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Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1501-09-18
Death Date: 1563-04-30

Notes

Admitted to Gray's Inn 1528

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Pole, Ursula ( - 1570)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1519-2-16
    Union ended: n.d.

Siblings

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 10th Baron Stafford

Titles

  • Earl of Stafford
    Assumed: 1501-09-18
    Vacated: 1521-05-17 (date of father's attainder)
  • 10th Baron Stafford
    Assumed: 1548-11 (date summoned to parliament by this title)
    Vacated: 1563-04-30
  • Lord Stafford
    Assumed: 1521-05-17
    Vacated: 1548-11 (date summoned to parliament as Baron Stafford)

General Lands Note

Probably resident in father's household until the latter's execution in 1521; thereafter resident in Sussex until Cardinal Wolsey forced him to break up his household and move, with his family, into an abbey for four years

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1531 -8
Recorder, Staffordshire 1531
JP, Staffordshire 1536
JP, Shropshire 1536
JP, Staffordshire 1538
JP, Shropshire 1538 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1539/40 1540/1
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1539/40 1540/1
JP, Staffordshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1542/3 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1542/3 1544/5
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1544
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1544 1544/5
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Staffordshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Gloucestershire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Worcestershire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Shropshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Monmouthshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Herefordshire 1547
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1547
JP, Shropshire 1547
JP, Staffordshire 1547
Chamberlain of the Exchequer, England 1553/4 -2 -23 1563 -04 -30 For life; one of two Chamberlain offices
JP, Staffordshire 1553/4
Lord Lieut, Staffordshire 1559
Ranger, Staffordshire 1560 -9 -24 1563 -04 -30 For life
JP, Shropshire 1561/2
JP, Staffordshire 1561/2

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Caus Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1522
    Divested: 1563-04
    Patrimony; restored after father's execution
  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
    Acquired: 1531-07
    Granted

Lands

  • Cheshire: Christleton & Macclesfield
  • Gloucestershire: Gloucester and Hereford Honours, Eastington, Kingshill, Long Furlong, North Cerney, Rendcombe Lordships and Manors; Newnham Borough
  • Gloucestershire: Thornbury Borough, Castle, Lordship and Manor
    Acquired: 1554-07-10
    Granted along with other lands forfeited by father
  • Shropshire: Bridgnorth Lordship and Manor; Minsterley Manor and Park
  • Staffordshire: Barlaston, Blymhill, Bradwell, Church Eaton, Forebridge, Pakington, Tettenhall, Wood Eaton
    Acquired: 1522-12-20
    Granted estates forefeited by father
  • Staffordshire: Fulford Lordship & Manor
  • Staffordshire: Hopton, Ingestre, Tixall, Whitgreave
  • Staffordshire: St Manry's Deanery lands
    Acquired: 1550
    Divested: 1553
    Granted; sold
  • Staffordshire: Stafford Manor
    Acquired: 1531-07-15
    Granted

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Stafford's Bearward
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Lord Stafford's Bearward
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Entertainer
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Minstrels
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Stafford's Player

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Stafford's Entertainer Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stafford's Player Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Players 1
Lord Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stafford's Bearward Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Performing Animals 1
Lord Stafford's Bearward Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Caus Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Lee, Lancelot John. 'Notes on the Parish of Worthen and Caus Castle.'. Shropshire Archaeological Society Transactions 3rd ser, vol 6 (1906): 93--122.
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Mackenzie, James D. The Castles of England: Their Story and Structure. 2 vols. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1896
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
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  • The Statutes of the Realm. 11 vols. np: npub, 1811--28