Edmund de Stafford 1st Baron de Stafford 
Edmund was born on July 15th, 1273 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England. Edmund's father was Nicholas de Stafford Sir and his mother was Alionore de Langley. He was an only child. He died before August 12th, 1308 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England. He was buried in Church of Friars, Stafford, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord (Baron) Stafford, so created by writ ofsummons 6 Feb 1298/9 to Parliament; born 15 July 1273; married by 1298Margaret, sister and ultimate coheir of Ralph Basset, (1st?) Lord (Baron)Basset (of Drayton), and died by 12 Aug 1308. [Burke's Peerage]
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Edmund de Stafford, who, having distinguished himself in the Scottishwars, was summoned to parliament as a Baron, by King Edward I, from 6February, 1299, to 26 August, 1308, the year of his decease. He m.Margaret, dau., and at length heir of Ralph, Lord Basset, of Drayton, andhad issue, Ralph, his successor; Richard, m. Maud, dau. and heir ofRichard de Camville, of Clifton, and was styled "Sir Richard Stafford, ofClifton, Knt." His lordship d. in 1308, and was s. by his elder son,Ralph de Stafford. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, andExtinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 499, Stafford,Barons Stafford, Earls of Stafford, &c.]
Edmund and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony before 1298. They had two sons and two daughters, named Ralph, Ralph, Catherine and Catherine.
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Children
Sir Ralph de Stafford 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph was born on September 24th, 1299 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He died at the age of 72 on August 31st, 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He was buried in Tonbridge Priory, Kent, England.
Ralph de Stafford 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph was born on September 24th, 1299 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He died at the age of 72 on August 31st, 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England.
Catherine de Stafford
Catherine was born about 1300 in Marston, Staffordshire, England. She died in 1366.
Catherine de Stafford
Catherine was born about 1300 in Marston, Staffordshire, England. She died in 1366.
Sources/Citations
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999} @ 2680, Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999} @ 136-5, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke { @ 27, 499
Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition, Charles Mosley {1999} @ 2680, Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Sheppard Jr, 5th Ed {1999} @ 136-5, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke { @ 27, 499
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