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Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford 1301–1372 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Sep 1301

Birth Location: Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 31 Aug 1372

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

Father: Sir Baron

Mother: Margaret Stafford

Spouse(s): Margareth Audley

Children(s): Beatrice Stafford, Hugh Stafford, Katherine Stafford

In 1301, Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford entered the world in Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, born to Sir Edmund I De Stafford Baron And Margaret De Basset Countess Of Stafford. Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford married Margareth De Audley, and had children including Beatrice Stafford, Hugh De Stafford 2Nd Earl Of Stafford, Katherine De Stafford. Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • In 1301, Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford entered the world in Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, born to Sir Edmund I De Stafford Baron And Margaret De Basset Countess Of Stafford.
  • Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford married Margareth De Audley, and had children including Beatrice Stafford, Hugh De Stafford 2Nd Earl Of Stafford, Katherine De Stafford.
  • Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Baron
1273–1308
Birth Location: Clifton Campville, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
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Margaret Stafford
1273–1337
Birth Location: Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Margareth Audley
1315–1349
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire Gb
MA

Children(s)

Beatrice Stafford
1338–1415
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, , England
BS
Hugh Stafford
1334–1386
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, , England
HS
Katherine Stafford
1348–1361
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
KS

Ralph Stafford's Ancestors

Self
Ralph Stafford
1301–1372
Birth Place: Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Sir Edmund I de Stafford, Baron
1273–1308
Clifton Campville, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
Margaret (de Basset, Countess of) Stafford
1273–1337
Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Nicholas (de Stafford, Earl of) Stafford
1246–1287
Stone, Staffordshire, England
Eleanore (Alianore de Clinton, Countess of) Stafford
1255–1287
Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Stafford
1216–1282
Alice Stafford
1225–1267
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Stafford
1183–1237
Petronilla Stafford
1195–1237

