Blanche Arderne

✓ Blanche, da. of Sir John Arderne of Aldford, knt.; wife of Sir William Stanley of Stanley, Storeton and Hooton (living 4 Hen. VI); mother of Elizabeth (m. 1425 Thomas Poole), Catherine (m. Ralph Arderne of Harden), William (m. Mary Savage of Clifton), Isabel and Margery. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. II, pp.229-230 'Stanley of Hooton and Storeton' (from Harl. MSS 1535 and 1173, the visitations and inquisitions; page images read 2 Nov 2026). [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 2 Nov 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.] ||2 Nov 2026|| Father identified (~) as John de Arderne of Aldford and Elford (d. 1407/8) by Catherine de Stafford of Clifton. Source: Ormerod, History of Cheshire (1819), vol. III, p.301 chart 'Arderne and Stanley of Aldford and Elford' (Elford monuments, Dugdale's Baronage, Cheshire pedigrees) and vol. II pp.38-39 'Arderne of Aldford, Alvanley and Harden', read 2 Nov 2026 (archive.org djvu text).