Stafford, Henry (1455 - 1483)

Biographical Overview

Titles - 4
Properties - 14
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 1
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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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.

Primary Title

2nd Duke of Buckingham

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1470-1471 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1475-1476 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Duke of Buckingham's Minstrel/s
Performance 1475-1476 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 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue 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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)