Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford

Henry Stafford
Baron Stafford
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Davy
Noble family	Stafford
Father	Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford
Mother	Ursula Pole
Born	Isleworth, Middlesex, England
Died	8 Apr 1566 Stafford Castle

Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (before 1527 – 1 Jan 1565) was a British peer in the peerage of England and MP.

Family life

Henry Stafford was the eldest surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. He married Elizabeth Davy, daughter of John Davy of Holbeach, Lincs before 1557.

Serving in Parliament

Henry Stafford failed twice in 1553 to be returned as knight for Staffordshire for Parliament. According to his father, he should have been returned as he was 'chosen by the whole shire, no man saying the contrary'. He was eventually elected in 1555, this time as a representative for Stafford. He did not appear to be active in the Commons, leaving little record of his actions; the History of Parliament notes that he was not on any list of those who opposed Government bills.^[1]

Honours and titles

Henry Stafford was knighted at Queen Mary's coronation, 2 Oct 1553. He was appointed Justice of the Peace for Shropshire in 1554. He was appointed keeper of the records at the Tower of London early in Queen Elizabeth's reign, a post he held until about January 1564. He complained to William Cecil at this point that he had been deprived of his office by William Bowyer.^[1]

Henry Stafford succeeded as the 2nd Baron Stafford at his father's death on 30 April 1563. He only held the barony for 3 years, being succeeded by his brother Edward Stafford on 8 April 1566.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Henry Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford

Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford               Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham                       Lady Margaret Beaufort               Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham                             Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers               Lady Catherine Woodville                       Jacquetta of Luxembourg               Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford                                   Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland               Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland                       Eleanor Poynings               Lady Alianore Percy                             William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke               Lady Maud Herbert                       Anne Devereux               Henry Stafford                                         ??               Sir Geoffrey Pole                       ??               Sir Richard Pole                             Oliver St John               Edith St John                       Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso               Ursula Pole, Baroness Stafford                                   Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York               George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence                       Lady Cecily Neville               Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury                             Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick               Lady Isabel Neville                       Anne Neville, 16th Countess of Warwick

Notes

1. Biography of Henry Stafford tudorplace.com from History of Parliament accessed 17 Jan 2010
2. The historic peerage of England: exhibiting, under alphabetical arrangement, the origin, descent, and present state of every title of peerage which has existed in this country since the Conquest; being a new edition of the "Synopsis of the Peerage of England" by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas and William Courthope, published 1857. On Google Books, accessed 17 January 2010

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs