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Sir James de Stafford & 1250055. Margaret de Stafford
~1297, James born in England, heir & s/o 5910472. William de Stafford & 5910473.
Isabela de Stafford.
~1302, Margaret born in England, eldest d/o 60845656. Baron Edmund de Stafford &
60845657. Margaret Basset.
7/7/1307, Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
[––James &
Margaret––]
By 1308, James married to Margaret.
1317, James given Byrmingham manor, Worcester, by his grandfather
Sir William de Stafford. (S) Hist. of Worcester, V3, 1913.
1321, James, as part of the family feud, killed Alexander de
Swynnerton. (S) Staffordshire Studies, 19, 2008, Sposato, P29.
1/22/1322,
Order to the sheriff of Salop and Stafford to take into the king's hand and to
keep safely all the lands, goods and chattels of William de Stafford (11820944), knight, Vivian de Staundon, …, James (1250054)
son of William de Stafford (5910472) the younger, … John de Cherleton, … Roger
Corbet of Caus, … (S) CFRs.
3/10/1322, James
and his brother John (2955236) supported the earl of Lancaster at the battle of
Burton Bridge (aka Boroughbridge), Yorkshire. [They lost and retreated to
Tutbury castle.]
3/16/1322, Battle of Boroughbridge, Yorkshire. Rebel barons
with Thomas, earl of Lancaster defeated by King Edward II. James was a member
of the rebel forces. James’ grandfather captured.
3/1322, John
and his brother James “put fire against the gates” in an attempt to free their
grandfather.
5/19/1322,
Grant for life to John de Somery of the manor of Amelcote, co. Stafford, late
of James de Stafford, a rebel, in the king’s hands by forfeiture. (S) CPRs. [James
also forfeited Birmingham manor. (S) Hist. of Worcester, V3, 1913.]
10/27/1322,
Pardon … to James son of William de Stafford the younger, for the death of
Alexander de Swynnerton … (S) CPRs.
8/1326, James and his brothers John, and William de
Stafford, knight, took part in the rioting against William de Ipstanes over the
church at Eyton. (S) Plea Rolls for Staffordshire, V10, Pt1, 1889.
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England.
7/18/1327,
Protection, with clause volumus, for … John de Stafford, staying with Roger de Mortuo Mari in the marches of Scotland in the king’s
service … the like for William de Stafford, Walter de Stafford, James de
Stafford. (S) CPRs.
1327, Roger de Mortuo Mari instigates a plan to have
captured Edward II murdered. [There is a substantial amount of evidence that
Edward II actually escaped and a substitute body was buried.]
6/1327, James and his brother, John de Stafford, committed
to the Marshalsea prison for the murder of John de Pichford, acquitted by a
jury. (S) Plea Rolls for Staffordshire, V10, Pt1, 1889.
By 1328, James knighted.
1328, James, knight of the shire, for Staffordshire.
1328,
“Feoffment by William de Stafford the elder to John de Stafford his son and
Margaret John’s wife, in tail, of the manor of Amelcote and lands, &c. in
Bettecote and the mill of Bettecote, with remainder in default to James de
Stafford and his heirs.” (S) A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, Public
Record Office. [Note William, father of John, is now called “senior”. William
ousted his son James from the inheritance of Amelcote, which had been given to
James by William’s father William.]
2/4/1331, Quitclaim by John son of Richard de Calwich … Witnesses: …, James de Stafford, … kts. [Staffordshire]
(S) UKNA.
8/23/1331, …, and John de Ipstanes, the younger, acknowledge
that they owe to James de Stafford 80 marks. (S) CCRs.
1334, James in armed conflicts with his brother, John de
Stafford, and Ralph de Stafford, Lord Stafford (father of John’s wife).
9/30/1334, Appointment
of John de Stafford and Richard de Peshale, sheriff of the county of Stafford,
to arrest where found, and lodge in Stafford gaol, … James de Stafford, knight,
… (S) CPRs.
1335, James de Stafford, Knt., acknowledged that he owed
John de Stafford, Knt., debts of £100, and 50 marks; to be levied, in default
of payment, of his lands and chattels in co. Stafford.
