Humphrey STAFFORD

1400 - 1450  (50 years)

• Name	Humphrey STAFFORD  [1]
  Birth	1400	Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Christening	15 Aug 1402	Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  TitleOfNobility	[2]
  	Knight of Grafton
  _FSFTID	L7LP-22V
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L7LP-22V
  _UID	A6BC3ED1CE0047A8B22773FA2327A534976F
  Burial	Jun 1450	Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Death	7 Jun 1450	Sevenoaks, Kent, England   [1]
  Person ID	I594785154	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Sir Humphrey STAFFORD, of Grafton,   b. 1383, Worcestershire, England d. 20 Feb 1419 (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth BURDETT,   b. Abt 1384, Cheshire, England d. Abt 1434, England (Age ~ 50 years)
  Family ID	F536734156	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eleanor AYLESBURY,   b. 1406, Buckinghamshire, England d. 20 Apr 1478, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1424	Grafton, Worcestershire, England   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1425, Worcestershire, England d. Aft 1472, Worcestershire, England (Age ~ 48 years)   2. Thomas STAFFORD, Esquire,   b. Abt 1425, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. John STAFFORD,   b. Between 1425 and 1449, England d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sir Humphrey STAFFORD, 2nd Duke of Buckingham,   b. 18 Oct 1425, Staffordshire, England d. 8 Jul 1486, London, Middlesex, England (Age 60 years)   5. Ralph STAFFORD,   b. Aft 1427, England d. Yes, date unknown   6. Richard STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1428, England d. Yes, date unknown   7. Lady Anne STAFFORD,   b. 1446, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England d. 14 Apr 1472, Lingfield, Surrey, England (Age 26 years)   8. Joyce STAFFORD,   b. Abt 1449, Worcestershire, England d. 1500, Flamborough, Yorkshire, England (Age ~ 51 years)
  Family ID	F536734153	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Humphrey Stafford (died 1450), of Grafton in the parish of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, was an English nobleman who served as Governor of Calais. He was the second son and eventual heir of Sir Humphrey Stafford (1384-1419) of Grafton, a Member of the English Parliament in 1415, by his wife Elizabet Burdett. His elder brother was John Stafford (died 1422) of Grafton, whose heir he was. He married Eleanor Aylesbury (died 1478), daughter and heiress of Thomas Aylesbury of Blatherwyke and Milton Keynes. By Eleanor he had the following known issue: 1. Richard Stafford 2. Sir Humphrey Stafford (c.1427-1486) of Grafton, son and heir, who took part in the War of the Roses on the Yorkist side and having fought for King Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth (1485), was executed by the victorious King Henry VII, following his role in the Stafford and Lovell rebellion. 3. Thomas Stafford 4. Ralph Stafford 5. John Stafford 6. Elizabeth Stafford, wife of Sir Richard Beauchamp, 2nd Baron Beauchamp. 7. Anne Stafford, wife of Thomas Skulle & of Sir William Berkeley 8. Joyce Stafford, wife of Sir Marmaduke Constable. Stafford was killed on 7 June 1450 at Sevenoaks in Kent, during Jack Cade's Rebellion, together with his cousin William Stafford (died 1450) of Southwick, in the parish of North Bradley, Wiltshire. He was buried in the Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove, where his monument survives, comprising recumbent alabaster effigies of himself and his wife, on a chest tomb. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Stafford_(died_1450)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 21 Dec 2024), entry for Humphrey Stafford, person ID KFYD-J9K. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 21 Dec 2024), entry for Humphrey Stafford, person ID L7LP-22V. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 21 Dec 2024), entry for Eleanor Aylesbury, person ID 2MQP-R6L. (Reliability: 3).