Sir Hugh De Stafford 
Sir Hugh was born about 1334 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. Sir Hugh's father was Ralph de Stafford and his mother was Margaret de Audley. His paternal grandparents were Edmund de Stafford and Margaret Bassett; his maternal grandparents were Hugh De Audley and Lady Margaret De Clare. He had two brothers and five sisters, named Ralph, Humphrey, Katherine, Elizabeth, Beatrix, Joan and Margaret. He had a half-sister named Margaret. He died on October 16th, 1386 in Isle of Rhodes, Greece.General Notes
HUGH DE STAFFORD, 3d Baron and 2d Earl of Stafford, served in the retinue of the Black Prince and was distinguished in all the wars of Edward III. (died 1386).
Hugh Stafford, second Earl of Stafford, was b. in 1342, m. Philippa de Beauchamp, dau. of Thomas de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, who d. in 1369. He was created Baron in 1371. He was the son of Ralph Stafford, first Earl of Stafford. He accompanied the Prince of Wales to Aquitaine, 1363, followed him in his Spanish expedition. On the death of his father and his elder brother, he succeeded as second Earl of Stafford. He was present at and assisted in the coronation of Richard II on July 16, 1377. He was afterward appointed member of the committee of lords to advise the Commons. In 1379 he was appointed to examine the public finances and in 1380 to regulate the royal household. He d. Sept. 26, 1386, on his way homeward from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
CHILDREN OF HUGH STAFFORD, second Earl, son of Ralph Stafford, first Earl. I.--Ralph, was a great favorite with the King and Queen whose companion he had been from boyhood. In 1385 he marched, with his father, northward with the King's army. While the army was near York, he was slain by Sir John Holland. II.--Thomas, succeeded his father as third Earl of Stafford, and d. in 1392. III.--William, succeeded his brother Thomas, a fourth Earl and d. in 1395. IV.--Edmund, succeeded his brother William as fifth Earl of Stafford. He was killed at the battle of Shrewsbury, July 21, 1403, fighting on the King's side. V.--Margaret, m. Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland. VI.--Catharine, married Michael de Pole, third Earl of Suffolk. VII.--Joan, m. after her father's death, Thomas Holland, Duke of Surrey. Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devonshire, son of Ralph Stafford, first Earl Stafford was sheriff of Somerset and Dorset and Kinsman of Humphrey, first Duke of Buckingham. He m. Elizabeth Dunham, the heiress of the Dunhams of Hook, near Beaminster, Dorset, who had as her first husband, Sir John Mattravers
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1175 d.1237
- b.~ 1215
- b.~ 1152
- b.~ 1243 d.1293
- b.~ 1185 d.1273
- b.~ 1215
- b.~ 1190
- b.17 Jul 1273 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.12 Aug 1308 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1218
- b.~ 1248
- b.24 Sep 1301 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1189 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d.~ 1254 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.1215 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Slain at Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1194 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England d. in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1242 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England d.31 Dec 1299 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England
- b.~ 1201 in Dudley, Warwick, England d.26 Aug 1273 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1229 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.18 Jun 1293
- b.~ 1206 in Castle Arundel, Sussex, England d.< 1254
- b.~ 1283 in Drayton Basset, Stafford, England d.17 MAR 1335/36 in Bur Tysoe, Warwick, England
- b.~ 1171 in Codner, Derbyshire, England d.1219 in Thurrock, Essex, England
- b.~ 1205 in Shireland, Derbyshire, England d.18 MAR 1265/66
- b.~ 1168 in Hoo, Kent, England d.18 Jun 1246
- b.~ 1239 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1211 in Tideswell, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1334 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England d.16 Oct 1386 in Isle of Rhodes, Greece
- b.1175 in Heileigh, Staffordshire, England d.19 Nov 1246 in Mainwaring, Bersted, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1222 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England d.11 Jun 1276 in Ireland
- b.~ 1197 in Warmingham, Cheshire, England d.> 1249
- b.1267 in Audley, Staffordshire, England d.12 Apr 1326
- b.~ 1210 in Salisbury Castle, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.8 FEB 1249/50
- b.~ 1228 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire d.<Nov 1299
- b.~ 1209 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England d.1 JAN 1250/51
- b.1289 in Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, England d.10 Nov 1347 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1231 in Wigmore, England d.~Oct 1282 in Kingsland, England
- b.~ 1252 in Wigmore, England d.17 Jul 1304 in Wigmore, England
- b.~ 1225 in Wigmore, England d.23 MAR 1299/00 in England
- b.~ 1275 in Wigmore, England d.1338
- b.~ 1245 in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England d.11 Jul 1302 in Battle of Courtrain, Mynn, France
- b.~ 1270 in Wigmore, England d.7 FEB 1332/33
- b.1245 in Courtrain, Mayenne, France d.1302 in Loupland, Maine, France
- b.1325 in Tonbridge, Stafford, England d.16 Sep 1345
- b.1182 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d.25 Oct 1230 in Penrose, Brittany, France
- b.04 Aug 1222 in Gloucestershire, England d.15 Jul 1262 in poisoned near Ashenfield Manor, Waltham, Kent, England
- b.09 Oct 1200 in Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, England d.17 JAN 1238/39 in Berkhampstead, Hereford Co., Engalnd
- b.02 Sep 1243 in Christchurch, Hampshire, England d.07 Dec 1295
- b.1192 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England d.22 Jul 1262 in Stanlaw, Chester, England
- b.~ 1223 in Lincolnshire, England d.10 MAR 1287/88
- b.1208 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
- b.Oct 1292 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England d.09 Apr 1342 in France
- b.01 Oct 1207 in Winchester, England d.16 Nov 1272 in London, England
- b.17 Jun 1239 in Westminster Palace, London, England d.07 Jul 1307 in Burgh-on-the Sands, Cumberland, England
- b.1217 in Provence, France d.24 Jun 1291 in Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
- b.1272 in D'Acres, Palestine d.26 Apr 1307 in Clare, Suffolk, England
- b.05 Aug 1201 in Läeon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Sevilla, Spain
- b.1244 in Castile, Spain d.28 Nov 1290 in Herdeby, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1216 in Dammartin, Seine-Et-Marne, France d.15 MAR 1278/79
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They had three sons and four daughters, named Sir Thomas, Sir William, Edmund, Ralph, Lady Margaret, Katherine and Joan.
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Children
Lady Margaret de Stafford
Lady Margaret was born about 1365 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. She died on June 9th, 1396 in Raby Castle, Durham, England.
Sir Thomas De Stafford
Sir Thomas was born about 1368 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He died in 1392.
Edmund de Stafford
Edmund was born in Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He died on July 21st, 1403 in Battle of Shrewsbury, fighting on the King's side..
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