Submitted by legacy on
Family and Education
b. aft. 1341, 1st s. of Sir John Stafford of Amblecote and Bramshall, Staffs. by his 2nd w. Margaret, 4th da. of Ralph, 1st earl of Stafford; er bro. of Ralph, m. (1) c.1365, Alice (b.c.1345), da. and h. of Sir John Greville of Southwick, 1s. Sir Humphrey II; (2) between June 1386 and Jan. 1388, Elizabeth (c.1345-17 Oct. 1413), da. and coh. of Sir William d’Aumarle of Woodbury, Devon, wid. of Sir John Mautravers of Hooke. 1s. illegit. Kntd. by 1366.Wilts. N. and Q. iii. 194; Genealogist, n.s. xxxi. 173-4.
Offices Held

Tax assessor, Wilts. May 1379; collector Dec. 1384.

J.p. Wilts. 26 May 1380 – Dec. 1382, Oct. 1397 – May 1401, Dorset 15 July 1389 – d., Som. 16 May 1401 – d.

Commr. of inquiry, Wilts. July 1380 (keepership of Grovele forest), Dorset Nov. 1388 (shipwreck), Som., Dorset Mar. 1393 (concealments), Dorset Feb. 1394 (Hamond property), Som. June 1397 (Payn property), Dorset July 1397 (tithes), Som. Feb. 1400 (treasons and felonies), Hants Feb. 1401 (marriage agreement), Wilts. Apr. 1403 (wastes), Dorset Mar. 1404 (piracy), Jan. 1405 (decay of Lyme), Som., Dorset June 1406 (concealments), Devon, Cornw., Som. Sept. 1406 (ransoms of prisoners abroad), Dorset Feb. 1408 (decay of Melcombe), Devon, Cornw., Som., Dorset, Suss., Hants, Bristol, Glos., Worcs., Oxon., Warws., Mdx. Mar. 1408 (concealments), Bristol July 1411 (wastes); to put down unlawful assemblies, Wilts. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of oyer and terminer, Dorset Feb. 1390, Som. July 1393, Apr. 1401, Feb. 1410; to survey the estates of the Lords Appellant of 1388, Som., Dorset, Hants, Wilts. Oct. 1397; seize the possessions of John, Lord Cobham, Wilts. Oct. 1397; of array, Dorset Dec. 1399, July 1402, Aug., Oct. 1403, July 1404; sewers, Som. Aug. 1401; to make proclamation of Henry IV’s intention to govern well, Dorset May 1402, of the King’s rights at Litton Cheney church Mar. 1404; raise forces for the relief of Carmarthen Oct. 1403; raise rival loans, Dorset Sept. 1405, Som., Dorset June 1406, Dorset June 1410.

Sheriff, Staffs. 1 Nov. 1383 – 11 Nov. 1384, 1 Dec. 1388 – 15 Nov. 1389, Som. and Dorset 18 Nov. 1386–7, 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, 22 Nov. – 19 Dec. 1405, 29 Nov. 1410–10 Dec. 1411.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey I (d.1413), of Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts. and Hooke, Dorset.
Main residences: Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.; Hooke, Dorset.
Author
L.S.W.
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title

STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey I (-d.1413)

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Oxford 1644
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