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

Birth Date: 24 SEP 1301

Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England

Death Date: 31 AUG 1372

Death Location: Tunbridge, Kent, England

Father: Edmund DeStafford

Mother: Margaret Bassett

Spouse(s): Lady DeStafford, Margaret Audley, Lady DeStafford

Children(s): Hugh Stafford, Joan Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford, Joan Stafford, Beatrice Stafford, John Stafford

Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford was born in 1301 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England, the child of Edmund 1St Baron Destafford And Margaret Bassett. Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford married Lady Margaret Deaudley Destafford, Margaret De Audley, and had children including Beatrice Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford, Hugh Stafford, Joan De Stafford, Joan Stafford, John Stafford. Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford was born in 1301 in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England, the child of Edmund 1St Baron Destafford And Margaret Bassett.
  • Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford married Lady Margaret Deaudley Destafford, Margaret De Audley, and had children including Beatrice Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford, Hugh Stafford, Joan De Stafford, Joan Stafford, John Stafford.
  • Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford passed away in 1372 in Tunbridge, Kent, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Edmund DeStafford
1273–1308
Birth Location: Clifton, Staffordshire, England
ED
Margaret Bassett
1280–1337
Birth Location: Drayton, Staffordshire, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Lady DeStafford
1320–1348
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
LD
Margaret Audley
1325–1348
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, England
MA
Lady DeStafford
1318–1347
Birth Location: Stafford, Staffordshire, , England
LD

Children(s)

Hugh Stafford
1334–1386
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
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Joan Stafford
1336–1379
Birth Location: Staffordshire, England
JS
Elizabeth Stafford
1337–1375
Birth Location: Longnor, Shropshire, England
ES
Joan Stafford
1340–1397
Birth Location: Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
JS
Beatrice Stafford
1340–1415
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
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John Stafford
1337–1398
Birth Location: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
JS

Sir Stafford's Ancestors

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Sir Stafford
1301–1372
Birth Place: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
Parents
Edmund 1st Baron DeStafford
1273–1308
Clifton, Staffordshire, England
Margaret Bassett
1280–1337
Drayton, Staffordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Nicholas (Knight Baron of Stafford)) DeStafford
1243–1287
Stafford, Staffordshire, England
Alionore DeClinton
1253–1287
Clifton, Staffordshire, England
Ralph (of Drayton) Bassett
1246–1299
England
Joan (de) Grey
1283–1343
England
Great-Grandparents
Robert DeStafford
1220–1282
Alice Corbet
1225–1267
Thomas DeClinton
1231–1264
Maud Bracebridge
1234–1276
Sir Basset
1215–1265
Margaret deSomery
1229–1293
Sir Wilton
1268–1323
Maud DeVernon
1263–1323
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Hervey Stafford
1194–1237
Petronille DeFerrars
1198–1237
Thomas Corbett
1199–1274
Isabell Valletort
1203–1299
Thomas Clinton
1206–1278
Mazera Bisege
1210–1278
Ralph Bracebridge
1208–1277
Mazera DeBisege
1210–1278
Ralph Bassett
1183–1265
Lady Bigod
1183–1237
Roger Somery
1208–1273
Nicole D'Aubigny
1210–1240
Reynold Grey
1230–1308
Maud Longchamp
1245–1302
Sir Drayton
1224–1265
Lady Bassett
1239–1293

