1477618.
Sir Humphrey de Stafford & 1477619. Alice Grenville
~1344, Humphrey born in England, s/o 2955236. Sir John Stafford & 2955237. Margaret Stafford.
~1345, Alice born in England, heir & d/o 2955238. Sir John Grenville & 2955239. Margaret
?.
1348, the Black Plague began to spread in Europe. [England
would loose about a third of its population, France about a fourth.]
1349, On the death of her father, the wardship of Alice was
given to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford.
1359, Humphrey fought in France in the contingent led by,
Ralph, earl of Stafford.
10/1359, King Edward, sailing from Sandwich to Calais with
1,100 ships, invaded France, eventually taking Saint-Florentin and Tonnerre.
Edward reached Paris, setting the suburbs on fire, before turning back to
Brittany [Edward decided a siege of Paris was not feasible.]
8/8/1361, Protection with clause volumes, for one year, for
… going to Ireland in the king’s service in the company of Lionel, earl of
Ulster. … Humphrey de Stafford. … (S) CPRs.
7/1362, Humphrey sailing to Gascony in the company of the
Black Prince, who moved to Bordeaux after being named Duke of Aquitaine.
[––Humphrey &
Alice––]
Bef. 1365, Humphrey of Amblecote, Bramshall, and Perton,
Staffordshire 1st married Alice, possessor of Suthwyke manor, and
patronage of the church of St. John Baptist in the parish of North-Bradley,
Wiltshire; the manors and advowsons of Clutton and Farnburgh, Somerset; and the
manor of Burmington, Warwick.
6/1372, Humphrey served in the retinue of Thomas Beauchamp,
earl of Warwick, on the unsuccessful voyage for the relief of La Rochelle. An
English fleet of 14 transports and 36 warships was badly beaten at sea by the
Spaniards, including the loss of £20,000.
6/1373, Humphrey sailed for Flanders under the command of
his uncle, Hugh, earl of Stafford.
Bef. 1374, Humphrey’s father died. [His mother in a suit
over Birmingham.]
1377, After a long suit brought by Margaret de Stafford
[Humphrey’s paternal 1st cousin], [2nd] wife of Sir John
de Hardeshull, Humphrey de Stafford awarded Birmingham. (S) A Hist. of the
County of Worcester, V3, 1913.
7/16/1377, Richard II crowned king of England.
1/26/1378, Commitment to Humphrey de Stafford, ' chivaler,'
of the keeping of a messuage and a moiety of a virgate of land in Clutton
[Somerset] … (S) CFRs.
11/18/1386, Humphrey de Stafford, knt., appointed Sheriff of
Somersetshire and Dorsetshire.
1379, “Writ to: Sheriff of Somerset Sent by: Chancery
Endorsement: Humphrey de Stafford, Sheriff.” (S) UKNA.
5/26/1380, Humphrey appointed a JOP in Wilts.
1382, “Writ to: Sheriff of Somerset Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Humphrey Stafford, Sheriff.” (S) UKNA.
11/1/1383, Humphrey de Stafford, ‘chivaler,’ appointed
Sheriff of Staffordshire. (S) CFRs.
1384, Humphrey a tax collector in Wiltshire.
4/22/1386, “Writ to: Sheriff of Staffs Sent by: Chancery.
Endorsement: Humphrey de Stafford, Sheriff.” (S) UKNA.
Alice died.
[––Humphrey & Elizabeth––]
Aft. 6/15/1386, Humphrey married 2nd, Elizabeth
D’Aumarle of Woodbury, widow of Sir John Maltravers. [No children.] Elizabeth
brought the manor of Hooke, and , 14 other manorial estates in Dorset, as well
as property in Oxfordshire. And as coheir with her sister Margaret, wife of Sir
William Bonville of Shute, she also brought half of the estates of their
kinsman, Sir John Merriott, which included Merriott, Great Lopen and Stratton
in Somerset.
11/18/1386, Humphrey de Stafford, ‘chivaler,’ appointed
Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset. (S) CFRs.
1388, Humphrey bought from the Crown for £110, the Cornish
manors of Polhorman and Penhergard, along with property in Bodmin, all
forfeited in the Merciless Parliament by Sir Robert Tresilian.
12/1/1388, Humphrey de Stafford, knt., appointed Sheriff of
Staffordshire. (S) CFRs.
1389, In Cornwall, John Trelawny and others had set
themselves in armed array to kill Humphrey, and shot him with a certain engine
called a ‘gunne’.
7/15/1389, Humphrey appointed a JOP in Dorset.
1391, Humphrey and Elizabeth leased the manor of Alfreston,
Hampshire, to Thomas d’Aumarle.
1395, Humphrey joined Sir John Rodney in a joint venture to
convey 40 pilgrims to Santiago on the latter’s ship, the Kateryne.
8/1397, Humphrey loaned King Richard 100 marks.
9/26/1397,
John Chidioke, … to William Bonevile knight and Margaret his wife, Humphrey
Stafford knight and Elizabeth his wife, …. Quitclaim of the manors of Great
Lopene and Great Stratton co. Somerset. Witnesses: Peter Courtenay, … knights …
(S) CCRs.
