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b. 31 Jan. 1540, 1st s. of Sir William Stanford† of Hadley, Mdx. and Alice, da. of John Palmer of Kentish Town, Mdx.Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii. pt. 2), p. 133. educ. G. Inn 1557. GI Admiss. m. 15 Nov. 1562, Anne (bur. 20 May 1602), da. of John Leveson of Wolverhampton, Staffs., 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1558; Wolverhampton Par. Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas and G.P. Mander (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 11932), pp. 2-3; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. vi. pt. 1), pp. 279-80; Regs. Church of St. Mary Handsworth Staffs. transcribed J. Lilly (Birmingham and Midland Soc. for Genealogy and Heraldry), 41, 61, 124. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 125 d. 20 Mar. 1607. C142/299/125. sig. Robert Stanford/Ro[bert] Staunford.
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Commr. i.p.m., Salop 1569, Staffs. 1571, 1574, 1576, 1576, 1579, 1586, 1598, Warws. 1597; CPR, 1566–69, p. 347; 1569–72, p. 198; 1572–5, pp. 356, 440; 1575–8, p. 41; CPR, 1585–6 (L. and I. Soc. ccxciv), 294; CPR, 1596–7 (L. and I. Soc. cccxxii), 198; C66/1489, m. 12d. j.p. Staffs. by 1575 – 96, 1602–d.; SP12/104; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1932), pp. 190, 217; C231/1 f. 136v. sheriff, Staffs. 1589–90; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. commr. to administer the oath of office to the sheriff, Staffs. 1596, STAC 5/L11/24. subsidy 1600, E179/178/256. charitable uses 1603, 1606, 1607; C93/93/2/7, 93/2/25, 93/3/5. collector (jt.), fifteenths and tenths, Staffs. 1604, E179/176/265. Privy Seal loans 1604–5. E401/2585, f. 68

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STANFORD (STAMFORD, STAUNFORD), Sir Robert (1540-1607), of Perry Hall, Staffs.
Main residence: Perry Hall, Staffs.
STAMFORD, STAUNFORD
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Commons 1604-1629
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STANFORD (STAMFORD, STAUNFORD), Sir Robert (1540-1607)

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