Oxford Parl
No
Display career categories
Off
Volume type
MP

STAFFORD, John II (d.1461), of Dallington, Northants.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
m. aft. 10 July 1460, Margaret (d.1466), da. of (Sir) Lewis John* by his 2nd w. Anne (d.1457), da. of John Montagu, earl of Salisbury, wid. of Sir William Lucy*, CP40/820, rot. 488d; C140/20/29; The Commons 1385-1421, iii. 494-8. ?s.p.
Offices Held

Commr. of arrest, Northants. Oct. 1460, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs.,Warws. Jan. 1461.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, John II (d.1461), of Dallington, Northants.
Main residence: Dallington, Northants.
Author
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, John I (d.1458), of York and Toulston, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
prob. s. and h. of John Stafford of York. educ. adm. L. Inn by 1420. m. at least 5s. 1da.
Offices Held

Pensioner, L. Inn ?1426–7, In 1428–9 he paid the balance of his account as ‘late pensioner’. Nicholas Sibile held the office in 1427–8; our MP’s term was thus probably 1426–7. A payment he made to the governors in Nov. 1427 may represent money he had collected as pensioner: L. Inn Black Bks. i. 2, 3. 1431 – 32; gov. 1428 – 29, 1439 – 41.

Commr. of gaol delivery, liberty of Ripon Nov. 1439, abbey of York Apr. 1442, C66/445, m. 19d; 452, m. 29d. York Nov. 1451; of kiddles, Yorks. May 1442, Mar. 1443; inquiry June 1445, May 1447 (killing of salmon); to assess subsidy, W. Riding Aug. 1450.

Attorney-gen. of Robert Neville, bp. of Durham, 3 Apr. 1443-aft. 1454. DURH3/43/29.

J.p.q. Yorks. (W. Riding) 23 Nov. 1443 – d.

J.p. Abp. Kemp’s ldship. of Ripon, Yorks. 26 Nov. 1447–? C.E. Arnold, ‘Political Study of the W. Riding 1437–1509’ (Manchester Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1984), i. 27n.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, John I (d.1458), of York and Toulston, Yorks.
Main residences: York; Toulston, Yorks.
Stafforth
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey (c.1379-1442), of Hooke, Dorset.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1379, s. and h. of Sir Humphrey Stafford† (d.1413) of Hooke by his 1st w. Alice (c.1345), da. and h. of Sir John Greville of Southwick, Wilts. m. bef. Oct. 1397, Elizabeth (c.1380-1422), da. and coh. of Sir John Mautravers† of Hooke by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir William d’Aumarle† of Woodbury, Devon, 5s. inc. Sir Richard* and William* (4 d.v.p.), 2da. Kntd. by Oct. 1397.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Staffs. 1407, Dorset 1431.

Sheriff, Staffs. 5 Nov. 1403 – 22 Oct. 1404, Som. and Dorset 1 Dec. 1415–30 Nov. 1416. E13/136, rot. 9d shows that it was in fact his son Sir Richard who served as sheriff of Somerset and Dorset in 1423–4.

Commr. Bristol, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som., Staffs., Salop, Wilts. May 1407 – Feb. 1441; of gaol delivery, Dorchester June 1428, Feb., July 1434, Feb. 1435, Ilchester Aug. 1435, Dorchester Aug. 1436. C66/423, m. 8d; 435, m. 17d; 436, m. 14d; 437, mm. 4d, 25d; 438, m. 4d.

J.p. Dorset 16 Jan. 1414 – July 1418, 12 Feb 1422-July 1437, 15 Oct. 1439 – d., Som. 16 Jan. 1414 – Nov. 1417, 12 Feb. 1422 – July 1423, 2 Dec. 1430 – Feb. 1433, 18 Sept. 1433 – Mar. 1440.

