1. ADAM¹ STANLEY has an unknown birthdate. ^[6]
Accompanied William the Conqueror.^[6]
Child:

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ADAM2 STANLEY.

2. ADAM² STANLEY (Adam¹), son of (1) Adam¹ STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. ^[3]
Child:

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WILLIAM3 STANLEY.

3. WILLIAM³ STANLEY (Adam², Adam¹), son of (2) Adam² STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. ^[6]
Child:

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WILLIAM4 STANLEY.

4. WILLIAM⁴ STANLEY (William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (3) William³ STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. ^[6]
Child:

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WILLIAM5 STANLEY.

5. WILLIAM⁵ STANLEY (William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (4) William⁴ STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. ^[6]
Child:

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ADAM6 STANLEY.

6. ADAM⁶ STANLEY (William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (5) William⁵ STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. ^[6]
Child:

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SIR WILLIAM7 STANLEY, m. (DJ-2) JOAN BAMVILLE, daughter of (DJ-1) Sir Thomas and (AKT-3) Agnes (de STOURTON).

7. SIR WILLIAM⁷ STANLEY (Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (6) Adam⁶ STANLEY, has an unknown birthdate. He married (DJ-2) JOAN BAMVILLE, daughter of (DJ-1) Sir Thomas and (AKT-3) Agnes (de STOURTON). ^{[45, 6]}
granted Arms in 1316 by Edward I
Child:

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JOHN8 STANLEY of Stourton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, m. (TQ-2) MABELL HANSHETT, daughter of (TQ-1) Sir James.

8. JOHN⁸ STANLEY (William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Stourton, son of (7) Sir William⁷ and (DJ-2) Joan (BAMVILLE), was born between 1190 and 1346, and died between 1250 and 1456. He married (TQ-2) MABELL HANSHETT, daughter of (TQ-1) Sir James. ^{[6, 45]}
Child:

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SIR WILLIAM9 STANLEY of Stourton, d. in 1360; m. about 1357 of Timperley, Cheshire (AAW-2) ALICE DE MASCY of Timperley, b. about 1339[50], daughter of (AAW-1) Hugh DE MASCY.

9. SIR WILLIAM⁹ STANLEY (John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Stourton, son of (8) John⁸ and (TQ-2) Mabell (HANSHETT) STANLEY, was born between 1294 and 1346, and died in 1360^[9]. He married of Timperley, about 1357, (AAW-2) ALICE DE MASCY of Timperley, daughter of (AAW-1) Hugh DE MASCY, who was born about 1339^[50]. ^{[6, 30, 47]}
Lord of Stanley & Hooten
Children:

+	10	i.	WILLIAM10 STANLEY of Stourton, b. about 1360; d. in Feb. 1428; m. in 1404 (UW-3) MARGERY DE HOOTON of Hooton, Cheshire, b. about 1364[50], daughter of (UW-2) William and (YJ-2) Margrett (LEFTWICH) DE HOOTON.
+	11	ii.	SIR JOHN STANLEY of Lathom, Lancashire, England, b. about 1362; d. on 6 Jan. 1413/4 in Ardee, Louth, Ireland; m. in 1385 (H-21) ISABELLE DE LATHAM of Lathom, d. on 26 Oct. 1414[8], daughter of (H-19) Sir Thomas and (APT-10) Joan (VENABLES).
	12	iii.	HENRY STANLEY, b. about 1364 in Storeton, Cheshire.
	13	iv.	MATILDA DE STANLEY, b. about 1358 in Storeton.

10. WILLIAM¹⁰ STANLEY (William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Stourton, son of (9) Sir William⁹ and (AAW-2) Alice (de MASCY), was born about 1360^[49], and died in Feb. 1428^[50]. He married in 1404, (UW-3) MARGERY DE HOOTON of Hooton, daughter of (UW-2) William and (YJ-2) Margrett (LEFTWICH) DE HOOTON, who was born about 1364^[50]. ^[49]
Children:

	14	i.	SON11 STANLEY, b. about 1407 in Stourton.
+	15	ii.	WILLIAM DE STANLEY of Hooton, b. about 1372 in Cheadle, Cheshire; d. after 1425 of Hooton; m. (BU-7) MARGARET (BLANCHE) ARDERNE, b. in Aldford, Cheshire about 1386, daughter of (BU-6) Peter and (GW-2) Cecily (BREDBURY) DE ARDERNE.

