Elizabeth Stafford 1546-1599

Paternal Family Tree: Stafford

Maternal Family Tree: María González Henestrosa Lady Villagera -1356

In 1534 [her father] William Stafford [aged 26] and Mary Boleyn [aged 35] were married in secret. The marriage was discovered when she, Mary, attended Court, when pregnant, angering both the King [aged 42] and her sister the Queen [aged 33]. They was banished from Court. She the daughter of Thomas Boleyn 1st Earl Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 57] and Elizabeth Howard Countess of Wiltshire and Ormonde [aged 54].

In March 1544 [her father] William Stafford [aged 36] with his [her mother] wife [aged 17], children (Elizabeth Stafford, [her brother] Edward Stafford, Ursula Stafford, William Stafford, John Stafford and Dorothy Stafford ), sister, cousin and servants settled in Geneva to avoid religious persecution.

In 1545 [her father] William Stafford [aged 37] and [her mother] Dorothy Stafford [aged 18] were married. They were third cousin once removed. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

In 1546 Elizabeth Stafford was born to William Stafford [aged 38] and Dorothy Stafford [aged 19].

On 5th May 1556 [her father] William Stafford [aged 48] died at Geneva. Calvin claimed the custody of his son John and forbade his widow [aged 29] to leave with him. She appealed to Stafford's younger brother and the threat to invoke French aid persuaded Calvin to yield. She then moved to Basle, remaining there until January 1559.

Marriage of Richard Keyes and Mary Grey

On 19th August 1565 Thomas Keyes [aged 41] and Mary Grey [aged 20] were married. Elizabeth Stafford [aged 19] and [her sister] Ursula Stafford [aged 12] were witnesses. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Henry Grey 1st Duke of Suffolk and Frances Brandon Duchess of Suffolk.

Before 1575 William Drury [aged 24] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 28] were married.

In 1575 [her son] Robert Drury was born to [her husband] William Drury [aged 24] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 29]. He married 30th January 1592 his third cousin once removed Anne Bacon, daughter of Nicholas Bacon 1st Baronet and Anne Butts, and had issue.

On 8th June 1576 [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth was born to [her husband] William Drury [aged 26] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 30]. She married (1) in or before 1595 Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent (2) before May 1601 William Wray 1st Baronet, son of Christopher Wray and Anne Girlington, and had issue.

On 4th January 1578 [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter was born to [her husband] William Drury [aged 27] and Elizabeth Stafford [aged 32]. She married after 1591 her third cousin once removed William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter, son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter, and had issue.

The History of William Marshal, Earl of Chepstow and Pembroke, Regent of England. Book 1 of 2, Lines 1-10152.

The History of William Marshal was commissioned by his son shortly after William’s death in 1219 to celebrate the Marshal’s remarkable life; it is an authentic, contemporary voice. The manuscript was discovered in 1861 by French historian Paul Meyer. Meyer published the manuscript in its original Anglo-French in 1891 in two books. This book is a line by line translation of the first of Meyer’s books; lines 1-10152. Book 1 of the History begins in 1139 and ends in 1194. It describes the events of the Anarchy, the role of William’s father John, John’s marriages, William’s childhood, his role as a hostage at the siege of Newbury, his injury and imprisonment in Poitou where he met Eleanor of Aquitaine and his life as a knight errant. It continues with the accusation against him of an improper relationship with Margaret, wife of Henry the Young King, his exile, and return, the death of Henry the Young King, the rebellion of Richard, the future King Richard I, war with France, the death of King Henry II, and the capture of King Richard, and the rebellion of John, the future King John. It ends with the release of King Richard and the death of John Marshal.

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In 1590 [her husband] William Drury [aged 39] died.

After 1591 [her son-in-law] William Cecil 2nd Earl Exeter [aged 25] and [her daughter] Elizabeth Drury Countess Exeter [aged 12] were married. He the son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter [aged 48] and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter [aged 43]. They were third cousin once removed.

