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Humphrey Stafford (died 1413)

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29: 237:'s words, 'a shire knight of standing and influence,' and of all the gentry in the county, Humphrey was 'at their head for wealth.' His estates were valued in the 1412 tax assessment at around £570 221:
in 1399, Stafford does not seem to have lost royal favour by his previous support for the old king; indeed, within a few weeks of Henry's coronation he was referred to as a 'King's Knight' and was
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gentry conspired to assassinate him, eventually managing to shoot him 'with a certain engine called a "gunne" so that his life was despaired of.' However, since at the same time he loaned King
171: 1345 – 1413) (daughter of William d'Aumarle) gave him those lands in the south-west which formed his later power-base, and allowed him to stand for the 332:, The Strife of the Roses & Days of the Tudors in the West, Exeter, 1890., Chapter 5: "With the Silver Hand",Stafford of Suthwyke, Archbishop and Earl 201:, being required by them to take oaths of loyalty to the regime in Dorset. It was at this time – in a possibly related incident – that members of the 116: 513: 152: 96: 523: 172: 518: 20: 568: 553: 528: 508: 217:
lands there, the king clearly did not see Stafford as a major player in the rebellion locally. Following Richard II's deposition by
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near Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, a younger son of Millicent de Stafford (sister and heiress of Robert III de Stafford (d.1193/4) of
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during the October 1383 parliament. Prior to his long parliamentary career, he was primarily a soldier of the crown, generally
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Stafford died on 31 October 1413. In his will he left, among other things, his household servants one pound each; to his
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The Commons in the Parliament of 1422: English Society and Parliamentary Representation Under the Lancastrians
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parliamentary constituency for the subsequent twelve parliaments. His second wife also brought him Sir
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Humphrey Stafford was born some time after 1341, the eldest son of Sir John Stafford of
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was his brother. His first official positions ranged from tax assessor for
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In 1388, Humphrey Stafford was eventually caught up in the crisis of the
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for Stafford's soul. His wife had died two weeks previously. His
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Stafford married twice. In 1365 he married Alice Greville (born
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and his second wife, Margaret Stafford (a daughter of
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Humphrey Stafford

Bramshall
Stafford Castle
feudal baron of Stafford
Southwick, Wiltshire
Hooke, Dorset
Bramshall
gentry
Devon
Dorset
Amblecote
Ralph, 1st Earl of Stafford
Ralph Stafford
Wiltshire
JP
Sheriff of Staffordshire
Warwickshire
retained
Earls of Stafford
Flanders
Southwick, Wiltshire
ward
Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford
estates
Southwick Court
Elizabeth d'Aumarle
Dorset
William Bonville
Shute

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