Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford 1336-1386

Around 1326 [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 24] and [his step-mother] 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.

Around 1336 Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford was born to Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 34] and Margaret Audley Countess Stafford [aged 18] at Staffordshire. He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward I of England.

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

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

Before 30th August 1349 [his brother-in-law] Fulk Strange 3rd Baron Strange Blackmere [aged 17] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Baroness Strange Blackmere. She the daughter of [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 47] and [his 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 Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 14] and 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 Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 48] and 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 [his future brother-in-law] Thomas [aged 16] succeeded 4th Baron Ros Helmsley and inherited Belvoir Castle [Map]. [his sister] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 10] by marriage Baroness Ros Helmsley.

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

On 25th December 1357 [his brother-in-law] John Sutton 2nd Baron Sutton [aged 18] and [his sister] Katherine Stafford Baroness Sutton Dudley [aged 9] were married. She by marriage Baroness Sutton of Dudley. She the daughter of [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 56] and [his 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 [his brother-in-law] John Ferrers 4th Baron Ferrers of Chartley [aged 26] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 17] were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Chartley. She the daughter of [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 56] and [his 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. [his sister] Joan Stafford Baroness Cherleton and Talbot [aged 16] by marriage Baroness Cherleton.

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

On 12th April 1363 [his brother-in-law] Thomas Ros 4th Baron Ros Helmsley [aged 28] and [his sister] Beatrice Stafford Countess Desmond [aged 22] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 61] and [his 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.

Around 1364 [his daughter] Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 28] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 30]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married in or before 1383 her second cousin once removed Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland, son of John Neville 3rd Baron Neville of Raby and Maud Percy Baroness Neville Raby, and had issue.

Around 1367 [his son] Ralph Stafford was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 31] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 33]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

Around 1368 [his son] Thomas Stafford 3rd Earl Stafford was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 32] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 34]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married August 1391 his third cousin once removed Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester.

In 1368 [his brother-in-law] Reginald Cobham 2nd Baron Cobham [aged 19] and [his sister] Elizabeth Stafford Baroness Cobham, Ferrers and Strange [aged 28] were married at Lingfield, Surrey. She by marriage Baroness Cobham. She the daughter of [his father] Ralph Stafford 1st Earl Stafford [aged 66] and [his 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.

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

On 21st September 1375 [his son] William Stafford 4th Earl Stafford was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 39] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 41]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England.

Around 1376 [his daughter] Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 40] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 42]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married before 1394 Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk, son of Michael de la Pole 1st Earl Suffolk and Katherine Wingfield Countess Suffolk, and had issue.

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

In 1378 [his daughter] Joan Stafford Countess Kent was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 42] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 44]. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England. She married before 20th October 1392 her third cousin once removed Thomas Holland 1st Duke Surrey, son of Thomas Holland 2nd Earl Kent and Alice Fitzalan Countess Kent.

On 2nd March 1378 [his son] Edmund Stafford 5th Earl Stafford was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 42] and [his wife] Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 44]. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married 28th June 1398 his third cousin once removed Anne of Gloucester Plantagenet Countess Eu and Stafford, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor Bohun Duchess Gloucester, and had issue.

In or before 1383 [his son-in-law] Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmoreland [aged 18] and Margaret Stafford Baroness Neville Raby [aged 18] were married. She the daughter of Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford [aged 46] and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford [aged 48]. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

In May 1385 [his son] Ralph Stafford [aged 18] was murdered by John Holland 1st Duke Exeter [aged 33]. He was buried at King's Langley Priory, Hertfordshire [Map].

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

Westminster Chronicle. When these things had duly been carried out and Parliament had been dissolved, each man returned to his own affairs. Also, on the twenty-ninth day of November, Brother Nicholas Litlyngton, abbot of Westminster, died, and on the seventeenth day of December he was buried. Meanwhile the lord king sent three times to the prior and convent through Brother John Lakyngheth, urging that, out of regard for him, they should have his person deservedly commended to them. Therefore, on the twenty-first day of December, when an election had been held, Brother William of Colchester, archdeacon of the said monastery, was elected abbot by way of compromise. When the king heard this, he was indignant, and for some time delayed admitting him. But through the mediation of friends he was afterwards reconciled to him, and wrote quite graciously on his behalf to the Roman Curia. At that time Lord Hugh, earl of Stafford, died in parts overseas, far distant from England, while on pilgrimage. The staple of wool remained at Middelburg in that year and in the following year. The king kept his Christmas at Windsor, where he allowed Lord Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, to enjoy his liberty, and kept him with him. To whatever place the king happened to turn aside thereafter, Suffolk was with him.

Istis rite peractis et soluto parliamento unusquisque ad propria repedavit. Item xxix die Novembris obiit frater Nicholaus Litlyngton abbas Westmonasterii et xviio, die Decembris fuit sepultus. Interim dominus rex misit ter priori et conventui per fratrem Johannem Lakyngheth ut ejus personam sui contemplatione haberent merito commendatam. Igitur xxi die Decembris celebrata electione electus est per viam compromissi frater Willelmus Colchestre archidiaconus dicti monasterii in abbatem. Quo audito rex indignatus quasi per aliquot tempus distulit illum admittere sed mediantibus amicis fuit sibi postea reconciliatus et satis gratiose scripsit pro eo curiæ Romanæ. Quo in tempore obiit dominus Hugo comes Staffordiæ in partibus transmarinis ab Anglia longe distantibus peregrinis. Stapula vero lanarum mansit apud Middelborgh isto anno ac anno sequenti. Rex autem tenuit suum Natale apud Wyndesore ubi permisit dominum Michaelem de Poole comitem Southfolchiæ libertate gaudere et penes eum retinuit et ad quemeunque locum se divertere contingebat, deinceps fuit ipse cum eo.

[his son] Hugh Stafford Baron Bourchier, 1st Baron Stafford was born to Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp Countess Stafford. He a great x 3 grandson of King Edward I of England. He married before September 1410 Elizabeth Bourchier 4th Baroness Bourchier Baroness Stafford, daughter of Bartholomew Bourchier 3rd Baron Bourchier and Idoine Glevant Baroness Bourchier.