Born: c1392.
Place of Birth: Elford, Staffordshire.
Died: 13 May 1463. Buried at St Peters Church, Elford, Staffordshire.
Parents: Sir John Stanley and Isabel Lathom.
Marriages: (1) Maud (Matilda) Arderne, daughter of Sir John Arderne. (2) Elizabeth Langton, Daughter of Sir Ralph Langton.
Children: (1) Rafe c1401, Anne 1420 and Sir John 1423. (2) Sir George 1435.
Occupation: King's Esquire, Sheriff of Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire.
Notes: In 1442 the poulation of Lichfield rose up against Thomas in riot.
The relationship to the Simmonds family is via the marriage of the Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby, c1509 to Margaret Barlow c1515. The Barlow family is linked to the Mouette family, via the marriage of Jean Samuel Mouette 1770 to Mary Barlow 1762. Elizabeth Rose Simmonds 1885, married Harry Ernest Mouette 1886.