Paternal Family Tree: Carew
Around 1574 Thomas Stafford was born illegitimately to George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 18].
In May 1580 [his father] George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 24] and Joyce Clopton Countess Totnes were married.
In 1593 Thomas Stafford [aged 19] was elected MP Weymouth and Melcombe Regis.
On 16th September 1607 Princess Mary Stewart [aged 2] died of pneumonia at the Stanwell Park Stanwell, Surrey home of Thomas Knyvet 1st Baron Knyvet [aged 62] in whose care she had been placed. As soon as Mary died, the Earl of Worcester [aged 57], the Earl of Leicester [aged 43] and the [his father] Earl of Totnes [aged 52] went to Hampton Court Palace [Map], to inform the Queen [aged 32] of her daughter's death. Seeing the three men before her, Queen Anne realized what had happened and spared the men the task of telling her.
In 1611 Thomas Stafford [aged 37] was knighted.
Before 1619 Thomas Stafford [aged 44] was appointed Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber.
In 1621 Thomas Stafford [aged 47] was elected MP Helston.
In 1624 Thomas Stafford [aged 50] was elected MP Bodmin.
In 1625 Thomas Stafford [aged 51] was elected MP Bodmin.
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On 5th February 1626 [his father] George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 70] was created 1st Earl Totnes. Joyce Clopton Countess Totnes by marriage Countess Totnes.
On 27th March 1629 [his father] George Carew 1st Earl Totnes [aged 73] died at Savoy Palace [Map]. He was buried at Clopton Chantry Chapel Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon [Map]. Earl Totnes extinct.
After 1633 Thomas Stafford [aged 59] and Mary Woodhouse were married. He the illegitmate son of George Carew 1st Earl Totnes.
Before 20th February 1655 Thomas Stafford [aged 81] died. He was buried at Clopton Chantry Chapel Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford upon Avon [Map]. His will was proved 20th February 1655.
Kings Wessex: Great x 17 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 14 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 20 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 15 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 9 Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 13 Grand Son of King William I of Scotland
Kings France: Great x 18 Grand Son of Hugh I King of the Franks
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 21 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Kings Spain: Great x 13 Grand Son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon
Great x 4 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 
5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Thomas Carew 4 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Joan Courtenay 3 x Great Granddaughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Nicholas Carew 5 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edmund Carew 6 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Dynham 8 x Great Grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Dynham 7 x Great Grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Philippa Lovell 
6 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 2 Grandmother: Margery Dynham 8 x Great Granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Arches of Eythrop
Great x 3 Grandmother: Joan Arches
Grandfather: George Carew 7 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: William Huddersfield
Great x 1 Grandmother: Katherine Huddersfield
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Bosome
Great x 2 Grandmother: Jennet or Elizabeth Bosome
father: George Carew 1st Earl Totnes 8 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England
Thomas Stafford 
9 x Great Grandson of King Edward I of England