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ROBERTUS DE STAFFORD b. ca 1230 Drayton, Staffordshire m. Alicia de Corbett, daughter of Thome de Corbett. Issue:
NICHOLAS DE STAFFORD, Baron, b. Drayton, Staffordshire. Issue:
EDMUND DE STAFFORD, Baron, b. Staffordshire, d. 1308 m. Margaret Basset, daughter of Ralph Basset, second Baron Basset. Issue:
RALPH STAFFORD, Lord, b. 1229, d. 1272, who was one of the most distinguished of King Edward's Commanders at Crecy.
SIR RICHARD DE STAFFORD, Earl of Stafford, b. ca 1300 Drayton, Staffordshire m. (1) Isabel, daughter of Sir Richard de Vernon of Haddon (2) Matilda de Camville. From 1351-1362 he was Seneschal of Gascony. Issue by first wife:
1. Edmund de Stafford, Bishop of Exeter, b. 1344, summoned to Parliament as Baron Stafford of Clifton in 1371. In 1369 he was collated to the prebend of Ulveton or Ulfton at Lichfield, and in 1377 to that of Weeford. Before 1389 he was made keeper of the privy seal. June 20, 1389 he was consecrated by Archbishop Courtenay at Lambeth. In 1396 he was appointed Lord Chancellor, which office he held until the abdication of King Ricard II in 1399. He died at Clyst 9/3/1419, aged 75, buried in his Cathedral on the northside of the lady-chapel.
ELIZABETH DE STAFFORD, b. Drayton, Staffordshire.
MARGARET DE STAFFORD, b. Drayton, Staffordshire.
JACOBUS DE STAFFORD b. Drayton, Staffordshire.
RALPH DE STAFFORD, Earl of Stafford, b. 1299 Drayton, d. 8/31/1372 at Castle Tunbridge, Kent, m. (1) Catherine Hastings (2) 7/6/1335 Margaret de Audley, daughter of Hugh de Audley, Earl of Glucester, and his wife, Margaret de Clare. Ralph was nine years old at the time of his father's death. Knight-banneret 1/20/1327. In 1330 he joined with William lord Montacute (1301-1344) to maintain the quarrel of the lords against Roger de Mortimer, fourth earl of March (1287-1330). In 1332 he was appointed one of the guardians of peace for Staffordshire. Was summoned to Parliament and in 1337 was made steward of the king's household and privy councillor. From 1338 to 1340 he served with the king of Flanders. He was at the siege of Vannes and upon advancing too eagerly, was taken prisoner. However, he was exchanged for Olivier de Clisson and was one of the English lords who assisted in the truce at Malestroit in Jan. of 1343. In May he was sent on an embassy to Clement VI regarding the peace. In 1351 he was made earl of Stafford by the king.
In 1348 Ralph de Stafford was one of the original knights of the order of the Garter. His brilliant career on various war campaigns for the king and peace negotiations abroad brought him fame and fortune. He was praised for his valour and daring spirit. He was a benefactor to the priory of Stone in Staffordshire, founded by his ancestor, Robert de Stafford during the reign of King Henry I.
Issue by first wife:
1. Jane Stafford m. Sir Nicholas Deke (Beck).
Issue by second wife:
