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Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1402-08-15
Death Date: 1460-07-10

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Anne ( - 1480)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1424-10-18
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union also produced four other sons, none of whom survived to adulthood

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 6th Earl of Stafford
  • 1st Duke of Buckingham

Titles

  • 6th Earl of Stafford
    Assumed: 1403-07-21
    Vacated: 1460-07-10
  • 7th Baron Stafford
    Assumed: 1403-07-21
    Vacated: 1460-07-10
  • 5th Earl of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1438-10-16
    Vacated: 1460-07-10
  • 1st Duke of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1444-09-14
    Vacated: 1460-07-10

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
JP, Shropshire 1423 1424
JP, Herefordshire 1423 1424
Privy Councillor, England 1423/4 -2 -15
JP, Oxfordshire 1424
JP, Essex 1424
JP, Kent 1424
JP, Lincolnshire 1424 1425
JP, Northamptonshire 1424
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424
JP, Warwickshire 1424
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1424
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1424
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1424
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1424/5
JP, Shropshire 1426
JP, Herefordshire 1427 1428
JP, Essex 1427
JP, Northamptonshire 1427
JP, Kent 1427/8 1429
JP, Lincolnshire 1427/8
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1429
JP, Essex 1429
JP, Staffordshire 1429/30
JP, Lincolnshire 1429/30
JP, Shropshire 1430 1432
JP, Essex 1431 1435
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1433
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1431
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1431
JP, Northamptonshire 1431/2
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1431/2 1433
JP, Kent 1431/2 1433
JP, Lincolnshire 1432 1444
JP, Staffordshire 1432
JP, Oxfordshire 1432
JP, Warwickshire 1433 1434
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1433/4
JP, Northamptonshire 1433/4
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1433/4 1435
JP, Kent 1435 1444
JP, Oxfordshire 1435 1438
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435 1437
JP, Herefordshire 1435
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1436
JP, Nottinghamshire 1436
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7
JP, Essex 1437 1438
JP, Dorset 1437
JP, Derbyshire 1437
JP, Huntingdonshire 1437
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1438/9
JP, Shropshire 1438/9 1441
JP, Staffordshire 1438/9
JP, Northamptonshire 1438/9
JP, Warwickshire 1438/9 1445
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1439 1440
JP, Derbyshire 1439
JP, Dorset 1439
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439
JP, Huntingdonshire 1439
Seneschal, Buckinghamshire 1439
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1440
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1440
JP, Huntingdonshire 1440 1443
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
JP, Essex 1440 1443
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1
JP, Northamptonshire 1440/1
JP, Nottinghamshire 1440/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441
JP, Staffordshire 1441 1442
JP, Derbyshire 1441
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1441/2 1443
JP, Oxfordshire 1442 1443
JP, Dorset 1442 1444
Lieut, Marches of Wales 1442 1451
JP, Herefordshire 1442/3
JP, Northamptonshire 1443
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1443
JP, Nottinghamshire 1443 1446
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
JP, Derbyshire 1443 1444
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1444 1445
JP, Buckinghamshire 1444 1447
JP, Northamptonshire 1445 1446
JP, Essex 1445/6
JP, Dorset 1446 1447
JP, Staffordshire 1446
JP, Lincolnshire 1446 1448
JP, Kent 1446 1447
JP, Huntingdonshire 1446
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1446 -11 -4
JP, Oxfordshire 1446/7
JP, Essex 1448 1449
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
JP, Nottinghamshire 1448 1449
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
JP, Staffordshire 1449
JP, Derbyshire 1449
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449
JP, Berkshire 1449
JP, Buckinghamshire 1449
JP, Warwickshire 1449
JP, Huntingdonshire 1449/50
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1450 1451
Constable, Kent 1450 -7 -16 1460 -07 -10 For life
JP, Kent 1450 1451
Warden, Kent 1450 -7 -16 1460 -07 -10 For life. Cinque Ports also in Sussex
JP, Herefordshire 1450/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1451 1452
JP, Nottinghamshire 1451
JP, Dorset 1451
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2
JP, Oxfordshire 1451/2 1456
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1452
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1452
JP, Northamptonshire 1452
JP, Warwickshire 1452 1455
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1453
JP, Herefordshire 1453
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Essex 1453 1445
JP, Kent 1453 1456
JP, Lincolnshire 1453
JP, Buckinghamshire 1453 1454
JP, Dorset 1453
JP, Derbyshire 1453 1458
JP, Staffordshire 1453 1454
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1460
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1459
JP, Northamptonshire 1454
JP, Lincolnshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Huntingdonshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1460
JP, Dorset 1455 1456
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456
JP, Buckinghamshire 1456 1459
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1456/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1456/7
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1456/7
JP, Essex 1456/7 1459
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1460
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1457
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1457
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1457
Commissioner of Musters, Warwickshire 1457
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1457
JP, Warwickshire 1457 1459
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
JP, Oxfordshire 1457/8 1459
JP, Lincolnshire 1457/8
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1459
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 1459
JP, Cambridgeshire 1458
JP, Dorset 1458
JP, Kent 1458 1459
JP, Staffordshire 1458/9 1460
Commissioner of Array, Rutland 1459
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1459
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1459
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1459
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1459
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1459 1460
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1459/60
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1459/60
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1459/60
JP, Derbyshire 1459/60
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1460

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
  • Writtle, Essex
    Acquired: 1421
  • Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire
    Acquired: 1438

Lands

  • Brecknockshire
    Acquired: 1421
  • Essex
  • Kent: Penhurst Manor
    Acquired: 1446/7-02-28
    Granted

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Worcester (Unknown), Worcester, Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - New Romney (Unknown), New Romney, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Hythe (Unknown), Hythe, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall, Sandwich, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Common Hall, York, York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Duke of Buckingham's Performers
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Entertainers
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Performers
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Performers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Performers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

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  • 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.