The History of Lathom House

Records indicate the construction of the original house on the site in the 12th century as principal residence of the Lathom family. In the early 15th century the Lathom and Stanley families were joined by the marriage of Isabel de Lathom and Sir John Stanley, the younger son of Thomas the first Earl of Stanley, later to be made Earl of Derby following the battle of Bosworth in 1485. In 1496 the house was substantially remodelled into a substantial fortress by the Earl in preparation for a visit by his father-in-law King Henry VII.

Stanley, John Saunders, Shenstone etc