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Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford 1301–1372 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Sep 1301

Birth Location: Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 31 Aug 1372

Death Location: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England

Father: Edmund Stafford

Mother: Margaret (Stafford)

Spouse(s): Margaret Baroness, Catherine (Stafford)

Children(s): Hugh STAFFORD, Katherine STAFFORD, Beatrice Ros), Jane STAFFORD, Margaret STAFFORD, Joan Beke), Elizabeth Cobham), Thomas STAFFORD

The story of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford began in 1301 in Staffordshire, England. Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford married Catherine De Hastang Stafford, Margaret De Audley Baroness, and had children including Beatrice De Stafford De Ros, Elizabeth De Stafford De Cobham, Hugh De Stafford, Jane Joan De Stafford, Joan Johanna De Stafford De Beke, Katherine De Stafford, Margaret De Stafford, Thomas De Stafford. Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford began in 1301 in Staffordshire, England.
  • Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford married Catherine De Hastang Stafford, Margaret De Audley Baroness, and had children including Beatrice De Stafford De Ros, Elizabeth De Stafford De Cobham, Hugh De Stafford, Jane Joan De Stafford, Joan Johanna De Stafford De Beke, Katherine De Stafford, Margaret De Stafford, Thomas De Stafford.
  • Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund Stafford
1272–1308
Birth Location: Clifton, Staffordshire, England
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Margaret (Stafford)
1280–1337
Birth Location: Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Baroness
1305–1347
Birth Location: Stafford Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
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Catherine (Stafford)
1300–1335
Birth Location: Chebsey, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
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Children(s)

Hugh STAFFORD
1342–1388
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
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Katherine STAFFORD
1338–1361
Birth Location: Tonbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
KS
Beatrice Ros)
1340–1415
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
BR
Jane STAFFORD
1340–1397
Birth Location: Tunbridge Castle, Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
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Margaret STAFFORD
1344–
Birth Location: –
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Joan Beke)
1328–1379
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
JB
Elizabeth Cobham)
1339–1376
Birth Location: Stafford Castle, Staffordshire, England
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Thomas STAFFORD
1347–
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, , England
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Earl Stafford's Ancestors

Self
Earl Stafford
1301–1372
Birth Place: Staffordshire, England
Parents
Edmund de STAFFORD 1st Baron Stafford
1272–1308
Clifton, Staffordshire, England
Margaret (BASSETT) (Stafford)
1280–1337
Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Nicholas (de) STAFFORD
1246–1287
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Alice CORBET
1225–1267
Caus, Shropshire, England
Ralph (BASSETT 1st Lord Basset of) Drayton
1242–1299
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Hawise (de) Grey
1255–1353
Drayton, Staffordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Earl Stafford's Descendants

