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STAFFORD, Edward I (1536-1603), of Stafford Castle.
Family and Education
b. 17 Jan. 1536, 4th s. of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d.1563), by Ursula, da. of Sir Richard Pole, KG, of Ellesborough, Bucks.; bro. of Sir Henry and Walter. m. c.1566, Mary (d.1609), da. of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. bro. as 3rd Baron Stafford 1566; suc. mother to castle and manor of Stafford 1570.CP; Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), 276-7; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 213; C142/284/33; CPR, 1569-72, pp. 35, 245; VCH Staffs. v. 87.
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J.p. Salop from c. 1582, q. by 1591, Staffs. by 1583, q. by 1591, Glos., Mont. by 1591; v.-adm. Glos. 1587; member, council in marches of Wales 1601.
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Main residence: Stafford Castle.
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STAFFORD, Edward II (1552-1605), of London.
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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.
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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.
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STAFFORD, Edward II (1552-1605)
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STAFFORD, John (1556-1624), of Marlwood, Glos.
Family and Education
bap. Jan. 1556, 3rd s. of Sir William Stafford by his 2nd w., and bro. of Edward Stafford II. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1569; G. Inn 1572. m. wid. of John Whynniard, s.p. Kntd. 1596.Genealogist, n.s. xxxi. 177-8; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1917), i. 378.
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J.p. Glos., Mont., Salop, Staffs. from c. 1591; constable, Bristol castle 1601; gent. pens. 1597–d.
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Main residence: Marlwood, Glos.
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STAFFORD, John (1556-1624)
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STAFFORD, Thomas (c.1574-1655).
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b. c. 1574, illegit. s. of Sir George Carew, later Earl of Totness. m. aft. 1633, Mary, da. of Sir Henry Woodhouse of Kimberley, Norf., wid. of Sir Robert Killigrew of St. Margaret Lothbury, London. Kntd. 1611.
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Gent. usher of privy chamber to Queen Anne by 1619, and to Queen Henrietta Maria.
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STAFFORD, Thomas (c.1574-1655)
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STAFFORD, Reade (c.1542-1605), of Bradfield, Berks.
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b. c. 1542, 1st s. of Thomas Stafford of Bradfield by Anne, da. of one Best of London. m. aft. 1568, Mabel, da. of Richard Staverton of Warvile, wid. of Francis Waferer of London, and of Nicholas Williams of Burfield, s.p. suc. fa. 1584. Kntd. 1601.
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Escheator, Oxon. and Berks. 1585 – 86; j.p. Berks. from c.1583.
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Main residence: Bradfield, Berks.
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