Capt. of Domfront from 29 Apr. 1419. A.E. Curry, ‘Military Organization in Lancastrian Normandy’ (Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. thesis, 1985), app. p. lxx.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Sir Humphrey (c.1379-1442), of Hooke, Dorset.
Main residence: Hooke, Dorset.
Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Humphrey IV (c.1439-69), of Enmore, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1439, C139/137/14. s. and h. of William Stafford*, C140/41/27. by Katherine (1427-79), er. da. and coh. of Sir John Chideock*. m. by Jan. 1457, Isabel (d.1489), da. and h. of Sir John Barre* by his 1st w. Idonea Hotoft, s.p. CCR, 1476-85, no. 1050; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 7, 116, 472, 511, 512; The Commons 1386-1421, iii. 429; Genealogist, n.s. xxxi. 175. Kntd. Towton 29 Mar. 1461; W.A. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 13; Paston Letters ed. Gairdner, iii. 267. summ. as Lord Stafford of Southwick 21 July 1461, cr. Lord Stafford of Southwick 24 Apr. 1464, earl of Devon 17 May 1469. CPR, 1461-7, p. 325; 1467-77, p. 156; CP, iv. 327.
Offices Held

Commr. of inquiry, Som. Aug. 1460 (extortions), Dorset, Som. July 1461 (offences against Thomas Gille II*), Berks., Bucks., Cornw., Dorset, Glos., Hants, Mdx., Oxon., Som., Wilts., (Hungerford estates), Som. Sept. 1462 (Luttrell estates), Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol, Southampton July 1466 (customs evasion), Dorset June 1468 (estates of the late earl of Wiltshire), Cornw. Mar., July 1469 (piracy); arrest, Dorset, Som. Dec. 1460, Eng. July 1461 (Robert Tanfeld†), Dorset, Som., Wilts. Jan. 1462, Devon Jan. 1463, Cornw. June 1465, Cornw., Devon Dec. 1467, Devon Nov. 1468; to seize the possessions of Thomas Courtenay, earl of Devon, Eng. May 1461; of gaol delivery, Dorchester, Ilchester July 1461, Old Sarum castle Dec. 1467; C66/492, m. 7d; 519, m. 4d. to urge the people to array a force, Dorset, Som., Wilts. Aug. 1461; of oyer and terminer, ?Glos., Herefs., Som., Staffs., Worcs., Bristol ?Sept. 1461, This entry is damaged: CPR, 1461–7, p. 99. Wilts. Feb. 1462, Erroneously called John Stafford: CPR, 1461–7, p. 132. Beds., Berks., Bucks., Cambs., Cumb., Derbys., Essex, Glos., Herefs., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Norf., Northants., Northumb., Notts., Oxon., Salop, Staffs., Suff., Warws., Westmld., Worcs., Yorks., Bristol, Coventry, Hull, Lincoln, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, York Feb. 1462, Hants Mar. 1462, Dorset, Som., Wilts. May 1462, KB9/21/28. Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts., Bristol, Southampton July 1466, Devon, Glos. Aug. 1468, Devon, Hants, Wilts. Dec. 1468, Cumb., Westmld., Yorks., York May 1469; to requisition ships, Cornw., Devon June 1462; demise duchy of Cornw. lands, Cornw., Devon July 1462; of array, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som. Apr. 1466, Cornw. July 1468; to distribute tax allowances June 1468; restore goods May 1469.

Sheriff, Som. and Dorset 7 Nov. 1460–1.

Bp. Waynflete’s constable of Taunton castle 15 Nov. 1460–d. Hants RO, Reg. Waynflete, 1, f. 8**; 2, f. 34*; bp. of Winchester’s pipe rolls, 11M59/B1/194, 195, 197, 199, 200 (formerly 155829, 155830, 155832, 155834, 155835).

Steward of the duchy of Cornw. 15 June 1461 – d., in Cornw. 12 Dec. 1461 – d., in Devon and warden of the stannaries 27 Mar. 1465–d. CPR, 1461–7, pp. 25, 120, 439; E159/240, recorda Easter, rot. 3; E306/12; SC6/1291/3/1/16–17; 2/17; KB9/313/32–34.

