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b. c.1400, CIPM, xxi. 911-14. 2nd s. of Sir Humphrey Stafford† (c.1384-1419) of Grafton by Elizabeth (d. bef. 1419), da. and h. of Sir John Burdet† (d.1402/3) of Huncote, Leics.; bro. and h. of John Stafford (d.1422). The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 436-7. m. between Feb. 1425 and July 1427, E159/201, brevia Hil. rot. 6; 203, brevia Trin. rot. 3d. Eleanor (c.1406-1483), CIPM, xxii. 267; CFR, xxi. 667. yr. da. and event. coh. of Sir Thomas Aylesbury† (d.1418), of Milton Keynes, Bucks., The Commons 1386-1421, ii. 87-89. 3s. inc. Humphrey III* (1 d.v.p.), 2da. CPR, 1476-85, p. 11; Paston Letters ed. Gairdner, ii. 88-90; CP, ii. 47; C1/24/57. Kntd. by 5 Nov. 1430. PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 145.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Worcs. 1425, 1431, 1433.

Sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 13 Nov. 1423 – 5 Nov. 1424, 5 Nov. 1430 – 25 Nov. 1431, 3 Nov. 1438 – 4 Nov. 1439, Beds. and Bucks. 7 Nov. 1427 – 3 Nov. 1428, 7 Nov. 1437 – 2 Nov. 1438; dep. sheriff, Worcs. (by appointment of the earl of Warwick) Mich. 1431–2.

J.p. Worcs. 26 Nov. 1430 – Dec. 1431, 14 May 1433 – d., Warws. 11 July 1443 – Mar. 1449.

Commr. to assess tax, Worcs. Apr. 1431, Jan. 1436; of gaol delivery, Worcester castle Feb. 1433, Feb. 1437, June 1439; C66/433, m. 9d; 441, m. 11d; 443, m. 10d. to treat for loans, Glos., Worcs. Feb. 1434, Worcs. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440, Mar., May 1442, Sept. 1449; of oyer and terminer Jan. 1439; to distribute tax allowance Apr. 1440, Aug. 1449; treat for premature payment of taxation Feb. 1441; of inquiry, Calais Aug. 1443 (piracy), Worcs. Feb. 1448 (concealments), Herefs. July 1449 (lands of Henry, duke of Warwick, and his da. and h. Anne).

Justice itinerant, Brecon, Hay and Huntington, Brec. for Humphrey, earl of Stafford, Jan. 1440. NLW, Peniarth mss, 280, pp. 3–4.

Lt. at Calais for Humphrey Stafford, earl of Stafford and duke of Buckingham, 21 Oct. 1442–?31 Mar. 1450. Ibid. 2–3, 40; CPR, 1441–6, p. 202; G.L. Harriss, ‘The Struggle for Calais’, EHR, lxxv. 31 and n.

Envoy to Holland and Zeeland 4 July 1444, to treat with representatives of the duke of Burgundy 25 Oct. 1448. Foedera ed. Rymer (Hague edn.), v (1), 136, (2), 5.

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STAFFORD, Humphrey I (c.1400-50), of Grafton, Worcs.
Main residence: Grafton, Worcs.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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