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Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford 1526 – 1604 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 Oct 1526

Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 22 Sep 1604

Death Location: St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England

Father: Henry Stafford

Mother: Lady Pole

Spouse(s): Sir Chebsey

Children(s): De Stafford

Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford was born in 1526 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, the child of Henry "Baron Stafford" Stafford and Lady Ursula, Baroness of Stafford Pole. Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford married Sir William Stafford of Chebsey, and had children including De Stafford. Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford passed away in 1604 in St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England.

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Biography

  • Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford was born in 1526 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England, the child of Henry "Baron Stafford" Stafford and Lady Ursula, Baroness of Stafford Pole.
  • Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford married Sir William Stafford of Chebsey, and had children including De Stafford.
  • Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford passed away in 1604 in St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry Stafford
1501 – 1563
Birth Location: Penshurst, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Lady Pole
1504 – 1570
Birth Location: Isleworth, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Sir Chebsey
1512 – 1556
Birth Location: Blatherwick, Northamptonshire, England
SC

Children(s)

De Stafford
1554 – 1612
Birth Location: Rocheford, Rocheford, , England
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Lady Stafford's Ancestors

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Lady Stafford
1526 – 1604
Birth Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Henry "Baron Stafford" Stafford
1501 – 1563
Penshurst, Sevenoaks District, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Ursula, Baroness of Stafford) Pole
1504 – 1570
Isleworth, Middlesex, London, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
Edward (Stafford Hertog van) Buckingham
1477 – 1521
Brecknock Castle, Brecknockshire, Wales
Lady (Eleanor Alianore Herbert Percy, Duchess of Buckingham) [Stafford]
1474 – 1530
Leconfield, Unitary Authority, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Sir (Richard) Pole
1462 – 1504
Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Lady (Margaret) Plantagenent
1473 – 1541
Holme On Spalding Moor, York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Great-Grandparents
1455 – 1483
1458 – 1497
Sir Percy
1449 – 1489
Matilda Percy
1448 – 1485
Sir Poole
1431 – 1491
Edith John
1430 –
George Plantagenet
1449 – 1478
Lady Neville
1451 – 1476
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Stafford
1424 – 1455
1427 – 1474
1421 – 1461
1421 – 1484
Sir John
1398 – 1437
Margaret Beauchamp
1410 – 1482
Richard Plantagenet
1411 – 1460
Cecily Neville
1415 – 1495
Sir Neville
1428 – 1471
1426 – 1492

Lady Stafford's Descendants

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Lady (Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I,) Stafford (1 Oct 1526 – 22 Sep 1604) m. Sir (William Stafford of) Chebsey (1512 – 5 May 1556)
  1. 1. De Stafford (11 March 1554 – 16 Nov 1612) m. Alice (Anne) Grymes (1555 – abt 1612)
    1. 1. HENRY (STAFFORD,) SR (1593 – 4 Jul 1684) m. FRANCIS MASON (1624 – 1650)
      1. 1. Henry (G Stafford) II (Abt 1635 – Nov 1676) m. Margaret Davis (1642 – 6 October 1724)
        1. 1. Henry (G Stafford) III (1670 – ) m. Elizabeth ("Eliz") Smith (1670 – 1761)

Lady Stafford's Timeline

2 Records

1526
1 Oct 1526
Birth of Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
1604
22 Sep 1604
Age 78
Death of Lady Dorothy, Mistress of the Robes to Queen Elizabeth I, Stafford in St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England
St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1604
    Event Place: St Margaret Church, Westminster, London, England
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