J.p. Dorset 14 July 1461 – d., Som. 18 July 1461 – d., Wilts. 22 July 1461 – d., Cornw. 24 Feb. 1462–d., KB27/827, rex rot. 5d. Devon 27 Feb. 1462 – d.

Constable of Bristol castle and keeper of the forests of Kingswood, Glos., Filwood, Som., and Gillingham, Dorset 26 July 1461–d. CPR, 1461–7, p. 129; 1467–77, pp. 173, 175, 412; CCR, 1461–8, pp. 18–19, 21.

Keeper of the forest of Dartmoor, the borough, manor and castle of Lydford and the manor of South Teign 11 Nov. 1464–d. CPR, 1461–7, p. 360.

Constable and keeper of the castle of Bridgwater and steward of the lordship and manor of Bridgwater 20 Mar. 1465–d. CPR, 1461–7, p. 438.

Keeper of the park of Petherton by Bridgwater 23 March 1465–d. CPR, 1461–7, p. 439.

Steward of the estates of William Zouche*,Lord Zouche, in Dorset, Som., Wilts. during minority of the heir 25 Oct. 1468–d. CPR, 1467–77, p. 112.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Humphrey IV (c.1439-69), of Enmore, Som.
Main residence: Enmore, Som.
Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Humphrey III (c.1427-86), of Grafton, Worcs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1427, C139/137/7. 2nd but eldest surv. s. of Humphrey Stafford I*. m. 1465, CP40/815, cart. rot. 1; C. Carpenter, Locality and Polity, 109. Katherine (d.1482), da. and coh. of Sir John Fray† c.bar. Exch. of Munden Furnival, Herts. by Agnes, da. of John Danvers*, 1s. at least 3da.; CIPM Hen. VII, i. 225-6, 230, 236; Logge Reg. of PCC Wills ed. Boatwright, Habberjam and Hammond, i. 169-79; Oxf. DNB, ‘Constable, Sir Marmaduke’; ‘Neville, John, third Baron Latimer’. 2s. illegit. KB9/138/64, 68; C.H. Williams, ‘Rebellion of Humphrey Stafford in 1486’, EHR, xliii. 183. Dist. 1458, 1465.
Offices Held

Commr. to treat for loans, Wilts. Dec. 1452; distribute tax allowance, Worcs. June 1453; of gaol delivery, Worcester Apr. 1454, Apr. 1484; C66/478, m. 14d; 553, m. 7d. to assign archers, Worcs. Dec. 1457; of arrest, Glos., Lincs., Northants., Som., Warws., Worcs. Oct. 1465; oyer and terminer, N. and S. Wales Jan. 1470; array, Worcs. Apr. 1471, Mar. 1472, May, Dec. 1484; sewers Feb. 1473 (Severn from Worcester bridge to Brathen, Salop); inquiry Aug. 1473 (unpaid farms), Herefs., Worcs. Dec. 1483 (rebellions); to assess subsidy, Worcs. Apr., Aug. 1483. He was perhaps also the Humphrey Stafford appointed to comms. of oyer and terminer in N. and S. Wales in Jan. 1470 and to another of array in Glos. in Apr. 1471: CPR, 1467–77, pp. 198, 284.

J.p. Worcs. 27 Nov. 1469 – Jan. 1471, 24 Feb. 1473 – Sept. 1474, 8 July 1477 – Nov. 1485, Warws. 12 Feb. – Sept. 1474.

Dep. sheriff, Worcs. 30 Mar.–c. Oct.1470, Apr. 1471-Mich. 1472; The hereditary shrievalty of Worcs. pertained to the earl of Warwick in fee. Stafford was appointed sheriff by the King when Warwick fled the country in Mar. 1470 (CFR, xx. 261), replaced when Warwick returned in Oct., and returned to office in Apr. 1471 after Warwick’s death: E159/248, adventus rots. 1, 5. sheriff 5 Nov. 1484 – 11 Sept. 1485.

