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.

Offices Held

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.Flenley, Cal. Reg. Council, Marches of Wales, 216; P. H. Williams, Council in the Marches of Wales, 358–9; Staffs. Q. Sess. Rolls (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), passim; APC, xv. 254.

Parlimentarian

STAFFORD, Edward (1536-1603), of London.

Main residence: Stafford Castle.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

STAFFORD, Edward I (1536-1603)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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