On 30th January 1592 [her son] Robert Drury [aged 17] and [her daughter-in-law] Anne Bacon [aged 20] were married. They were third cousin once removed.

In or before 1595 [her son-in-law] Nicholas Clifford of Bobbing Kent and [her daughter] Frances Drury Lady Glentworth [aged 18] were married.

Before 1599. Unknown Painter. Portrait of Elizabeth Stafford [aged 52].

On 6th February 1599 Elizabeth Stafford [aged 53] died.

[her son] Charles Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.

[her daughter] Susanna Drury was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford.

[her daughter] Diana Drury Viscountess Wimbledon was born to William Drury and Elizabeth Stafford. She married February 1618 her third cousin once removed Edward Cecil 1st Viscount Wimbledon, son of Thomas Cecil 1st Earl Exeter and Dorothy Neville Countess Exeter, and had issue.

Ancestors of Elizabeth Stafford 1546-1599

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Maud Hastings

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandmother: Elizabeth Burdett

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Aylesbury

Great x 2 Grandmother: Eleanor Aylesbury

Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 11 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 2 Grandfather: John Fray

Great x 1 Grandmother: Catherine Fray

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Danvers

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Danvers

Great x 2 Grandmother: Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock

father: William Stafford 12 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Fogge

Grandmother: Margaret Fogge

Great x 3 Grandfather: Nicholas Haute

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Haute

Great x 1 Grandmother: Alice Haute

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 2 Grandmother: Joan Woodville

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Bittelsgate

Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beauchamp

Elizabeth Stafford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 1st Duke of Buckingham Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humphrey Stafford 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Neville Duchess Buckingham Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Stafford 2nd Duke of Buckingham 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Edmund Beaufort 1st or 2nd Duke of Somerset Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beaufort 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Woodville

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Woodville 1st Earl Rivers

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Bittelsgate

Great x 2 Grandmother: Catherine Woodville Duchess Buckingham and Bedford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Peter Luxembourg I Count Saint Pol 4 x Great Grandson of King Henry III of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Jacquetta of Luxembourg Duchess Bedford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Margherita Baux 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandfather: Henry Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Henry Percy 2nd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Percy 3rd Earl of Northumberland 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Neville Countess Northumberland Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: Henry Percy 4th Earl of Northumberland 3 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Poynings 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Poynings Countess Northumberland 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Berkeley Countess Arundel 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eleanor Percy Duchess Buckingham 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: William ap Thomas "Blue Knight of Gwent" Herbert

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Herbert 1st Earl Pembroke

Great x 4 Grandmother: Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam "Star of Abergavenny" Brecon

Great x 2 Grandmother: Maud Herbert Countess Northumberland 9 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Walter Devereux 7 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Devereux 8 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Merbury

mother: Dorothy Stafford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Pole

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Pole

Great x 2 Grandfather: Geoffrey Pole

Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Pole 8 x Great Grandson of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 16 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 3 Grandfather: Oliver St John 17 x Great Grandson of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Paulet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Edith St John 7 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Beauchamp 3rd Baron Beauchamp Bletsoe 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Beauchamp Duchess Somerset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Stourton Baroness Beauchamp Bletsoe 5 x Great Granddaughter of King John of England

Grandmother: Ursula Pole 4 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard of Conisbrough 1st Earl Cambridge Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Plantagenet 3rd Duke of York Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Anne Mortimer 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 2 Grandfather: George York 1st Duke of Clarence 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Cecily "Rose of Raby" Neville Duchess York Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Beaufort Countess of Westmoreland Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret York aka Pole Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Neville Earl Salisbury Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury 2 x Great Grandson of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Montagu 5th Countess of Salisbury 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Neville Duchess Clarence 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl Warwick 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Anne Beauchamp 16th Countess Warwick 2 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Despencer Countess Warwick and Worcester Great Granddaughter of King Edward III of England

Elizabeth Stafford 1546-1599