Earl Of Stafford Hugh Stafford, I

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Hugh — Phillippe De Beauchamp. Phillippe (daughter of Thomas De Beauchamp and Katherine De Mortimer) was born Abt 1334, England. [Group Sheet]

1. Ralph Stafford was born Abt 1354.

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• Reference Number: 13489

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Sir Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (24 September 1301 - 31 August 1372) was an English nobleman and notable soldier during the Hundred Years War against France.
He was the son of Edmund de Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford, by his spouse Margaret Bassett.
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1 Life
2 Marriages and children
3 Ancestry
4 References
[edit]Life

Having lost his father at the age of seven, Ralph grew up in the midlands with his mother's relatives, including her second husband Thomas Pipe. He had his first experience of royal service, along with his brothers and stepfather, when he joined the retinue of Ralph, 2nd Lord Bassett.[1]
Stafford was made a Knight banneret in 1327 and was fighting the Scots shortly afterwards. He supported the plot to free Edward III from the control of Roger Mortimer, which earned the king's gratitude. By the summer of 1332, he was a commissioner of the peace in Staffordshire and had served abroad on royal business, accompanying Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester. He was also still fighting the Scots, commanding archers at the Battle of Dupplin Moor on 11 Aug 1332 and on three further Scottish campaigns[1].
He was first summoned to Parliament by writ as Lord Stafford on 29 November 1336 and continued to attend until 1350.
His military career continued, accompanying King Edward to France in 1338 as an advisor and being present at the naval battle of Sluys on 24 June 1340. He also fought at the relief of Brest and the siege of Morlaix. He was captured at Vannes but was exchanged in time to negotiate a truce at Malestroit.
On 6 January 1341, he was made Steward of the Royal Household but resigned that post on 29 March 1345 having assumed the office of Seneschal of Aquitaine, an English possession in France, where he stayed for about a year. Further battles included the battle of Auberoche, the siege of Aiguillon, from where he escaped prior to its lifting, a raid on Barfleur and the English victory at the Battle of Crecy, on 26 August 1346. He became one of the twenty-six founding members of the Order of the Garter in 1348[1].
In November 1347, his wife's father died; they were able to take possession of his estates without paying the king's homage, an indication of the relationship between them. Ralph was now a very wealthily man, from his estates and from the many prizes from the French war[1].
Edward III created a number of new peerage titles to honour his war captains and to mark his jubilee year. Ralph was created the 1st Earl of Stafford on 5 March 1350, with an annuity of 1000 marks. He now replaced Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster as the king's lieutenant in Gascony, he committed to serve with 200 men at his expense with the expectation of this being doubled in March 1353 at the king's expense. The campaigns provided several captives that were ransomed, but were ultimately unsuccessful, leading to the appointment of Edward, Prince of Wales to command[1].
Even at the age of sixty, Stafford continued to command troops and act as a royal envoy, both in France and in Ireland in 1361, accompanying Lionel of Antwerp to try and restore English control.
[edit]Marriages and children

Lord Stafford married firstly, before 1326, Katherine, daughter of Sir John de Hastang, Knt., of Chebsey, Staffordshire, and they had two daughters:
Margaret, married Sir John of Bramshall (or Wickham) de Stafford, Knt.
Joan, married Sir Nicholas de Beke, Knt.
He later sensationally abducted Margaret de Audley (1318-1347), daughter of Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester and Margaret de Clare, who was worth at least £2314/year, more than ten times his own estates. Her parents filed a complaint to the King, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester. Margaret de Audley and Stafford married before 6 July 1336 and they subsequently had three sons and four daughters, of whom[2]:
Ralph Stafford, married Maud Grosmont, daughter of Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster and Isabel de Beaumont in 1344. Died 1347[1].
Hugh Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford, born circa 1336 in Staffordshire, England
Beatrice, (d. 1415), married, firstly, in 1350, Maurice fitz Maurice Fitzgerald, 2nd Earl of Desmond (d. June1358); secondly, Thomas de Ros, 5th Baron de Ros of Helmsley; thirdly Sir Richard Burley, Knt.
Katherine, (1348 - 1361), married Sir John de Sutton, Knt., Baron of Dudley, Staffs.
Elizabeth, (d. 1375), married, firstly Fulk le Strange; secondly, John de Ferrers, 3rd Baron Ferrers of Chartley; thirdly Reynolf Cobham, Baron Cobham.
Joan, (d. 1397), married, firstly, John Charleton, 3rd Baron Cherleton; secondly Gilbert Talbot, 3rd Baron Talbot.
He died on 31 August 1372 at Tonbridge Castle, Kent, England, where he was buried next to his second wife and her parents[1].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Stafford,_1st_Earl_of_Stafford

Died:
Tonbridge Castle

Ralph — Margaret De Audley. Margaret (daughter of Hugh De Audley and Margaret De Clare) was born 1318, Stafford, Staffordshire, England; died 7 Sep 1347, Stafford, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3710
• Birth: Abt 1318

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Edmund — Margaret De Basset. Margaret was born Abt 1280, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3713

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• Reference Number: 3708
• Birth: Abt 1295
• Death: 10 Nov 1347

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Hugh de Audley, Lord Audley, 8th Earl of Gloucester was born circa 1295. He was the successor of Gilbert (de Clare), 7th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford; 7th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford.

