Four or more generations of descendants of Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435-1504) if they are properly linked:
1. Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435-1504)
- 2. Thomas Stanley (-1475)
- 2. George Stanley, 9th Lord Strange of Knockyn (1460-1503)
- 3. John Stanley (-1503)
- 3. Thomas Stanley, 2nd Earl of Derby (1485-1521)
- 4. Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509-1572)
- 5. Jane Stanley (-1569) ... (more)
- 5. Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby (1531-1593) ... (more)
- 5. Thomas Stanley (-) ... (more)
- 5. Margaret Stanley (-1586) ... (more)
- 5. Isabel Stanley (1533-1590) ... (more)
- 4. John Stanley (c1502-1503)
- 4. Anne Stanley (c1504-)
- 4. Margaret Stanley (c1505-aft1533)
- 4. Henry Stanley (-1528)
- 4. James Stanley (-)
- 4. George Stanley (-)
- 4. Thomas Stanley (c1515-)
- 4. Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby (1509-1572)
- 3. James Stanley (1486-1562)
- 3. George Stanley
- 3. Jane Stanley
- 3. Elizabeth Stanley
- 3. Margaret Stanley
- 2. Edward Stanley, 1st Lord Monteagle (1462-1524)
- 2. James Stanley (1465-1515)