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Baron Stafford is in Baronies of England Alphabetically.
1469 Murder of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon
1521 Trial and Execution of the Duke of Buckingham
1680 Trial and Execution of William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford
There have been five creations of Baron Stafford:
1st. 1287. Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 1272-1308. Forfeit. 17th May 1521. Trial and Execution of the Duke of Buckingham.
2nd. 1411. Hugh Stafford Baron Bourchier, 1st Baron Stafford. Extant.
3rd. 24th April 1464. Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon 1439-1469. Forfeit. 17th August 1469. Murder of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon.
4th. 1547. Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 1501-1563. Extinct. 1640.
5th. 12th September 1640. William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford 1614-1680. Extant.
Baron Stafford is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Forfeit Baronies of England.
Summary
1287. Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford created.
26th August 1308. Son Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford succeeded.
31st August 1372. Son Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford succeeded.
16th October 1386. Son Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford succeeded.
4th July 1392. Brother William Stafford 4th Earl Stafford succeeded.
6th April 1395. Brother Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford succeeded.
21st July 1403. Son Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See Battle of Shrewsbury.
10th July 1460. Grandson Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See 1460 Battle of Northampton.
2nd November 1483. Son Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham succeeded. See Buckingham's Rebellion.
17th May 1521. Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham forfeit. See Trial and Execution of the Duke of Buckingham.
In 1287 Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 14) was created 1st Baron Stafford.
On 26th August 1308 Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 36) died. His son Ralph (age 6) succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford.
Around 1326 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 24) and Katherine Hastings Baroness Stafford (age 22) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny and Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon (age 23). They were fifth cousins.
Before 6th July 1336 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 34) and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester (age 45) and Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.
On 31st August 1372 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford (age 70) died. His son Hugh (age 36) succeeded 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford. Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford (age 38) by marriage Countess Stafford.
On 16th October 1386 Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford (age 50) died returning from his Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His son Thomas (age 18) succeeded 3rd Earl Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford.
On 4th July 1392 Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford (age 24) died at Westminster [Map]. His brother William (age 16) succeeded 4th Earl Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford.
On 6th April 1395 William Stafford 4th Earl Stafford (age 19) died at Pleshey Castle [Map]. He was buried at Tonbridge, Kent [Map]. His brother Edmund (age 17) succeeded 5th Earl Stafford, 6th Baron Stafford.
On 21st July 1403 King Henry IV of England (age 36), with his son the future King Henry V of England (age 16), defeated the rebel army of Henry "Hotspur" Percy (age 39) at the Battle of Shrewsbury at the site now known as Battlefield, Shrewsbury [Map]. King Henry V of England took an arrow to the side of his face. John Stanley (age 53) was wounded in the throat. Thomas Strickland (age 36) fought and was awarded £38 and two of the rebel Henry's horses. Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick (age 21) fought for the King. Walter Blount (age 55), the King's Standard Bearer, was killed by Archibald Douglas 1st Duke Touraine (age 31).
Thomas Wendesley (age 59), Edmund Cockayne (age 47) and Robert Goushill were killed.
Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford (age 25) was killed. His son Humphrey Stafford succeeded 6th Earl Stafford, 7th Baron Stafford.
Hugh Shirley (age 52) was killed; he was one of four knights dressed as King Henry IV of England.
Of the rebels, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Madog Kynaston (age 43) and John Clifton were killed.
Thomas Percy 1st Earl of Worcester (age 60) was beheaded after the battle. Earl Worcester extinct.
Richard Vernon 11th Baron Shipbrook (age 48) was hanged. Baron Shipbrook forfeit.
John Rossall was killed. His sister Eleanor Rossall (age 26) inherited a half-share in the Rossall Shrewsbury [Map] estates.
John Massey (age 65) was killed.
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On 10th July 1460 the Yorkist army led by the future King Edward IV of England (age 18) and including Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 31), Archbishop George Neville (age 28), William Neville 1st Earl Kent (age 55), Edward Brooke 6th Baron Cobham (age 45) and John Scrope 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton (age 22) defeated the Lancastrian army at the 1460 Battle of Northampton.
Edmund Grey 1st Earl Kent (age 43) had started the day as part of the Lancastrian army but did nothing to prevent the Yorkist army attacking.
King Henry VI of England and II of France (age 38) was captured.
Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham (age 57) was killed. His grandson Henry (age 5) succeeded 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 7th Earl Stafford, 8th Baron Stafford.
John Talbot 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (age 42) was killed. His son John (age 11) succeeded 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, 3rd Earl Waterford, 8th Baron Furnivall, 12th Baron Strange Blackmere, 9th Baron Talbot.
Thomas Percy 1st Baron Egremont (age 37) was killed. [Baron Egremont of Egremont Castle in Cumberland extinct. Some authoirities state, however, that he left a son, Sir John Percy, who never assumed the title.]
John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont (age 50) was killed. His son William (age 22) succeeded 2nd Viscount Beaumont, 7th Baron Beaumont.
