Ralph STAFFORD, 1st Earl of Stafford^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1301 - 1372  (70 years)

• Name	Ralph STAFFORD
  Suffix	1st Earl of Stafford
  Born	24 Sep 1301  [7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	867EF257D9562343A1CAE8B7721061C79612
  Died	31 Aug 1372	Tunbridge Castle, , England   [2, 8, 9]
  Buried	Tunbridge   [8, 10]
  Person ID	I16697	Branch 001 Roger De Toneii 1029 FR
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2007

  
  

  Father	Edmund STAFFORD, 1st Baron Stafford,   b. 15 Jul 1273, Clifton, Suffolk, England ,   d. 12 Aug 1308  (Age 35 years)
  Mother	Margaret BASSET,   b. 1280, Drayton, , England ,   d. Bef 17 Mar 1335/6  (Age < 56 years)
  Married	Bef 1298	Drayton, Basset, Staffordshire, England   [9]
  Family ID	F6198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine HASTANG,   b. Abt 1305,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1327  [11]
  Children	1. Margaret STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1328,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F14398	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Baroness Margaret AUDLEY (OR DE AUDLEY),   b. 1318, Godley Par., Manchester, England ,   d. 7 Sep 1349, Godley Par., Manchester, England  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Bef 6 Jul 1336  [8, 9]
  Children	1. Margaret STAFFORD,   b. Between 1340 and 1346,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. 1334,   d. 7 Aug 1375  (Age 41 years)   3. Ralph STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1335,   d. 1347  (Age ~ 12 years)   4. Joane STAFFORD,   b. 1337,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Beatrice STAFFORD,   b. 1337   6. Catherine STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1340,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Hugh STAFFORD, 2nd Earl of Stafford,   b. Bef 1342,   d. 16 Oct 1386, On a pilgrimage to Rhodes.  (Age > 44 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2020
  Family ID	F6199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  At Parliment 1336-1350, a noted soldier in Edward III Wars in France. 2nd Baron & 1st Earl (1351) of Stafford and Earl of Gloscester. One of the Original members of the Knights of the Garter.

  
  

• Sources

  [S80] Stafford Data Branch 72. [S207] Roberts, George Braden (1955). [S240] Stafford, G. M. G. (1943), pp. 3-4, citing Media Research Bureau of Washington, DC. [S224] Browning, Charles H. (1969), CS/55/.B8/1969., p. 335. [S202] John Stafford by Woodward. [S201] Stafford Data Branch 60. [S250] Perry, Robert (12 July 1997). [S260] Tompsett, Brian (4 August 1998), http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal08238. [S256] WFT, Vol. 1. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #2492 dated 6 Sep 2001John S. Talbot [email protected]. [S4545] Stafford Genforum Message, #959 dated 3 Sep 1999Richard [email protected] (Reliability: 2).