Hugh was the son of Hugh, Lord Audley of Heleigh and Isolde de Mortimer. He married Margaret de Clare, daughter of Gilbert "the Red Earl" (de Clare), 6th Earl of Gloucester and Hertford and Joan (of Acre), Countess of Gloucester and Hertford, on 28 April 1317 at Windsor, England.

Hugh was summoned to parliament in the lifetime of his father as "Hugh de Audley, Juniori" on 20 November 1317. 4th Lord Audley of Heleigh in 1325. 8th Earl of Gloucester between 1337 and 1347.5 Ambassador to France in 1341.

He died on 10 November 1347. He was the predecessor of Thomas, "of Woodstock," 1st Duke of Gloucester, 13th Earl of Essex, and Earl of Buckingham; 1st Duke of Gloucester.

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Hugh married Margaret De Clare 28 Apr 1317. Margaret (daughter of Gilbert De Clare and Joan of Acre) was born 12 Oct 1292, Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales; died 9 Apr 1342, Badlesmere, Kent, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 3758
• Birth: Abt 1292
• Death: 13 Apr 1342

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Margaret de Clare (October 1293 - April 1342) was one of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester and his wife, Joan of Acre, and thus a granddaughter of King Edward I of England.

She was married to Piers Gaveston, the favourite of her uncle Edward II, in October 1307. According to the Vita Edwardi Secundi, this marriage was arranged by the King "to strengthen Piers and surround him with friends." Gaveston celebrated the marriage with a lavish tournament at Wallingford Castle. The marriage of such a high-born lady to a foreigner was not popular among the English nobility. They had one child:
Joan Gaveston, born probably January 12/18th, 1312, at York.

King Edward threw a grand celebration after the birth of this child, complete with minstrels. However, Piers Gaveston was executed only six months later, leaving Margaret a widow with a small child. Her dower rights as Countess of Cornwall were disputed, and so King Edward instead assigned her Oakham Castle and other lands. She joined the Royal household and in 1316 accompanied the King in his journey from London to York.

Following the death of their brother, Gilbert de Clare, 8th Earl of Hertford, at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, Margaret and her sisters, Elizabeth and Eleanor de Clare received a share of the inheritance. Margaret was now one of the co-heiresses to the vast Gloucester estate, and King Edward arranged a second marriage for her to another favourite, Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester.

On April 28, 1317 Margaret de Clare wed Hugh de Audley, 1st Earl of Gloucester at Windsor Castle. They had one daughter:
Margaret de Audley, born between January 1318 and November 1322.

Hugh and Margaret were among the victims of their brother-in-law, Hugh the younger Despenser. In his rashness and greed for the Clare lands, he robbed Margaret of much of her rightful inheritance. In 1321, Hugh de Audley joined the other Marcher Barons in looting, burning, and causing general devastation to Despenser's lands.

Hugh was captured at the Battle of Boroughbridge in 1322, and was saved from a hanging thanks to the pleas of his wife. He was imprisoned, and two months later Margaret was sent to Sempringham priory. She remained there until 1326, when Hugh escaped prison and she was released from Sempringham.

In the meantime, her daughter Joan Gaveston had been sent to Amesbury Priory. A marriage was arranged for Joan with the son of Thomas Multon, but the girl died in early 1325.

Hugh and Margaret were reunited sometime in 1326. In summer 1336, their only daughter, Margaret Audley, was abducted by Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford. Her parents filed a complaint, but King Edward III of England supported Stafford. He appeased Hugh and Margaret by creating Hugh Earl of Gloucester.

Margaret died in April 1342 and her sister Elizabeth de Clare paid for prayers to be said for her soul at Tonbridge priory.


Birth:
Caerphilly Castle

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Nicholas — Alionore Clinton. Alionore was born Abt 1250, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 2784

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• Reference Number: 7597

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Hugh, Lord Audley of Heleigh was born circa 1260 at Audley, Staffordshire, England. He was the son of James de Aldithley, Justiciar of Ireland and Ela Longespée.

Hugh married Isolde de Mortimer, daughter of Edmund, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore and Margaret de Fiennes, before 1295 at Wigmore, Herefordshire, England

He was Ambassador to France circa 1317. Hughwas a witness where Edward II, King of England called a Parliament and summoned his Barons in 1317. 1st Lord Audley of Heleigh in 1317. Hugh was summoned to Parliament as Lord Audley by Edward II in 1317. He was summoned to parliament as "Hugh de Audley, Seniori" by Edward II on 15 May 1321 at 14 Edward II. He was involved with the insurrection of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, and was committed, a "close prisoner" to Wallingford Castle, but making his peace with the king he obtained his release, and suffered nothing further, in 1321/22 at 15 Edward II.

Hugh died in 1325.

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Hugh — Isolde De Mortimer. Isolde (daughter of Edmund De Mortimer and Margaret De Fiennes) was born Abt 1271, Wigmore, Herefordshire, England; died 1328, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Isolde De Mortimer, Lady Of Wigmore
• Reference Number: 3856

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See FMG.

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• Name: "Red" Gilbert de Clare
• Reference Number: 3757

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Buried:
Tewkesbury Abbey

Gilbert married Joan of Acre 30 Apr 1290. Joan (daughter of Edward Plantagenet and Eleanore of Castile) was born 1272; died 23 Apr 1307. [Group Sheet]

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