Hugh Stafford

• Preferred Name: Hugh Stafford^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Alternate Name: Hugh Stafford 2nd Earl of Stafford
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 2nd Earl of Stafford31 AUG 1372 in Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171 with note: Citation attached; Complete Peerage p.220.
  
• Death: 16 OCT 1386 in Rhodes, Dodecanese, Greece at LATI: N6.4373 LONG: E8.2174
  
• Birth: 1342 in Stafford, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.8061 LONG: E2.1182
  
• FSID: LZ5L-L1C
  
• Burial: 1386 in Austin Priory, Stone, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.9163 LONG: E2.1403
  
• knighted: BEF APR 1367
  
• Knight+of+the+Garter: AFT 11 NOV 1375
  
• MilitaryService: 1359 in France with note: Hugh joined his father in the French campaigns in 1359
  
• Notes:

  Description: dated
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, KG (c. 1342 – 16 October 1386) was an English nobleman.
  
  Early life
  Hugh de Stafford was born around 1342, the second and youngest son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. His elder brother, Ralph, was intended to inherit the title and had been married to Maud Grosmont, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, and Isabel de Beaumont in 1344, with the expectation that he would expand the Stafford estates by inheriting the Lancastrian duchy. However, Ralph died early in 1347 and Hugh became heir. Around 1358, Hugh became the 3rd Lord Audley. Hugh joined his father in the French campaigns in 1359, being part of the retinue of Edward, Prince of Wales, spending time in Gascony and northern Spain.
  
  Political career
  He spent many years in military service, before returning to England and being summoned to Parliament in 1371 as Lord Stafford and later as Earl Stafford. On 31 August 1372, he inherited the title of 2nd Earl of Stafford. He was a member of a number of royal commissions, such as ones on Scottish affairs and on coastal defence. He was on the committee of nobles who conferred regularly with the Commons, being deemed suitable by that House to be part of the new 'continual council' of state. He did not always make the best decisions though and was admonished by his peers for censuring John Philipot, the London MP and merchant who had mobilised a fleet to defend merchant shipping.
  
  Marriage and children
  
  On or before 1 March 1350, Hugh de Stafford married Philippa de Beauchamp daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer.
  
  They had at least eight children.
  1. Margaret Stafford (c. 1364 – 9 June 1396). Married Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland as his first wife. Had issue.
  2. Sir Ralph Stafford (c. 1367 – 1385). Ralph was killed by King Richard II's half-brother, John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter in a feud during an expedition against the Scots in July 1385, over a retainer's death by one of Ralph's archers.
  3. Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford (c. 1368 – 4 July 1392). Inherited at age of 18. Married Anne of Gloucester, daughter of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester and Eleanor de Bohun. No issue, the marriage was reportedly never consummated.
  4. William Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford (21 September 1375 – 6 April 1395). Inherited from his brother at the age of 14. He was a ward of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester. He died at 19, no issue.
  5. Katherine Stafford (c. 1376 – 8 April 1419). Married Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk. Had issue.
  6. Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford (2 March 1377 – 22 July 1403). Inherited the earldom from his brother at the age of 17. He married Anne of Gloucester, widow of his elder brother Thomas. Edmund and Anne were the parents of Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham.
  7. Joan Stafford (1378 – 1 October 1442), married Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. No issue.
  8. Hugh Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (c. 1382 - 25 October 1420). Married Elizabeth Bourchier, 4th Baroness Bourchier and thus 4th Baron Bourchier jure uxoris, later created 1st Baron Stafford (1411 creation), Knight of the Garter. No issue.
  
  Later life and death
  The Countess Philippa died on 6 April 1386, and it was probably this combined with the death of his eldest son that pushed him to undertake a series of pilgrimages. He went first to Walsingham and then sailed for Jerusalem. He only got to Rhodes, where he died in the hospital the knights of St John in October of that year. His bones were returned to Stone Priory, Staffordshire, for burial next to his wife.
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Stafford,_2nd_Earl_of_Stafford
  
  BIO
  BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL2.htm#HumphreyStafforddied1460A as of 4/4/2016
  
  HUGH (-1386, bur Stone Priory). “Radulphus comes Stafford et dominus de Tonebru
  
  Biographical Wikipedia Article
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, KG (c. 1342 – 16 October 1386) was an English nobleman.
  
