William (Stafford) de Stafford (abt. 1272 - 1320)

Born about 1272 in Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England

Descendants

Died 1320 at about age 48 in Amblecote, Stourbridge, Staffordshire, England

Biography

William de Stafford

Birth

Date: ABT 1272

Place: Bramshall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire

His [Sir William of Sandon & Bramshall's] son William Jr. married Isabel Stafford, dtr. and h. of Robert de Stafford and Gundred de Stafford, dtr. ofSir William and his first wife Ermentrude fitzWalkeline. They had five sons: James, John (of Bramshall), Edmund, William, and Walter.

"The father, Sir William de Stafford 9c. 1225-58), had married first Ermentrude, daughter and co-heiress of William FitzWalkelin, before 1252; and was the son and heir of Sir William de Stafford (c. 1195-1240), who was himself the second son of the whole blood of Hervy Bagot of Bramshall and melicent de Stafford, the heiress of the Stafford Barony. So that our Sir William, the first M.P. for Staffordshire, was second cousin to the contemporary Lord Stafford, and his grandsons, Sir James and Sir John, were fourth cousins of the great Earl Stafford whose sister and daughter they respectively married."

Sources

• Various ancestry.com trees including

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/79239347/person/110005330424/facts

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Acrossthepond.ged on 21 February 2011. User ID: 04F879B557B247BFA7694091814163C10088 Prior to import, this record was last changed 21 OCT 2010.