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Nicholas de Stafford

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Nicholas de Stafford

Birth
Stafford, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Death
1138 (aged 62–63)
Stafford, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England
Burial
Stone, Stafford Borough, Staffordshire, England Add to Map
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Nicholas de Toeni de Stafford I, Baron of Uttoexeter, High Sheriff of Staffordshire
Son of Robert "de Toeni" Stafford and Avice de Clare
Husband of Maude de Limesy de Moolte 1078–1138
Father of:
* Elena de Stafford Gresley 1095–1166
* Juliana de Stafford Baskerville 1101–
* Sir Robert de Stafford II, Baron Uttoexetor, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Knight 1107–1184
* John de Stafford 1110–1149
* Agnes de Stafford 1114–1149

Nicholas de Stafford was the younger son of Roger de Toeni, and one of the greater tenants-in-chief in 1086, holding nearly 70 manors in Staffordshire, over 25 in Warwickshire, over 20 in Lincolnshire, among others. He granted Wrottesley and Loynton in co. Stafford to Evesham Abbey in 1072, and later became a monk at Evesham.
He was sheriff of Staffordshire from 1155, a time during the reign of King Henry I. He held this office until 1160. He made a gift of his chapel of Stafford to Stone Priory circa 1138 and 1147. He last appears in the Pipe Rolls in 1177.
Nicholas de Toeni de Stafford I, Baron of Uttoexeter, High Sheriff of Staffordshire
Son of Robert "de Toeni" Stafford and Avice de Clare
Husband of Maude de Limesy de Moolte 1078–1138
Father of:
* Elena de Stafford Gresley 1095–1166
* Juliana de Stafford Baskerville 1101–
* Sir Robert de Stafford II, Baron Uttoexetor, Sheriff of Staffordshire, Knight 1107–1184
* John de Stafford 1110–1149
* Agnes de Stafford 1114–1149

Nicholas de Stafford was the younger son of Roger de Toeni, and one of the greater tenants-in-chief in 1086, holding nearly 70 manors in Staffordshire, over 25 in Warwickshire, over 20 in Lincolnshire, among others. He granted Wrottesley and Loynton in co. Stafford to Evesham Abbey in 1072, and later became a monk at Evesham.
He was sheriff of Staffordshire from 1155, a time during the reign of King Henry I. He held this office until 1160. He made a gift of his chapel of Stafford to Stone Priory circa 1138 and 1147. He last appears in the Pipe Rolls in 1177.


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