  Early life
  Hugh de Stafford was born around 1342,[1] the second and youngest son of Ralph de Stafford,
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 4/2009:
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford
  M, #8738, b. circa 1344, d. 16 October 1386
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford|b. c 1344\nd. 16 Oct 1386|p874.htm#i8738|Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford|b. 24 Sep 1301\nd. 31 Aug 1372|p812.htm#i8120|Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley|d. bt 1347 - 1351|p987.htm#i9864|Edmund de Stafford|d. 1308|p17619.htm#i176187|Margaret Basset||p11699.htm#i116983|Hugh Audley, 1st and last Earl of Gloucester|b. c 1289\nd. 10 Nov 1347|p2753.htm#i27521|Margaret de Clare|b. 1293\nd. Apr 1342|p10485.htm#i104850|
  Last Edited=20 Feb 2008
  Consanguinity Index=0.03%
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford was born circa 1344.1 He is the son of Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret Audley, Baroness Audley .1 He married Philippa Beauchamp , daughter of Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer , before 1 March 1351.2 He died on 16 October 1386 at Rhodes .3
  Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Audley [E., 1317] circa 1358.1 He succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Stafford [E., 1351] on 31 August 1372.1
  Children of Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford and Philippa Beauchamp
  Katherine de Stafford + d. 8 Apr 14194
  Lady Margaret de Stafford + b. c 1364, d. 9 Jun 13965
  Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford b. c 1368, d. 4 Jul 1392
  Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford + b. 1377, d. 21 Jul 1403
  Citations
  [S6 ] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 346. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  [S1545 ] Mitchell Adams, "re: Lewis Ancestors," e-mail message from > (Australia) to Darryl Roger Lundy, 6 december 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: Lewis Ancestors".
  [S125 ] Richard Glanville-Brown, online >, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
  [S6 ] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume XII/1, page 441.
  [S8 ] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition, 2 volumes (Crans, Switzerland: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999), volume 1, page 14. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition.
  
  === Member of Parliament in 1371. THE COMPLE ===
  Member of Parliament in 1371. THE COMPLETE PEERAGE OF ENGLAND (Second Edition); by George Edward COKAYNE; Volume 12 (1), Pages 177-179.
  
  === !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant Extinct Pe ===
  !Sir Bernard Burke's Dormant Extinct Peerage p.499;
  
  === Sir Hugh Stafford was a Knight of the Ga ===
  Sir Hugh Stafford was a Knight of the Garter. He was the 2nd Earl of Stafford and a Member of Parliament in 1371. 10-32. Weis.
  
  === Relationship to N. G. Utting note ===
  Nineteenth Great Grandfather : Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather

• m. BEF 1359 in England
• m. 1 MAR 1359 in Brancepeth Castle, Brancepeth, Durham, England

1. Edmund Stafford 5th Earl of Stafford, b. 2 MAR 1378 in England     d. 21 JUL 1403 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England

1. Title: The Magna Carta Sureties, 1215, The Barons Named In the Magna Carta, 1215 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Th.D and Arthur Adams, Ph.D, Third Edition, Genealogical Publishing Co. , Baltimore, MD 1985
   Author: Page Two-Four
   Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=59XcwoRK9jkC&dq=The+Magna+Charta+Sureties%2C+1215%2C+The+Barons+Named+In+the+Magna+Carta%2C+1215+by+Frederick+Lewis+Weis&q=Philippa+de+Beauchamp#v=snippet&q=Philippa%20de%20Beauchamp&f=false;
   
2. Title: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in the Dictionary for National Biography, Vol. 53, pgs. 458-459 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dictionary for National Biography, Vol. 53, pgs. 458-459
   Note: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in the Dictionary for National Biography, Vol. 53, pgs. 458-459 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in the Dictionary for National Biography, Vol. 53, pgs. 458-459 [See document in the Memories section]
   
3. Title: Stafford family in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera02burkgoog/page/n7/mode/2up;
   Note: Stafford family in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, pgs. 487-489 ~https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera02burkgoog/page/n7/mode/2up [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Stafford family in Burke's A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, pgs. 487-489 ~https://archive.org/details/ageneralandhera02burkgoog/page/n7/mode/2up [See document in the Memories section]
   
4. Title: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pgs. 161-163 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pgs. 161-163
   Note: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pgs. 161-163 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, Dugdale’s The Baronage of England, pgs. 161-163 [See document in the Memories section]
   
5. Title: The Complete Peerage of England...,by G.E. Cokayne,1st ed.,Vol 7, p.209;Hugh becomes 2nd Earl of Stafford on Death of his father, Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford
   Author: The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom (Edition 1, Volume 7) by Cokayne, George Edward, [from old catalog], published 1896; pp 208-220.
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/completepeerage07cokahrish/page/n209/mode/2up;
   Note: Describing lines of descent from Robert (d. 1282) throughout Barons, Earls, Knights, Lords and gentlemen members of the Staffords up to 1892; their wives and lines of descent. Useful for most of this entire clan to keep things in order.
   Page: Establishes Date of death for Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford and ascent to Hugh, 2nd Earl of Stafford.
   
