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Family and Education
yr. s. of Sir Humphrey Stafford* and bro. of Sir Richard*. m. 1437, Cornw. RO, Arundell mss, AR36/4. Katherine (1427-9 Apr. 1479), er. da. and coh. of Sir John Chideock*, 1s. Humphrey IV*. C140/41/27. ?; ?summ. as Lord Stafford of Southwick by June 1449. A.R. Myers, Crown, Household and Parl. 75-76; Speculum, xvii. 403, 407.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Dorset 1447.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 7 Nov. 1437 – 3 Nov. 1438, Glos. 3 Nov. 1438 – 5 Nov. 1439, Som. and Dorset 4 Nov. 1441 – 6 Nov. 1442, Wilts. 4 Nov. 1446 – 9 Nov. 1447.

Commr. to take musters, Poole May 1438, Dec. 1439, Feb. 1440; of inquiry, Dorset July 1439, Som. July 1440 (concealments), Dorset Jan. 1441 (wastes), Dorset, Som., Bristol Feb. 1448, Beds., Berks., Bucks., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants, Herts., Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol July 1448 (concealments); to distribute tax allowances, Dorset Apr. 1440; treat for loans Nov. 1440, Dorset, Som. June 1446, Sept. 1449; treat for payment of parlty. subsidies Feb. 1441; of gaol delivery, Dorchester Sept. 1441, May 1443, Mar. 1444, Feb. 1446, Oct. 1447, Mar. 1449; C66/451, m. 39d; 456, m. 32d; 458, m. 23d; 461, m. 21d; 465, m. 26d; 467, m. 9d. array, Dorset Mar. 1443, Som. May 1450.

J.p. Som. 23 Mar. 1439–40, 1 June 1443 – d., Dorset 26 Apr. 1442 – d.

Steward of the estates of Bp. Stafford of Bath and Wells in Som. 10 Sept. 1439 – 4 Nov. 1440, Som. and Glos. 4 Nov. 1440–13 May 1443. Reg. Stafford, ii (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxii), 238, 259; KB145/6/23.

Constable of Taunton castle for the bp. of Winchester bef. 1450. Hants RO, bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/195 (formerly 155830), f. 3.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, William (d.1450), of Stinsford, Dorset and Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.
Main residences: Stinsford, Dorset; Southwick in North Bradley, Wilts.
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H.W.K.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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