Family and Education
b. 1552, 1st s. of Sir William Stafford of Chebsey, Staffs., Rochford, Essex, and London by his 2nd w. Dorothy, mistress of the robes to Queen Elizabeth, da. of Henry, 1st Baron Stafford; bro. of John. educ. St. John’s, Camb. (impubes), Pembroke, Camb. 1564. m. (1) a da. of Alexander Chapman of Norf., 1s. 2da.; (2) 1578, Douglas, da. of William, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, wid. of John, 2nd Baron Sheffield, and of Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, 2s. suc. fa. 1556. Kntd. 1583.
Offices Held
Gent. pens. by 1573 – 1603; ambassador to France 1583 – 91; master of the pipe office in the Exchequer 1591; remembrancer of first fruits and tenths in the Exchequer 1591.
Main residence: London.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
STAFFORD, Edward II (1552-1605)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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