William Lucy (age 56) was killed apparently by servants of a member of the Stafford family who wanted his wife Margaret Fitzlewis (age 21).
Thomas Tresham (age 40) fought.
William Beaumont 2nd Viscount Beaumont and William Norreys (age 19) were knighted.
Thomas "Bastard of Exeter" Holland was executed following the battle.
The battle was fought south of the River Nene [Map] in the grounds of Delapré Abbey.
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On 2nd November 1483 Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham (age 29) was beheaded in Salisbury Marketplace [Map] for his part in the rebellion. Duke of Buckingham forfeit. His son Edward (age 5) succeeded 8th Earl Stafford, 9th Baron Stafford.
On 17th May 1521 Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham (age 43) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. Duke of Buckingham, Earl Stafford and Baron Stafford forfeit.
He was executed for no specific reason other than his having a significant amount of Plantagenet blood and was, therefore, considered a threat by Henry VIII (age 29). He was posthumously attainted by Act of Parliament on 31 July 1523, disinheriting his children. He was buried at St Peter's Church, Britford [Map].
Baron Stafford is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
1411. Hugh Stafford Baron Bourchier, 1st Baron Stafford created.
In 1411 Hugh Stafford Baron Bourchier, 1st Baron Stafford was created 1st Baron Stafford. Elizabeth Bourchier 4th Baroness Bourchier Baroness Stafford (age 12) by marriage Baroness Stafford.
Baron Stafford of Southwick is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Forfeit Baronies of England.
Summary
24th April 1464. Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon created.
17th August 1469. Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon forfeit. See Murder of Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Devon.
On 24th April 1464 Humphrey Stafford (age 25) was created 1st Baron Stafford of Southwick. See Warkworth Note 4..
On 17th August 1469 Humphrey Stafford 1st Earl Devon (age 30), having escaped after the Battle of Edgecote Moor, was captured and executed by a mob at Bridgwater, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey [Map]. Earl Devon, Baron Stafford of Southwick forfeit.
Baron Stafford is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Extinct Baronies of England.
Summary
1547. Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford created.
30th April 1563. Son Henry Stafford 2nd Baron Stafford succeeded.
1565. Brother Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford succeeded.
18th October 1603. Son Edward Stafford 4th Baron Stafford succeeded.
1625. Grandson Henry Stafford 5th Baron Stafford succeeded.
4th August 1637. First Cousin Twice Removed Roger Stafford 6th Baron Stafford succeeded.
1640. Roger Stafford 6th Baron Stafford extinct.
In 1547 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 45) was created 1st Baron Stafford.
On 30th April 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford (age 61) died at Caus Castle [Map]. His son Henry succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford. On 6th May 1563 Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford was buried at Church of All Saints Worthen, Shropshire.
In or before 1565 Henry Stafford 2nd Baron Stafford and Elizabeth Davy Baroness Stafford were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford.
In 1565 Henry Stafford 2nd Baron Stafford died. His brother Edward (age 29) succeeded 3rd Baron Stafford.
In or before 1572 Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford (age 36) and Mary Stanley Baroness Stafford were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of Edward Stanley 3rd Earl of Derby (age 62) and Dorothy Howard Countess Derby (age 60). They were third cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Edward III of England.
In or before 1602 Edward Stafford 4th Baron Stafford (age 29) and Isabel Forster Baroness Stafford were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford.
On 18th October 1603 Edward Stafford 3rd Baron Stafford (age 68) died. His son Edward (age 31) succeeded 4th Baron Stafford.
In 1625 Edward Stafford 4th Baron Stafford (age 53) died. His grandson Henry (age 3) succeeded 5th Baron Stafford.
On 4th August 1637 Henry Stafford 5th Baron Stafford (age 15) died. His first cousin twice removed Roger (age 65) succeeded 6th Baron Stafford. His succession was disputed. Roger petitioned Parliament for the title, at the age of sixty-five. A commission was appointed to examine his claim, headed by Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester. Eventually, the claim reached King Charles I who denied it on grounds of Stafford's poverty. The judgment read "that the said Roger Stafford, having no part of the inheritance of the said Lord Stafford, nor any other lands or means whatsoever…should make a resignation of all claims and title to the said Barony of Stafford, for his majesty to dispose of as he should see fit". He surrendered the title by deed on 7 December 1639 for a sum of £800
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In 1640 Roger Stafford 6th Baron Stafford (age 68) died unmarried. Baron Stafford extinct. The title Baron Stafford was created again in 1640 for the husband of Roger's first-cousin twice-removed Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 20), sister of Henry Stafford 5th Baron Stafford.
Baron Stafford is also in Baronies of England Chronologically, Succeeded Baronesses of England, Extant Baronies of England.
Summary
12th September 1640. William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford created.
13th January 1694. Son Henry Stafford-Howard 1st Earl Stafford succeeded.
1719. Nephew William Stafford-Howard 2nd Earl Stafford succeeded.
1734. Son William Mathias Stafford-Howard 3rd Earl Stafford succeeded.
1751. Uncle John Paul Stafford-Howard 4th Earl Stafford succeeded.
1st April 1762. Niece Anatasia Stafford-Howard 6th Baroness Stafford de jure.
