General Notes

Note: Milicent de Stafford, who m. in the 5th Richard I, a Staffordshiregentleman of ancient family, named Hervey Bagot. This Hervey paying afine of 300 marks to the crown, had livery of his wife's inheritance, butin order to raise that sum, he was obliged to sell the lordship ofDrayton to the canons of St. Thomas, near Stafford. The son and heir ofthis Hervey and Milicent, assuming his maternal surname, inherited theestates as Hervey de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant,Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p.499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.]

Hervey Bagot later de Stafford (on acquiring the de Stafford inheritance through his wife; died by 12 May 1237). [Burke's Peerage]

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She [Milicent de Stafford] married, before 1193, Hervey BAGOT, who assumed the name of DE STAFFORD upon becoming seised of the barony. In 1166 he held 3 knights' fees of Robert de Stafford; in 1193-94. He offered 200 marks to have the barony of Robert de Stafford, which was the inheritance of his wife, Robert's sister, and in 1194, with the consent of his wife and his heirs, he granted Drayton to the canons of St. Thomas the Martyr of Stafford in return for 35 silver marks towards the sum due to the King. He died before 25 August 1214, leaving his wife surviving. She was dead in January 1224/5, and was buried with her husband at Stone. [Complete Peerage XII/1:170, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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Milicent de Stafford, who m. in the 5th Richard I, a Staffordshire gentleman of ancient family, named Hervey Bagot. This Hervey paying a fine of 300 marks to the crown, had livery of his wife's inheritance, but in order to raise that sum, he was obliged to sell the lordship of Drayton to the canons of St. Thomas, near Stafford. The son and heir of this Hervey and Milicent, assuming his maternal surname, inherited the estates as Hervey de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford, Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.]