Ralph Stafford's Descendants

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Ralph (De Stafford, 1st Earl of) Stafford (24 Sep 1301–31 Aug 1372) m. Margareth (De) Audley (Abt 1315–7 September 1349)
  1. 1. Beatrice Stafford 1338–1415 m. Thomas (VI De Ros,) Baron 1336–1384
    1. 1. William (VII De Ros,) Baron 1369–1414 m. Margaret (de Ros, Baroness) d'Arundel 1372–1438
      1. 1. Sir (Thomas de Ros 8th) Baron 1406–1430 m. Lady (Eleanor Alianore Beauchamp, Duchess of Somerset, Baroness de) Ros 1407–1467
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas de Ros, 9th Lord, 1st Lord) Burgh 1427–1464 m. Lady (Anne) Thornborough 1440–1525 m. Philippa (Tiptoft, Baroness de) Ros 1427–1485
        2. 2. Sir (Richard I de) Ros 1429–1493
        3. 3. Margaret (d'Botreaux de Ros, Baroness Bocastle and) Gainsborough 1432–1488 m. Sir (Thomas de Burgh Knight of the Garter; 1st Baron of) Burgh 1431–1496 m. Sir (William de Botreaux 3rd Baron) Botreaux 1389–1462
        4. 4. William (VI de Ros, Lord Mayor of London, of) Swineshed 1428–1451
      2. 2. John (De Ros 7th Baron of Helmsley (no) issue) 1396–1421 m. Margery (le Despencer) Baroness 1397–1478
      3. 3. Margaret (de Ros) Baroness 1398–1423
      4. 4. Elizabeth (de) ros 1404–1444
      5. 5. Robert (Ros (De) Ros) 1406–1432
      6. 6. Angus (de) Ross 1408–1421 m. Mary Campbell 1410–
        1. 1. Marion (FitzAngus de Ros) Plantagenet 1435– m. Alan MacCameron 1425–
    2. 2. Margareth (De) Ros 1361–1414 m. Sir (Reynold Reginald de Grey, Baron Grey of) Ruthin 1362–1440
      1. 1. John (Gray, Lord Grey van) Ruthyn 1400–1461 m. Jane Peyton 1398–
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas) Gray 1430–1501 m. Mary ('Tacinda' Tudor, Baroness Grey of) Wilton 1432–1490
  2. 2. Hugh (de Stafford, 2nd Earl of) Stafford 1334–1386 m. Philippa (de) Beauchamp 1334–1386
    1. 1. Lady (Catherine De Stafford, Countess of) Suffolk 1376–1419 m. Michael (double De La) Pole 1367–1415
      1. 1. Lady (Isabel De La Pole, 5th Baroness of) Morley 1395–1467 m. John Crabtre 1400–1430 m. Thomas (de Morley, 5th Baron of Morley, Lord Marshall of) Ireland 1393–1435
        1. 1. John Crabtre 1425–1472 m. Magota 1392–
        2. 2. Lady (Anne de Morley, Baroness) Hastings 1413–1471 m. Sir (John de Hastings, Esq., 9th Lord Hastings, Capt. of St. Lo in the Cotenin, Constable of Norwich Castle, Sheriff of) Norwich 1411–1477
        3. 3. Sir (Robert Morley, Knight , 6th Baron of) Morley 1418–1442 m. Elizabeth (de) Roos 1414–1444
        4. 4. Elizabeth Morley 1414–1446 m. Sir (John Thomas Arundel, Knight of the Garter, Under Sheriff, Sheriff of Cornwall, Vice-Admiral of Cornwall, Norman) origin 1421–1473
      2. 2. Sir (Thomas de la) Pole 1374–1420
      3. 3. Sir (Thomas De La Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, KG, 11th Earl of) Warwick 1400–1433 m. Anne Cheney 1375–1435
        1. 1. Thomas (de la) Pole 1408–1430
        2. 2. Emma ((Pyking)) Pole 1412–1478
        3. 3. Catherine (de La) Pole 1400–1488 m. Lord (Thomas Powell ap Howell ap La) hay 1400–1470 m. Sir (Miles Stapleton IV, High Sheriff of Norfolk and) Suffolk 1395–1466
      4. 4. Richard (De La) Pole 1400–1450 m. Anne (Countess Stafford) G1 1399–1432
        1. 1. Geoffrey (de la) Pole 1431–1474
      5. 5. Lady (Anne de La Pole, Baroness) Thorley –1412
      6. 6. Lady (Katherine de la Pole, Countess) d'Essex 1404–1489
      7. 7. Sir (William de la Pole, 1st Duke of) Suffolk 1396–1450 m. Lady (Alice Chaucer, Duchess of) Suffolk 1404–1475
        1. 1. Sir (John de La Pole, 2nd Duke of) Suffolk 1442–1492 m. Margaret DeBeaufort 1443–1509 m. Elizabeth (Thornton Plantagenet of York, Princess of England, Governess of Scarborough Castle, Duchess of) Suffolk 1444–1503 m. Lady (Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, de) Beaufort 1443–1509
        2. 2. Joan\Jane (de La pole, Hertog van) Suffolk 1436–1493
    2. 2. Margaret (de) Stafford 1382–1396 m. Sir (Ralph de NEVILLE, K.G., 4th Lord Neville of Raby, 1st Earl of) Westmoreland 1363–1425
      1. 1. John (De Neville, accompanied the King to France in 1417 and was present at the sieges of Caen and) Rouen 1387–1420 m. Elizabeth Holland 1388–1424
        1. 1. Ralph (Neville, Earl van) Westmoreland 1406–1484
        2. 2. Sir (John Neville, knight, Lord of, War of the) Roses 1410–1461 m. Anne Holand 1410–1486
      2. 2. Elizabeth (de Ferrers, Lady) Wembley 1393–1434 m. John (de Greystoke, 4th Baron Greystoke, constable of Roxburgh) Castle 1389–1436
