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Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1455-09-04
Death Date: 1483-11-02

Notes

Beheaded

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Wydevill, Katherine (1457/8 - 1497)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Duke of Buckingham

Titles

  • 2nd Duke of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1460-07-10
    Vacated: 1483-11-02
  • 6th Earl of Buckingham
    Assumed: 1460-07-10
    Vacated: 1483-11-02
  • 7th Earl of Stafford
    Assumed: 1460-07-10
    Vacated: 1483-11-02
  • 8th Baron Stafford
    Assumed: 1460-07-10
    Vacated: 1483-11-02

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Commissioner of Array, Buckinghamshire 1471
Commissioner of Array, Derbyshire 1471 As 'Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham'
Commissioner of Array, Staffordshire 1471 1472 As 'Humphrey, Duke of Buckingham'
JP, Staffordshire 1471 1475
JP, Gloucestershire 1472/3
JP, Herefordshire 1472/3
JP, Shropshire 1472/3
JP, Worcestershire 1472/3
JP, Warwickshire 1473/4
High Steward of England, England 1477/8 -2 -7
Chamberlain, Chief Justice & Governor, Wales 1483 -5 -16 1483 -11 -2 For life. Chamberlain of North & South Wales
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Middlesex 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1483
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, London 1483
Constable & Steward of Royal Lands, Shropshire 1483
Constable & Steward of Royal Lands, Herefordshire 1483
Constable, Receiver & Steward, various castles & manors, Wales 1483 -5 -16 1483 -11 -2 For life. Also for castles & manors in the Marches of Wales
JP, Rutland 1483
JP, Somerset 1483
JP, Southampton 1483
JP, Suffolk 1483
JP, Surrey 1483
JP, Sussex 1483
JP, Westmorland 1483
JP, Wiltshire 1483
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1483
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1483
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1483
JP, Berkshire 1483
JP, Devon 1483
JP, Staffordshire 1483
JP, Gloucestershire 1483
JP, Herefordshire 1483
JP, Shropshire 1483
JP, Worcestershire 1483
JP, Warwickshire 1483
JP, Bedfordshire 1483
JP, Buckinghamshire 1483
JP, Cambridgeshire 1483
JP, Cornwall 1483
JP, Cumberland 1483
JP, Derbyshire 1483
JP, Oxfordshire 1483
JP, Dorset 1483
JP, Essex 1483
JP, Hertfordshire 1483
JP, Huntingdonshire 1483
JP, Kent 1483
JP, Leicestershire 1483
JP, Lincolnshire 1483
JP, Middlesex 1483
JP, Norfolk 1483
JP, Northamptonshire 1483
JP, Northumberland 1483
JP, Nottinghamshire 1483
Steward, Duchy of Lancaster 1483 -7

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Penshurst, Kent
  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
  • Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire
  • Brecon Castle, Brecknockshire
    (Performance Venue)

Lands

  • Buckinghamshire
  • Essex
  • Herefordshire
  • Leicestershire
  • Nottinghamshire
  • Shropshire
  • Staffordshire
  • Suffolk
  • Wales
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Brecon Castle Brecknockshire Private Residence

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.