6. Title: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1981/records/106129;
   
7. Title: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in Cokyane's Complete Peerage, Vol. VII, pg. 210 [See document in the Memories section]
   Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/completepeerage07cokahrish/page/n211/mode/2up;
   Note: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in Cokyane's Complete Peerage, Vol. VII, pg. 210 [See document in the Memories section]
   Page: Hugh de Stafford, Earl of Stafford, in Cokyane's Complete Peerage, Vol. VII, pg. 210 [See document in the Memories section]
   
8. Title: Our Royal, Titled, Noble, and Commoner Ancestors
   Author: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p429.htm#i12874 index to pedigrees
   Publication: Name: https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p429.htm#i12874;
   Note: Sir Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley, Lord of Tonbridge & Caus (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22) Last Edited 4 Apr 2020 M, #12874, b. circa 1342, d. 16 October 1386 Father Sir Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl Stafford, 2nd Lord Stafford, Seneschal of Aquitaine, Chief Justice of Chester & Flint (23,24,25) b. 24 Sep 1301, d. 31 Aug 1372 Mother Margaret de Audley (23,24,25) b. c 1322, d. 7 Sep 1349 Sir Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley, Lord of Tonbridge & Caus was born circa 1342. (2,11,21) He married Philippa de Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, Sheriff of Worcestershire, Warwickshire, & Leicestershire, Marshal of England and Katherine de Mortimer, before 1 March 1351; They had 5 sons (Sir Ralph; Sir Thomas, 3rd Earl of Stafford; William, 4th Earl of Stafford; Sir Edmund, 5th Earl of Stafford; & Sir Hugh, Lord Bourchier) and 3 daughters (Margaret, wife of Sir Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland; Katherine, wife of Sir Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl Suffolk; & Joan, wife of Sir Thomas Holand, Duke of Surrey, Earl of Kent, 7th Lord of Wake). (2,3,4,7,10,11,13,14,17,20,21) Sir Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl Stafford, 3rd Lord Stafford, Lord Audley, Lord of Tonbridge & Caus left a will on 6 April 1385. (11,21) He wrote a codicil on 15 April 1385. (11,21) He wrote a codicil on 21 September 1385. (11,21) He wrote a codicil on 25 September 1385. (11,21) He died on 16 October 1386 at Isle of Rhodes, Greece; Buried at Stone Priory, Staffordshire. Died while returning home from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. (2,11,21) Family: Philippa de Beauchamp b. c 1345, d. b 6 Apr 1386 Children: Katherine Stafford+(2,26,5,27,9,11,28,15,29,19,21) d. 8 Apr 1419 Sir Ralph Stafford (2,11,21) d. a 1385 Sir Hugh Stafford, Lord Bourchier (2,11,21) d. 25 Oct 1420 Joane Stafford (30,2,7,11,17,21) d. 30 Sep 1442 Margaret Stafford+ (31,2,6,8,10,11,12,16,18,20,21,22) b. b 1364, d. 9 Jun 1396 Sir Thomas Stafford, 3rd Earl Stafford (32,2,4,11,14,21) b. c 1368, d. 4 Jul 1392 William Stafford, 4th Earl Stafford (2,11,21) b. 21 Sep 1375, d. 6 Apr 1395 Sir Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl Stafford, 6th Lord Stafford, Lord of Tonbridge & Caus+ (2,4,11,14,21) b. 2 Mar 1378, d. 22 Jul 1403 Citations: 1. [S3621] Unknown author, The Complete Peerage, by Cokayne, Vol. XII/1, p. 177-179; Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, 4th Ed., by F. L. Weis, p. 148; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 6. 2. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 672-673. 3. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 144. 4. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 280-281. 5. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 370-371. 6. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 257. 7. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 498. 8. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 119. 9. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 182. 10. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 246-247. 11. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 74. 12. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 198. 13. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 296. 14. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. I, p. 481-482. 15. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 39-40. 16. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 108-109. 17.[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 433-434. 18. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 18. 19. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 156. 20. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. IV, p. 232. 21. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 11. 22. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 166. 23. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 671-672. 24. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 72. 25. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 9. 26. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 687. 27. [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 40. 28. [S6] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry: 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 281. 29. [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 416. 30. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 421-422. 31. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 540-544. 32. [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 139.
   
9. Title: Hugh de Stafford, "Find A Grave Index"
   Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-BWTH : 10 September 2021), Hugh de Stafford, ; Burial, Stone, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England, Stone Priory; citing record ID 86203188, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
   Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2Y-BWTH;
   Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86203188/hugh-de-stafford Sir Hugh de Stafford BIRTH 1342 Staffordshire, England DEATH 16 Oct 1386 (aged 43–44) Rhodes, Regional unit of Kos, South Aegean, Greece BURIAL Austin Priory Stone, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England MEMORIAL ID 86203188 the second and youngest son of Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford and Margaret de Audley. Around 1358, Hugh became the 3rd Lord Audley. Hugh joined his father in the French campaigns in 1359. summoned to Parliament in 1371 as Lord Stafford and later as Earl Stafford. On 31 August 1372, he inherited the title of 2nd Earl of Stafford. On or before 1 March 1350, Hugh de Stafford married Philippa de Beauchamp. He went first to Walsingham and then sailed for Jerusalem. He only got to Rhodes, where he died in the hospital the knights of St John in October of that year. His bones were returned to Stone Priory, Staffs, for burial next to his wife.
   Page: same name
   
10. Title: UK, Extracted Probate Records
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/1610/records/1749102;
    
11. Title: England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=5877&h=69338&indiv=try;