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Stafford, Humphrey (1439 - 1469)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1439
Death Date: 1469-08-17

Notes

Beheaded during conflict with Robin of Redesdale

Parents

Titles

  • Baron Stafford of Southwick
    Assumed: 1461-07-26 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1469-08-17
  • 15th Earl of Devon
    Assumed: 1469-05-17
    Vacated: 1469-08-17
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1461-03-29
    Vacated: 1469-08-17

General Lands Note

Steward of William, 6th Baron Zouche's lands in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire 1465

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Constable, Somerset 1460
MP, Somerset 1460 1461
Sheriff, Somerset 1460 -11 -7 1461 -11 -7
Sheriff, Dorset 1460 -11 -7 1461 -11 -7
Commissioner of Array, Wiltshire 1461 Held jointly
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1461 Held jointly
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1461 Held jointly
Constable, Gloucestershire 1461 -7 -26 1469 -08 -17 For life
High Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1461 -6 -15
JP, Wiltshire 1461
JP, Dorset 1461
JP, Somerset 1461 1463
Keeper, Dorset 1461 -7 -26 1469 -08 -17 For life
Keeper, Gloucestershire 1461 -7 -26 1469 -08 -17 For life
Keeper, Somerset 1461 -7 -26 1469 -08 -17 For life
JP, Cornwall 1461/2 1463
JP, Devon 1461/2 1466
JP, Wiltshire 1463
JP, Dorset 1463
Keeper, Devon 1464 -11 -11
Constable & Keeper, Somerset 1464/5 -3 -20
JP, Cornwall 1465 1467
JP, Dorset 1465 1469
Keeper, Somerset 1465
Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1465 Stannaries also in Devon
JP, Somerset 1466
JP, Wiltshire 1466
JP, Somerset 1468 1469
JP, Devon 1468
Privy Councillor, England 1469

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Southwick, Wiltshire
  • Hooke Court, Dorset
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1461-07
    Divested: 1469-08
    Inherited on the death of cousin Humphrey Stafford of Hooke
  • Tiverton Castle, Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1461/2-02
    Divested: 1469-08
    Granted

Lands

  • Cornwall
    Acquired: 1469
    Granted
  • Devon: Exeland & Westgate Manors & Fishery of Exe
    Acquired: 1467
    Granted
  • Devon: Okehampton, Plympton & Tiverton Boroughs, Castles, Honours & Hundreds
    Acquired: 1461/2-02-20
    Granted, along with 6 additional manors
  • Dorset
    Largest landowner in county by 1461
  • Somerset
  • Wiltshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord of Southwick's Performers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord of Southwick's Performers Stafford, Humphrey (1439 - 1469) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Hooke Court Dorset Private Residence
Tiverton Castle Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV – Henry VI [1467–77]. London: HMSO, 1900
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward IV [1461–7]. London: HMSO, 1897
  • 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
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
  • Wedgwood, Josiah C., and Anne D. Holt. The History of Parliament: Biographies of the Members of the Commons House 1439–1509. London: HMSO, 1936