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As Edward Stanley his son and heir was only eleven 

 or twelve years old at his father's death, 1 his wardship 

 fell to the king, who placed him in the household of 

 Cardinal Wolsey. 8 Of most of the Lancashire estates a 

 full account has been preserved for the first year of the 

 minority. 8 From these it appears that from Lanca- 

 shire the earl had a gross income of about 700, 

 which various allowances, fees, and charges reduced to 

 about 550. Apart from this there was the produce 

 of the lands devoted to the maintenance of the house- 

 hold. 4 



The young earl, brought up by Wolsey, and after 



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the latter's fall married to Dorothy Howard, daughter 

 of the duke of Norfolk, 5 appears to have gone with the 

 court. He was among the peers who asked the pope 

 to grant the king a divorce (1530) and he assisted as 

 cupbearer in the coronation of Anne Boleyn, being 

 then made knight of the Bath (1533). He was also 

 zealous in resisting the Northern risings under Aske 

 (I536-7), 6 and took a share of the plunder of the 

 monasteries, including Eynsham and Shefford in 

 Oxfordshire. 7 He assisted at the coronation of 

 Edward VI. In 1552 he was made lord-lieutenant 

 of Lancashire. 