1807. Half First Cousin Once Removed William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet de jure.
1824. Son George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford attainder reversed.
4th October 1851. Son Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford succeeded.
1884. Nephew Augustus Frederick Stafford-Jerningham 10th Baron Stafford succeeded.
16th February 1892. Brother Fitzherbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham 11th Baron Stafford succeeded.
12th June 1913. Nephew Francis Fitzherbert Stafford 12th Baron Stafford succeeded.
18th September 1932. Brother Admiral Edward Fitzherbert 13th Baron Stafford succeeded.
28th September 1941. Nephew Basil Fitzherbert 14th Baron Stafford succeeded.
8th January 1986. Son Francis Fitzherbert 15th Baron Stafford succeeded.
On 12th September 1640 William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford (age 25) was created 1st Baron Stafford jointly with his wife Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 20).
On 29th December 1680 William Howard 1st Viscount Stafford (age 66) was beheaded at Tower Hill [Map]. He was attainted; Viscount Stafford forfeit. His wife Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 60), with whom he was jointly created Baron Stafford continued as Baroness.
On 13th January 1694 Mary Stafford Countess Stafford (age 74) died. She was buried at the Chapel of St Edmund, Westminster Abbey [Map]. Her son Henry (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baron Stafford.
In 1719 Henry Stafford-Howard 1st Earl Stafford (age 71) died. His nephew William (age 29) succeeded 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford. Anne Holman Countess Stafford by marriage Countess Stafford.
In 1734 William Stafford-Howard 2nd Earl Stafford (age 44) died. His son William (age 16) succeeded 3rd Earl Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford.
Before 1751 William Mathias Stafford-Howard 3rd Earl Stafford (age 32) and Henrietta Cantillon Countess Stafford (age 22) were married. She by marriage Countess Stafford, Baroness Stafford. He the son of William Stafford-Howard 2nd Earl Stafford and Anne Holman Countess Stafford.
In 1751 William Mathias Stafford-Howard 3rd Earl Stafford (age 33) died. His uncle John (age 50) succeeded 4th Earl Stafford, 5th Baron Stafford. Elizabeth Ewens Countess Stafford by marriage Countess Stafford.
On 1st April 1762 John Paul Stafford-Howard 4th Earl Stafford (age 61) died without issue. Earl Stafford extinct.His niece Anatasia (age 40) de jure 6th Baroness Stafford.
In 1807 Anatasia Stafford-Howard 6th Baroness Stafford (age 85) died. Her half first cousin once removed William (age 70) de jure 7th Baron Stafford
On 14th August 1809 William Jerningham of Cossey Park 6th Baronet (age 73) died. George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 38) de jure 8th Baron Stafford. His son George succeeded 7th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
In 1824 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 52) attainder reversed 8th Baron Stafford. He assumed the additional surname Stafford at the time.
On 26th May 1836 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 65) and Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford (age 46) were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford.
She one of the four Caton sisters, daughters of Richard Caton (age 73), a merchant from Baltimore, the three eldest, known as the "The Three American Graces", married European husbands. Only the fourth daughter Emily Caton (age 41) had children.
Marianne Caton Marchioness Wellesley (age 48) married Richard Wellesley 1st Marquess Wellesley (age 75),
Elizabeth Caton Baroness Stafford married George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford,
Louisa Catharine Caton Duchess Leeds (age 43) married firstly Felton Elwell Hervey-Bathurst 1st Baronet and secondly Francis Godolphin Osborne 7th Duke Leeds (age 38).
Emily Caton married Consul John MacTavish (age 49).
On 4th October 1851 George William Stafford-Jerningham 8th Baron Stafford (age 80) died. His son Henry (age 49) succeeded 9th Baron Stafford, 8th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
In 1884 Henry Valentine Stafford-Jerningham 9th Baron Stafford (age 82) died at Costessey Park. His nephew Augustus (age 53) succeeded 10th Baron Stafford, 9th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
On 16th February 1892 Augustus Frederick Stafford-Jerningham 10th Baron Stafford (age 61) died. His brother Fitzherbert (age 58) succeeded 11th Baron Stafford, 10th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
All About History Books
The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 12th June 1913 Fitzherbert Edward Stafford-Jerningham 11th Baron Stafford (age 79) died. His nephew Francis (age 53) succeeded 12th Baron Stafford. His second cousin once removed William (age 46) succeeded 11th Baronet Jerningham of Cossey.
On 18th September 1932 Francis Fitzherbert Stafford 12th Baron Stafford (age 73) died. His brother Edward (age 68) succeeded 13th Baron Stafford.
On 28th September 1941 Admiral Edward Fitzherbert 13th Baron Stafford (age 77) died unmarried. His nephew Basil (age 15) succeeded 14th Baron Stafford.
On 8th January 1986 Basil Fitzherbert 14th Baron Stafford (age 59) died. His son Francis (age 31) succeeded 15th Baron Stafford.