Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Humphrey Stafford
1400 - 1450 (50 years)-
Name Humphrey Stafford Birth 1400 of Grafton, Worcestershire, England [1, 2] Gender Male Death 7 Jun 1450 Sevenoaks, Kent, England [1, 2] Person ID I18780 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD Last Modified 31 Dec 2017
Father Humphrey Stafford, b. Abt 1384, of Grafton, Worcestershire, England d. 20 Feb 1419 (Age ~ 35 years) Mother Elizabeth Burdet d. Bef 1419 Marriage Bef 1400 [2] Family ID F11654 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Aylesbury, b. Abt 1406 d. Aft 1475 (Age ~ 70 years) Marriage Aft 2 Jan 1424 [1] Children + 1. Elizabeth Stafford + 2. Anne Stafford d. Aft 1502 + 3. Humphrey Stafford, b. Between 1426 and 1427, of Grafton, Worcestershire, England d. 8 Jul 1486, Tyburn, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 60 years) Family ID F11653 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Apr 2021
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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.
- 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.
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