish, Wigan. No standing structures of the hall remain on the former estate, however, some of its wooden-panel interiors have ...

, a large brick mansion, long the

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of the Standish family) and custodians of the Standish estates in Lancashire, are listed below.

Other family members

Radulphus de Stanedis, of Duxbury Manor (a Lancashire

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at the beginning of the 13th century).Standish Family of Duxbury
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External links

''The House of Standish -The french connection'' on ''Myles Standish.info'' website

''Standish Papers'' on ''The National Archives'' website

References

{{Reflist Surnames Families of French ancestry Standish, Greater Manchester

Lords of the Manor of Standish

Other family members

See also

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