Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford

Edmund de Stafford
Baron Stafford
Spouse(s) Margaret Basset

Issue

Ralph Stafford, Richard Stafford, Margaret Stafford, William Stafford, Humphrey Stafford, Jacobus Stafford, Catherine Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford
Noble family Stafford
Father Nicholas de Stafford
Mother Eleanor de Clinton
Born 15 July 1272/3
Clifton, Staffs
Died 12 August 1308
Buried Friors Minors, Stafford

Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford was the son of Nicholas de Stafford, who was summoned to parliament by writ on 6 February 1299 by King Edward I.

The origins of the Stafford family

The Staffords were first found in the Domesday survey, with Robert de Stafford in possession of around 131 lordships, including being the governor of Stafford Castle from which the name is assumed to have been taken. Over the next 200 years, the following Staffords inherited the estate:[1][2]

Edmund, first baron

Edmund was born in Clifton, Staffs in 1272. He inherited the estates on the death of his father in 1287 and distinguished himself in the Scottish wars with King Edward I. He was summoned to Parliament by writ on 6 February 1299 and had regular summonses for the rest of his life.

Edmund married Margaret Bassett, daughter of Ralph, Lord Bassett of Drayton and Hawise.[3] Their children were:[1]

They are listed as having additional children, although evidence is lacking[5]

Edmund died 12 August 1308 in Stafford and was buried at the Church of the Friors Minors, Stafford.

Ancestry

Peerage of England
New creation Baron Stafford
1st creation
1299–1308
Succeeded by
Ralph Stafford

References

  1. 1 2 A general and heraldic dictionary of the peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, extinct, dormant and in abeyance by John Burke. Publisher Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. p491. From Google books, checked 24 Jan 2010
  2. A survey of Staffordshire, containing the antiquities of that county; by Sampson Erdeswicke and Thomasharwood, published JB Nichols and Son, 1820
  3. Cawley, Charles, England, Earls 1207-97, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
  4. Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 18.
  5. Tudorplace genealogy
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