11. SIR JOHN¹⁰ STANLEY (William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Lathom, son of (9) Sir William⁹ and (AAW-2) Alice (de MASCY), was born about 1362^[40], and died on 6 Jan. 1413/4 in Ardee^[8]. He married in 1385, (H-21) ISABELLE DE LATHAM^[30] of Lathom, daughter of (H-19) Sir Thomas and (APT-10) Joan (VENABLES), who died on 26 Oct. 1414^[8]. ^{[8, 6, 30, 15, 39, 40, 46]}
K.G. 1355-1414. Knighted under Edward III and became a Court Favorite.
Appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.^[3]
Constable of Windsor Castle; Steward of the King's Household
(Descendants of Charlemagne, Lansing FHC)
Children:

+	16	i.	SIR JOHN11 STANLEY of Burbage, Lancaster, England, b. in 1386; d. in 1437; m. ISABEL HARINGTON.
+	17	ii.	THOMAS STANLEY of Elford, Staffordshire, England, d. on 13 May 1463; m. (1) before 1 May 1413 (BT-3) MAUD ARDERNE, b. on 2 July 1396[23], daughter of (BT-2) Sir John; m. (2) about 1424 in Elford, Staff, England ELIZABETH LANGTON.

15. WILLIAM¹¹ DE STANLEY (William¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Hooton, son of (10) William¹⁰ and (UW-3) Margery (de HOOTON) STANLEY, was born about 1372 in Cheadle^[50], and died between 1425 and 1491^[49]. He married (BU-7) MARGARET (BLANCHE) ARDERNE, daughter of (BU-6) Peter and (GW-2) Cecily (BREDBURY) DE ARDERNE, who was born about 1386 in Aldford. ^[49]
Children:

	18	i.	MARGERY DE12 STANLEY Of Hooton, b. about 1415.
	19	ii.	KATHERINE DE STANLEY Of Hooton, b. about 1402.
	20	iii.	ELIZABETH DE STANLEY, b. about 1406 in Hooton.
+	21	iv.	SIR WILLIAM STANLEY of Hooton, b. about 1385; d. in 1465; m. ALICIA HOUGHTON of Hooton, b. about 1387[50].

16. SIR JOHN¹¹ STANLEY (John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Burbage, son of (11) Sir John¹⁰ and (H-21) Isabelle (de LATHAM), was born in 1386, and died about 1437^[8]. He married ISABEL HARINGTON. ^{[15, 10, 19, 7, 31, 39, 48]}
Constable of Cornavon; Justice of Cheshire and Sheriff of Anglesey (R&E)
Knight^[3]
Child:

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THOMAS12 STANLEY, 1ST LORD STANLEY, b. in 1406 in Latham; d. on 11 Feb. 1458/9; m. (SE-2) JOAN GOUSHILL, d. after 1460, daughter of (SE-1) Sir Robert and (PW-17) Elizabeth (FITZ ALAN).

17. THOMAS¹¹ STANLEY (John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Elford, Staffordshire, son of (11) Sir John¹⁰ and (H-21) Isabelle (de LATHAM), was born between 1370 and 1399, and died on 13 May 1463^[23]. He married (1st) before 1 May 1413, (BT-3) MAUD ARDERNE^[23], daughter of (BT-2) Sir John, who was born on 2 July 1396^[23]. He married (2nd) in Elford, Staff, England, about 1424, ELIZABETH LANGTON. ^{[24, 44]}
Child of: Thomas¹¹ STANLEY and Maud ARDERNE:

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JOHN12 STANLEY of Elford, Staffordshire, b. before 1423; m. in 1428 CICELY ARDERNE.

