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Stafford

: Stafford of Clifton, Stafford of Stafford
St25 =26 =27 =28. Hervey Bagot of Stafford b c1140, d before 25.08.1214
m c 1171 Millicent de Stafford b c1150, dau of Robert, Lord of Stafford
BE1883 Stafford reports that Hervey, "a Staffordshire gentleman of ancient family", had to sell the lordship of Drayton in order to raise the funds necessary to obtain livery of his wife's inheritance. One source indicated that Hervey Bagot was in fact named Harvey Basset but confusion may have arisen because there was a well-known branch of the Bassets at Drayton. Indeed, the dates indicate that Drayton may have moved into the Basset family from this Hervey.
St24 =25 =26 =27 Hervey de Stafford d before 12.05.1237
m by 1214 Petronilla de Ferrers dau of William de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby
St23-1 Hervey de Stafford dsp before 07.10.1241
m Mabel of Robert de Mucegros a 04.1242, dau of Robert de Mucegros
St23 =24 =25 =26 Robert de Stafford d before 04.06.1261
m1 Alice Corbet dau of Thomas Corbet of Caus
St22 =23 =25 Nicholas de Stafford b c 1246 Stafford d c 1293 k 1 Aug 1287 Siege of Droselan/Drosman/Dryslwyn Castle geni.com reports that Nicholas married Eleanor, daughter of Thomas de Clinton and had Edmund and Richard by her, but, whilst BE1883 does not name his wife, TCP identifies her as ...(geni.com shows Anne only as mother of William)
m Anne de Langley b c 1250 Staffordshire dau of Geoffrey de Langley b c 1223
From the official Cadw Guidebook for Dryslwyn Castle
In the wake of Rhys ap Maredudd’s revolt of 1287, there was a swift, well coordinated, and effective English reaction. With Edward I out of the country, it was left to his lieutenant in England, Earl Edmund of Cornwall, to take the lead. A great army was to be assembled at Carmarthen, and on 16 July writs were dispatched to the lords of the March to raise their forces.
On 9 August, Earl Edmund set out from Carmarthen for Rhys’s castle at Dryslwyn, at the head of an army of some 4,000 men. Some of these had been raised in England, others had been assembled locally under Robert de Tibetot. On 15 August, the earl’s forces were joined by an army of 6,700 ranks and officers, gathered under Reginald Grey (d.1308) who had set out from Chester and Roger l’Estrange who had marched from Montgomery.
With the combined force of more than 11,000 assembled on the flat valley floor in front of Dryslwyn, on or just after the 15 August, the siege of Dryswlyn Castle began. Many of the men coming from Chester were drawn from the building works on King Edward’s north Wales castles. These craftsmen and others constructed a trebuchet, a siege machine capable of hurling huge stones at the castle walls. This machine, constructed with timber, hides, rope, and lead, cost £14. A total of 20 quarrymen and 24 carters were employed to shape and move the large stone balls which were hurled by the trebuchet at the castle.
In addition, the besiegers were attempting to undermine the castle walls. Tradition records that they brought down a large section near the projecting chapel block. The mining was marred by the collapse of a wall, crushing to death a group of nobles who were inspecting the work, including the earl of Stafford, Sir William de Monte Caniso, and Sir John de Bonvillars. The castle was captured by 5 September, and although Rhys ap Maredudd escaped, his wife and son were captured. The siege undoubtedly caused extensive damage to the castle, and repairs were carried out shortly afterwards.
The archaeological excavation of the site has produced important evidence from the time of this siege. Two substantial stone balls, over 16 inches, and almost certainly thrown by the trebuchet, were recovered. Also recovered were many smaller stones which were thrown at the castle, as well as links of chain mail, arrowheads, slingshots and a spearhead. Over one hundred arrowheads were recovered, many with long sharp points deliberately made to penetrate amour and chain mail.
St21 =22 =24 Edmund de Stafford, 1st Lord b 15.07.1273, d before 12.08.1308
m by 1298 Margaret Basset d 17.03.1336/7, dau of Ralph Basset, 1st Lord of Drayton
St20 =21 =23 Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, Earl of Gloucester b 24.09.1301, d 31.08.1372
m1 c 1326/7 Katharine Hastang dau of Sir John Hastang of Chebsey
m2 before 06.07.1336 Margaret Audley d after 28.01.1347/8, dau of Hugh de Audley, Earl of Gloucester
St19-1 Ralph de Stafford dvpsp 1347
m 01.11.1344 Maud Plantagenet d 1362, dau of Henry Plantagenet, Earl of Lancaster, Leicester & Derby
St19 =22 Hugh de Stafford, 2nd Earl of Stafford b by 1342, d 10.1386
m by 01.03.1350/1 Philippa Beauchamp dau of Thomas de Beauchamp, 3rd Earl of Warwick
St18-1 Ralph de Stafford d unm 1385
St18-2 Thomas de Stafford, 3rd Earl of Stafford b by 1368, dsp 04.07.1392
m Anne Plantagenet who later married his brother Edmund
St18-3 William de Stafford, 4th Earl of Stafford b 21.09.1375, d 06.04.1395
St18-4 Edmund de Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford b 02.03.1377, d Shrewsbury 21.07.1403
m Anne Plantagenet, Countess of Buckingham, Hereford & Northampton b 1383, d 16.10.1438, dau of Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, Earl of Buckingham
St18-5 Sir Hugh Stafford dsp 1420
m Elizabeth Bourchier dau of Bartholomew, Lord Bourchier
St18 = 21 Margaret Stafford
m Ralph Nevill of Raby, 1st Earl of Westmorland d 21.10.1425
St18-7 Katharine Stafford
m Sir Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk b 1368, d 14.09.1415
St18-8 Joane Stafford
m Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent, Marshal of England dsp 1400
St19-3 Beatrice de Stafford d 04.1415
m1 1350 Maurice FitzMaurice FitzThomas, 2nd Earl of Desmond b 31.07.1336, dsp before 05.06.1388
m2 Thomas de Ros, 5th Lord d 1384
m3. Sir Richard Burley dsp 23.05.1387
St19-4 Joane de Stafford d before 1397
m1 John de Cherlton, Lord of Powys d 1374
m2 before 16.11.1379 Gilbert, Lord Talbot
St20 Elizabeth de Stafford b after 1332, d 07.08.1375/6
m1 mcrt 12.03.1346/7 Fulk le Strange, 3rd Lord of Blackmere b c1330, d 30.08.1349
m2 Sir John de Ferrers, 4th Lord of Chartley d 02.04.1367
m3. Reynold de Cobham, 2nd Lord of Sterborough d c1403
St19-6 Margaret de Stafford
m Sir John Stafford
St19-7 Catherine de Stafford d 12.1361 not reported by BE1883 but identified by BP1934 Dudley
m 25.12.1357 John de Sutton, 'Lord' of Dudley d 1376
St21 Sir Richard de Stafford of Clifton
m Maud de Camville dau of Richard de Camville of Clifton
St20 Richard de Stafford, 1st Lord of Clifton d 1381
St19-1 Edmund de Stafford, 2nd Lord of Clifton, Bishop of Exeter d 1419
St19 Sir Thomas Stafford, 3rd Lord of Clifton
St18-1 Thomas Stafford, 4th Lord of Clifton dsp
St18 Katherine Stafford b about 1390
m Sir John Arderne of Elford
-1 Maud Arderne m Sir Thomas Stanley of Elford -1-1 Sir John Stanley of Elford, Sheriff of Staffordshire b about 1423 d 1476 m Matilda, dau of ?Sir Richard Vernon
-1-2 Anne Stanley m m Sir John Gresley of Drakelow b 1418, d 31.01.1486/7
-1-3 George Stanley 'of West Bromwich' m Elynor dau of Lord Dudley, widow of Sir Henry Beamont
-1-4 Elizabeth Stanley m Sir Robert Sutton of Averam/Aram

