Hugh de Stafford 
Hugh's father was Sir Ralph de Stafford 1st Earl of Stafford and his mother was Margaret de Audley. His paternal grandparents were Edmund de Stafford 1st Baron de Stafford and Margaret Basset. He had three sisters named Elizabeth, Beatrice and Joan. He had two half-sisters named Margaret and Joan. He died on October 16th, 1386 in Rhodes. He was buried in Stone, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
2nd Earl of Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley. On his mother's death in 1348 he succeeded as lord Audley. In 1359 he joined the Prince of Wales in Aquitaine and served there for several years. He was summoned to Parliament on January 8, 1370/71, as Hugh de Stafford; from October 6, 1372 as Hugh, Earl of Stafford. He was made Knight of the Garter between November 11, 1375, and April, 1376. After April 30, 1376, he was appointed one of the earls to consult with the Commons, and one of the Kings "Continual Councillors." In 1378 he was rebuked for arrogant language towards the Commons by John Philpot. On August 11, 1378, he slew Robert Hawksley in the quire of Westminster Abbey. On March 27, 1386, he was licensed to voyage overseas to Jerusalem and died on the trip.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1246 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.01 Aug 1278 in Seige of Droslan Castle
- b.15 Jul 1273 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England d.<12 Aug 1308 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1250 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England d.> 1274
- b.24 Sep 1299 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.31 Aug 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1189 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England d.04 Aug 1265
- b.1215 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Slain at Battle of Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.< 1244 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d.31 Dec 1299 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1190 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.<26 Aug 1273 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1225 in Dudley, Warwickshire, England d.>18 Jun 1293 in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1193 in Barrow on Soar, Leicesershire, England d.< 1254 in Dudley Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1275 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d.BEF 17 Mar 1336/1337
- b.~ 1161 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England d.1224 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1200 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England d.18 Mar 1265/1266 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1182 in Thurrock, Essex, England d.<18 Jun 1246 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1255 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England d.1343
- b.~ 1220 in London, Middlesex, England d.1256 in Leyham, England
- b.in or bef 1342 d.16 Oct 1386 in Rhodes
- b.~ 1324 d.16 Sep 1348
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Hugh were married in a religious ceremony.
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