Anne Stafford

Family/Spouse: William Berkeley. William (son of Maurice Berkeley and Ellen Montfort) was born about 1436 in of Weoley in Northfield, Worcestershire, England; died in 1501. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Berkeley died after 1502.
2. Richard Berkeley died in 1513; was buried in College of Westbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Notes:

Knight of the shire for Worcestershire, 1423-24, 1426, 1447, 1449. Knight of the shire for Staffordshire 1427-28. Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, 1423-24, 1430-01. Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1431-32. Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1437-38. Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire 1438-39. Sheriff of Herefordshire and the Welsh Marches, 1446-47.

With his brother William, he led a force of royal loyalists in an attempt to suppress the rebellion of Jack Cade. The royal contingent was ambushed by a larger group of rebels at Sevenoaks and he and his brother were both killed. Cade took the expensive clothing and armor of Humphrey Stafford as his own.

Humphrey married Eleanor Aylesbury after 2 Jan 1424. Eleanor (daughter of Thomas Aylesbury and Katherine Pabenham) was born about 1406; died after 1475. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 15 Jun 1481

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Knight of the shire for Worcestershire, 1415.

From Wikipedia:

Stafford's early life has been described by Carol Rawcliffe as being 'full of violent incident.' In early 1401, he was suspected of the murder of a Worcestershire man, but although the earl of Warwick was sent to arrest him, he appears to have avoided capture. His father entered into bonds to keep the peace with the victim's family, and within a coupe of years, Humphrey Stafford was a member of the Prince of Wales' retinue. He probably fought with him at the Battle of Shrewsbury (21 July 1403), and by 1404, he had received a Royal pardon for the murder and exoneration by the King's council. His father and uncle (Humphrey Stafford (died 1413) provided securities for him. However, he was soon further embroiled in law-breaking and violence. In 1405, William, Lord Abergavenny accused him of illegally entering Bergavenny's manor and forest of Feckenham, including illegally hunting and fishing, and beating up his reatiners. At least one of those servants succeeded in having Stafford bound over to keep the peace with him.

In 1410, Stafford was elected MP for Worcestershire, and a year later his father died, leaving him a patrimony based there, Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Following his father's death, he again agreed to join the Prince of Wales' army in Calais, although probably did not leave until early 1412. Rawcliffe notes that at some point around this time, Stafford had patched up relations with some of his earlier adversaries. For example, the earl of Warwick appointed him deputy Sheriff of Worcestershire in November 1411, and when he was elected MP in 1415 his running mate was the same retainer of Lord Bergavenny that had successfully had him bound-over ten years earlier.

Stafford joined the second royal campaign to France in 1417, during which campaign in Normandy he was appears to have been knighted. It also seems that it was on this campaign that Humphrey Stafford died on 20 February 1419.

Humphrey married Elizabeth Burdet before 1400. Elizabeth (daughter of John Burdet and Katherine Arderne) died before 1419. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1369, of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes:

"Knighted 14 Aug 1378 while serving at sea in the retinue of Thomas of Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham. Knight of the Shire for Buckingham, 1391 and 1397; Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire, 1399-1404, for Cambridgeshire, 1401-07, and for Huntingdonshire, 1405-07. Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1412-13." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

Thomas married Katherine Pabenham before Dec 1399. Katherine (daughter of Laurence Pabenham and Elizabeth d'Engaine) was born about 1372; died on 17 Jun 1436. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 17 Jul 1436

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 1355, of Stafford, Staffordshire, England

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Knight of the shire for Worcestershire 1383, 1384, 1401; knight of the shire for Staffordshire 1404.

Ralph married Maud Hastang after 20 Aug 1373. Maud (daughter of John Hastang and Maud Trussell) was born on 2 Feb 1359 in Chebsey, Staffordshire, England; was christened on 2 Feb 1359 in Chebsey, Staffordshire, England; died before 1410. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, 1375. Knight of the shire for Leicestershire, 1380, 1390.

John married Katherine Arderne before Dec 1380. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire, 1365-1371, 1373-1374, 1377-1378, 1381-1383, 1386-1387; Justice of the Peace for Buckinghamshire, 1375-1382, 1385-1397; Knight of the Shire for Buckingham, 1376, 1377, 1379, 1380, 1381, 1390." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz, citation details below.]

John married Isabel before 29 Sep 1359. Isabel died before Nov 1369. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said, without proof, to have been a daughter of Ebles le Strange, Lord Strange of Knockin.

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Knight of the shire for Bedfordshire in 1378 and 1383.

Laurence married Elizabeth d'Engaine before 1372. Elizabeth (daughter of John d'Engaine and Joan Peverel) was born about 1341; died on 23 Sep 1377. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1387