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Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire

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on 29 October 1485 as Duke of Buckingham, and attended Henry VII's coronation the following day. Their father's attainder was formally reversed by Parliament in November of that year, and the wardship of both Henry Stafford and his elder brother were granted, on 3 August 1486, to the King's mother,
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Stafford did not inherit properties which would have ensured his financial independence, and according to Dockray his elder brother, the Duke of Buckingham, did not endow him with lands which would have guaranteed him an income. It was thus perhaps for financial reasons that Stafford became one of
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Stafford was under suspicion in the plot which led to the execution of his elder brother on 17 May 1521, being among those on whom the King ordered Wolsey to keep 'good watch', but apparently retained the King's favour, and was with the army which crossed to France on 12 August 1522.
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of John Grey (d. 6 or 9 September 1509), 4th Viscount Lisle. Pidgeon states that in the supplication he made to obtain a dispensation to marry Cicely Bonville he is described as a widower although "there is no other evidence for a wife."
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until her eldest son had received his inheritance under his father's will, and limited her control over her own inheritance during her lifetime, requiring her to bequeath it to her eldest son at her death.
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According to Dockray, Stafford was thereafter among the King's favoured courtiers, 'sharing his taste for lavish entertainments, tournaments, and hunting'. The King granted Stafford several offices in the
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in July. Dockray notes that Wiltshire's expenditure at court in the early years of the reign of Henry VIII must have been considerable, as by 1521 he owed the crown £4407 4s.
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his brother's retained councillors and assisted with the management of the extensive Stafford estates. In 1500 Stafford oversaw a survey of his brother's properties in the
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Stafford died a few months later on 6 April 1523, aged about 44. He left no issue, and the earldom became extinct. On 8 December 1529 the title was granted to
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of John Grey, Viscount Lisle, whereas she was the daughter of Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, and his wife, Elizabeth Talbot (d. 8 September 1487), and the
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According to Burke, p. 493, Stafford married firstly, Margaret Grey, daughter and co-heiress of John Grey, Viscount Lisle, and widow of
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estates, and from about 1500 to 1521 he served as steward, and for most of that time also as sheriff, of his brother's Welsh lordships.
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received his Cardinal's hat on 18 November 1515. Either in or before 1520 he became a member of the
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on suspicion of treason, but was released without charge. On 27 January 1510 he was created
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After the execution of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, his widow, Catherine Woodville, married
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Before 8 October 1505 Stafford paid Henry VII £2000 for permission to marry the wealthy
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According to Davies he may have had another brother, Humphrey Stafford, who died young.
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By his father's marriage to Catherine Woodville, Stafford had an elder brother,
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accession to the crown, Stafford's elder brother was made a Knight of the
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In October 1483 Stafford's father participated in a rebellion against
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Dockray states that she had fifteen children by her first marriage.
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Stafford was on the commission directed to inquire into riots in
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Henry Stafford, born c.1479, was the younger of two sons of
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Cecily Bonville, 7th Baroness Harington
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Lady Catherine Woodville

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Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
Lady Catherine Woodville
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
Jacquetta of Luxembourg
Pierre de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol
Elizabeth Woodville
Edward IV
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Elizabeth
Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex
Anne
William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke
George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon
Jasper Tudor
Owen Tudor
King Henry V's
Catherine of Valois
Sir Richard Wingfield
Bridget Wiltshire
Stone, Kent
King Richard III
Bosworth
King Henry VII's
Order of the Bath

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