Child of: Thomas¹¹ STANLEY and Elizabeth LANGTON:

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GEORGE12 STANLEY, b. about 1440; d. in 1508/9; m. in 1469 in Lichfield, Staff, England (AMS-9) ELEANOR SUTTON of Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, b. about 1439, daughter of (AMS-8) John VI, [baron Dudley] and (I-16) Elizabeth (BERKELEY).

21. SIR WILLIAM¹² STANLEY (William¹¹, William¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Hooton, son of (15) William¹¹ and (BU-7) Margaret (Blanche) (ARDERNE) DE STANLEY, was born about 1385^[50], and died in 1465^[50]. He married in Hooton, ALICIA HOUGHTON of Hooton, who was born about 1387^[50]. ^[41]
Children:

+	25	i.	ISABEL13 DE STANLEY of Hooton, b. about 1413; m. (APW-13) ROBERT LEGH of Adlington, Cheshire, d. in 1479[50], son of (APW-10) Robert and Maud (_____) LEGH.
	26	ii.	JANE STANLEY Of Hotton, Cheshire, b. about 1410.
	27	iii.	WILLIAM STANLEY Of Hooton, b. about 1433; d. on 3 March 1512.

22. THOMAS¹² STANLEY, 1ST LORD STANLEY (John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (16) Sir John¹¹ and Isabel (HARINGTON), was born in 1406 in Latham, and died on 11 Feb. 1458/9. He married (SE-2) JOAN GOUSHILL, daughter of (SE-1) Sir Robert and (PW-17) Elizabeth (FITZ ALAN), who died after 1460. ^{[11, 18, 32, 34, 16, 14, 7]}
knighted 1456; Lord Lieut. of Ireland for 6 years; 1456 summoned to Parliament
as Lord Stanley of Latham and Knowsley. Later he became Comptroller of the
household of Henry VI; installed as Knight of the Garter 14 Mar 1457. (R&E)
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 14301; Chamberlain of North Wales, Forester of
Macclesfield 1439; Justice of the County of Chester, Flintshire, and North
Wales 1448; and of Lancaster; Warden of Calais 1451; Member of Parliament
1455/56; knight of the Garter 1457. (R&E)^[3]
Children:

+	28	i.	a son STANLEY.
+	29	ii.	KATHERINE STANLEY, m. (AJL-15) SIR JOHN SAVAGE of Clifton, Cheshire, b. about 1422[12], d. on 22 Nov. 1495[12], son of (AJL-13) Sir John and Eleanor (BRERETON).

23. JOHN¹² STANLEY (Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Elford, Staffordshire, son of (17) Thomas¹¹ and (BT-3) Maud (ARDERNE) STANLEY, was born before 1423^[25], and died between 1435 and 1524. He married in 1428, CICELY ARDERNE^[25]. ^{[25, 43]}
Child:

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SIR JOHN13 STANLEY of Elford, Warwickshire, England, b. about 1446; d. on 22 Nov. 1508.

24. GEORGE¹² STANLEY (Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (17) Thomas¹¹ and Elizabeth (LANGTON) STANLEY, was born about 1440^[33], died in 1509^[33] and was buried in Lichfield, Staffordshire^[33]. He married in Lichfield, Staff, England, in 1469, (AMS-9) ELEANOR SUTTON of Dudley Castle, daughter of (AMS-8) John VI, [baron Dudley] and (I-16) Elizabeth (BERKELEY), who was born about 1439. ^[22]
Child:

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JOHN13 STANLEY, b. about 1470 in Lichfield, Staff, England; d. on 7 Oct. 1534 in Bromwich Hall, Staff, England; m. (QV-2) CECILY FREEBODY, b. in West Bromwich, Staff, England about 1474, d. on 6 May 1552, daughter of (QV-1) Richard and _____ , [freebody] FREEBODY.