-1-3-1 John Stanley of West Bromwich m Cecilie Freebody dau of William Freebody
-1-3-2 Elizabeth Stanley m John Wolseley

-1-3-1-1 Francis Stanley of West Bromwich m Winifred Middlemore dau of Thomas Middlemore of Edgbaston
-1-3-1-2 Leonard Stanley of Horburne, Staffordshire m Catherine Ensore of Cumberford
-1-3-1-3 Symon Stanley
-1-3-1-4 Elizabeth Stanley m Roger Littleton of Groveley son of John of Frankley

-1-3-1-2-1 Roger Stanley of Horburne d Apr 1638 m Anne Atwood dau of Thomas Atwood of Rowington
-1-3-1-4-1 Alice Littleton b c 1549 Groveley m William Gower
-1-3-1-4-2 Humphrey Littleton b c 1555 Groveley m Martha Gower
-1-3-1-4-3 Francis Littleton b c Jun 1656 m Mary Bellingserd b Jun 1564
St21-2 Ricxhard Stafford b c 1276
St21-3 geni.com reports as only child by Anne de Langley:
William Stafford
b c 1270 Bramshall Stafford d 1307
St24 Isabella Stafford b about 1280
m William Stafford of Sandon b 1278, d 1307 see just below
m2 Joan
St24? possibly of this branch was:
Agnes Stafford b about 1280
m Sir John Carey b c 1270 he m2 Margaret Holwell + ch dau of William Holwell of Holwell (Holeway ?= Holwell? s.a.)
Ca22 John de Karry b 1270 in Castle Karry
m Phillippa Archdeacon dau of Warren Archdeacon
Ca21 William Kary b 1300 in Castle Kary, Somerset, m Margaret Bosun/Bozon/Bozume) b in Clovelly of Devon Ca20 John Cary b 1325 in St.Giles-in-the-Heath, Devon m Jane de Bryen Ca19 John Cary b 1350 in England d: 1404 in Waterford, Ireland m Margaret Holway Ca18 Sir Robert Carey b c 1365 m1 Margaret Courtenay dau of Sir Philip Courtenay of Powderham
Ca18-2 John Cary, Bishop of Exeter a 1419
Ca17 Philip Cary of Cockington d 1437 m about 1436 Christian Orchard dau of William Orchard of Holway Devon Ca16 Sir William Cary of Cockington b 12.04.1437, d 06.05.1471 at Tewkesbury m1 Elizabeth Paulet dau of Sir William Paulet of Hinton St. George
St24 =26 William de Stafford of Broomshull
Some sources show this William as having a son who was the William who married as follows rather than this William.
m1 Ermentruda FitzWalkelin
m2 Edith de Vernon dau of Warine de Vernon of Shipbroke
St25 William Stafford of Sandon
m Cecily de Waure dau of Robert de Waure
St24 William Stafford of Sandon = ? William Stafford of Bromshull b 1278, d 1307
m Isabella Stafford dau of Robert de Stafford see just above
St23 Robert Stafford b about 1280, d
m Gundreda
-1 Isabella de STAFFORD (-1309)
-2 Johanna STAFFORD (-1342) m. Sir Peter de Gresley (-1310) ( Stafford shows the marriage of a Sir Richard de Stafford (1302-1380) and Isabel de Vernon so there were obvious family connections, but this Richard seems to have had only four brothers named Ralph, William, Humphrey and Jacobus

Sources: BE1883 Stafford of Stafford and Buckingham, etc.+ BE1883 Stafford of Clifton and as reported above + TCP Stafford.
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