Humphrey Stafford 1400-1450

Paternal Family Tree: Stafford

In 1400 Humphrey Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford [aged 30] and Elizabeth Burdett [aged 16] at Grafton, Worcestershire.

Before 20th February 1419 [his mother] Elizabeth Burdett [aged 35] died.

On 20th February 1419 [his father] Humphrey Stafford [aged 49] died.

In 1423 Humphrey Stafford [aged 23] was elected MP Worcestershire.

Around 2nd January 1424 Humphrey Stafford [aged 24] and Eleanor Aylesbury [aged 18] were married.

Around 1426 [his son] Humphrey Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford [aged 26] and [his wife] Eleanor Aylesbury [aged 20] at Grafton, Worcestershire. He married 1452 Catherine Fray, daughter of John Fray and Agnes Danvers Baroness Wenlock, and had issue.

In 1426 Humphrey Stafford [aged 26] was elected MP Worcestershire.

In 1427 Humphrey Stafford [aged 27] was elected MP Staffordshire.

Around 1435 [his daughter] Elizabeth Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford [aged 35] and [his wife] Eleanor Aylesbury [aged 29] at Beauchamp, Worcestershire. She married 27th January 1447 her half fourth cousin Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick, son of John Beauchamp 1st Baron Beauchamp Powick and Margaret Ferrers Baroness Beauchamp Powick, and had issue.

William of Worcester's Chronicle of England

William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.

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In 1447 [his daughter] Anne Stafford Baroness Clinton was born to Humphrey Stafford [aged 47]. She married in or before 1470 her fourth cousin once removed John Clinton 6th Baron Clinton, son of John Clinton 5th Baron Clinton and Joan Ferrers Baroness Clinton, and had issue.

In 1447 Humphrey Stafford [aged 47] was elected MP Worcestershire.

On 27th January 1447 [his son-in-law] Richard Beauchamp 2nd Baron Beauchamp Powick [aged 12] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Stafford [aged 12] were married at Beauchamp's Court, Alcester. They were half fourth cousins.

In 1448 [his son] Richard Stafford was killed.

In 1449 Humphrey Stafford [aged 49] was elected MP Worcestershire.

Chronicle of Gregory. [7th June 1450] And yn the fowarde, as they wolde have folowyde the captayne, was slayn Syr Umfray Stafforde [aged 50] and Wylliam Stafford [aged 30], squyer, one the mannylste man of alle this realme of Engelonde, whythe many moo othyr of mene personys at Sevenocke [Map], in Kentt, in her oute ragyng fro her oste of our sovereign lordys the kyng, Harry the vjte. And the kyng [aged 28] loggyd that nyght at Grenewyche [Map], and son aftyr every lord whythe his retynewe rood home in to her contraye.

Note. The date sometimes given as the 8th June 1450 and 18th June 1850.

In 1478 [his former wife] Eleanor Aylesbury [aged 72] died.

Monumental Effigies. Sir Humphrey Stafford and Alianor (Aylesbury) his wife in Bromsgrove Church, Worcestershire.

Eleanor Aylesbury: Around 1406 she was born to Thomas Aylesbury. Around 2nd January 1424 Humphrey Stafford and she were married. In 1478 she died.

[his father] Humphrey Stafford and [his mother] Elizabeth Burdett were married.

[his son] Richard Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford and Eleanor Aylesbury.

[his son] Thomas Stafford was born to Humphrey Stafford and Eleanor Aylesbury.

Royal Ancestors of Humphrey Stafford 1400-1450

Kings Wessex: Great x 12 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England

Kings Gwynedd: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 15 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth

Kings Powys: Great x 13 Grand Son of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Kings England: Great x 11 Grand Son of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Kings Scotland: Great x 9 Grand Son of King David I of Scotland

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks

Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 17 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine

Royal Descendants of Humphrey Stafford 1400-1450
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Brigadier-General Charles Fitz-Clarence [1]

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom [7]

Queen Consort Camilla Shand [1]

Diana Spencer Princess Wales [12]

Ancestors of Humphrey Stafford 1400-1450

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford of Bramshall

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Stafford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Edith Unknown

Great x 2 Grandfather: William Stafford

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Unknown

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Stafford 10 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: Robert Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Robert Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Corbet

Great x 2 Grandmother: Isabel Stafford 9 x Great Granddaughter of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Stafford of Bramshall

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gundreda Stafford

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermentrude FitzWalchelin

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

Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Stafford 8 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 3 Grandfather: Edmund Stafford 1st Baron Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of Maredudd ab Owain King Deheubarth King Powys King Gwynedd

Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Clinton

Great x 2 Grandfather: Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 4 Grandfather: Ralph Basset 1st Baron Basset Drayton 5 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 3 Grandmother: Margaret Basset 6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Margaret Stafford 6 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: John Hastings 13th Baron Abergavenny 1st Baron Hastings 3 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 3 Grandfather: John Hastings 2nd Baron Hastings 14th Baron Abergavenny 4 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandmother: Isabel Valence Baroness Bergavenny Baroness Hastings 7 x Great Granddaughter of Hugh I King of the Franks

Great x 2 Grandmother: Katherine Hastings Baroness Stafford 5 x Great Granddaughter of King David I of Scotland

Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Leybourne

Great x 3 Grandmother: Juliana Leybourne Countess Huntingdon

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Tosny

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

Great x 1 Grandfather: John Hastings

Grandmother: Maud Hastings

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Trussell

Great x 3 Grandfather: William Trussell

Great x 2 Grandfather: Warren Trussell

Great x 1 Grandmother: Maud Trussell

Humphrey Stafford 9 x Great Grandson of King David I of Scotland

Mother: Elizabeth Burdett