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DE STAFFORD, Edmund

Male 1272 - 1308  (36 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  DE STAFFORD, Edmund was born in 1272 in Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England; died in 1308 in Clifton Campville, Staffordshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Royalty & Nobility: 1st Baron Stafford

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Sep 1301; died on 31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  DE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford RalphDE STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford Ralph Descendancy chart to this point (1.Edmund1) was born on 24 Sep 1301; died on 31 Aug 1372 in Tonbridge, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Founder Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
    • Royalty & Nobility: 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford

    Notes:

    At the time of Ralph's birth, on 24 September 1301, the Staffords exercised considerable influence in the west midlands, but had yet to assume the prominent role in national affairs that fell to them as a result of his own success as a soldier, administrator, and courtier. The bulk of their estates lay in Staffordshire and Warwickshire, with a few additional holdings in Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire, and generated an annual income of about £200 net. This was not enough to support a senior member of the English baronage, although Edmund de Stafford had sufficiently distinguished himself in the Scottish wars of Edward I to merit a personal summons to parliament. The path of advancement through military service was followed with distinction by his son, whose lasting achievement was to elevate his family to the ranks of the higher nobility.

    Having lost his father as a child, Ralph Stafford had come of age and entered his estates by December 1323. He spent his youth in the society of his mother's Staffordshire relatives and of her second husband, a local landowner named Thomas Pipe. Stafford's first known experience of royal service occurred in 1325, when he, his younger brothers, and their stepfather joined the retinue of his maternal uncle, Ralph, second Lord Basset of Drayton. Soon, however, he grew more independent. He was made a knight-banneret in January 1327, being recruited to fight against the Scots shortly afterwards. His support for the plot to free the young Edward III from the control of his mother's lover, Roger Mortimer, earned him the king's lasting gratitude, and marked the beginning of what was to become a close personal relationship. Mortimer's arrest at Nottingham Castle during the parliament of October 1330 enabled Edward to seize the reins of power himself.

    Birth:
    Tunbridge, Staffordshire, England

    Family/Spouse: DE AUDLEY, Margaret. Margaret (daughter of AUDLEY, 1st Earl of Gloucester, 1st Baron Audley Hugh and DE CLARE, Countess of Gloucester, Countess of Cornwall Margaret) was born in 1318; died on 7 Sep 1349; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. DE STAFFORD, Katherine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1340; died in Dec 1361.
    2. 4. STAFFORD, Joan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1339 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 2 Aug 1397 in Staffordshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  DE STAFFORD, Katherine Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ralph2, 1.Edmund1) was born about 1340; died in Dec 1361.

    Family/Spouse: DE SUTTON, John III. John (son of DE SUTTON, John II and Living, son of DE SUTTON, John II) was born in 1339; died in 1370. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. DE SUTTON, John IV  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Dec 1361; died on 10 Mar 1396.

  2. 4.  STAFFORD, JoanSTAFFORD, Joan Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ralph2, 1.Edmund1) was born in 1339 in Tunbridge Castle, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died on 2 Aug 1397 in Staffordshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: CHERLETON, John. John was born in 1334 in Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died on 13 Jul 1374 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. CHERLETON, Edward  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1372; died on 14 Mar 1420.


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  DE SUTTON, John IVDE SUTTON, John IV Descendancy chart to this point (3.Katherine3, 2.Ralph2, 1.Edmund1) was born on 6 Dec 1361; died on 10 Mar 1396.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. DE SUTTON, 4th Baron Surron of Dudley John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1380; died in 1406.

    Family/Spouse: JOAN. died in Apr 1408. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. DE SUTTON, 4th Baron Surron of Dudley John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1380; died in 1406.

  2. 6.  CHERLETON, EdwardCHERLETON, Edward Descendancy chart to this point (4.Joan3, 2.Ralph2, 1.Edmund1) was born in 1372; died on 14 Mar 1420.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Differentiator: Test
    • Royalty & Nobility: 5th Lord Cherleton

    Notes:

    EDWARD CHERLETON (or CHARLETON), K.G., 5th Lord Cherleton, feudal lord of Powis, younger son, born about 1371. He married (1st) shortly after 19 June 1309 ELEANOR HOLAND, widow of Roger Mortimer, Knt., Earl of March and Ulster, Lord Mortimer (died 1398), and daughter of Thomas de Holand, K.G., 2nd Earl of Kent, by Alice, daughter of Richard de Arundel, Knt., Earl of Arundel and Surrey. She was born 13 October 1370. They had two daughters, Joan and Joyce. He married (2nd) before 1408 ELIZABETH BERKELEY, daughter of John Berkeley, Knt., of Beverstone, Glouchestershire, by Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Betteshorne (or Bistorne), Knt. They had no issue. SIR EDWARD CHERLETON (or CHARLETON), 5th Lord Cherleton, died testate 14 March 1420/1. His widow, Elizabeth, married (2nd) before 28 June 1421 JOHN SUTTON (or DUDLEY), K.G., 1st Lord Dudley (died 30 Sept. 1487. She died shortly before 8 Dec. 1478.

    Birth:
    Cherleton, Wrock, Shrop, England

    Died:
    Powys, Montgomeryshire, Wales

    Edward married HOLLAND, Alianore after 20 Jul 1398. Alianore (daughter of HOLLAND, Thomas and FITZALAN, Countess of Kent; Lady of the Garter Alice) was born in 1373 in Upholland, Lancashire, England; died on 23 Oct 1405 in Bisham Manor, Berkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. CHERLETON, Lady Joyce  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1402; died on 22 Sep 1446 in Harrow, Middlesex, England.


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