Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 4
Properties - 6
Total events naming patron - 44
Troupes - 10
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

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

Siblings

Female

Stafford, Anne ( - 1432)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Neville, Anne ( - 1480)

  1. Male offspring: Stafford, Humphrey (d. 1458)
  2. Male offspring: Stafford, Henry (d. 1471)
  3. Male offspring: Stafford, John (d. 1473)
  4. Female offspring: Stafford, Anne (d. 1472)
  5. Female offspring: Stafford, Joan (d. 1480)
  6. Female offspring: Stafford, Elizabeth (n.d.)
  7. Female offspring: Stafford, Margaret (n.d.)
  8. Female offspring: Stafford, Catherine (d. 1476)

Primary Title

6th Earl of Stafford
1st Duke of Buckingham

Titles

  • 7th Baron Stafford
    Assumed 1403-07-21
    Vacated 1460-07-10
  • 6th Earl of 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 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1424 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1424 1425
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1424 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Essex 1424 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1424 n.d.
JP, Kent 1424 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1424 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1424/5 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1426 n.d.
JP, Essex 1427 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1427 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1427 1428
JP, Kent 1427/8 1429
JP, Lincolnshire 1427/8 n.d.
JP, Essex 1429 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1429 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1429/30 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1429/30 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1430 1432
JP, Herefordshire 1431 1433
JP, Essex 1431 1435
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1431 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1431 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1431/2 1433
JP, Northamptonshire 1431/2 n.d.
JP, Kent 1431/2 1433
JP, Lincolnshire 1432 1444
JP, Oxfordshire 1432 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1432 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1433 1434
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1433/4 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1433/4 1435
JP, Northamptonshire 1433/4 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1435 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1435 1437
JP, Oxfordshire 1435 1438
JP, Kent 1435 1444
Commissioner of Musters, Sussex 1436 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1436 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1436/7 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1437 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1437 1441
JP, Dorset 1437 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1437 n.d.
JP, Essex 1437 1438
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1438/9 1441
JP, Staffordshire 1438/9 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1438/9 1445
JP, Nottinghamshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1439 1440
JP, Derbyshire 1439 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1439 n.d.
Seneschal, Buckinghamshire 1439 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Derbyshire 1440 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Nottinghamshire 1440 n.d.
JP, Essex 1440 1443
JP, Huntingdonshire 1440 1443
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1440 1443
JP, Northamptonshire 1440/1 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1440/1 n.d.
JP, Herefordshire 1440/1 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Yorkshire 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1441 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1441 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1441 1442
JP, Derbyshire 1441 n.d.
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 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1443 1444
JP, Shropshire 1443 1445
JP, Northamptonshire 1443 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1443 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1443 1446
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Northamptonshire 1444 1445
JP, Buckinghamshire 1444 1447
JP, Northamptonshire 1445 1446
JP, Essex 1445/6 n.d.
JP, Kent 1446 1447
JP, Dorset 1446 1447
JP, Lincolnshire 1446 1448
JP, Staffordshire 1446 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1446 n.d.
Sheriff, Herefordshire 1446-11-4 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1446/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1448 1449
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1448 n.d.
JP, Northamptonshire 1448 1450
JP, Shropshire 1448 1449
JP, Essex 1448 1449
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1449 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Berkshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1449 n.d.
JP, Huntingdonshire 1449/50 n.d.
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 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1451 1452
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1451 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1451 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1451/2 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1451/2 1456
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Bristol 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Warwickshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1452 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1452 1455
JP, Northamptonshire 1452 n.d.
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Kent 1453 n.d.
JP, Dorset 1453 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1453 1454
JP, Essex 1453 1445
JP, Staffordshire 1453 1454
JP, Herefordshire 1453 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1453 1460
JP, Kent 1453 1456
JP, Buckinghamshire 1453 1454
JP, Derbyshire 1453 1458
JP, Lincolnshire 1453 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1454 n.d.
JP, Nottinghamshire 1454 1459
JP, Northamptonshire 1454 n.d.
JP, Lincolnshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Huntingdonshire 1454/5 1456
JP, Herefordshire 1454/5 1460
JP, Dorset 1455 1456
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1455 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1455/6 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1456 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1456 1459
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1456 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1456/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1456/7 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1456/7 n.d.
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1456/7 1460
JP, Essex 1456/7 1459
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Musters, Warwickshire 1457 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1457 n.d.
JP, Shropshire 1457 1458
JP, Warwickshire 1457 1459
JP, Lincolnshire 1457/8 n.d.
JP, Oxfordshire 1457/8 1459
JP, Kent 1458 1459
JP, Northamptonshire 1458 1459
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1458 1459
JP, Dorset 1458 n.d.
JP, Cambridgeshire 1458 n.d.
JP, Staffordshire 1458/9 1460
Commissioner of Array, Warwickshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Rutland 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Essex 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Worcestershire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Shropshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Northamptonshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Bedfordshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Yorkshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Nottinghamshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Herefordshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1459 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 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
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1459 1460
JP, Huntingdonshire 1459 1460
Commissioner of Array, Kent 1459/60 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wales 1459/60 n.d.
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1459/60 n.d.
JP, Derbyshire 1459/60 n.d.
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1460 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1450-1451 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance 1451-1451 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance 1451-1452 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance 1452-1453 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance 1454-1455 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers
Performance 1445-1446 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel
Performance 1453-1453 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel
Performance 1446-1447 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1447-1448 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1447-1448 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1448 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1448-1448 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1449-1450 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1451-1452 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1451-1452 Worcester (Unknown), Worcester , Worcestershire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1452-1453 New Romney (Unknown), New Romney , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1455-1456 Hythe (Unknown), Hythe , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1457-1458 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1457-1458 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1458-1459 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1459-1459 Guildhall, Sandwich , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1460-1461 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1446-1446 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1447 Common Hall, York , York (city-county) in Yorkshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1453-1453 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1454-1454 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1455-1455 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1455-1455 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1455-1455 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1456-1456 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1457 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1457 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1457-1458 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1458-1458 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1459-1460 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels
Performance 1451-1452 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Duke of Buckingham's Performers
Performance 1442-1443 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Entertainers
Performance 1431-1432 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s
Performance 1425-1426 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1426-1427 Exeter (Unknown), Exeter , Exeter (city-county) in Devon Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1436-1437 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1438-1438 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1447-1448 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Earl of Stafford's Performers
Performance 1453-1454 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Buckingham's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 5
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 15
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 13
Duke of Buckingham's Performers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Entertainers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrel/s Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Earl of Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 4
Earl of Stafford's Performers Stafford, Humphrey (1402 - 1460) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Constable [of Dover Castle]'s Minstrel/s 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)