25. ISABEL¹³ DE STANLEY (William¹², William¹¹, William¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Hooton, daughter of (21) Sir William¹² and Alicia (HOUGHTON), was born about 1413^[50], and died between 1452 and 1533. She married (APW-13) ROBERT LEGH of Adlington, son of (APW-10) Robert and Maud (_____) LEGH, who died in 1479^[50]. ^[41]
Children: See (APW-13) Robert LEGH
28. _____ STANLEY (Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (22) Thomas¹², 1st Lord Stanley and (SE-2) Joan (GOUSHILL), was born between 1420 and 1460, and died between 1434 and 1569. ^[7]
Child:

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a son STANLEY.

29. KATHERINE¹³ STANLEY (Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), daughter of (22) Thomas¹², 1st Lord Stanley and (SE-2) Joan (GOUSHILL), was born between 1420 and 1460, and died between 1434 and 1569. She married (AJL-15) SIR JOHN SAVAGE of Clifton, son of (AJL-13) Sir John and Eleanor (BRERETON), who was born about 1422^[12], and died on 22 Nov. 1495^[12]. ^{[13, 20, 28, 35, 37, 38]}
Children: See (AJL-15) Sir John SAVAGE
30. SIR JOHN¹³ STANLEY (John¹², Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Elford, Warwickshire, son of (23) John¹² and Cicely (ARDERNE) STANLEY, was born about 1446^[25], died on 22 Nov. 1508^[25] and was buried in Northenden, Cheshire^[25]. ^{[38, 25, 42]}
Child:

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ANNE14 STANLEY, m. (AJL-17) SIR CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE, d. in 1513[38], son of (AJL-15) Sir John and (29) Katherine13 (STANLEY).

31. JOHN¹³ STANLEY (George¹², Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (24) George¹² and (AMS-9) Eleanor (SUTTON) STANLEY, was born about 1470 in Lichfield, Staff, England, and died on 7 Oct. 1534 in Bromwich Hall, Staff, England. He married in West Bromwich, Warwick, Staffordshire, (QV-2) CECILY FREEBODY, daughter of (QV-1) Richard and _____ , [freebody] FREEBODY, who was born about 1474 in West Bromwich, Staff, England, and died on 6 May 1552. ^{[50, 33]}
Child:

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ELIZABETH14 STANLEY, b. about 1513 in West Bromwich, Staff, England; m. (YZ-5) ROBERT OR ROGER LITTLETON of Groveley, Worcestershire, England, chr., d. before 11 Jan. 1588/9[26], son of (YZ-4) John and (ANB-11) Elizabeth (TALBOT) LITTLETON.

32. _____ STANLEY (_____¹³, Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (28) _____ STANLEY, was born between 1473 and 1539, and died between 1532 and 1649. ^[7]
Child:

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PETER15 STANLEY of Ashford, Kent, England, b. about 1543; m. about 1571 of Ashford (ABB-2) JOANE MASTERTON of Ashford, b. about 1543, daughter of (ABB-1) Richard and Joane (BECHYNG) MASTERTON.

33. ANNE¹⁴ STANLEY (John¹³, John¹², Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), daughter of (30) Sir John¹³, was born between 1450 and 1509, and died between 1464 and 1618. She married (AJL-17) SIR CHRISTOPHER SAVAGE, son of (AJL-15) Sir John and (29) Katherine¹³ (STANLEY), who died in 1513^[38]. ^{[38, 29]}
Child: See (AJL-17) Sir Christopher SAVAGE
34. ELIZABETH¹⁴ STANLEY (John¹³, George¹², Thomas¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), daughter of (31) John¹³ and (QV-2) Cecily (FREEBODY) STANLEY, was born about 1513 in West Bromwich, Staff, England, and died between 1527 and 1633. She married (YZ-5) ROBERT OR ROGER LITTLETON of Groveley, son of (YZ-4) John and (ANB-11) Elizabeth (TALBOT) LITTLETON, who died before 11 Jan. 1588/9^[26]. ^{[50, 27]}
Child: See (YZ-5) Robert or Roger LITTLETON

35. PETER¹⁵ STANLEY (_____¹⁴, _____¹³, Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Ashford, son of (32) _____ STANLEY, was born about 1543, and died between 1571 and 1663. He married of Ashford, about 1571, (ABB-2) JOANE MASTERTON of Ashford, daughter of (ABB-1) Richard and Joane (BECHYNG) MASTERTON, who was born about 1543. ^[7]
The Richardson - Ellsworth Genealogy provides no source information, and contains two generations of just "Stanley" prior to this point whereupon it connects to a royal line. This connection seems extremely suspect.