2. Ralph de Stafford b. Staffordshire, England, d. bef 1352, Staffordshire.
3. Joan de StafEord b. 1336 Bramshall, Staffordshire, England m. 1360 John de Cherleton, Baron, at Shropshire, England.
4. Lady Beatrice de Stafford b. 1338 Bramshall, Staffordshire, England m. Thomas de Ros, Lord of Hamlake.
5. Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Knight of the Carter, was b. ca 1342 Staffordshire, England d. 4/1386 Rhodes, bur. at Yarmouth, Stone Priory, England m. 1365 Phillippa de Beauchamp, daughter or Thomas de Denuchamp, earlof Warwick (d. 1369), at Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England. She predeceased her husband by her he had four sons---Thomas, Earl of Stafford, d. 1392, William fourth Earl, d. 131)5t Edmund, fifth carl, Killed at Battle of Shrewsbury 7/21/1403. He Served with the Prince of Hnles at Aquitaine i, 1363-1366, aS Well as in the Spanish expedition, In 1371 he was summoned to Parliament as Baron de Stafford. I, 1373 he accompanied John of Gaunt in his invasion of France. In 1375 he participated in the campaign of the Duke of Drittany and the Earl of Cambridge in Brittany, and was made a Knight of the Garter. In 1381 he was appointed a commissioner for settling quarrels in the Scottish marches. He and his eldest son, Sir Ralph Stafford, one of the queen's attendants and a great favourite or her and the king, marched northward with the arncy in 1385. While the army was near York, Sir Ralph was slain by Sir John Holland, Duke of Excter and Earl of Nuntingdon. The earl demanded justice of the king, and Richard having promised that it should be done, he continued his service in the army. LWT of Hugh de Stafford dated 4/15/1356 Staffordshire, England.
Issue of Hugh de Stafford:
(a) Sir Ralph de Stafford.
(b) Thomas de Stafford, third Earl of Stafford, d. 1392.
(c) William de Stafford, fourth Harl of Stafford, d. 1395.
(d) Edmund de Stafford, fifth Earl of Stafford, killed in the battle of Shrewsbury 7/21/1403 righting on the king's Side. He m. a daughter. of Thomas Woodstock, Knight of Garter, Duke of Glouchester, sixth son of Edward III.
ISSUE OF EDMUND DE STAFFORD:
Humphrey Stafford, first duke of Buckingham. He was b. in 1402 d. 1460. He was only a year old at the time of his father's death in the battle of Shrewsbury, and was thus made earl of Stafford. Ire m. Anne Nevil, daughter of Sir Ralph Nevil. They had six sons ond six daughters. Humphrey served in France in 1420 and 1421 and was knighted by King Henry V. He became one of the king's more prominent members in council. He was Knight of Garter and in 1430 accompanied the king abroad, being made constable of France and governor of Paris. In Aug. of 1436 he was in a campaign in France. He m. (2) Anne, dan. of Ralph Neville, first earl of Westmorland. She d. 9/20/1480, surviving a second husband, William Blount, lord Mountjoy. By Anne Humphrey had seven sons, four of whom died young, and five daughters.
a. Humphrey Stafford, greatly hurt in the battle of St. Alans in 1455, died not long thereafter. He m. Margaret, daughter of Edmund DeauEort, Second duke of Somerset, grandson of John Gaunt Issue:Henry Stafford, Second Duke of Buckingham, b. ca 1454 d. 1483, d. in lifetime of his father.Because he was a minor at King Edward IV's accession to the throne, the king placed him under the care of his own sister, Anne, duchess of Exeter. Henry became second Duke of Buckingham upon the death of his grandfather, the first duke, in 1400; Margaret Stafford m. Ralph Nevil, first Earl of Westmoreland; Catherine Stafford m. Michael de la Pole, third earl of Suffolk; and Joan Stafford m. Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey.b. Henry Stafford m. bef 1464 Margaret Beaufort, daughter of John, first duke of Somerset, and mother of King Henry VIII by her first husband, Edmund Tudor, Earl of Richmond.
c. Anne Stafford m. (1) Aubrey de Vere, Earl of Oxford, who was executed with his father in 1462 (2) Sir Thomas Cobham of Sterborough (b. 1471) and d. 1472.
d. Joanna Stafford m. before 1461 William, viscount Beaumont, separating from him before 1477 and m. (2) Sir William Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk. She was alive in 1480.
e. Elizabeth Stafford.
f. Mlargaret Stafford.
g. Catherine Stafford m. bef 1467 to John Talbot, third earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1473). She d. 12/26/1476.
