Earl Ralph de Stafford

1301 - 1372  (70 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Ralph de Stafford  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Earl
  Birth	24 Sep 1301	Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England   [3, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Aug 1372	Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England   [3, 4]
  Burial	Tonbridge, Kent, England
  with Margaret, at the feet of Margaret's parents.
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Earl Ralph de Stafford,   b. 24 Sep 1301, Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England d. 31 Aug 1372, Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England  (Age 70 years) ▻ Katharine de Hastang,  m. Abt 1327 ;   Baroness Margaret de Audley,  m. Bef 6 Jul 1336 + 2. Richard de Stafford   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Matilda de Camville + 3. Margaret Stafford   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ James Stafford + 4. William de Stafford,   b. Abt 1270, Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England d. 1320  (Age 50 years) ▻ Isabel de Stafford
  Person ID	I47318	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Father	Baron Edmund Stafford,   b. 17 Jul 1273, Stafford, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 12 Aug 1308 (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Countess Margaret Basset,   b. Abt 1270, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 17 Mar 1335-1336 (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1298
  Family ID	F19860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Katharine de Hastang,   b. Abt 1292, Chebsey, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 1335 (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1327  [3, 4, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Jane de Stafford,   b. Abt 1336, Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d. Bef 1397 (Age 61 years) + 2. Humphrey de Stafford,   b. Abt 1360, Hooke, Dorsetshire, England d. 1413 (Age 53 years) + 3. Margaret de Stafford,   b. 1331   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F19857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 2	Baroness Margaret de Audley,   b. Abt 1318   d. 16 Sep 1348-7 Sep 1349 (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	Bef 6 Jul 1336	Her father charged that Stafford married her against her will & abducted her.   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Fact 2:
  Children	+ 1. Beatrice Stafford,   b. Abt 1339, Tunbridge, Stafford, England d. 14 Apr 1415, Uffington, Holderness, Yorkshire, England (Age 76 years) + 2. Katherine de Stafford,   b. 1340, Tunbridge Castle, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 25 Dec 1361 (Age 21 years) + 3. Elizabeth de Stafford,   b. Aft 1332   d. 7 Aug 1375 (Age 42 years) + 4. Hugh de Stafford,   b. Abt 1342   d. 16 Oct 1386, Rhodes, Elláda (Age 44 years) + 5. Johanna de Stafford,   b. Abt 1336, Staffordshire, England d. Bef 1397 (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F19855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

• Notes

  Earl of Stafford Acceded: 5 Mar 1350/1. Noted soldier & friend of King Edward III. 1st Earl of Stafford. 2nd Baron. His wife Margaret's de Clare inheritance provided chief element of his endowment 6 Jul 1336 Commission appt to investigate Hugh de Audley's complaint vs. Ralph de Stafford. Supposedly Ralph & his kin had abducted Hugh's daughter & burglarized his home. Audley also charged that Stafford had married Margaret against her will. Edward III intervened & protected Stafford. In the end, he & wife were given reversion of much of the Gloucester inheritance Summoned to Parliament from 29 Nov 1336 as Baron Stafford. 23 Apr 1349 A Founder Knight of the Order of the Garter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, p. 274, "Washington" (Reliability: 0). [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 263-264 "Talbot" (Reliability: 0). [S14] Brian Tompsett, University of Hull Royal Database (England), (copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 , , Repository: WWW, University of Hull, Hull, UK HU6 7RX bct@tardis.ed.ac.uk). [S11] Frederick Lewis Weis, Magna Charta Sureties, 1215, (4th ed, Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore , , Repository: J.H. Garner), line 136 p 148 (Reliability: 0). [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, pp 5-8, "Audley" (Reliability: 0). [S188] David Faris, Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1996), 1st ed, p. 274, "Washington", p 233, "Pole", p 176-177, "Lunsford", pp 90-94, "Dudley", pp 263-264 "Talbot", pp 102-103 "Ferrers", pp 5-8, "Audley" (Reliability: 0).