1335, Margery, widow of Richard de Burton, charged James de
Stafford, Knt. with aiding and abetting the death of her husband the previous year,
when Hugh del Hulle shot her husband, Richard, with a bow and a barbed arrow.
Bef. 9/1335, Margaret died.
[––James––]
3/29/1335, Debtor: James de Stafford, knight. Creditor: John
de Stafford. Amount: 12m. 6s. 8d. (S) UKNA.
9/1335, William de Stafford, senior, sued James de Stafford,
Chivaler, for the manor of Sandon, as his right and inheritance, and of which
the said James had unjustly disseised William de Stafford, his father, whose
heir he is. (S) Plea Rolls for Staffordshire, V11, 1890.
8/28/1336, Appointment of John Trussel … and James de
Stafford, … to arrest Humphrey de Hastang, … trespasses at Stafford, … (S)
CPRs.
6/3/1337, To William de Shareshull and his fellows, … co.
Stafford. Order to continue the assize of novel disseisin, which James de
Stafford, knight, arramed before them against John, son of William de Stafford,
knight, now in Scotland in the king's service. (S) CCRs.
1337, James sued John Bosoun, and others in a plea that they
broke ‘vi et armis’ into his houses at Sandon, Staffordshire, and took goods
and chattels to the value of £100.
2/14/1338, Writ for IPM of Walter de Stafford. Norfolk: Toft
Monachorum and Hadesco. A moiety of the manors … James de Stafford, knight
(chivaler), his brother, aged 40 years and more, is his next heir. … now
William de Stafford has given the king to understand that he and the said
Walter his son jointly acquired the said moiety … (S) CIsPM.
1338, James de Stafford gave Thomas son of Thomas de
Erdeswick and Margaret daughter of the said James all his manor of Sandon,
Staffordshire, in return for an annual rent of 100 marks.
5/23/1339, Grant of Henry de Preers … Witnesses: … Sir James
de Stafford, …, knights, … (S) UKNA.
1339, James’ father died.
1341 at Stafford, James de Stafford, knight, and others to
Adam de Peshale: Bond for the payment of money. (S) UKNA.
1344, James a Surveyor of Weights and Measures in
Staffordshire.
1345, James brought a writ of novel disseisin against John
Tromwyn, Knt., regarding tenements in Sandon, Staffordshire.
7/12/1346, King Edward landed an invasion force of 10000 in
Normandy, which marched north plundering the countryside. King Philip VI, with
8000 horsemen and 4000 Genoese crossbowmen pursued.
8/26/1346, James at the Battle of Crecy, north of Paris.
Edward III vs. Philip VI, heralded the rise of the longbow as the dominant
weapon, and also saw the use of the ribauldequin, an early cannon, by the
English. The English longbowmen could fire much more quickly than the Genoese,
with a killing range of 250 yards.
9/1346, The English began the year-long siege of the port of
Calais. [Ended 8/1347.]
5/8/1347,
Commission of oyer and terminer to James de Stafford, … in the county Stafford
… (S) CPRs.
1348, The executors of the will of Joan, widow of Roger
Tromewyn, sued James for a debt of £8.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349. [Breakouts would repeat over many years.]
1350, Staffordshire: Particulars of account for the lands of
James de Stafford, John de Draycote, and John de Ipstones, collectors of Tenths
and Fifteenths. (S) UKNA.
2/11/1351, James de Stafford, knight, John de Draycote,
knight, John Coigne of Weston and Ralph de Okor acknowledge that they owe to
John de Bukyngham, clerk, £800; to be levied, in default of payment, of their land
and chattels in the county of Stafford. (S) CCRs.
1/21/1354, Appointment … to arrest and bring before the
council James de Stafford, ‘chivaler,’ … lately appointed to collect the last
tenth and fifteenth in the county of Stafford, … so that the king should be
answered … (S) CPRs.
1356, James living.
Bef. 1359, James de Stafford, Knt., of Sandon and Bramshall,
Staffordshire, died.
Family notes:
·
Brothers James and John both married “Margaret
de Stafford”; however, they were of different fathers.
Child of James and
Margaret:
i. Margaret Stafford (625027), born ~1320 in Staffordshire,
England.