5/22/1399, Acquittance for 50 marks. By William Lescrop,
Earl of Wilts & Lord of the Man. to Robert Ponynges s. & heir of
Richard Poynings chr. & Isabel his w. dec'd in respect of a grant of
wardship of the lands of a minor. These lands came into the King's hands on the
death of Robert’s father, and were the inheritance of Isabel his wife. Now
William sells the right of wardship to Sir Humphrey Stafford, & Sir William
Percy kts. (S) UKNA.
9/29/1399, Imprisoned Richard II resigned as king of
England.
10/13/1399, Henry IV crowned king of England.
10/28/1399, Humphrey de Stafford, King’s knight, granted
jointly with his wife lands in Seavington, Somerset, to hold for life.
2/28/1400, IPM of Christina Kentcombe at Dorset. She held
jointly … Lower Kingcombe, 1 messuage, …, of Humphrey de Stafford, knight, in right
of Elizabeth his wife, by knight service. (S) CIsPM.
8/1401, Humphrey attended the Great Council.
1/7/1402, Licence … by John Dynham, ‘chivaler’, for him and
Maud his wife to grant the reversion of a moiety of the manor of Houke with
advowson which Humphrey de Stafford of Houke, ‘chivaler,’ and Elizabeth his
wife hold for the life of the latter of the inheritance of the said Maud … (S)
CPRs.
4/4/1403, William Besyll was notified, after the deaths of
Sir William Asthorpe and King Richard II, with Humphrey de Stafford, knight,
William Stourton, Thomas Bonham, and the sheriff of co. Wilts. to, “inquire
concerning the information that much waste, ruin, dilapidation and destruction
has many times been committed as well in the castle and barton or manor of Marlborough.”
11/22/1405, Humphrey de Stafford, the elder, knt., appointed
Sheriff of Somersetshire and Dorsetshire.
4/17/1406, Commission to E. bishop of
Exeter and Humphrey de Stafford, … divers lieges of the king of counties of
Devon, Cornwall and Somerset were lately captured at sea … imprisoned …
ransomed … (S) CPRs.
12/1407, Humphrey Stafforde and Ivo fitz
Waren, knights, MP for Dorset, reimbursed £78 4s for 195 days.
(S) CCRs.
7/30/1408, Licence … co. Dorset … to find 3 chaplains to
celebrate devine service for the good estate of the king … his kinsman Edmund
bishop of Exeter, and Humphrey de Stafford, ‘chivaler,’ and for their souls …
(S) CPRs.
4/6/1409, Release by Humphrey Stafford, knight, … to William
Stourton and William Covyntre, of their right in the manors of Donnehevede,
Schokerwyke and Batheneston. Somers. (S) UKNA.
3/6/1410, To Robert Hill, Humphrey Stafford knight, William
Stourton, … and John Jewe, appointed, upon complaint of John Denebaud that
divers trespasses were committed against him at Chafcombe co. Somerset by
Thomas Bolour. (S) CCRs.
11/2/1411, Acquittance by Margaret Holland, countess of
Somerset, for 20 marks received from Humphrey Stafford, sheriff of Somerset.
(S) UKNA.
1412, Humphrey’s income valued at £570 yearly in a tax assessment
[£237
from Dorset.]
4/5/1413, Humphrey made his will … monetary bequests of £32 to his executors … household:
23 named persons, received bequests in cash totalling £20 …
4/9/1413, Henry V crowned king of England.
10/15/1413, Elizabeth died. [Humphrey modified his will
after her death.]
10/31/1413, Humphrey [kinsman of the earls of Stafford],
died; both buried in the Abbey Church of Abbotsbury.
(S) Magna Carta Ancestry, P832. (S) Strife of the Roses and
Days of the Tudors in the West, Rogers, 2003, PP139-40. (S) List of Indexes,
V9, Public Record Office. (S) Hist. of Parliament, Roskell, 1993.
Children of
Humphrey and Alice:
i. Humphrey Stafford, born ? in England.
Humphrey “with the silver hand” married his step-sister
Elizabeth.
1403, Humphrey holding Burmington manor.
5/18/1406, IPM of Maud [d.11/1/1402], wife of John Dynham,
knight. She held … in Highbrooks by Somerton … after the deaths of John Sutton,
Joan his wife, and John and Richard their sons, all of whom are still living
and hold for the term of their lives. Owing to the death of John Mautravers,
father of Maud, … this rent, being her portion as one of the daughters and
heirs of John Mautravers … Elizabeth, the other daughter of John Mautravers,
who married Humphrey de Stafford, junior, knight, is her heir, aged 22 years
and more … (S) CIsPM.
2/5/1409, James Tuchet [son of sister Elizabeth] to be
delivered into the custody of the King by Humphrey Stafforde the younger on a
recognizance to the King of £1000. (S) CCRs.
5/27/1442, Sir Humphrey died.
ii. Elizabeth Stafford (738809), born ~1375 in England.
Natural Child of
Humphrey and Emma of North Bradley:
iii. Archbishop John Stafford, born ? in England.
1413, John made LLD at Oxford.
1425, John, Bishop of Bath and Wells.
1436, Elizabeth, her son James, and her brother John
Stafford, Bishop of Bath and Wells sued over the manors of Nether Stowey and
Honeybare, … Somerset.
1443, John Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Chancellor to
King Henry VI.
1452, John died; buried in Canterbury Catherdral.
