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Lady Dorothy Stafford 1526 – 1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1526

Birth Location: Caus Castle, Shropshire, England

Death Date: 22 September 1604

Death Location: St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England

Father: Lord Stafford

Mother: Lady Stafford

Spouse(s): Lord Chebsey

Children(s): Lady Stafford

Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1526 in Caus Castle, Shropshire, England, the child of Lord Henry Stafford and Lady Ursula Pole, Baroness of Stafford. Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I married Lord Sir Knight William De Stafford, Baron of Chebsey, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Stafford. Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1604 in St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I was born in 1526 in Caus Castle, Shropshire, England, the child of Lord Henry Stafford and Lady Ursula Pole, Baroness of Stafford.
  • Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I married Lord Sir Knight William De Stafford, Baron of Chebsey, and had children including Lady Elizabeth Stafford.
  • Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I passed away in 1604 in St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lord Stafford
1502 – 1563
Birth Location: Penshurst, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
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Lady Stafford
1500 – 1570
Birth Location: Ialeworth, Middlesex, England
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Spouses(s)

Lord Chebsey
1499 – 1556
Birth Location: Blatherwick, Northamptonshire, England
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Children(s)

Lady Stafford
1556 – 1599
Birth Location: Bobbing Court, Bobbing (Kent) England
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Lady Stafford's Ancestors

Self
Lady Stafford
1526 – 1604
Birth Place: Caus Castle, Shropshire, England
Parents
Lord Henry Stafford
1502 – 1563
Penshurst, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England
Lady (Ursula Pole, Baroness of) Stafford
1500 – 1570
Ialeworth, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
Duke (Edward) Stafford
1478 – 1521
Brecknock Castle (Brecknockshire) Wales
Lady (Eleanor) Percy
1480 – 1530
Leconfield, Yorkshire, England
Lord (Sir Richard De La) Pole
1462 – 1505
Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, Greater London, England
Lady (Margaret 'Blessed Margaret') Plantagenent
1479 – 1541
Farleigh Castle, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Stafford
1455 – 1483
Lady Woodville
1458 – 1497
Sir Plantagenet
1442 – 1585
Lady Herbert
1453 – 1485
Lord Pole
– 1491
Lady John
1430 – 1491
Lord Plantagenet
1449 – 1478
Lady Neville
1451 – 1476
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Stafford
1424 – 1458
Lady Beaufort
1437 – 1474
Richard Wydeville
1412 – 1469
Jacquette Luxembourg
1416 – 1472
Sir Herbert
1423 – 1469
Lady Devereux
1420 – 1486
Sir John
1400 – 1591
Margaret Beauchamp
Lord Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Lady Neville
1415 – 1495
Lord Neville
1428 – 1471
Lady Beauchamp

Lady Stafford's Descendants

1.
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Lady (Dorothy) Stafford (1 Oct 1526 – 22 September 1604) m. Lord (Sir Knight William De Stafford, Baron of) Chebsey (1499 – 5 May 1556)
  1. 1. Lady (Elizabeth) Stafford (October 1556 – 6 Feb 1599) m. Sir (Knight William) Drury (1500 – 11 January 1557)
    1. 1. Lady (Frances) Drury (8 Jun 1576 – Abt 1641) m. Lord (William) Wray (7 Feb 1555 – abt 1667)
      1. 1. Lord (Christopher) Wray (1602 – 6 February 1646) m. Lady (Albinia) Cecil (Abt 1601 – January 1660)
        1. 1. Lady (Frances) Wray (Abt 1623 – 18 December 1679) m. Sir (Henry) Vane (1612 – 14 June 1662)

Lady Stafford's Timeline

5 Records

1526
1 Oct 1526
Birth of Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
1526
1 Oct 1526
Birth of Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
1526
1 Oct 1526
Birth of Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I in Caus Castle, Shropshire, England
Caus Castle, Shropshire, England
1604
22 Sep 1604
Age 78
Death of Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
1604
22 September 1604
Age 78
Death of Lady Dorothy Stafford , Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I in St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England
St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1526
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1526
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 Oct 1526
    Event Place: Caus Castle, Shropshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1604
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 September 1604
    Event Place: St. Margaret Church, Westminster (Middlesex) England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current
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