de Standish, Ralph (b. , d. ?)

Note: High sherriff of Lancashire, 1392

Note: Settled in the west part of Bradford, now Groveland, on the Nelson lot next
to the line of what is now West Newbury, Mass. This lot had been in his
wife's family.

Occupation: Place: Yeoman

Note: 1369 married Hugh Standish of Duxbury

Note: Lord of Standish

Note: Married Margaret Holcroft, daughter of Adam Holcroft.

Note: Living in the lifetime of Edward I (Edward Longshanks) who reigned 1272 to
1307. Jordan was grandfather to John de Standish, Lord of Standish.

Note: He levied a fine of lands in Shevington, Lancashire, which he inherited from
his mother Marjorie.

Note: co-heir with her cousin David to her father's estate.

Note: Heir of Jorwerth.

Note: Obtained from King John a charter of the town of Penulton, County Lancashire,
on October 10, 1199 in exchange for other lands which King John had given
him.

Note: Living in Lancashire in time of Henry II (1154-1189).

Note: Of Shevington and Coppull.

Source: (Birth Field)
European Ancestry of the Prescott Family in America, by Doris Cline Ward
Ward Publishing Company, 1977

Source: (Birth Field)
European Ancestry of the Prescott Family in America, by Doris Cline Ward
Ward Publishing Company, 1977

Note: Married Sir James Bradshagh of Haigh, 1432

Note: held the lands of Robert de Neville.

Note: Member of Parlaiment for Lancashire, 1347, Knight of the shire.

Note: Married and living 1339

Note: Killed by Indians. (*I question this)

Note: Known to be living in 1284

Note: Known to be living in 1254