Furthermore, Douglas Richardson does not list the immigrant Mary Stanley as a descendant of Joan Goushill:
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=goushill+stanley+group:soc.genealogy.medieval+group:soc.genealogy.medieval&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=soc.genealogy.medieval&selm=5cf47a19.0307010921.b217798%40posting.google.com&rnum=1^[7]
Child:

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JOHN16 STANLEY, bp. on 9 March 1572 in Ashford; bur. on 10 Sept. 1619; m. on 1 June 1590 in Ashford SUSAN LANCOCK, b. in Ashford about 1474, d. about 1619.

36. JOHN¹⁶ STANLEY (Peter¹⁵, _____¹⁴, _____¹³, Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (35) Peter¹⁵ and (ABB-2) Joane (MASTERTON) STANLEY, was christened on 9 March 1572 in Ashford, and was buried on 10 Sept. 1619. He married in Ashford, on 1 June 1590, SUSAN LANCOCK, who was born about 1474 in Ashford, and died about 1619. ^{[7, 1]}
Child:

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THOMAS17 STANLEY, bp. on 20 Oct. 1597 in Ashford; d. on 30 June 1663 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, United States; m. on 3 Aug. 1630 in Ashford (AOR-3) BENIDICTA TRITTON, b. in Ashford on 1 Aug. 1609, d. in 1664/5, daughter of (AOR-2) Daniel and (RW-3) Alice (GOLDHATCH) TRITTON.

37. THOMAS¹⁷ STANLEY (John¹⁶, Peter¹⁵, _____¹⁴, _____¹³, Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹), son of (36) John¹⁶ and Susan (LANCOCK) STANLEY, was christened on 20 Oct. 1597 in Ashford, and died on 30 June 1663 in Hartford. He married in Ashford, on 3 Aug. 1630, (AOR-3) BENIDICTA TRITTON, daughter of (AOR-2) Daniel and (RW-3) Alice (GOLDHATCH) TRITTON, who was born on 1 Aug. 1609 in Ashford, was christened in 1609, and died in 1664/5. ^{[17, 2, 5, 21]}
Came from England in the ship Planter in 1635, removed to Hartford, Conn., on its settlement 1636 as one of its first planters.
(R&E): His name is on the Hartford Founder's Monument. Freeman 1635; Constable
1644, 1648, 1653; juryman; member of the General Court of Lynn, Mass. 1635.
Child:

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MARY18 STANLEY of Ashford, bp. on 2 Feb. 1633/4; d. on 13 Sept. 1688 in Windsor, Hartford Co.; m. in 1650 (AHA-5) JOHN PORTER, chr. in Felsted, Essex, England on 26 May 1632, d. in Windsor on 2 Aug. 1688[21], son of (AHA-4) John and (ARZ-14) Anna (WHITE) PORTER.

38. MARY¹⁸ STANLEY (Thomas¹⁷, John¹⁶, Peter¹⁵, _____¹⁴, _____¹³, Thomas¹², John¹¹, John¹⁰, William⁹, John⁸, William⁷, Adam⁶, William⁵, William⁴, William³, Adam², Adam¹) of Ashford, daughter of (37) Thomas¹⁷ and (AOR-3) Benidicta (TRITTON) STANLEY, was christened on 2 Feb. 1633/4, and died on 13 Sept. 1688 in Windsor^[21]. She married in 1650, (AHA-5) JOHN PORTER^[21], son of (AHA-4) John and (ARZ-14) Anna (WHITE) PORTER, who was christened on 26 May 1632 in Felsted, and died on 2 Aug. 1688 in Windsor^[21]. ^{[4, 21, 36]}
Child: See (AHA-5) John PORTER