Stafford, Edmund (1377/8 - 1403)

Born / Died

Birth Date: 1378-03-02
Death Date: 1403-07-21

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: ca. 1396
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

5th Earl of Stafford
Knight of the Bath
Knight of the Garter

Titles

  • 6th Baron Stafford
    Assumed 1395-04-06
    Vacated 1403-07-21
  • 5th Earl of Stafford
    Assumed 1395-04-06
    Vacated 1403-07-21
  • Knight of the Bath
    Assumed 1399-10-11
    Vacated 1403
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed 1402-04
    Vacated 1403-04

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1397 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1397 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1399 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1401 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1401 n.d.
JP, Essex 1401 1402
Lieut, North Wales 1401/2-1-15 n.d. Held jointly
Lieut, Cheshire 1401/2-1-15 n.d. Held jointly
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1402 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Leicestershire 1402 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1402 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1402 n.d.
Commander of Vanguard, Royal Army, England 1403-7-21 n.d.
Constable of England, England 1403-7-21 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1403 n.d.

Lands

  • Kent
  • Shropshire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1400-1401 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Entertainers
Performance 1400-1401 Shrewsbury (Unknown), Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s
Performance 1402-1402 Blackmere, near Whitchurch , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Stafford's Entertainers Stafford, Edmund (1378 - 1403) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s Stafford, Edmund (1378 - 1403) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Edmund (1378 - 1403) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)