Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot 1344-1397

Around 1326 [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 24] and Katherine Hastings Baroness Stafford [aged 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 [aged 23]. They were fifth cousins.

Before 6th July 1336 [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 34] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 18] were married. She by marriage Baroness Stafford. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Hugh Audley 1st Earl Gloucester [aged 45] and [her grandmother] Margaret Clare Countess Gloucester. They were fifth cousins. She a great granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1344 Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot was born to Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 42] and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 26] at Staffordshire. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1349 [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 31] died.

Before 30th August 1349 [her brother-in-law] Fulk Strange 3rd Baron Strange Blackmere [aged 17] and [her sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere. She the daughter of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 47] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1st March 1350 [her brother] Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 14] and [her sister-in-law] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 16] were married. She the daughter of Thomas Beauchamp 11th Earl Warwick [aged 37] and Katherine Mortimer Countess Warwick [aged 36]. He the son of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 48] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great x 5 granddaughter of King John of England.

On 3rd December 1351 William Ros 3rd Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 22] died. His brother [her future brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 16] succeeded 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and inherited Belvoir Castle [Map]. [her sister] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 10] by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

Around 1352 [her daughter] Joan Charleton was born to John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton [aged 16] and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 8]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married Arnold St Leger and had issue.

Around 1356 [her daughter] Jane Charleton Baroness Strange Knockin was born to John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton [aged 20] and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 12]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married in or before 1380 her fourth cousin John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin, son of Roger Strange 5th Baron Strange Knockin and Aline Fitzalan Baroness Strange Knockin.

On 23rd October 1356 Richard Talbot 2nd Baron Talbot [aged 51] died. His son Gilbert [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baron Talbot. Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 12] by marriage Baroness Talbot.

On 25th December 1357 [her brother-in-law] John Sutton 2nd Baron Sutton [aged 18] and [her sister] Katherine Stafford Baroness Sutton Dudley [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley. She the daughter of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 56] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were half third cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Before 1358 [her brother-in-law] John Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 26] and [her sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. She the daughter of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 56] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were fourth cousin once removed. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

On 30th August 1360 John Charleton 2nd Baron Cherleton died. His son John [aged 24] succeeded 3rd Baron Cherleton. Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 16] by marriage Baroness Cherleton.

In December 1361 [her sister] Katherine Stafford Baroness Sutton Dudley [aged 13] died.

On 25th April 1362 [her son] John Charleton 4th Baron Cherleton was born to John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton [aged 26] and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 18]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married before 19th October 1401 his third cousin once removed Alice Fitzalan Baroness Cherleton, daughter of Richard Fitzalan 9th Earl of Surrey 4th or 11th Earl of Arundel and Elizabeth Bohun Countess Arundel and Surrey.

On 12th April 1363 [her brother-in-law] Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 28] and [her sister] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 61] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1368 [her brother-in-law] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham [aged 19] and [her sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 28] were married at Lingfield, Surrey. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. She the daughter of [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 66] and [her mother] Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In 1370 [her son] Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton was born to John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton [aged 34] and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 26]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married (1) before 19th June 1399 his half third cousin once removed Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster, daughter of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent, and had issue (2) after October 1405 his fifth cousin Elizabeth Berkeley Baroness Cherleton Baroness Dudley.

On 31st August 1372 [her father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 70] died. His son [her brother] Hugh [aged 36] succeeded 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Baron Stafford. [her sister-in-law] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 38] by marriage Countess Stafford.

Around 1374 [her daughter] Joan Charleton [aged 22] died.

On 7th August 1376 [her sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 36] died.

In or before 1380 [her son-in-law] John Strange 6th Baron Strange Knockin [aged 28] and [her daughter] Jane Charleton Baroness Strange Knockin [aged 23] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Knockin. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

Around 1380 [her daughter] Jane Charleton Baroness Strange Knockin [aged 24] died.

On 16th October 1386 [her brother] Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 50] died returning from his Pilgrimage to Jerusalem. His son [her nephew] Thomas [aged 18] succeeded 3rd Earl Stafford, 4th Baron Stafford.

In 1397 Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 53] died.

Gilbert Talbot 3rd Baron Talbot and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot were married. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

John Charleton 3rd Baron Cherleton and Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot were married. She the daughter of Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.