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Earl (Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of) Stafford (24 Sep 1301–31 Aug 1372) m. Margaret (de AUDLEY) Baroness (1305–7 Sep 1347) m. Catherine (de HASTANG) (Stafford) (1300–1335)
  1. 1. Hugh (de) STAFFORD 1342–1388 m. Phillipa BEAUCHAMP 1344–1386
    1. 1. Edmund (de) STAFFORD 1378–1403 m. Anne (PLANTAGENET (Bouchier) (Stafford) of Woodstock, Countess of Buckingham, Countess of Hereford, Countess of) Northampton 1383–1438
      1. 1. Humphrey (STAFFORD 1st Duke of) Buckingham 1402–1460 m. Anne (NEVILLE (Stafford) Duchess of) Buckingham 1411–1480
        1. 1. Margaret (STAFFORD Lady, of) Buckingham 1435– m. Robert DUNHAM 1430–1463
        2. 2. Humphrey (STAFFORD Earl of) Stafford 1425–1458 m. Margaret (BEAUFORT (Darell)) (Stafford) 1437–1474
        3. 3. Henry STAFFORD 1425–1471 m. Margaret BEAUFORT 1443–1509
        4. 4. Catharina STAFFORD 1445–1476
        5. 5. Anne (STAFFORD) (Cobham) 1446–1472
      2. 2. Philippa STAFFORD 1401–1432 m. Thomas (de DARCE Sir, Lord\Baron of Gillesland, 6th Baron of) Naworth 1387–1458
        1. 1. Mary (de) Gatesbury 1429–1490
        2. 2. Thomas (de) DARCE 1411–1452
        3. 3. Joanna (de DARCE (Clifford) 7th Baroness of) Gilsland 1418–1486
        4. 4. Humphrey (de DARCE) Baron 1424–1485
        5. 5. Margaret (de) DARCE 1416–1452
        6. 6. George (de) DARCE 1412–1461
        7. 7. Elizabeth (de) DARCE 1413–1485
        8. 8. Lady (Phillipa de DARCE, Baroness of) Neville 1428–1458
        9. 9. Richard (de) DARCE 1421–1485
        10. 10. Randolf\Ranulph (de) DARCE –1461
        11. 11. Joanna (de) DARCE 1415–
      3. 3. Anne STAFFORD 1400–1432 m. John (HOLLAND 2nd Duke of Exeter, Earl of) Huntingdon 1395–1447
        1. 1. Anne HOLLAND –1486
        2. 2. Henry (HOLLAND Duke of) Exeter 1430–1475 m. Anne (PLANTAGENET (Saint Leger ) Duchess of Exeter (sister of Edward) IV) 1439–1476
    2. 2. Ralph (de) STAFFORD 1354–1385
    3. 3. William (de) STAFFORD 1375–1395
    4. 4. Thomas (de de) STAFFORD 1368–1392
    5. 5. Margaret (de) STAFFORD 1364–1396 m. Ralph (De) NEVILLE –1425
      1. 1. Philippa NEVILLE 1387–1453 m. Thomas DACRE 1387–1457
        1. 1. Joan (de) DACRE 1410–1486 m. Thomas (de CLIFFORD 8th Lord) Clifford 1414–1455
    6. 6. Joan (de) STAFFORD 1363–1442 m. Thomas (de) HOLLAND 1372–1400
    7. 7. Catherine (de STAFFORD (de la) Pole) 1376–1419 m. Michael (de la POLE 2nd Earl of) Suffolk 1367–1415
      1. 1. William (de la) POLE 1396–1451 m. Alice (CHAUCER (Philip) (de Montagu \ Montacute) (de la Pole) (granddaughter of poet Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury) Tales) 1405–1475
        1. 1. John (de la POLE 2nd Duke of) Suffolk 1442–1492 m. Margaret BEAUFORT 1443–1509 m. Elizabeth (PLANTAGENET (De la) Pole) 1444–1504
      2. 2. Michael (de la) POLE 1394–1415
      3. 3. Isabel (de la POLE) (Morley) 1396–1467
  2. 2. Katherine (de) STAFFORD 1338–1361
    1. 1. John (VI SUTTON of Dudley 3rd Baron of) Dudley 1361–1396 m. Alice (le) Despencer 1344–1392
      1. 1. John (V) SUTTON 1380–1406 m. Constance (BLOUT) (Sutton) 1385–1432
        1. 1. John (VI (Lord Dudley) Sutton) Dudley 1400–1487 m. Elizabeth (BERKELEY) Lady 1390–1478
        2. 2. Humphrey (SUTTON) (Dudley) 1405–
        3. 3. Thomas (SUTTON) (Dudley) 1403–
  3. 3. Beatrice (de STAFFORD (de) Ros) 1340–1415 m. Thomas (de ROOS 4th Baron Roos of) Helmsley 1407–1467
    1. 1. Elizabeth (de ROOS) Ros –1424
  4. 4. Jane (Joan de) STAFFORD 1340–1397 m. John (de CHERLETON 3rd Baron of Cherleton, Lord of) Powys 1336–1374
