Granted at Westminster. Grant by privy seal.

Original source is;

• Lyte, H.C. Maxwell (ed), 1907, Calendar of Patent Rolls (1405-8) p. 207 online copy

(In fact, the original source given is usually a transcription/translation of what are precious medieval documents not readily availably. It should be noted that these transcription/translations often date to the nineteenth or early twentieth centuries and that unwitting bias of transcribers may affect the translation. Care should also be taken to avoid giving modern meaning to the medieval use of certain stock words and terms. Licentia is best translated as 'freedom to' not 'permission'.)

Significant later sources are;

• Davis, Philip, 2010-11, 'Crenellated town houses in Medieval England' Castle Studies Group Journal Vol. 24 p. 270-91
  Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol. 1 (Cambridge) p. 263
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 251n36
  Stewart-Brown, R., 1909, 'The Tower of Liverpool' Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire Vol. 61 p. 41-82 esp. Transcription on p. 82 online copy
  Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 part 2 p. 421 online copy

Stanley, Sir John (c.1350–1414)

Biographical source include;

• Michael J. Bennett, 2004, ‘Stanley, Sir John (c.1350–1414)’ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press) online copy (subscription may be needed)