        1. 1. Lady (Joan Johanna FitzGerald) Greystoke 1405–1456 m. John (D'Arcy, 1st Baron Darcy de) Knayth 1400–1458
        2. 2. Ralph (de Greystock, 5th Baron Greystoke, a protagonist during the Wars of the) Roses 1414–1487
      3. 3. Philippa (de Neville, Baroness of Dacre and) Gilsland 1386–1458 m. Thomas (de Dacre, 6th) Baron 1387–1458
        1. 1. Sir (Thomas D'Acre, 7th) Baron 1410–1448
        2. 2. Randolf (Dacre, Lord Dacre) Gillesland 1412–1461
        3. 3. Sir (Humphrey Dacre, 1st Lord Dacre of) Gilsland 1420–1485 m. Mabel (Parr) (Dacre) 1442–1508
        4. 4. Margaret (De) Dacre 1431–1445
        5. 5. Richard Dacre 1414–1461
        6. 6. Sir (George de) Dacre 1416–1448
        7. 7. Elizabeth Dacre 1408–1485
      4. 4. Sir (Ralph Neville) replace 1392–1458 m. Lady (Elizabeth Percy, Countess of) Westmorland 1390–1436 m. Mary (de) Ferrers 1394–1457
    3. 3. Humphrey (de) Stafford 1376–
    4. 4. Joan (de) Stafford 1378–1442 m. Thomas (de Holand, K.G., 1st Duke of Surrey, plotted to kill King Henry IV "Epiphany Rising"; no) issue 1374–1400
    5. 5. Ralph (de Stafford, Esquire of Stafford and Crakemarsh, Justice of the Peace for Worcestershire, 1389-1390. Knight of the Shire for) Staffordshire 1354–1410 m. Maud Hastings 1358–1410
      1. 1. Joan Stafford 1299–1397
      2. 2. Sir (Humphrey Stafford, Knight of Grafton, Worcestershire, Leamington Hastings, Grandborough, etc. Knight of the Shire for) Worcestershire 1384–1419 m. Elizabeth Burdett 1375–1434
        1. 1. Sir (Humphrey Stafford,) knight 1400–1450 m. Eleanor Aylesbury 1406–1482
    6. 6. Sir (Edmund DeStafford, 5th Earl of) Stafford 1377–1403 m. Anne (Stafford) (Bourchier) 1383–1438
      1. 1. Philippa DeStafford 1401–
      2. 2. 1402–1460 m. Anne (Neville, Duchess of) Buckingham 1414–1480
        1. 1. Sir (Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, switched his allegiance to the House of York, Battle of) Towton 1425–1471 m. Margaret DeBeaufort 1443–1509
        2. 2. Sir (Humphrey Stafford, Earl of) Stafford 1425–1458 m. Margaret (Beaufort, Countess of) Stafford 1437–1474
        3. 3. Lady (Anne) Stafford 1445–1508 m. Sir (William Berkeley, Knight of the Bath, Sheriff of) Gloucestershire 1433–1501
        4. 4. Catherine Talbot 1445–1476 m. John (Talbot, 3rd Earl Of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Of Waterford, 3rd Baron) Talbot 1448–1473
      3. 3. Lady (Anne de Stafford, Countess of March, Duchess of Huntington and) Exeter –1432 m. John (Holand Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, Earl of Huntingdon; captured by the French at the Battle of Baugé 4 years as) prisoner 1395–1447
        1. 1. Anne Holand 1410–1486 m. James ((cousin) Douglas, 9th Earl of) Douglas 1426–1488 m. Sir (John Neville, knight, Lord of, War of the) Roses 1410–1461
    7. 7. Thomas (de) Stafford 1368–1392
    8. 8. Hugh (de) Stafford 1382–1420
      1. 1. Catherine (De La) Pole 1410– m. Richard (de la) Pole 1400–
        1. 1. Sir (Geoffrey de La Pole, knight,) Esquire 1431–1474 m. Edith (Saint) John 1430–1486
  3. 3. Katherine (de) Stafford 1348–1361 m. Sir (John III de Sutton, knight, 2nd Lord of) Dudley 1339–1370
    1. 1. John (Sutton, 4th Lord of) Dudley 1361–1396 m. Alice (le) Despencer –1392 m. Joan (de) Clinton 1350–1408
      1. 1. Sir (John Sutton, 5th Baron of) Dudley 1380–1406 m. Elizabeth (Constantine 'Constance') Blount 1385–1432
        1. 1. Sir (John VI de Sutton, K.G., 4th Baron Sutton of Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, KG, 100 Years War, War of the) Roses 1400–1487 m. Elizabeth (Berkeley) (Sutton) 1400–1478
        2. 2. Humphrey (Sutton of) Dudley 1405–

Ralph Stafford's Timeline

2 Records

1301
24 Sep 1301
Birth of Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford in Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
1372
31 Aug 1372
Age 71
Death of Ralph De Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Stafford, Staffordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 Sep 1301
    Event Place: Tunbridge, Stafford, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 18; Page: 864
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1372
    Event Place: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 18; Page: 864
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Malling Borough, Kent, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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