Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 3
Properties - 11
Total events naming patron - 6
Troupes - 4
Venues - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 10
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Born / Died

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

Notes

Admitted to Gray's Inn 1528

Siblings

Female

Stafford, Elizabeth (1497 - 1558)
Stafford, Mary ( - )
Stafford, Catherine ( - 1555)

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

From Pole, Ursula ( - 1570)

  1. Male offspring: Stafford, Henry (1534 - 1565)
  2. Male offspring: Stafford, Edward (1536 - 1603) (patron)
  3. Male offspring: Stafford, Walter (n.d.)

Primary Title

10th Baron Stafford

Titles

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

Details of Offices

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

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 Properties

Residence

  • Stafford Castle, Staffordshire
    Granted
    Acquired: 1531-07-15
  • Caus Castle, Shropshire
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony; restored after father's execution
    Acquired: ca. 1522
    Divested: 1563-04-30

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

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1529-1530 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Stafford's Bearward
Performance 1532-1533 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Lord Stafford's Bearward
Performance 1536-1537 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Stafford's Entertainer
Performance 1546-1546 Dover (Unknown), Dover , Kent Lord Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1559-1560 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Stafford's Minstrels
Performance 1558-1559 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Lord Stafford's Player

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Stafford's Bearward Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Performing Animals 2
Lord Stafford's Entertainer Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Stafford's Minstrels Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Entertainers/Minstrels 2
Lord Stafford's Player Stafford, Henry (1501 - 1563) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Caus Castle Shropshire Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924–9.
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.
Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981.
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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)
Page, William, A.T. Gaydon and G.C. Baugh, eds. The Victoria History of the County of Shropshire. Victoria History of the Counties of England. 11 vols. London: Archibald Constable, U of London, 1908–98.
The Statutes of the Realm. Great Britain Record Commission Publications 8. 11 vols. np: npub, 1811–28.