These two young Normans, Adam&William both married wives of the Saxon family de Stoneley. ... This William seems to have conceived a liking for Stonleigh, before referred to, for he gave his Manor of Talk to his cousin Adam for Stoneley and half of Balterly and made Stoneley his family residence and seat, and as the old chroniclers tell us, in honor of his wife and the great antiquity of her family--of noble Saxon descent who flourished many years before the Conquest--he assumed the surname of Stoneley or Stanley. He became the immediate founder of the Stanleys, a race associated with the most stirring events in English history and which at the present day comprehends, in addition to the baronetcy enjoyed by the elder line of Stanley, many offshoots.54072

v2 p83 3. William de Audleigh, who lived in the reign of King John, and had from his cousin Sir Adam, son of Lydulph, the manor of Stanleigh, and half of Barterley, in Derbyshire, in exchange for Talk, in Staffordshire. The said William fixing his seat at Stanley, took the surname of Stanleigh, or Stanley, which was so denominated from its stoney soil.43240

Pg 134 Stanley: William de Alditheley ... received with her (Joan de Stoneley) as a dowry the manor of Thalk, in the same county. Afterwards he exchanged this estate with his cousin Adam for Stoneley and half of Balterley, and made Stoneley his family residence ... he assumed the surname Stanley55286