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Sir Humphrey Stafford

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Sir Humphrey Stafford

Birth
England
Death
8 Jul 1486 (aged 59–60)
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial
London, City of London, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Humphrey Stafford, Esquire, of Grafton, Bromsgrove, Kenswick, Blatherwick, Milton Keynes, Pytchley, and in right of his wife, of Cattered and Rushden, Herefordshire, and of Sudbury, Bedforshire.

Knight of the Shire for Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

2nd but eldest surviving son of Sir Humphrey Stafford (1400-1450) and Eleanor Aylesbury. Grandson of Sir Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth Burdet, Sir Thomas Aylesbury and Katherine Pabenham.

Husband of Katherine Fray, daughter and heiress of Sir John Fray and Agnes Danvers, daughter of Sir John. They had two sons and two daughters:
Sir Humphrey 1461-1545
Sir William
Anne m Richard de Neville
Margaret m John Archer

Katherine died 12 May 1482. Humphrey, being the Sheriff in 1483, held the fords of Severn against a distant kinsman, Henry Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, bringing about the Duke's defeat and death.

Humphrey was a supporter of King Richard III, who died at Bosworth. After organizing a rebellion against Henry VII, Humphrey was executed at Tyburn Gallows, London, 8 July 1486.

Information and lineage as per Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta pg 47, Plantagenet as well.
Humphrey Stafford, Esquire, of Grafton, Bromsgrove, Kenswick, Blatherwick, Milton Keynes, Pytchley, and in right of his wife, of Cattered and Rushden, Herefordshire, and of Sudbury, Bedforshire.

Knight of the Shire for Worcestershire and Warwickshire.

2nd but eldest surviving son of Sir Humphrey Stafford (1400-1450) and Eleanor Aylesbury. Grandson of Sir Humphrey Stafford and Elizabeth Burdet, Sir Thomas Aylesbury and Katherine Pabenham.

Husband of Katherine Fray, daughter and heiress of Sir John Fray and Agnes Danvers, daughter of Sir John. They had two sons and two daughters:
Sir Humphrey 1461-1545
Sir William
Anne m Richard de Neville
Margaret m John Archer

Katherine died 12 May 1482. Humphrey, being the Sheriff in 1483, held the fords of Severn against a distant kinsman, Henry Stafford, the Duke of Buckingham, bringing about the Duke's defeat and death.

Humphrey was a supporter of King Richard III, who died at Bosworth. After organizing a rebellion against Henry VII, Humphrey was executed at Tyburn Gallows, London, 8 July 1486.

Information and lineage as per Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta pg 47, Plantagenet as well.


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