    1. 1. Edward (CHERLETON 5th Baron Cherleton & Lord of) Powys 1371–1421 m. Elizabeth (BERKELEY) Lady 1390–1478
  5. 5. Margaret (de) STAFFORD 1344–
  6. 6. Joan (Johanna de STAFFORD (de) Beke) 1328–1379 m. Nicholas (de) BEKE 1320–1369
    1. 1. Elizabeth (de BEKE) (Swynnerton) 1350–1415 m. Robert (de SWYNNERTON 4th Baron) Swynnerton 1341–1387
      1. 1. Thomas (De) Swynnerton 1375– m. Cicely (Swynnerton) 1370–1436
        1. 1. William SWYNERTON 1407–1429 m. Eleanor (\ Elena TRUNVIN Trumyn) (Swynnerton) 1395–1462
      2. 2. Maud (Matilda de) SWYNNERTON 1370–1415 m. John (SAVAGE Lord of) Clifton 1370–1463 m. Humphrey (de) PERSHALE 1365–1388 m. William (de) IPSTONE 1373–1399
        1. 1. ALICE (CORBET) (1) 1400–1458 m. Randal BRERETON 1395–
        2. 2. John (VI) SAVAGE 1395–1463 m. Elizabeth (Eleanor De) Brereton 1406–1495
        3. 3. Ellen (SAVAGE (Siddington) de) PRESTBURY 1415–1469 m. Robert (FitzJohn de SIDDINGTON of) Gawsworth 1412–1474
        4. 4. Margaret (SAVAGE) (Dutton) 1407–1450 m. John DUTTON 1403–1445
        5. 5. Richard (de) PERSHALE 1385–
        6. 6. Alice (de) IPSTONE 1396–1440
        7. 7. William Savage 1410–
        8. 8. Isabel Savage 1408–1480
        9. 9. Parnella Savage 1408–1450
        10. 10. Mary (SAVAGE) (Stanley) 1407–1435
        11. 11. Thomas Savage 1412–
        12. 12. George Savage 1413–
        13. 13. Maud (SAVAGE) (Boothe) 1412–
        14. 14. Beatrice Savage 1404–1450
        15. 15. Roger Savage 1415–1463 m. Elizabeth (DARCY) (Savage) 1420–1463
        16. 16. Roger Savage 1396–1397
        17. 17. Alice (Grace Gracia Savage (de) BOLD) 1405–1480 m. Henry (Henri de) BOLD 1401–1464
        18. 18. Blanche SAVAGE 1402–
        19. 19. Elizabeth SAVAGE 1400–1455 m. John DUTTON 1395–1445
  7. 7. Elizabeth (de STAFFORD (de) Cobham) 1339–1376 m. Reynold (De COBHAM 2nd Lord Cobham of) Sterborough 1348–1403 m. John (de FERRERS 3rd Baron Ferrers of) Chartley 1331–1367 m. Fulke (le STRANGE 3rd Baron of) Blackmere 1330–1349
    1. 1. Robert (de FERRERS Baron of) Chartley 1357–1413 m. Margaret (le DESPENSER) (Ferrers) 1369–1415
      1. 1. Edmund (de) Ferrers 1400–1435 m. Eleanor (Ellen Helena de la ROCHE of) Groby 1395–1440
        1. 1. William (de) Ferrers 1412–1450 m. Elisabeth BELKNAP 1410–1471
        2. 2. Joan (de) FERRERS 1424–1483
        3. 3. Edward (De) FERRERS 1405–
        4. 4. Edmund (de) FERRERS 1429–1450
        5. 5. Henry FERRERS 1431–1450 m. Joane (HEXTALL Lady of) Baddington 1413–1445
      2. 2. Philippa (de) FERRERS 1400–1458 m. Thomas GREENE 1400–1462
        1. 1. Thomas GREENE 1410–1462 m. Maud THROCKMORTON 1412–1496
  8. 8. Thomas (de) STAFFORD 1347–

Earl Stafford's Timeline

4 Records

1301
24 September 1301
Birth of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1301
24 Sep 1301
Birth of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1372
31 August 1372
Age 71
Death of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England
1372
31 Aug 1372
Age 71
Death of Earl Ralph de STAFFORD 1st Earl of Stafford in Staffordshire, England
Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 September 1301
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1301
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 August 1372
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1372
    Event Place: Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: North America, Family Histories, Book Title: Hyde Genealogy, or, The Descendants, in the Female as Well as in the Male Lines, From William Hyde

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
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