Humphrey Stafford

Abt 1379 - 1442  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Humphrey Stafford  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1379	of Hooke, Dorset, England   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 May 1442  [3, 6, 7]
  Burial	Abbotsbury Abbey, Dorset, England   [3, 6]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  + 1. Elizabeth Stafford   d. Between 1446 and 1447 ▻ John Tuchet ,  m. Bef 1398 + 2. Eleanor Stafford   d. Aft 1397 ▻ Edmund Lowe + 3. Humphrey Stafford ,   b. Abt 1379, of Hooke, Dorset, England d. 27 May 1442  (Age ~ 63 years) ▻ Elizabeth Maltravers ,  m. Bef Oct 1397
  Person ID	I5225	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2020

  
  

  Father	Humphrey Stafford,   b. Aft 1341, of Southwick in North Bradley, Wiltshire, England d. 31 Oct 1413 (Age < 70 years)
  Mother	Alice Grenville,   b. Abt 1344   d. Bef 1386 (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1365  [6, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F13423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Maltravers,   b. Abt 1378   d. Bef Jan 1420 (Age ~ 41 years)
  Marriage	Bef Oct 1397  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Alice Stafford   d. Bef 24 Apr 1448
  Family ID	F3047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Sheriff of Staffordshire 1403-04; Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset 1415-16. Knight of the shire for Staffordshire in 1406 and knight of the shire for Dorset ten times between Apr 1414 and 1432. He was Knight of the Body to Henry V at his coronation in 1413. In his later years he was styled Sir Humphrey "of the silver hand," because of his use of an artificial limb after the loss of one of his own.

  
  

• Sources

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