'Stafford03'Index
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Families covered: Stafford of Bromshull (or Bromshill, etc), Stafford of Grafton, Stafford of Hooke, Stafford of Sandon, Stafford of Southwick
On 09.10.05, some of the contents of this page were transferred here out of Stafford01 to facilitate expansion and further review.
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| (1) We still have some uncertainty as to the way we are showing how certain branches of this family interconnect with others. We have been greatly helped by input from a site visitor (RS, 19/24.01.05) who provided us with the results of his research into the International Genealogy Index. However, whilst the IGI can very helpful, it is notorious for occasionally including unproven assumptions and thereby sometimes discrediting itself. As with a number of sources (eg the Visitations), we take the view that it would be silly to ignore the IGI but that it would be unwise to follow it when another source contradicts it (provided, of course, that that other source has some credibility itself). (2) The IGI and various web sites refer to the next few generations as 'of Sandon'. However, some other web sites mention Bromshull, spelled variously as Bromshall or Bromshill or Bramshall or Bramshill. BE1883 (Stafford of Suthwik and Devon) starts with Sir John, son of William of Bromshull "and a descendant of Hervey Bagot and Milicent Stafford" who are shown on Stafford01 as great-parents of the following William. BE1883 also shows that Sir John's younger son Ralph was, by Margaret Stafford, ancestor of the Staffords of Grafton. The IGI and various web sites show that Ralph as son of Sir John of Sandon. |
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| William Stafford of Sandon = (?) William Stafford of Bromshull (b 1278, d 1307) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isabella Stafford (dau of Robert de Stafford) identified by the IGI and some web sites | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sir John Stafford of Sandon = Sir John Stafford of Bromshull | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Katherine Hastings mentioned by the IGI | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Stafford (dau of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford) | |||||||||||||||
| IGI suggests that Margaret was sister rather than daughter of the 1st Earl but on this we provisionally follow BE1883. | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Humphrey Stafford | ||||||||||||||
IGI shows this Sir Humphrey as third son of Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord. BE1883 shows him as the heir of Sir John (son of William of Bromshull) and elder brother of the Ralph who was ancestor of the Staffords of Grafton and also those of Blatherwycke. We follow BE1883 which identifies his wife merely as daughter and heir of _ Greinvill. IGI identifies her as ... |
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| m. (before 1365) Elizabeth Greville (dau of Adam Greville) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Humphrey Stafford, Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset (b c1377) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Elizabeth Aumerie (dau of Sir William Aumerie, widow of Sir John Maltravers of Hooke) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Elizabeth Cheyney | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Humphrey Stafford of Hooke | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1407) Elizabeth Maltravers (dau of John Maltravers of Hooke) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John Stafford (dvp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1426) Anne Botreaux (dau of William, Lord Botreaux) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Sir Humphrey Stafford (d 1452-3) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Humphrey Stafford (dsp 1461-2) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William Stafford of Hook and Southwick (d 18.06.1450) | ||||||||||||||
| Some web sites identify this William as the William of Bishop's Frome who was father of Margaret who married Sir George Vere and was mother of John, 14th Earl of Oxford, and others. However, TCP (Devon) reports that the heirs of his son Humphrey were Humphrey's cousins, the 3 daughers of his aunt Alice, which suggests that he had no sister who had issue. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Katherine Chidiock (dau of Sir John Chidiock) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Humphrey Stafford, Lord Stafford of Southwick, Earl of Devon (b 1439, dsps 17.08.1469) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (after 21.06.1450) Isabel Barre (d 01.03.1488/9, dau of Sir John Barre of Knebworth by Idoine Hotoft) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Alice Stafford (d by 24.04.1448) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir Edmond Cheyney of Broke | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Alice or Elizabeth Cheyney (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Coleshill or Coleshull | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Agnes or Anne Cheyney | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir John Willoughby | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (by 1432) Walter Tailboys, Sheriff of Lincolnshire (b c1391, d 13.04.1444) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells, later Archbishop of Canterbury (d c1452) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Ralph Stafford of Grafton (b c1330, d 01.03.1409/10) | ||||||||||||||
| IGI suggests that Ralph's wife was possibly dau of John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, by Anne Manny, but BE1883, supported by TCP (Hastang), identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Maud Hastang (dau of Sir John Hastang of Grafton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (d 20.02.1418/9) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Burdett (dau of John Burdett of Arrow by Margaret Fitton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (b 1400, d after 1467) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Eleanor Aylesbury (dau of Sir Thomas Aylesbury of Milton Keynes) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Sir Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (b c1440, d 08.07.1486) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.1458) Catherine Fray (d 12.05.1482, dau of Sir John Fray by Agnes Danvers) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Humphrey Stafford of Grafton (b c1461) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret Fogge (dau of John Fogge by Margaret Goldwell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Stafford of Grafton | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (c1528) Mary Boleyn (b 1504, d 19.07.1534, dau of Sir Thomas Boleyn, Viscount Rochford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (c1545) Dorothy Stafford (b after 1518, dau of Henry Stafford, 1st Lord Stafford) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sir Edward Stafford of Grafton (b c1552, d 05.02.1604/5) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rosberta Chapman | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (29.11.1579) Douglas Howard (b c1545, bur 11.12.1608, dau of William Howard, 1st Lord of Effingham) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | William Stafford of Marlwood (b 01.03.1553/4, d 16.11.1612) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1593) Anne Gryme | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Dorothy Stafford apparently of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Tyndale of Eastwood Park (d 1671) | |||||||||||||||
| (d) | Ursula Stafford (b c1546) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1553) Richard Drake (b 1535, d 11.07.1603) | |||||||||||||||
| (e) | Dorothy Stafford (b c1548) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Drake (b 1535, d 11.07.1603) | |||||||||||||||
| (f) | Elizabeth Stafford (b c1550) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Sir William Drury (bpt 30.03.1550) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. John Scott (d 17.01.1617) | |||||||||||||||
| (B) | Joyce Stafford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Marmaduke Constable of Flamburgh | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Anne Stafford | ||||||||||||||
| m. (c1490) Richard Nevill, 2nd Lord Latymer (b 1468, d 1530) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Anne Stafford (d after 1508) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Berkeley of Stoke Gifford (d 1501) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Elizabeth Stafford | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sir Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Lord Powyke (d 19.01.1502-3) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Anne Stafford (a 1508) possibly of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m1. John Clinton, 6th Lord (d 29.02.1488) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (after 04.08.1488) Richard Willoughby (of the Wollaton family) | |||||||||||||||
| m3. Thomas Willicote | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Joan Stafford | ||||||||||||||
| The Draycote sources identify Joan's parents as Sir John de Stafford of Amblech & Bramshill, and Margaret, dau of Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford. | |||||||||||||||
| m. John de Draycott of Paynsley (d before 1399) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Margaret Stafford probably of this or one later generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Erdeswick of Leighton | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For Stafford of Hook and Southwick : BE1883 (Stafford of Suthwyk and Devon) with some support from TCP (Devon)
(2) For Stafford of Grafton : various web sites including IGI.
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