Sir Stafford's Descendants

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Sir (Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De) Stafford (24 SEP 1301–31 AUG 1372) m. Lady (Margaret DeAudley) DeStafford (1320–7 SEP 1348) m. Margaret (De) Audley (1325–16 SEP 1348) m. Lady (Margaret DeAudley) DeStafford (1318–7 SEP 1347)
  1. 1. Hugh Stafford 1334–1386 m. Philippe Beauchamp 1334–1386
    1. 1. Edmund Stafford 1378–1403 m. Anne (Plantagenet Stafford) Bourchier 1383–1438 m. Ann Plantagenet 1383–1438
      1. 1. Humphrey Stafford 1402–1460 m. Anne ("Duchess of Buckingham") Neville 1411–1480 m. Eleanor Aylesbury 1407–1482
        1. 1. Margaret Stafford 1435–1501 m. Robert Dunham 1430–1463
      2. 2. William ((Baron Fitz-warin)) Bourchier 1412–1471 m. Anne (Plantagenet Stafford) Bourchier 1383–1438
        1. 1. Blanche Bourchier 1442–1483 m. Bartholomew SaintLeger 1442–1516
      3. 3. Anne Stafford 1401–1432
      4. 4. Phillippa Stafford 1401–1413
    2. 2. Catharine Stafford 1376–1419
  2. 2. Joan Stafford 1336–1379 m. Gilbert Talbot 1332–1386 m. Nicholas Beke 1329–1369
    1. 1. ELIZABETH BEKE 1355–1373 m. Robert (De) Swynnerton 1355–1395 m. Robert ((Sir) De) Swynnerton 1355–1395
      1. 1. Maud DeSwynnerton 1365–1415 m. Sir (Knight John) Savage 1376–1450 m. William (De) Ipstones 1390–1399 m. Humphrey Pershale 1362–1395
        1. 1. John (Sir Knight Clifton III) Savage 1395–1463 m. Lady (Elizabeth Eleanor) deBrereton 1405–1422
        2. 2. Alice Ipstones 1396–1440 m. Randle Brereton 1394–1420
  3. 3. Elizabeth Stafford 1337–1375 m. Robert Dunham 1318–1409 m. JOHN (CHARTLEY) DeFERRERS 1331–1367
    1. 1. Robert Dunham 1348–1439 m. Elizabeth Sandford 1366–1427
      1. 1. Gregory Dunham 1382–1474 m. Elizabeth Maryuge 1408–1496
        1. 1. Robert Dunham 1430–1463 m. Margaret Stafford 1435–1501
        2. 2. Elizabeth Dunham 1426–
      2. 2. Robert Dunham 1384–
      3. 3. Benedicia Dunham 1389–
      4. 4. Elizabeth Dunham 1387–
    2. 2. John Dunham 1351–
    3. 3. Elizabeth Dunham 1345–
  4. 4. Joan (De) Stafford 1340–1397 m. Sir (John Powys) CHERLETON 1334–1374 m. Sir (John De Stafford Sir) Knight 1294–1373 m. Lord (of Powis De) Cherleton 1334–1374
    1. 1. Sir (Edward "lord V of Powis" Cherleton (Charleton) de) Powys 1371–1420 m. Eleanor (de) Holland 1373–1405
      1. 1. Joyce (De) Cherleton 1403–1446 m. John Tiptoft 1400–1443
        1. 1. Joan (Tiptoft Ingaldesthorpe) 19 1420–1470 m. Sir (Edmund) Ingaldesthorpe 1409–1457
    2. 2. Sir (Humphrey) Stafford 1350–1413 m. Alice Grenville 1350–1388
      1. 1. Sir (Humphrey) Stafford 1370–1442 m. Elizabeth Maltravers 1378–1426
        1. 1. Alice Stafford 1400–1448 m. Walter Tailboys 1391–1444
  5. 5. Beatrice Stafford 1340–1415
  6. 6. John Stafford 1337–1398

Sir Stafford's Timeline

4 Records

1299
9 OCT 1299
Birth of Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford in Turnbridge Castle, Kent, England
Turnbridge Castle, Kent, England
1301
24 SEP 1301
Birth of Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford in Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
1372
21 AUG 1372
Age 71
Death of Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford in Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
1372
31 AUG 1372
Age 71
Death of Sir Ralph "1st Earl of Stafford" De Stafford in Tunbridge, Kent, England
Tunbridge, Kent, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 9 OCT 1299
    Event Place: Turnbridge Castle, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Tunbridge Castle
    Record Source: Ancestry.com, <i>United States Obituary Collection<i> (N.p.: Name: Anc estry.com Operations Inc;, n.d.), Publication Date: 5 01 2011; Publication Place: Global

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Tonbridge, Kent, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 AUG 1372
    Event Place: Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Ancestry.com, <i>United States Obituary Collection<i> (N.p.: Name: Anc estry.com Operations Inc;, n.d.), Publication Date: 5 01 2011; Publication Place: Global
    [3] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 24 SEP 1301
    Event Place: Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 AUG 1372
    Event Place: Tunbridge, Kent, England
    Record Source:
    [1] International, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Ancestry.com, <i>United States Obituary Collection</i> (N.p.: Name: Anc estry.com Operations Inc;, n.d.), Publication Date: 5 01 2011; Publication Place: Global
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