Baron Edmund de Stafford 
Edmund was born in Clifton Campville, Stafford, England. Edmund's father is Sir Nicholas Stafford and his mother was Alianore Clinton. His paternal grandparents were Sir Robert de Stafford and Alice Corbett; his maternal grandparents were Thomas de Clinton and Maud Bracebridge. He was an only child. He died on August 26th, 1308 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England. He was buried in Church of Friars, Stafford, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
1st Baron Stafford
Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord (Baron) Stafford, so created by writ of summons 6 Feb 1298/9 to Parliament; born 15 July 1273; married by 1298 Margaret, sister and ultimate coheir of Ralph Basset, (1st?) Lord (Baron) Basset (of Drayton), and died by 12 Aug 1308. [Burke's Peerage]
Note: I believe Margaret's brother was 2nd Baron Basset.
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BARONY OF STAFFORD (I)
EDMUND, BARON OF STAFFORD, son and heir; born 15 July 1273. On 20 August 1294 he had done homage and was to have his lands; on 4 July 1297 he was about to go beyond seas with the King. He was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1298, 1299, 1301, 1302 and 1308. From 6 February 1298/9 to 26 August 1307 he was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Edmundo Baroni de Staford, whereby he is held to have become LORD STAFFORD. In 1300 his seal was appended to the Barons' letter to the Pope. On 5 April 1305 he was summoned to treat upon the aid for knighting the King's eldest son, and on 18 January 1307/8 to attend the Coronation.
He married, in or before 1298, Margaret, daughter of Ralph and sister and in her issue coheir of Ralph (BASSET) 1st LORD BASSET (of Drayton), by Hawise. He died before 12 August 1308, and was buried in the church of the Friars Minors of Stafford. He left a will. His wife survived him, and married, 2ndly, Thomas DE PYPE. She died 17 March 1336/7, and was buried at Tysoe, co Warwick. [Complete Peerage XII/1:173, XIV:589, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Edmund de Stafford, who, having distinguished himself in the Scottish wars, was summoned to parliament as a Baron, by King Edward I, from 6 February, 1299, to 26 August, 1308, the year of his decease. He m. Margaret, dau., and at length heir of Ralph, Lord Basset, of Drayton, and had issue, Ralph, his successor; Richard, m. Maud, dau. and heir of Richard de Camville, of Clifton, and was styled "Sir Richard Stafford, of Clifton, Knt." His lordship d. in 1308, and was s. by his elder son, Ralph 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.]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1120 in Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England d.> 1166 in Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England
- b.1156 in Stafford Castle, Staffordshire, England d.<25 Aug 1214
- b.~ 1194 in Staffordshire (Stafford Castle) d.1237
- b.1124 in Staffordshire, England d.1177
- b.~ 1170 in Staffordshire, England d.1224
- b.1105/1130 in Staffordshire, England d. in Stone Priory, Staffordshire, England
- b.1220 in Staffordshire (Stafford Castle) d.<04 Jun 1261
- b.~ 1140 in Oakham, Rutlandshire, England d.31 Dec 1189 in Normandy, France
- b.ABT 1162/1172 in Ferrers, Derbyshire, England d.22 Sep 1247
- b.~ 1157 in Bramber, Sussex, England d.AFT 5 Feb 1227/1228 in England
- b.1198 in Staffordshire
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, , Merionethshire, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leek, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1174 in Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire, England d.02 Nov 1247 in Wallingford, Berkshire, England
- b.1155 in Chester, England d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreux, Eure, France
- b.~ 1246 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
- b.1116 in Wattlesborough, Shropshire, England d.~ 1165 in Caus, Shropshire, England
- b.1151 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England d.1222
- b.ABT 1182/1199 in Caus, Shropshire, England d.Sep 1274 in Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
- b.1136 in Wemme, Shropshire, England d.~ 1175
- b.1162 in Wem, Shropshire, England
- b.~ 1225 in Caus Castle, Westbury, Shropshire, England d.> 1253
- b.1135/1142
- b.~ 1165 in Caus, Shropshire, England d.~ 1207
- b.1139
- b.ABT 1191/1203 in Caus, Shropshire, England d. in Haberton, Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1169 in Caus, Shropshire, England d.~ 1220 in Caus, Shropshire, England
- b.15 Jul 1272/1273 in Clifton Campville, Stafford, England d.26 Aug 1308 in Clifton, Staffordshire, England
- b.1154 in Coleshill, Warwick, England d.1200
- b.1180/1190 in Warwick, England
- b.1158 in Amington, Warwickshire, England
- b.1206 in Warwick, England d.<12 Jan 1278
- b.1184 in Amington, Kent, England d.> 1206
- b.~ 1231 in Amington, Warwickshire, England d.< 1264
- b.~ 1160 in Baddesley, Warwickshire, England
- b.1182 in Baddesley, Warwickshire, England
- b.1210 in Baddesley, Warwickshire, England
- b.ABT 1185/1189 in Baddesley,Warwickshire,England
- b.~ 1250 in Stafford d.<01 Aug 1287
- b.~ 1148 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
- b.1178 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1153 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1208 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England
- b.~ 1234 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire, England d.> 1276
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They had a son named Ralph.
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Children
Earl Ralph de Stafford
Ralph was born in Tunbridge, Speldhurst, Kent, England. He died on August 31st, 1372 in Tunbridge Castle, Speldhurst, Kent, England . He was buried in Tunbridge, Speldhurst, Kent, England.
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