Steward, estates of bp. of Worcester 8 Jan. 1473–d. Worcs. Archs., Reg. Carpenter, ii. 89b-c; C. Dyer, Lords and Peasants, 159, 380.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Humphrey III (c.1427-86), of Grafton, Worcs.
Main residence: Grafton, Worcs.
Author
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Humphrey II (1427-61), of Maiden Newton, Dorset.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. Sept. 1427, Collectanea Topographia et Genealogica ed. Nichols, iv. 249; C139/34/39. s. and h. of Sir John Stafford (d. 5 Nov. 1427), CFR, xv. 188; C139/34/39. by Anne (d.1427), da. of William, 3rd Lord Botreaux (d.1462), by Elizabeth, da. of John, Lord Beaumont (d.1396); C140/3/30, m. 4; CP, ii. 242; CPR, 1422-9, p. 486. gds. of Sir Humphrey Stafford*. s.p.
Offices Held

Commr. to distribute tax allowances, Dorset Aug. 1449.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Humphrey II (1427-61), of Maiden Newton, Dorset.
Main residence: Maiden Newton, Dorset.
Author
H.W.K.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Humphrey I (c.1400-50), of Grafton, Worcs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
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.
Offices Held

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.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Humphrey I (c.1400-50), of Grafton, Worcs.
Main residence: Grafton, Worcs.
Author
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STAFFORD, Fulk (d.1462), of Harvington and Kidderminster, Worcs. and Brome, Staffs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
m. Margaret (fl.1485). CPR, 1461-7, p. 221.
Offices Held

Commr. of gaol delivery, Worcester Apr. 1454; C66/478, m. 14d. arrest, Beds., Bucks., Cambs., Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Lincs., Notts., Staffs.,Warws. Jan. 1461.

Dep. sheriff, Worcs. (by appointment of the earl of Warwick) Mich. 1455–7, 1460 – 61.

Parlimentarian
STAFFORD, Fulk (d.1462), of Harvington and Kidderminster, Worcs. and Brome, Staffs.
Main residences: Harvington; Kidderminster, Worcs.; Brome, Staffs.
Author
C.E.M.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STACE, Thomas (d.1473), of Hythe, Kent.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
prob. s. of John Stace (d.c.1433) of Hythe. m. Katherine (d.1474/5), 3s. 4da. Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone, Canterbury consist. ct. wills, PRC 32/2, ff. 244-55v, 306v-7.
Offices Held

Attestor, parliamentary election, Kent 1472.

Jurat, Hythe 2 Feb. 1446–53, 1455 – 61, 1462 – 64, 1466 – 67, 1471 – 73; bailiff 1461 – 62, 6 Apr. 1465–2 Feb. 1466. E. Kent Archs., Hythe recs., jurats’ acct. bks. 1458–65, H 1019, ff. 22, 54, 97v, 109, 149; 1441–56, H 1055, ff. 80, 96, 111, 126, 141, 154, 168; 1467–84, H 1058, ff. 59, 78v; jurats’ ct. bk. 1449–67, H 1023, ff. 8, 11, 21v, 30, 35, 55v, 80v, 92v, 110v, 111, 121, 146, 175, 186, 204v, 215v.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept.-Nov. 1466. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports (Kent Rec. Ser. xix), 55.

Parlimentarian
STACE, Thomas (d.1473), of Hythe, Kent.
Main residence: Hythe, Kent.
Stacy, Stase
Author
D.I.G.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

STABLE, Robert (d.c.1468), of Nottingham.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
m. Maud (fl.1473), at least 1s.
Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Nottingham 1447, 1449 (Nov.), 1467.

Bailiff, Nottingham Sept. 1443–4; warden of Hethbeth bridge by Sept. 1457-bef. Christmas 1461; alderman and j.p. by Apr. 1464 – d.; mayor Sept. 1466–7.

Parlimentarian
STABLE, Robert (d.c.1468), of Nottingham.
Main residence: Nottingham.
del Stabull, Stabull, Stables
Author
S.J.P.
Volume
Commons 1422-1461
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image
Subscribe to Commons 1422-1461